I don’t know what I ate yesterday that is causing it but I sure feel sick to my stomach this morning.  I felt fine last night and I went to bed on time but this morning I was definitely not feeling well.  Now that I have drank some coffee and some water I feel better and it should be a light day so hopefully I will be fine.

Laila’s internet has been messing up again so she has been back on the phone with Bayantel.  I guess most of the folks in her area with different providers have been suffering the same problem, so it must be an overseas access thing.  I don’t know how they get their bandwidth.  Laila said she believes it is leased through a company in the U.S. which could be true.  I think it is more likely that as happened with PLDT they may have oversold their bandwidth.

Well Fred Thompson made it official last night on The Tonight Show by announcing that he is running for president.  I was disappointed that he was not at the New Hampshire Republican Party Debate last night.  I still don’t know where he stands on the issues. 

As far as the debates go I thought both Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter did well in what I was able to watch.  Giuliani did not do so well in my book.  I am sick and tired of hearing about New York and what he did there.  Also I didn’t like the answer to the family value question that he gave.  If he is president his lifestyle and family values do come into play.  I still have to say though that currently I still haven’t found the right person from either party to earn my vote. 

This morning was odd.  I came in and everything was unlocked and all, but none of the other staff members were here.  In fact all the students were here, but no staff other than me.  Finally about 7:30 one of the other instructors showed up.  It was just a bit strange to me.

I have my class on a break right now.  One of the students had a personal issue to take care of so I gave them a break until 8.  Then we will review and take the test and then I am going to make them really happy.  The Commanding Officer will be making a visit next week so after the test they will get to clean, clean and clean some more.  I have not told them yet but I do know how popular that is going to be.

Also today is another day to avoid the border as there is a protest on our side of the border today.  The Teamsters are protesting the NAFTA provision that will allow Mexican truck drivers to drive in the United States.  I guess we don’t have enough accidents on our roads and highways.

Well I guess that is about it for now.  I have to get ready to go give the test and see if our other instructor showed up yet.

It is later in the day and I am glad to have finally gotten around to doing something I have wanted to do for a long time.  In the OTCIXS lab all of the ON-143’s were at waste level or slightly higher and so it is fairly easy to swap modules without bending pins or damaging cables. 

Station 25 was not like the other four stations and the ON-143’s were located at eye level.  The shorter students would have to use a chair to access them and additionally I have had to repair many circuit cards with bent pins and have repeatedly had to repair damage to the cable going to the black card cage. 

Today after the test the class went into cleaning mode and I went ahead and decided to put a drawer for the patch cables under the patch panel.  I found some drawer slides while digging around in the file cabinet and we already had the extra drawer sitting on its side in one of the racks so I installed it and after some initial difficulties got it all aligned and working.

I then looked at station 25 and figured since I was in the moving mood I would lower the ON-143’s in the rack.  I should have had some help with the lifting and I know I will be a little sore later, but I found that I wouldn’t need a second person if I slid notebooks under the unit, then unbolted it and then removed the notebooks one at a time until it was where I needed it to be. 

The first one was going well until I took out the last bolt then as I was lowering it one side went lower and the case got stuck in the rack.  I adjusted my notebooks and got it straightened out, but it did require some lifting.  I finally got it down to where I wanted it and got it bolted into place with little effort. 

After that the second one was easier since I already knew what to anticipate.  That one was moved with no problems and so now I am taking a break.  I did get my but chewed out by two co-workers for lifting, but I assured them I am fine and all.  They watch over me like a hawk and don’t want anything to happen to me.  It is nice being appreciated.

So now that headache is gone forever and future classes will have it easier.  It should cut down on equipment problems with that station.

It is lunch time now and I feel a lot better than I did this morning.  I don’t know if it was something I ate or what but I am feeling good now.

I forgot to mention it but I am saddened by the death of Luciano Pavarotti.  I am not a big fan of opera music, but I heard him sing a few times and I know he did a lot for charity.  I send my condolences to his family.

Well time to get this wrapped up and saved.  Let me see what other stuff I can get done today.    

Oops, I’m guilty.  Yeah I didn’t update the blog all weekend and for that I apologize.  I just never thought to even log onto the blog.  Actually I was spending quite a bit of time away from the PC over the weekend. 

I was doing infrastructure by timer and doing other things over the weekend.  What I do with the infrastructure thing is I set a timer for 5 minutes and then just come over and click the mouse when it goes off. 

Other than that I practiced my cooking skills over the weekend and tried to stay cool in the heat wave we have been suffering through.  It have been really hot over 100 in the inland valley’s and with me being susceptible to heat related illness I had to take it easy.

I got all my laundry and stuff done Saturday and so the rest of the weekend was take it easy time.  I spent a lot of time just lying on the couch watching TV though I did do some cooking in the kitchen for breakfast and dinners.  Lunch was pretty much sandwiches, ice cream, or leftovers.

I watched a lot of movies over the weekend and some stuff on the history channel.  I really didn’t feel like doing very much of anything else.  I did not even want to have to go anywhere in the car.  Even though it is air conditioned and all it takes it a few miles to cool down and I would not even be able to bear the heat just waiting for it to get cool.

Anyway it’s back to work Tuesday now and we will be starting right out with the practice troubleshooting.  I have already loaded the faults and checked out everything.  Now I am just waiting for them to get back from their training session downstairs so we can get started.

Keeping that in mind it is time to save this and get ready for them to show up, so have a great time recovering from the weekend and I hope the workweek goes well.

After a really busy morning, the day has finally calmed down a bit and I finally have a chance o write something for my blog.  It will be cool to have the three days off to rest up and get a few things done.

Today will be a nice to just stay at home and off the streets.  It seems that the teachers in Mexico are all holding some huge protest about low pay down along the border and so they have already said the south I 5 and I 805 will be closed south of the I 905.

I wonder if they are having problems with wages and stuff in Mexico, why are they protesting at the border?  It does not make much sense to me?

On the way to work all the radio talk shows were best of repeats so nothing new there.  The roads were empty this morning, probably a few folks starting the weekend early.  Anyway I hope they are still empty on the way home.  Today is payday so I think I will just buy food to take home so I don’t have to cook.  Either that or I will buy something I can throw in the oven and cook fast.

Well time to start getting things wrapped up so I can start the weekend.  Happy Labor Day weekend everyone.

Well today has been another busy day of teaching.  This afternoon after lunch I have to give one of the students the antenna test.  He missed the test the other day due to a motorcycle safety course so he will make up the missed class time this afternoon.  

He just purchased a motorcycle and the Navy requires its people to attend a safety course before they can bring it on base.  They only teach it certain times and he was doing well in class so we let him go and I will spend this afternoon with him getting him caught up.

Also with the three day weekend coming up we had to do a holiday safety brief.  It is good to remind folks to be safe over the long weekends.

Other than that it has been business as usual both at work and at home.  The end of the month is here almost, so tomorrow it will be a short day for the students but I will have my end of the month reports and all due.  I will enjoy having the three days off though so that will be fun.  I should get well rested.

This morning listening to the radio they were talking about some alarming statistics about illegal immigration and crime and the sanctuary city thing.  I guess our mayor was on a couple days ago and denied that San Diego is a sanctuary city.  Well if you believe that then I have a bridge for sale that goes from Coronado to San Diego.

It does seem that a lot of these politicians are starting to see the light as far as illegal immigration and keeping their office is concerned.  More and more of the politicians are changing their tune and starting to express that something must be done about it.

The other thing that has been going on in the news has been that senator from Idaho that pleaded guilty to lewd behavior in the Minneapolis Airport Restroom.  I guess for the longest time people have thought him to be gay and he has denied it all these years.  He has also backed anti gay legislation and backed anti gay group, but now it appears he may be gay or bi-sexual.

There are a lot of people calling for his resignation and I would be part of that crowd.  I am not against him for his political party, or his stance on gay people.  I believe that any elected official that gets convicted of a crime is unfit for office and needs to be removed.  I don’t care if they are republican or democrat.  They must follow the law and if they break the law must step down. 

I think this guy will be gone as the Republican Party does get rid of most office holders who mess up.  It probably wouldn’t happen if this were a democrat as any behavior seems ok to the radical left.

Oh and speaking of that last night on one of the talk shows they were talking about John Edwards.  This guy is really running a backwards campaign.  Now he wants everyone to dump their SUV’s and go green.  Humm, doesn’t this guy travel around in limousines and private aircraft?  Doesn’t this guy own a few mansions and didn’t he make all his money off of frivolous lawsuits against hospitals and doctors?  This guy is a real piece of work but then I am not surprised that some nut jobs on the radical left will follow him. 

Well I suppose that is it for today.  I want to make some improvements to a power point I have been working on.

Well I have been really busy today and am taking a brief time to write something before I go back to work.  I have already worked through lunch getting a few things done and now it is time to take a breather for a little while.

The way to work this morning was interesting again today.  I was following one of the people that lives up a few streets from me.  He ran two stop signs and a red light and luckily I didn’t have to follow him past the red light. 

I then got behind someone who was too busy talking on her cell phone to use her turn signals.  So it was just a little frustrating watching these people on my way to work and knowing that there are a lot more of these folks on the roads here.

I got to work and had to light off the full OTCIXS/TADIXS for a demonstration and introductory lesson.  I was glad everything worked great and everything went smoothly.  I got through about half of the classroom work and will finish that up tomorrow.  Then we will roll into the lab and that really goes fast.

I did take a little time trying to figure out something game related for a fed mate, but he won’t be happy with the answer.  Laila and I have been playing around with the way we post op and we were trying to have him use the same method but with the ships he uses it will not work. 

Anyway I am now being requested to look something up so let me check that out and get this one posted for the day.  Work comes first and I guess I have taken enough of a break today.

This morning was one of those mornings where I got up when the clock went off and then just hit the snooze twice and stayed in bed.  I still managed to get up and get a shower and all and got online before 6 AM but I was really not very motivated to get going this morning.

Anyway the first thing that happened when I logged on this morning is that I found out one of our members hit one of our allies.  Then when I saw who he hit I got even angrier.  Jedi’s fed carries the same banner as our fed so there can be no confusion about that one.  Also this fed mate would have had to be pretty low in PR to attack that empire.  Needless to say I am pretty angry that someone would hit a member of our training fed. 

Also this person failed to post OP when he came in so I will be watching.  He is never on when Joe, Sam or I are on so I usually don’t see him, but Laila is my eyes and ears when I am asleep and lets me know what is going on.  If this guy has a problem with not hitting allies and not posting OP then he can do it someplace else, as I will have no time for him.

The way to work was a nightmare this morning.  The guy 2 doors up either lent or sold something to a friend and the item was too big to fit in the guy’s trunk.  So they kind of tied the trunk halfway shut and he drove really slow to get out of our little subdivision.  Guess who was behind the guy? 

Anyway, once I got out of the subdivision I was fine until I got to the freeway and then it was a parking lot.  Because it was a parking lot everyone was using the off ramp lanes to get a jump on traffic meaning they could like pass a whole ten cars before forcing their way back into the freeway lanes and extending he backup further. 

I don’t know why people have to do dumb stuff like that.  When one person cuts another off on the freeway it starts a chain reaction for miles behind as people brake for the brake lights ahead.

If everyone would just follow the laws and be courteous the freeways would run smoothly.  Of course this is California and everyone is too busy fixing their hair, talking on their cell phone, or reading the paper on their way to work so that is probably too much to ask.  

Well time to get ready to go give the test and get going for the day. 

The weekend is over and now it is time to get back to work.  I never did get around to blogging this weekend.  In fact I didn’t even spend as much time online as I usually do.  Instead I logged on and then was researching infra by timer while watching TV and doing chores.  Researching by timer is where I set my timer to remind me to click the mouse button every five minutes or so but both days I took a small catnap during the day so I wasted some time I could have spent on research.

I had something strange happen today.  I was checking my e-mail before leaving for work and I had one from Yahoo travel saying I had to contact them regarding my trip.  Usually I have the tickets dropped off at the house by Federal Express so I was wondering what was up.  I called and they wanted my trip ID number ad informed me that I will need a passport and that the reservations are for electronic tickets that I will pick up at the airport the day I get there.

So I guess they have changed the way they do things again.  I don’t mind and I think I may call again tonight just to make sure, or I will check my e-mail again when I get home for an update.

We picked up some new federation members lately so I guess I am going to have to put out something about retaliations again as one of them got hit pretty hard and lost a bunch of planets.  It looked like retals were used, so if Sam or Joe does not say anything about it, I will tonight.

Other than that, school starts again so Judy is very busy getting started with her studies and trying to get used to her new work and school schedule.  I have to fill out some paper for the California Franchise Tax Board for last years taxes.  I claimed David as a dependent last year and they want to confirm that he was eligible to be claimed.  Right age, no job, and went to school so I am safe there.

I suppose that is all for right now.  It is time to get to work and finish up these performance tests and the review.

This morning getting to work was a mess.  As I was getting ready to go this morning I had the news on and they were talking about a double sig alert on the I-5 south at 28^th street.  That is right in front of the base and also just south of the Coronado Bridge.  I guess the first one was due to big rig roll over accident and the second was for a van that ran off the road and hit a light pole in the backup. 

As a result, all the traffic switched over to the I-805 and that was backed up when I got on it, something that is rare for a Friday.  I did get to work, in plenty of time, it was just interesting to see how all the traffic switched freeways.

On the way in listening to the radio they were talking about some black hole that has been discovered that is one billion light years across.  That is pretty big.  They didn’t talk much about it other than to say the have found it.  I hope it is not headed our way.

Laila’s internet has been repaired.  It again was another wiring problem.   I guess it was possibly related to the typhoons and all the bad weather that have been having lately. 

Anyway they have it fixed now so we are back up until the next typhoon I guess.

I now have the dates lined up for my next visit to the Philippines so I can use up this years vacation time.  Laila will be happy with that.  Now I just have to get off today so I can start making the plans.

So I guess that is it for this week here.  I will try and get something posted over the weekend, but sometimes I get busy and forget all about it, so I’ll have to see.

Laila’s Internet is still all messed up so she was on dial up again this morning until her prepaid phone card ran out.  We got logged off early so I went ahead a left a little early so I could get everything unlocked and turned on for both classes who will be in lab today.  I was going to stop and get something for breakfast but went ahead and just bought a couple of donuts on the quarterdeck on my way in the building.

Listening to the radio and watching Fox News last night all of a sudden it seems the politicians have got the message.  They are all starting to talk tough about illegal immigration.  I am tired of the talk and want to see action taken. 

I like what Rick Roberts is doing here in San Diego.  He is publicly broadcasting things said and actions taken by the local office holders.  People have had it with the political correctness, and the pandering for votes.  If these politicians want to hold their office it is time for them to do what they were elected to do.  Since 70 to 80 percent of the people do not want illegal immigrants then the sanctuary city crap has to be scrapped.

The example of Tulsa, Oklahoma was used this morning on the show.  They cracked back on the illegal immigrants and the ones that were not arrested left on their own.  Isn’t that a neat concept?  Enforce the laws and they will go on their own. 

Right now the country is all riled up about what happened in Newark, New Jersey and the fact that an illegal alien child rapist was allowed to go free and stay in this country, and then took part in the execution of three college students. 

I was watching Geraldo Rivera debating Tom Tancredo last night on Fox and Geraldo is playing the race card.  News for you Geraldo, illegal immigrants are not all Mexican, and if there are no illegal immigrants in this country they can’t commit crimes against the citizens of this country.

One caller had it right this morning.  How do you get rid of illegal immigrants?  One illegal immigrant at a time!

Laila’s internet appears to be down hard and I had to talk to her on dial up this morning.  We were able to chat on Skype but only for a few minutes at a time as her bandwidth or lack of bandwidth kept causing our connection to drop.  It is also causing her to have a miserable time trying to play UC as it takes a lot of bandwidth to load the game pages.  She contacted Bayantel and hopefully they will get it fixed in a timely manner.

This morning my class rolled into the antenna practice troubleshooting.  We were moving right along when all of a sudden our building and another building lost 400 Hz power.  Since the antenna system uses 400 Hz as a reference we had to take a break for a while as we waited for them to get it turned back on. 

Last night we watched the season finale of “America’s Got Talent” and the two household favorites finished 1 and 2.  The guy with the singing puppets really deserved to win and we loved it when he was the winner, but I also thought the guy that did a lot of reggae music and blues was also very good and deserved to win too.   This year the talent was much better than last year.

Next month is going to be great because all the season premiers for my favorite shows are going to be coming on.  I love seeing the promo’s for “House”, “Deal or No Deal”, “Dexter” and others coming on.

I guess they are going to have a few more of those stupid reality shows coming on for the new season.  They were talking about one upcoming reality show which will feature 40 youngsters that were taken to an abandoned town in New Mexico (so CBS could get around child labor laws) and would run this town without adult supervision.   I guess some of the kids had to be treated medically after the taping for malnutrition, burns and stuff.  Also this was filmed during the school year and the set did not have any tutors or educators.  It looks like it is a very bad move for CBS and they are being sued by some of the parents.

They were talking on the radio that before long the feeding of Christians to the lions will be back at the major stadiums.  It may sound a little far fetched, but look at how society is going down the drain.  If the radical Muslims succeed in taking over the world that could become a reality.  Well that is about it for today. 

I’ve got to get back to watching the class now that the power has been restored.