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Well, we don’t really have trouble.

The past week has been busy. It started the end of last week with the IAM issues. That kept things interesting. The technical stuff has mostly settled with the exception of a few hiccups. Hopefully those can get diagnosed and cleaned up soon.

Last weekend was a diving weekend. I got to take my camera out in it’s fancy new housing for the first time in the ocean. It’s amazing unwieldy and cumbersome it is on land and how fairly effortless it is underwater. Buoyancy is awesome!

Unfortunately, I have some blockage in my right ear. It’s not an infection, and it’s getting better day-by-day (and almost gone this morning!) – but it’s annoying and I wish it’d go away. Ah well, I was probably done diving for the rest of the season anyhow due to how busy October’s gonna be.

On major thing that’s kept me busy is my new job that I started on Monday. It’s been overwhelming in the way that new jobs always are – but it’s been fun and I like my team a lot. There’s a lot to learn, and it seems that the majority of new people are expected to be “totally useless” their first month. Hopefully I can reduce that time considerably – because I A) hate being useless and B) hate not doing stuff. So we’ll see.

Next weekend is our party. Got some cleaning to do, but it’s on track. The weekend after that is Scarwars (and my birthday!). I got a confirm that my room is all set for Phily and I’ve submitted my time off request for the 19th for the drive down to Phily. Should be a blast – can’t wait!

But for now, I’m going to head back and just read tons of docs. Got me a lot of info to get caught up on.