Well, if you’ve noticed the lack of “Current Mood” and “Current Music” fields on the site, it’s because I’m trying out a different LJ crosspost plugin for WordPress. I’m actually hoping this one handles cuts and whatnot better than the old one did. We’ll see.

Right now, I admit to some annoyance. This morning I received an email from a coworker telling me to get an airline ticket and hotel reserved, as he and I are now going to Villahermosa, Mexico on Monday. I’ve already booked the hotel and the flight; the main stumbling block is going to be my passport. My passport expired last month, and I have an appointment at the regional passport office downtown tomorrow to see if I can get a rush on my passport. Here’s hoping, as I don’t really relish the thought of trying to get out and in the country without a passport.

Ah, well. Hopefully this trip won’t end up like the last one did, with me having to rush home because of a hurricane. :-)

EDIT: Okay, it looks fine except the LJ side got a bigass header with the post. Ah, well… they can live with it, I hope. This plugin does more of what I need anyway, so it gets to stay for the time being.

First off, yet again, my latest desktop… :-)

I figure you Mortal Kombat fans might appreciate it. Now if only I could get a higher-resolution version of the image…

It’s 7:05 AM and I’m already at the office. I’ve started getting up an hour earlier so I can avoid traffic; it used to be that instead of taking I-45 to downtown and then TX-288 to my office, I would take the Hardy Toll Road to 610/US 59, and then take 59 to 288 (which would be a LOT faster). Unfortunately, construction on the Hardy Toll Road has started meaning that I’m paying for the privilege of sitting in traffic, and as a result I’ve started arriving at work later and later. So, beginning today, I’m leaving for work around 6 AM; even with taking I-45 I’m arriving at work faster than I did leaving at 7 AM and taking Hardy. This also gives me a bit of extra time in the morning to get my morning coffee and take care of a few things before the majority of employees arrive. I’m just not liking having to go to bed earlier…

Speaking of which, I should go get a refill on my coffee. Fun fun…