Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

My doctor's appointment went really nicely… There's still some minor adjustment needed to get my sleeping working like it should, so one of my drugs was upped, and another one is being taken out of the mix for now… But on the whole I feel happy and clear-headed, better and sharper than I have in years. If you're having a rough time coping, I'm serious, don't be afraid to ask for help. I mean, be wary, because there are problem doctors out there for sure (trust me, I know), but it's worth it if you can find someone who gets you and spend the time to figure out exactly what your issues are.

I can't quite afford to pay for my new prescription (not a big deal because it's just a double of my current one, so I've already got what I need “in stock”) because I maxxed out my cards. I have a really low limit — laugh it up — so buying two terabytes of SATA-II drives and a SATA-II RAID was all I could do today. That should end up getting installed in the next week. I'll need to take IAM offline for a little while when it happens (maybe for a day even), but this will give us tons of space to play with, and because I can offset some of the load to the NAS, it should let us increase the number of users before we do the main CPU upgrade (also coming soon).

The BME Wiki (which will authenticate off of IAM) has been installed as well, so this afternoon I'm going to start configuring it and working on getting it going. At the same time, Jon and I are also working on overhauls to the main site, and starting work on a new branch. Whew!

And of course there's painting with Nefarious!

I'm getting close to having the undercoat done… I figure there's still about twenty hours of work in that painting before I'm happy with it. I'll do another little bit on it today, but as promised (for last Saturday), there will also be an experience update later tonight.