Had to get a new laptop quicker than I wanted to, and spent all evening setting up everything to look JUST. LIKE. MY. OLD. ONE. Because that’s how I roll. A lot of fighting with MS to download the things I wanted, making apps work, getting printer set up, getting my docs on Dropbox to show up, moving the start button over to the left like it should always be, etc. etc.
Extra fun because I need to use it to do our taxes, which I’ve scheduled for tomorrow.
Why is there no ice cream in this house when you really need it???
how is it that a college has the resources to partially reimburse travel for a fly-in, but apparently cannot arrange for cots or air mattresses or something for the two nights we’ll be sleeping there?? apparently i’ll be needing to figure out how to fit a sleeping bag in my carry on along with all my other stuff
Interesting … the women’s NCAA final viewership was higher than that of the men’s final. Yet all of the headlines focused on how men’s viewership was up (just not enough to exceed that of the women’s final). Some things still surprise, even though I should be used to how things work.
2 weeks of screaming bloody murder every evening next door from the feral grandchildren. Seriously, they sound like they’re killing each other every day. Well, I, too, want to enjoy my backyard while it’s still not hot in the spring evenings. Thanks to DH and him installing outdoor Bluetooth-connected speakers on our back patio, I can now enjoy my backyard by drowning out all the background noise with New Order.
Person at work: JUST DO IT! You’ve had 3 months to get this done. I ask you for details of why Thing isn’t working as expected during the testing. You give me no info. Now at the 11th hour right before this is all supposed to go live, you’re taking 5 days off of work. You SAY that Person B is going to back you up on this. Well, I DON’T BELIEVE YOU and guess what? Now you’re all going to be attending mandatory daily meetings w/me and I’m going to be so all over your backsides that you and your team will maybe, just maybe, get it done and make sure Thing works. So be like Nike and JUST DO IT!
Daughter: You are thoughtful and amazing and I never imagined before I had kids that somebody bringing me a Snickers bar for no particular reason would make me so incredibly happy. You’re an awesome person.
Cat: Please throw up on the tile floor instead of the carpet from here on out. It’s been 13 years now and I’m still waiting for you to barf on the tile. There’s more tile in the house than carpet. JUST DO IT ON THE TILE FLOOR, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!
Nosy Neighbor: It appears that me switching from New Order to mariachi music yesterday evening worked because you & the screaming children went inside not long after I switched to mariachi music. I got tired of your feral grandchildren repeatedly screaming, ‘HEY ALEXA! HEY ALEXA! HEY ALEXA!’ Guess what? Alexa & Amazon are sick of them, too, that’s why she was ignoring them. I’ve learned that I love mariachi music so much now that when I shoveled my massive Chip Drop during lunch time today to the backyard, I did so listening to mariachi music…because mariachi music makes me happy. And holy cow, can some of those mariachi singers hold a note forever and a day!
Oh, I feel so bad for my son in Poland who just married his long-time girlfriend from Syria. They started the process for her to come to the US, so I called Senator Collins’ office to see if they could help expedite the process. He said it’s possible, but the standards are very high - financial hardship or a humanitarian crisis. I don’t think they can prove either of those situations. The staff member also said, “They need to understand that even if we expedite the process, it will still take years.” I asked if she could visit during the application process, and he said, no, they don’t grant tourist visas because it would be too easy for someone to come and not leave.
If I see one more televised image of people streaming over the river from Mexico into the US, I will scream.
Thanks, FedEx. You not only left one package on the driveway instead of the front porch, you also failed to deliver three others due to arrive today that contain live plants. Your tracking page has no information on their whereabouts except that they’ve been on a truck for delivery since 4 a.m. yesterday. We needed to get those plants in the ground before workers return on Monday to install edging and river rock.
I’m tired of people deciding I have to be in their group pictures. It’s physically next to impossible for me to smile. I’m a happy, positive person, but somehow as I’ve aged, I don’t know if the muscles aren’t there, or my septoplasty messed up the muscles, but when I try to fake smile, it looks like a grimace, or a dog baring its teeth (grr)! So I give a little closed mouth smile, and it looks like a smirk, but it’s the best I can do unless you make me laugh really hard. And it’s unlikely you can do that.
So tired of, “Oh, why aren’t you smiling? You’re the only one not smiling. You look so irritated.” Stop insisting that I must be in your pictures, I’m doing my best!
Just because you avoid the overdue physical, colonoscopy, mammogram, etc., doesn’t mean your health issues aren’t there. Knowledge is power! At least know where you stand, and then decide from there. I love you and would like you around.
The roads in my neighborhood are being redone. We have to pay through a Special Assessment District, and some people are mad about having to pay. They are taking to Facebook to complain about every.single.thing. FWIW, I think the crew is doing a fabulous job, and it’s going to look amazing when they’re done (which I am certain will be well before the complainers seem to think it will be). You just can’t make everyone happy.
So I give a little closed mouth smile, and it looks like a smirk, but it’s the best I can do unless you make me laugh really hard. And it’s unlikely you can do that.