Happy Holly-Daze!

It’s been slow at work today. Slow enough that I took time off to pay my electric and utilities bills.  I guess everyone figured that we’d be closed by noon and so kept their computer problems to themselves for at least a day or two.

If it is anything like last year, the phone will be ringing off the wall by the 27th. All the new games, computers and such will be plugged in, instructions lost and we will get called to bale them out. Wheeeee…… Good thing I don’t go back to work until the 29th. George gets to deal with the calls.

Speaking of George,… I got him to take me shopping!!! I don’t understand why, but my truck likes him better than me lately.  So, I provided the vehicle and he provided the muscle to get us to the mall.  Oh, and I bought lunch.

We found this little Mexican family diner that is to die for. Wonderful food that you can mix and match your chile sauce to make it as hot or mild as you want. So, we ate there after we did most of the shopping.

I got everyone something. Even George’s, because he went off to look at the magazines while we were at Barnes & Noble. Ha! Everything is wrapped and delivered too.  Kevin and George will get their presents tonight. I rented Wall-E for tonight. I figured if we didn’t have a Sci-Fi series to watch with our popcorn tonight, the least we could do is watch a Sci-Fi cartoon.

Mom is having her regular deli supper stuff tonight. I think we are having hamburgers if Kevin is his usual self when it comes to providing food for the feast.  A&W if we are lucky.  George actually made chile last time.  He’s a fairly decent cook.  Me, well… I guess the best thing you could say is that Mom tried. Kelly is an excellent cook. Jim isn’t bad as long as he can add wine or brandy to it or cook it on a barbecue.  Somehow though, I missed the gene. However, I make a mean toasted cheese sandwich and don’t have to use an iron!

I got my certificate of completion for my class in the mail. Wheee…. I can now say I’ve completed an accounting course and have the right to mess up finances legally. (ahem…) George is being nice though and not changing over the accounting system until January.

Tomorrow morning, I’ll head over to Mom and Dad’s for breakfast and presents. Dinner will be around 2pm.  I’m suppose to bring the salad and bread rolls.

Guess I’d better head home and clean off the couch. Only three hours until movie night!

Ghost Jammers!

Someone is jamming our WiFi signal! It keeps happening at the same time every evening. George and Kevin have been hunting it and while they think they know what is happening, they still aren’t sure. It could be someone maliciously doing it, or it could be some old ancient Ham Radio operator with dodge equipment. So, they have been going out for the last few nights trying to find the source.

It’s been busy in the office too. Lots of ID-10-T errors. There are days that being the first line in the tech department is a pain in the butt. “Yes Mrs. XXX, you do need to put the disk in the drive.” If I have to explain what’s meant by “Press Any Key” one more time I think I will scream! No, I won’t, but the idea is delicious. One customer of ours calls at least once a week because he’s forgotten how to clear the cookies off of his computer. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think he was just calling to hear my voice. sigh…

My parents came by and took me out to dinner. They are trying to decide what to do for their anniversary. They don’t want a big party or anything, but they still don’t know what to do. I think I’d go somewhere cool! It’s been really hot and almost muggy. It clouds up, but we don’t get much rain.

More later, I’m exhausted.

shhhh….. headache…..

Woke up this morning feeling like I’d run into a parked car. My head and right shoulder ached so bad I called George and told him I wouldn’t be in today. Then I downed enough aspirin for a small army and went back to bed.

Around 5pm, I heard my door open. I crawled out of bed and looked out into the living room. Kelly, Jim and George were in my living room with bags and something that smelled good in their hands. They’d brought me dinner! Oh yum! Steak, baby portebello mushrooms and crescent rolls. Heaven!

Now we are going to continue the Babylon 5 fest we started on Saturday. We watched all of Season 4 over the weekend between computer “help!” calls and a trip to the grocery store. Tonight we are only watching a couple of episodes. My headache is quiet for now and I want it to stay that way.