rePete or is that Repeat?

I haven’t posted much, because I feel like I have nothing new to say. Gads, that sounds lame, but it is true.

Viruses… I am still doing all the low level tech work because George is gone so much of the time lately. He’s up working with this company that has a defense service contract about 100 miles from us. George actually got ahead of the big boys on this monster and now he is being tapped to help kill it. Makes me really wonder what George did before he ended up here. Oh well, I’ll never know. Not unless I get George really drunk… (ha! like that will ever happen)

Frustrating part is that George can’t talk about a lot of what he is doing because it is “classified” stuff. sigh… No juicy stories… pout. I’m not sure what is irritating him more. The work, the stupidity of the people he’s working with, the hush hush games or the virus. Either way, he is antsy as all hell when he goes up and must call me 8-10 times a day while he’s gone. Mostly to let off steam. Last week he called and asked me if I had those laptop parts yet. I said “Huh?” because I didn’t know what he was talking about. Then he said, “You know, the one for the Yarr’s computer.”  The Yarr’s have a desktop pc older than dirt, which is when I figured that he wanted to come home. I replied that I had it and he had better get back quick, because they wanted it yesterday! George then said he’d be back in 2 hours. Found out later that he’d had enough bullshit, and needed a way out. Whee!!!

George left this morning in the snow, and I’m sure I’ll hear from him once or twice before the day is over. This is one job I just wish was over and the invoices paid. Over 75 hours logged and not a dime yet, because it is a sub-contract. grrrr.

Our other two techs, Dan and Kevin have only been working part time. Not enough work. The only reason that I still work full time is because George is out of the office so much that someone has to answer the phones. Hughes, our competition we love to hate has closed his shop. Still working from home, but no more storefront. They had a picture of the guy in the newspaper rewiring a phone system. Oh my! What a mess… George figures it will be about a month before they call us in to repair his “repair”.

Then there is Pete. sigh…… Ah, the way to a g33kgURL’s heart. He likes that I’m computer savvy. That I have a brain and I’m not afraid to use it. We went to the local bookstore’s chess night last week. He played. I watched. It has been way too long since I played chess. I could have sat down and played with the beginners, but it was nice to just watch. Afterwards, we went out for chinese.

Mr. Clark likes Pete too. I guess that is a bonus as my sister and brother suspect him of some dire deed. Can’t figure that one out, but neither one really likes him. Oh well. They aren’t dating him.  Maybe it was the fact that the other day I missed a family dinner because Pete and I were too busy smooching on the couch!   Oh well. Don’t care. And for the record, this blog is staying G rated. I so am not publishing my love life online.

Winter storm watch-Akkkkk!!!

Why am I in a panic? Oh gee…. been sick, been busy at work, and No Time To Shop!!! On top of that, we have a winter storm warning and that means not fast easy trip to one of the big shopping centers. Unless I can pursuade George to drive tomorrow, I will be giving everyone IOU’s or cash in a card.

I usually don’t wait. I usually have everything bought, wrapped and under the tree by now. Not this year though. Between crazy clients, our bank loosing our statement, (don’t ask… don’t EVEN ask) and me getting sick right after finals, I’m behind.

Oh, and it is cold. Windy and Cold! My office is like an icebox. Even my little heater isn’t helping.

Kevin and George are happy though. They’ve been playing with the new antennas and hope to order more next year if they work out alright. They have one of the Ubiquity bullets set up in the windy zone out at the one ranch that blows an antenna every few months. If it lasts a month, our supplier had better be ready for a bulk order.

Meanwhile, Mr. Clark is still pissed at me. I think he had great plans for those balls… Oh well.

Heatwave!!!

It got up to 45 today. After a week of temperatures down in the teens, I thought I’d never get warm! I’ve gotten so use to dressing up in layer upon layer that I’d forgotten what it was like to move my arms freely.  George has really got to get some better heat in the office.

Kevin says I have it easy. He’s been up and down towers in this weather. George has been out wiring houses which involved working inside and out. I guess when I think about it that way, I do have it easy. All I have to do is deal with the phone, the delivery men, stupid customers and a heater that won’t take the office above 60!

can I have some cheese with this whine?

Oh well. At least my sister has finally apologized for being such a jerk at Thanksgiving. I had to take Mr. Clark into the vet for his shots and a then a bit of “elective surgery”… He wasn’t happy with me. Puked all over my bedspread. The vet wondered why I had canceled my first appointment, and after blushing 8 shades of red, I explained. My sister-mom-the ‘dates’. It took her five minutes to stop laughing.

One good thing… Today was my last final. I’m done. No more accounting. No more books! Wheeee!!! I’m so tired of numbers and ledgers that I don’t care if I pass!

One bad thing… We finished the last of the Farscape stuff. Now what am I going to watch? We’ve worked our way through Babylon 5, Firefly, Serenity, and now Farscape. Sci-Fi Channel better have something worth watching!

Snow!

(originally posted on December 3rd, but somehow got lost in the dregs of the internet)

Oh gods it was cold this morning! It snowed last night and we woke up to about 4 inches of the stuff. Mr. Clark was not ammused. He took a few steps out into the snow and leapt back inside. I got ready for work and headed off.

The truck took forever to start, so I was frozen by the time I got to work. George didn’t have the heat going for very long, so the office was cold. So, I wore my coat until it did warm up.

We are getting new antennas next week. Ubiquiti has some new toys. We started using the big Power Stations. They were the only thing that would reach into some of the valleys we have to deal with. Then they came out with the Nano Stations. Very compact and far more usable than the others. Now there is the PicoStation and the Bullet to choose from. George and Kevin were drooling all over the keyboard. We are getting 6 PicoStations and 2 Bullets to play with next week. It will be interesting to see how they work in comparison to the older stuff.

By the time I left work, most the snow had melted, but it was still cold. I guess I’d better dig out the long undies and heavy sweaters. Especially as I suspect George rather buy new antennas than put money into heat. I swear that office never got above 60 today.

A windblown day.

My mind is so not on work or anything that requires concentration. Not only is it a windblown day outside, but in my head as well. It has been cold and windy all day. There is even new snow on the mountains!

Thursday night, I went to dinner with my parents. They have this little Mexican restaurant that they just love. The food is good, but the music! Oh my… Well, I guess if you like Elvis, you’d be ok. However, I am not a fan and after the fourth time Blue Suede Shoes plays, I’m ready to leave. What was funny though is that my dad can eat really spicy hot food. He ordered the green chile with beans on the side and when asked mild, medium or hot, he said hot. I order mild, because even their medium stuff is too hot for me. Mom and I were eating our dinners and drinking lots of iced tea, because even the mild stuff was too hot that night. Dad is eating his, mopping his brow with a napkin because he is sweating so much. He even asks for an extra tortilla to cut the heat. It was way too hot for him, but he wouldn’t stop eating. After we finished, as we were getting into the car, he quietly said to my mom that maybe it was a little too hot this time! I never thought I’d hear my dad say that anything was too hot!

Friday at the office was quiet. Most of the techs were out and the phone only rang a couple of times. It was weird. At one point, I actually dug my knitting out of my bag. I sort of felt guilty, but there was nothing else to do. I had caught up on all the paperwork on my desk, the phone wasn’t ringing and even the inventory shelves were tidy.

Last night I went to see Iron Man after work. I got my popcorn and was sitting in the balcony all by myself when the next thing I know, George and Kevin are sitting down on either side of me. They just smiled and I just shook my head. It was like having two silly brothers with me. The movie was great. At one point, Robert Downey Jr. is doing all this cool stuff on the computers and I’m thinking how cool! Or, can they really do that? When he puts on the robotic suit for the first time and it shows all the moving parts, all I could think was how sexy that was. I started giggling and both Kevin and George wanted to know what I was laughing at, especially as it wasn’t a funny bit in the movie. I explained that I was laughing about the fact that I found the robotic suit sexy. That comment got me dubbed “Geek Girl” for the rest of the night.

This morning when I came into work, I found a cut-out of Iron Man pinned to my wall with G33k Gurl’s Pin-Up Centerfold written above it. All I could do was smile. Of course when Jake came in, George and Kevin had to tell him all about the movie and how I keep giggling and geeking out. He laughed too.  I will never live this down!

It has been slow enough this afternoon that I had time to write in this blog and even email my sister. Had to tell her all about the movie. It’s nice working half a Saturday and then be able to mess around on my work computer if I want to for a while. I really like this job.

No more French Fries,

No more cooks!

No more burgers,

Or dirty customers looks!

Wheeeee! Now for a two day weekend!!!