11:00 AM

Where geeks live...

So, yeah, I went to the Mac store yesterday and almost kissed the dude who fixed my iPhone. Airwoman said I was extremely calm about the frozen state of the phone, but I had a feeling it was fixable, it was just some itunes mess. All of the people at the Mac store looked like sad Macs. (See video below) But seriously, I felt like I was in a waiting room. Then, that led me to think of illness and seeing all these people touching the Macs all around me, I was thinking, this is like a germ spa. Thank God I didn't freak out - but if I had agoraphobia I would have gone into full meltdown mode.

We had a retreat meeting last night, and it was...interesting. I have been on team for some time now, and since I am doing the support end, cooking, whatever they need, etc, I was saddened to see some people didn't show up, one person complained about nearly everything and the best part was her saying she didn't have $15 to kick in for food on Friday or money to cover her stay for the weekend. Ok, Houston. It's going to be a challenge for me not to tell her something, so I just might. It's better than grumbling behind her back. Sometimes, people forget the retreat is not about them - it's about the candidates and about God.

My gremlin effect wore off last night. Yeah, I had lost my wireless router connection because I messed with the network key. But, I was able to reset the wireless and I was back in business. I managed to stay calm too. I'm growing.

12:24 PM

iPhone issues

Just got the iPhone last night. It's frozen due to some itunes upgrade. I have tried the support forums and I am getting nowhere. I will probably have to go to the apple store to get it fixed.

I have been deciding to cut back on some blogs I was reading. I cut two out last week, and I will probably just leave it at what's on my list right now. I think it's normal for us to have a visceral reaction to what we are reading sometimes and then comment, but people don't want to hear what you have to say most of the time. Learning and growing every day. Give me my gold star.

7:49 PM

D-don't be tardy for the party...oh oh...

3:54 PM

I love my friends

Dimplz73 (3:46:21 PM): c* and i want to see if we can do a karaoke night the wed before thanksgiving
Dimplz73 (3:46:26 PM): u should coooooooooome
krabbipants1 (3:49:41 PM): we'll see...maybe
Dimplz73 (3:49:58 PM): forget you
Dimplz73 (3:50:00 PM): that's a no
Dimplz73 (3:53:47 PM): i'm sending you a coupon even tho U SUCK!!!

8:07 AM

Finishing touches...

So, I still haven't been able to incorporate exercise into my daily routine, but I did paint, so that counts. Last night, I was grading some of my students' work. I started another class last night, and the response from my student after I welcomed her was, "thanks and I hope you are a better instructor than one of my last ones." Thanks, Sunshine!

10:15 AM

The weekend I thought I had free

So, I thought I was going to have it easy because I made no plans for this weekend. Well, as fate would have it, my mother was painting the living and dining rooms. Since I can't, in good conscience, sit around the house while she busts her butt painting, I decided to help out. Holy cow! Lots of work! We had to prime the walls first, then apply two coats of paint. We also had no drop cloth as we are renegades like that. We did very well and didn't make a mess. She then treated me to Houlihan's because my mother is awesome like that. Even more awesome, they screwed up her order and she ate for free. And the manager came back with a coupon for a free entree the next time we visit. Score!

Getting ready for the retreat, which means I will have to go shopping this week for Saturday's meal. It looks like I will be staying the weekend. Another busy weekend ahead. But I have to say, I am so looking forward to this. It's always great!

12:13 PM

Another stimulating IM conversation

Dimplz73 (12:05:16 PM): so i forgot to tell u
Dimplz73 (12:05:21 PM): i went to rite aid
Dimplz73 (12:05:25 PM): and the always were on sale
krabbipants1 (12:05:31 PM): cool
Dimplz73 (12:05:33 PM): so the signs were a little confusin
Dimplz73 (12:05:42 PM): and the thing ran up to 6.99
Dimplz73 (12:05:52 PM): so i am like, "wait i thought it was 2.99"
Dimplz73 (12:06:13 PM): so he's like , "Gary! she said she thought the always were 2.99!"
Dimplz73 (12:06:21 PM): :-[
krabbipants1 (12:06:25 PM): omg like in the movies
Dimplz73 (12:06:28 PM): YES!
krabbipants1 (12:06:33 PM): loll
Dimplz73 (12:06:36 PM): so we go to look and the guy is nice
Dimplz73 (12:06:46 PM): but i am like this is awkward
Dimplz73 (12:06:54 PM): and he goes oh no i am very understanding
Dimplz73 (12:07:28 PM): but i am thinking sir, please don't act as if takling about maxi pads was on ur list of things to do today