Yes, but your summers! waaaaaay too much for me
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Spaz!!!
It’s Firday! Finally.
Hugs.
GT
Happy Spaz Day!
I have decided to get off my ass and start bowling again. It’s been six years. It was at least a form of exercise, and fun to boot. I need some new bowling shoes which I will purchase today. (I can’t wear those icky rental shoes. :))
Ditto ditto ditto
Happy Birthday, Spaz!!!
Up and off to blurf.
Grossness contained within the spoiler. Oh joy!
My old friend IBS is hitting me hard today. :rolleyes:
Heeeey,
Happy Spaz Day!
After managing to extract the courier’s name and number from Toshiba and communicating directly with them (for some reason, dudes living in Edinburgh have a better idea of where local universities are than foks in B’lore do), the courier did indeed find me.
Toshiba had not sent either them or me the appropiate labels. After calling Toshiba (twice), collection rejected and let’s set it up again, yaaaaay!
Did I say I’m not a happy Toshicustomer? Now I’ll call them up again to see if we can set the new collection for a day when I don’t have classes. I think the notion of purgatory may have come about as a way to justify times like these; many people try to use as a crutch for life’s little trials of patience the notion that “putting up with this shit without killing anybody takes time off purgatory.” Of course, as I joked with the courier, we can’t go down to Toshiba and kill 'em anyway, since we don’t know where exactly they are!
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Second, a little less blurfy for a Friday. I went to bed extra-extra early last night, so feeling slightly more bushy-tailed today, which is good for a Friday, but otherwise nothing much to report. Just another day on the grindstone.
Happy Spazmas!
Hippo Birdie, Spaz!
Sorry to hear the woes continue, Nava. I’m convinced that part of the reasons for outsourcing support to distant countries is to ensure that it’s just too far for irate customers to travel if they need to throw a hissy fit. 
Maybe the third time’s the charm?
snowbunny, d’you think you could send a little bit of that snow northwards to Vancouver? All the news can talk about is how the Olympics might be in trouble because there isn’t enough snow… I’m praying it’ll snow sometime soon so that they can shut up about the damn snow and start covering some real news again (like where the Olympic torch went today, or how the economy is maybe possibly kinda sorta recovering eventually).
So I’ve got LiLi and family coming over for brunch tomorrow, and I’m pondering what to make… I’m sure inspiration will strike sometime between today and tomorrow (preferably with enough time to do a grocery run for whatever I’m missing, of course).
Quick post while I’m on break
I found an old fortune at the bottom of my tote:
Be curious always, for knowledge will not acquire you, you must acquire it.
snerk away
Happy Birthday, Spaz!
The pattern for the baby blanket is here, FCM. That is not a Ravelry link so anyone should be able to access it. I think. It was a pretty straightforward pattern once I made up the flashcards. I ended up only doing 5 repeats instead of 6 with the Bernat Baby Coordinates Chunky. I love my friends, but I wasn’t going to buy angora for a baby to puke on.
Dunno why the shoes stick. I’m guessing my feet must sweat in them more than I thought. No more fish sauce though. 
Today’s shoes smell like leather, which is fine for the first five minutes, but is starting to get a little annoying too.
We’re going to a friend’s birthday party tonight and then brunch with an out-of-town friend (and a group of friends) tomorrow. That’s a busy (for us) weekend!
**Happy Birthday Spaz!!! **
And remember – like I say to everyone, you can continue saying “well, I’m closer to 30 than I am to 20…” 
**Nava **-- at this point I would be on the horn to anyone at Toshiba who I could pester :mad: You are far more patient than I am. (not that that’s very difficult…)
**Dotty **-- “all clear” vibes going your way. May the trip be uneventful, the results good, and may your husband become educated in the ways of little girls!
It’s annual review time here. The Chief Marketing Officer had asked many of the analysts to review our VP. Ugh. I think the VP’s great, but we had to cover all of our Core Competencies, which are things like “strategic agility,” “change leadership,” “business acumen” and so on. For 7 areas. I can’t sling that much BS.
And now I have to go and rate myself on all 7 areas as well and provide examples of how I drive innovation and demonstrate my results orientation. Major UGH.
Happy birthday, Spaz!
Attacks Husband is going away to the place his parents own in the country for a week (confusing grammar), and I’m sure he’ll enjoy the peace and quiet, and I’ll enjoy not having a sarcastic voice wafting down over the bannisters. Of course, he’ll probably miss recreationally lying to my kid.
Urgh. I wake up more or less full of energy, and start thinking “Naptime!” around noon. Instead of a nap I will have lunch. Nachos or toast?
Is it Quit O’Clock yet?
Getting closer all the time…
Happy Birthday Spaz!
Possible TMI: I started my period, which means I finally get to use my mooncup!
I still need to get my car to dealership. I have to go the post office first. On the plus side, it isn’t raining right now. Maybe the storm is petering out.
<AHEM> CLEARING THROAT <AHEM>
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HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR SSSPPPAAAZZZ!!!
HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!
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<snerk> IN BED! <snerk>
Howdy Y’all! Four down and one to go! Plus, no casualties!
Pizza Hut is makin’ dindin tonight cause I can’t be bothered and OYKW offered to pick it up. YAY!!!
Ruble do a vanity search.
Happy Happy Day, Spaz!!!
Well, I’m about to get back into several weeks of insanity. I need to decide if I want to do 10-hour days or 6-day weeks. We’ve got to get phase 2 of the Project from Hell done by Feb 22, and I lost my Boy Wonder, so I’m having to do it alone. I won’t get a big chunk of data till next Friday, but I can get started - I’ll just have to backtrack and update whatever I finish early.
It doesn’t help to know that I’ve now reached the stage where I can put in my retirement papers any time I want. We shall see how much I truly love my job…
I had a terrible night last night - I don’t think I had 3 hours of sleep. grrrrrrrzzzzzzzzz
I can haz nap plz?