The Ladies from New York got a new TV for the younger’s room. I stopped by there after work on Friday and got it set up for them. Only took a few minutes – took longer to unbox than to set up – and they appreciated that I stopped by.<\/p>\n
Friday evening I got a text from one of my friends. He sent it to multiple people and it came through as a multimedia message – which my dumb phone couldn’t handle. So, the message was blank. That was the last straw for me and I decided to upgrade to a smart phone. (It wasn’t the only reason, but it was the latest reason). I went to my local Verizon wireless dealer with a phone in mind and some features on my list.<\/p>\n
The guy that was helping me didn’t use the words “Bro” or “Dude”, but I could tell he reeeeeeeally wanted to. He did, however, drop the F-Bomb. This was in reference to another customer that called in and talked to the other guy in the store – which turned out to be “bro’s” manager. Now, I really don’t care about swearing and couldn’t care less what he said – I just wanted a phone and then on with my life. I suspect that others might not have welcomed his overly casual approach, though. He was doing the full-on sales job, until he found out what I did for a living. He said, “Oh, you probably know more about this than I do,”<\/p>\n
I don’t – at least, not about cell phones – but I was fine with letting him think so. We got the phone picked out (Galaxy S 3 – the one I wanted was discontinued) and went through the setup. At the end, he showed me the log-in process for his system and asked my professional opinion about why they made him do a 3 step log-in instead of a card swipe. I explained that overhead for the physical card system – plus the dangers of having the card stolen and mis-used – would be cost prohibitive. That made sense to him and I was finally on my way. A really odd buying experience, but mostly painless. \u00a0Oh, and one of the databases was Access. \u00a0I mean, really?<\/p>\n
In that same plaza is a Great Clips and I decided that I needed to get my haircut. They were having a special – and I knew this from the person in a gorilla costume standing out front with a sign. There were also notes all over the mirrors and on the walls. While I was getting my haircut – and in front of a so marked mirror – I jokingly asked how much the haircut was. The stylist – totally serious – told me the price. I explained that I knew that and that the gorilla had told me. She said it was her son in that costume – which made me once again glad I have the job that I do.<\/p>\n
A fresh haircut and I was on my way home. I played with the phone for a bit, but the day was too nice to spend inside.<\/p>\n
1. Mowed, raked, and trimmed the yard.
\n2. Took down my compost barrier
\n3. Swept and organized the garage.
\n4. Washed my car.<\/p>\n
I got cleaned up and met up with friends to go to dinner. We didn’t know if the restaurant had call ahead seating, but I used my new phone and found the number – and called. Worked perfectly. Finally felt like one of the “cool kids” with my phone.<\/p>\n
After dinner we played some card games until it got late. I crashed pretty hard, the day had been a long one.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, I went into work for about 3 hours. We’ve got a time sensitive project that was approaching a deadline and since it was raining, I figured I’d give it a little of my time. After I got done, went and bought some patio furniture. I wanted chairs that were reasonably comfortable, but not so comfortable as to encourage people to stay too long.<\/p>\n
Sunday evening I worked on some origami flowers for one of my colleagues. Her husband passed away a few weeks ago and I thought some flowers might brighten her Monday. While I was working on them at the kitchen table, Thunder(cat) curled up in the other chair. I was barefoot and I stretched out my foot to rest on his chair.<\/p>\n
This proved to be a mistake. Teeth and claws dug in and I resisted the urge to pull away since that would make it worse. I scolded him until he let go and I wisely did not attempt that again. He’s less of a pet and more like a really fun and dangerous room-mate. And not a very mature room-mate either – last night he climbed up onto my bed and farted next to my head – then jumped down again. Nice. Thank you, Thunder(cat).<\/p>\n
Little furry bastard.<\/p>\n
So, that was my action packed weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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