What a Week

Like the title says it has been a very long week.  Lots of emotion – happy, sad, mad and tired.  Not to mention poor. 

Over all the week at work was pretty good.  Having no boss around really helps me accomplish things.  The black guy that I liked originally, still has a great body but he’s turned me off already.  I found out the hard way he can’t keep his mouth shut.  I am not in any trouble over it, at least not at the moment.  I am pretty well back to talking with no one, that’s the best way to ensure no one knows your business.  I just hate that.  However, safety first.  They have given him the shaft and it sounds like he won’t be there long term.  I can’t exactly say I will be there long term either. 

The new purchase order system isn’t configured correctly.  I’ve got a director trying to throw me under the bus for that, but I wasn’t responsible for the setup of the system, that was done by the company we purchased it from.  I thought about doing some troubleshooting from home over the weekend but then I thought the more you give, the more they will expect.  It’s your weekend, screw them.  I know it will be waiting for me tomorrow.  I also have several new computers to work on and get shipped out.  Rome wasn’t built in a day so I will do my very best, which is all anyone can expect!

My massage was good, it was different than any massage I ever had before.  It started with a scalp massage, then neck and shoulders.  Then arms and fingers.  Then feet and legs.  Finally finishing up with the back.  Before I knew it the 90 minutes were up.  I did a lot of talking and my nose stopped up for some strange reason.  I was told that most of my problems were in my shoulders.  That’s where all of the stress goes and then to my neck.  The lady told me to take my time getting up, so I did.  I forgot about how relaxed you feel.  I stood up and it was like I just came out of anesthesia.  Everything was blurry and I really couldn’t see that well.  I felt like I wanted to fall down, I was a bit dizzy.  I got dressed and then went to pay the bill.  I left w/o a receipt, which is something I never do.  Then I had a bright idea to drive to Taco Bell.  I made it and again forgot about a receipt.  Got home, had supper and then it was straight to bed.

Saturday we went to see Magic Mike.  The theater was filled with mostly women, no surprise to me.  I did manage to find two other guys that were with girls, they were all teenagers.  Channing Tatum is one fine looking guy.  The movie was okay, mostly hype that sold everyone on showing up.  However, you did get to see naked to nearly naked men.  Nice buns, plenty of chest.  Ah, if your thinking about going I’d say wait for the DVD not that special.

Sunday the BIG day that we both have been dreading.  I didn’t get much sleep last night.  Partially because I didn’t take my sleeping medicine and the other part was because I was worried about Big Boy.  We took him over this morning.  I had to lay it out on the table that we were out of money and that this needed to be done as cheap as possible.  They worked with us and he didn’t need anesthesia so that made it even cheaper.  I am very happy and relieved to say that he did just fine.   They got out 3 ounces of fluid from both sides but most of the fluid was on the Right side.  That is a lot of fluid for a cat.  His respiratory rate going in was 80 and he was mouth breathing.  After the procedure his rate was down to 60.  He looks better and is very happy to be home!  Going 7 month between visits is really good.  We are on a down hill slide and this eventually will be a loosing battle but for right now we are doing all we can to keep him going, comfortable and enjoying every minute we spend together.  I will sleep so much better tonight!

So life being back to work has been hectic and I have let a lot of things slide or build up.  I finally took time to write my doctor about the blood work that I had done back in May.  Still haven’t heard results and I suspect there is an issue between his office and the hospital where I had it done.  I am interested to know how my Liver is doing, if my Cholesterol and Diabetes is under control.  Plus I need some prescriptions refilled.  I got it the way I wanted it, hit print and looked at a horrible print job.

So that led me to work on the printer, finally I gave up and changed cartridges, much to my chagrin the problem didn’t clear up.  I went to the manufactures website and followed instructions for cleaning the print head.  That didn’t work.  I was very surprised that tech support was open on a Sunday.  I called knowing full well that I needed a new print head.  I mean I went through this a couple months ago.  So I’ve got another one on the way along with fresh ink.  I have to return the defective head and the ink that I have now.  It’s totally free and covered under the warranty.  It’s a small inconvenience but if it fixed the problem, and it should then I will be happy.  I just don’t want t have to do this every couple months.  That will cause me to ask for a replacement printer and/or to go buy a different printer.

After that my project has been to figure out how to get my Blackberry to sync with my Outlook at work.  Not having a BES you are limited to syncing via USB everyday.  Eventually my schedule won’t permit that.  So I found a free solution today.  It’s from Google.  I put a desktop sync client on my machine at work.  Installed a Mobile Sync Client on my BB and it works.  I had to create a Gmail account just for work.  It’s got my contacts & calendar. All I care about is my calendar.  I can create appointments on my phone or my desktop and they show up in both places.  Love that!  Now I am sure I won’t miss a thing, until this of course stops working.

I called Lawn Boy to have the trees trimmed.  I found out he is working on the 4th, which is good.  He may or may not do it then.  He will be buy to cut the grass.  Thankfully it’s been hotter than blazes here and there is no relief in sight.  So I hope & pray he comes over not wearing a shirt.  I will have the camera ready and if so, I can complete my quest to get a shirtless photo of him.  It will be nice to see him and his oh so fine body again. 

I love the fact we have a holiday this week, but I wish it was at the start or end of the week instead of being in the middle.  That just messes everything up.  I know a lot of people will take the week off or work a couple days then go on vacation.  Things are actually so bad here, there are venues cancelling fireworks because there is such a serious risk of a mass fire breaking out.  It is just that dry.  This must be what Arizona feels like.  Steering wheel on my car is so hot I can’t touch it.  A/C in the car doesn’t start cooling well until I am almost home.  Love summer because it makes the boys shirts come off but otherwise you can keep the hot – hot weather.  Then again I am no fan of the cold or snow, unless of course I don’t have to go out in it. 

Well, that ends another week.  I am off to surf and see what all of you have been up to.  Stay cool, be well and I will talk with you peeps later!