T G I F

things were going pretty slick until WHAM!

the scanner / scanner software froze up my scanner.  i HATE technology.   

it's still froze -- and tech support from the software company says it's hardware

the geek says it is software

all i know is the FLIPPING THING IS NOT WORKING

so to calm down 

I put new batteries in my keyboard :)  it's the little things

put on a pretty dress this morning

purchased a cupcake for breakfast - raspberry swirl --- good stuff

and it's back to work without the damn scanner

it is good to be me.

T G I Thursday?

ah Thursday's -- the day before Friday?   days are running amok again.  seems to be my new normal.

so this week on 3rd street --- 

  the computer geek determined the fastest fix to the "corrupted windows registery" on my desk computer was to swap out the new computer in the file room  -- okay --  not a big deal but ... 

1) it didn't just swap out and work 

2) finally got it printing (evidently it wasn't printing back in the file room either)

3) daily often used programs/icons had to be installed

4) it feels slow or reacts slow -- might be the keyboard needs new batteries

5) i had an 8 hour cpe class yesterday and ended up using the surface pro

6) the phone kept ringing

7) restructuring the info of email is weird

8) all of this amid $50k of payroll (kinda busy payroll week)

  so after the other project I got home by 7:30 ... monday was 8:00, tuesday (after the geek left) it was 8:00 ... tonight I'm leaving early -- just saying (typing) ... 

  I need to stop whining about down time and just leave.  I kicked Kate out for the week -- she needs a break from me, my whining and time home with the kids.

  I should make a list for today but they never get done either.

  My new t shirt arrived. 

  

ah ha moment

96 months until I can draw full social security

it was an ah ha moment this afternoon



If I can survive 2020 ----

worked all day -- just little shit projects ...
mowed the lawn
got irked in the drive up line at McD's ...
   a frappe and nuggets shouldn't take 25 minutes

came home and worked on the LSS clients (it's a long story and a mess)
and it starts all over tomorrow


except the lawn mowing ... that crap is done for the week - well -- I'll probably do it Thursday too -- just to get on a better schedule ... need to whip out the chemicals and attack the forest tomorrow :)


and it's dark out
damn

dark
outside


argh

6.5" of rain ...

it's a little damp after the latest deluge of rain 6.5" 

the basements were dry ( a good thing )

the driveway and the back hill washed out 

took a lake break after lunch 

book, coffee, nap

picked up chicken on the way home

tried the new place

tomato garden 

a couple pots of egg plants too

and the boy is

   26 today!   Where does the time go?

It appears that another hot, sticky corker of a day is going to happen.

I came to the office ( on a Saturday, in July )

Projects for today:

1.  the pile on my desk
2.  bust down all the cardboard and get it ready for recycling
3.  vac all the floors
4.  sanitize all the surfaces
5.  scan that damn pile on my shelf
6.  prep for next weeks payroll gigs
7.  work on bad client #1, #2 and #3
8.  work on fun client #1
9.  finish my book
10.  prep some masks -- elastic cord to be delivered Tuesday


ya, I attempted another mask last night, with t shirt strips for ear loops -- epic failure, so I ordered cord on amazon -- will cut and prep a bunch -- we're going to need them and they need to be sturdy for the washing machine

I'll say this -- my masks will be pretty -- none of that ugly leftover stuff !!!!

Thursday's pix and Friday's words

   So, we've been kind of busy on 3rd St and Daisy Lane -- life busy -- pandemic stuff, life stuff and well, just living life.  every.flipping.day.  Everyone is -- this pandemic is turning us all into walking, talking, political idiots.  Some days I just shake my head in "omg did I just hear, see, witness that" ... seriously ... it's that odd.

   Kindness, respectfulness, empathy, decency have all left the building.  It is time for that to change -- we all need to be kind, caring, decent beings.  

   

   Time and crazy makes us understand, forget, accept the changes in our world.  Or maybe in my case - we just don't talk about the big events any longer ...  

  Today I'm going to be a better person. and tomorrow and the day after that ....

Tuesday

the Divas had supper last night 

we smiled

we laughed until the tears came

we giggled

we enjoyed

good food, good friends, good times

we really need to do this more often

we need to make time for us