Where has the time gone?
Somewhere else… probably stuck in someone’s hard drive or the internets or something.
Life has been very busy and there hasn’t been to much time for posting. We took a trip to Denver (details will be forthcoming – it was an interesting trip) and of course, after a vacation, you come home to a mountain of laundry and work to catch up on.
That was my main goal this week – to get caught up on work stuff. It turns out both my bosses took this week off, so I had a great start in getting dug out of the paperwork hell I was in. I had piles and piles and piles (literally – I had three piles) of paperwork to double check was entered in the computer and then scan and then file. I completed pile #1 on Monday. On Tuesday I completed an online project (so I could work from the bedroom and clean up 15 episodes of General Hospital). On Wednesday I completed pile #2. Thursday – not so productive.
I went to tai chi class – something I haven’t been able to do for the last six weeks. It felt good, but man, am I out of practice! Then, I did some work for the three guys who hadn’t gone on vacation, and I must admit, I probably goofed off a bit as well. So, not a real productive day, but – hey – there’s always Friday, right? Plus, The Boy is camping with The Grandparents this weekend, so it’s kinda like he’s back in school or something.
Friday. Ah, sweet, sweet Friday. I started with good intentions. I had four loads of laundry washed and out on the line by noon. The Hubby came home for lunch…but really to pick up his Camaro convertible. Shortly after he left, he called. He had spilled some gas additive on his shoes when he filled up the Camaro. Then he called again… it wasn’t just on his shoes – it was on his socks and pants. I offered to run him up some clean clothes, and he didn’t hesitate to say yes. So… off to his workplace with clean clothes. He had baked a cake (yes, he did all himself!) for his administrative assistant’s birthday, so I stayed for a piece of cake. So, about an hour down the drain there. I was going to head over to the church to pick up some boxes, but one of my guys said he needed a letter asap. So off I go home to take care of that, hoping I could still swing by the church before dinner to get those boxes.
I walk into the office. Everything looked the same… everything looked fine. But it was not fine. Folks, I hate to tell you this, but THE BITCH IS BACK AGAIN. Yes, my laptop pulled the same stunt as last month. It would not start. I almost cried.
But I am a big girl, so instead I called customer service. After a couple of minutes explaining my situation and trying a little troubleshooting over the phone, Diane (very nice Diane at Lenovo) suggested I send it back in to The Depot. I said – what other choice do I have? in that disgusted-I- give- up tone. Well, she said, you DO have another option. I can pass the case to Customer Relations. They are the big guns – the ones that can authorize things such as a new computer. So, after a bit of discussion, I tell her to move me over to Customer Relations.
Now I have to wait 3 to 7 BUSINESS days for them to contact me. The Hubby advises me to just tell them outright to get me a new computer as they clearly can’t … or just aren’t interested… in fixing my computer. I certainly would like a new working laptop. We’ll see what kind of attitude I get when they call.
But for now, once again, I am back on The Hubby’s old desktop, trying to control my bitchiness and deal with it.
UGGHHHHH!!
PS – just to top the day off, there were goat issues at The Grandparent’s place. I now hate goats.
L