‘Morning all…
Hope all those observing, celebrating or just trying to carry on this past weekend had a fine time.
I actually got a couple extra days off and anything that extends my time away from unending sadness is welcome.
Of course, bring as I don’t post much when I at home, I’m way behind again.
Feel free to just ignore my disjointed ramblings.
(it’s not like I’m unfamiliar with such).
Glad your caught up and back. Enjoy the rest of your evening off and get back to work.
I did; back to being unhappy now.
I didn’t use to hate my job…
(I think I may have been naive or suffering from some other such similar affliction)
Getting flights last night for the Orlando trip, got a pretty good price with some miles chucked in. The website froze as I clicked "pay now" and I called CS to do it manually. Between the time that took the price had gone up £1500. CS agent said she'd call me back in half an hour with a revised price as my tickets were probably still in the system, which was skewing the price. No call back after an hour. Called them back, no apology, just got a "oh I haven't heard of that person". Stuck by their increased price and basically told me to take it or leave it. Tweeted them last night on poor experience, no response. Cashed out all my miles this morning back. Not quite being forcibly dragged off, but they wonder why everyone hates airlines. Hey ho. Off to find a new carrier.
I hate airlines…
Of course I can’t afford to use any of them so I’m just as sure that they don’t care what I think.
We're leaving today on a spring break trip ourselves--exploring Texas and New Mexico.
Interesting…
Didn’t know that was coming up so soon.
Is this also the same trip where you mentioned that you’d probably be exploring Oklahoma with the same vigor that got applied to Iowa?
Oh Yes! WE have a tree down in our backyard that needs to be cut up and the clothesline needs to be put back up. There is also some painting to be done in the bathroom.
That’s what weekends and holidays are for…
It’s the time available for doing the work that can’t be done while we’re working.
Test ran the AC today in prep for summer and one of the outside units was making a loud noise. I said to myself, "Self, that can't be good." Have the AC guy over tomorrow to check it out. Fingers crossed it doesn't cost much.
I talk to my selves all the time.
When one or two of them tells me that something is probably going to be costly, they’re rarely wrong.
Hopefully the repairs were not catastrophic.
Youngest dd dominated at tennis yesterday in both singles and doubles. Today, she has to play #1 against the HS with #1 player in the region. So, she'll get destroyed. But, our coach plays our #1 & #2 players against their #2 & #3 players. Don't know why that's the strategy, but it is.
Glad for the good times; sorry for the undeserved mismatch.
Sounds like the strategy is an attempt to win two out of three while sacrificing pawns in the process.
I can somewhat see the “logic” where this at a professional level, but at a youth level the notion of using another person that you’re supposed to be teaching and mentoring as nothing more than cannon fodder should be unconscionable.
Yeah, this trip we stopped at Tambu Lounge as we were about 30 min early for Kona. We were seated early, and I had to walk over with my manly lapu lapu in hand.
You were at Disney.
We’re all kids there; nothing is unmanly.
Yo Ho Ho Bro's..... popping in to see if they've kicked you dirty rats off the boards yet...
Not yet…
Check back in tomorrow.
Weather we’re still here or not, it’d be good to hear from you again.
The budgie smuggler modelling scene is nowhere near as much fun as it used to be. And last week on set, the Topless Cheeseburger Girl served mine well done.
Well, I’m gonn’a have to ask for a translation here.
As a speaker of “South’rn”…
which rather distinct from “American”…
which itself is obviously quite unlike “English”…
That there just conjures up some rather intriguing imagery without having any proper context.
How do you get so much vacation time? I can barely take 1 week a year and you have 2-2 week vacations in one year
He doesn’t work in the US.
British firms tend to offer around 25-28 days personal vacation plus the 8 national holidays that are mandatory, so yep, pretty lucky we get around 35 days a year.
Like I said…
On the flip side, I have to watch the Super Bowl at 2 in the morning. With boring adverts. And no dip. Because it's 2 in the morning.
I’d make the trade off in a heartbeat.
In truth, the commercials aren’t really all that spectacular (and they’re still just advertisements) and the game is usually rather retched.
I have 3 kids parties to attend today, so that's my day right there.
Oh the humanity…
