Month: May 2002

Waaaaah! The dishwasher man came, installed the part, and then discovered that the part is no good and he has to order another one. I’m so missing my damn dishwasher! He said he’d see if they could expedite it, but I’m not going to hold my breath on that one. Luckily I wear my goofy yellow gloves when I do dishes, but I’d love to be able to go back to throwing everything in the dishwasher.

We sure are some dish-using motherfuckers around here. I think I should toss all the dishes and buy a buttload of paper plates to eat off of.

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Man. Everyone’s getting engaged. Congrats to Lynda, who’s the most recent engage-ee. As I just said to Fred on the phone, "Everyone’s getting engaged. I want to get engaged!"

"So, you want to get divorced?"

"Yeah, and you have to propose to me, all romantic-like!"

"Ohhhhh, nonono, you’ll just have to take your chances and see if I ask you to marry me again," he said smirkily (I couldn’t see him, but I know he was smirking).

"I think it’d be YOU that’d be taking chances!"

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Godalmighty. I just discovered that I have yet another virus I picked up from some download or another. It’s the Downloader-W virus, and I managed to bring it onto my system. I’m like a cyber-whore, with all the viruses I manage to pick up. What’s this, the zillionth time?

Thank god for McAfee.

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Okay, that’s it for today. I have to go get some packages ready to send out (books coming your way, Deb!) and back up my stupid hard drive (like it’s the computer’s fault and not my own stupid ass, downloading crap like it’s going out of style!). As a note, y’all should go backup your hard drive as well. How long’s it been since the last time you did so? I know I haven’t done it in at least six months, and it’s probably been closer to a year. I’d hate to lose any of the cool pictures I’ve taken recently.

 

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As the school year nears an end, I usually send a few parents "nice notes." I want you to know how very much I have enjoyed having [Spud] in my language arts class this year. She is hard-working and well-behaved. She has a positive attitude and sweet disposition. I know you are very proud of her. Sincerely, N—- F——-. Isn’t that just awesome? It was completely unexpected, and though it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know, it was still nice to hear it from someone she’s not related to, who sees her every day.

* * * I’m waiting for the dishwasher repairman to come. The part he ordered came in finally, and none too soon. I can’t tell you how tired I am of washing dishes by hand. And the spud does a pretty good job, bless her heart (hee!), but she tends to only wash the part of the dish you eat from. So if you’re about to have a bowl of cereal and you grab a bowl, the inside will be sparkling clean, but the outside is greasy. Gah. "Sometime between now and noon," he said when he called at 7:45, after waking me up. I hauled my ass out of bed, took my shower with the idea that I’ll work out later (I’m fooling myself. I won’t work out later. The laziness has had a chance to settle in, and there’ll be no working out until tomorrow), and now it’s 9:33 and he’s not here yet. Want to bet the one time I’m actually ready for him to show up he doesn’t show up ’til noon? Thank god I vacuumed yesterday, so he won’t be eye-to-eye with a thousand rambling dust bunnies composed of cat fur.

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The gray tabby hasn’t shown up today, but I’m sure he’ll be back. Speaking of cats, let’s start off the month with a bang, shall we? I found these pictures, and I’m not sure whether I’ve shared them with y’all yet. If you’ve seen them before, just pretend you haven’t, alrighty?
There’s a Poo in and amongst those daffodils.
Spanky stalking a bug in the back yard.
Tubby hates you with a burning passion. ]]>