Monthly Archives: June 2005

Funny Forward

**Thanks Lee!

A father passing by his son’s bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up.

Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the center of the bed. It was addressed,”Dad” With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:

Dear Dad,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I’m writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with mom and you. I’ve been finding real passion with Joan and she is so nice – even with all her piercing, tattoos, and her tight motorcycle clothes.

But it’s not only the passion dad, she’s pregnant, and Joan said that we will be very happy. Even though you don’t care for her as she is so much older than I, she already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter.

She wants to have many more children with me, and that’s now one of my dreams too. Joan taught me that marijuana doesn’t really hurt anyone and we’ll be growing it for us and trading it with her friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we’ll pray that
science will find a cure for AIDS so Joan can get better; she sure deserves it!!

Don’t worry Dad, I’m 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I’m sure we’ll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your son,
John

PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I’m over at the neighbor’s house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that’s in my desk center drawer.

A Productive Day

I have a productive day today. I got a few more boxes packed up. And then attacked our receipts and have them all entered into quickbooks. So now I don’t have to worry about anything getting lost during the move.

While matching up my deposit slips to a few bank account statements, I came across a few problems. We haven’t gotten our bank statements from a couple of our accounts……gggrrr The date pinpoints to when we changed our mailing address with the bank and when I looked at the statements we have received, they were off a digit and we are lucky to even gotten those.

Boy, did that piss me off. We had that address written out when we gave it to them. So I ended up doing the customer service messenger thing through their site/my account. Hopefully, I’ll have a response by tomorrow evening & it’ll be all taken care by the end of the week.

I called sprint yesterday asking where our cell phone rebates where. When I used the automated service I was informed that we didn’t qualify!?! I was like “WTF?!?” I was ticked off. So I called back & got a hold of a person. Found out for some reason they said we didn’t sign up for a 2 year contract, so they got that corrected & told me that we should receive our checks within the next few days. About time we got some decent service from them.

Now I’m torn between wanting to be a bum the rest of the day, to wanting to pack up another box or two. But I think I’ll do that another day. =)

A Pretty Good Day

Today was a work day for me. Sat. is normally a day that most major projects are done & you are gearing up for the next one. It is kind of weird since I’m use to having a goal/project. I spent most of my day getting little stuff together & worked on schedules.

I feel guilty when I spend the time on it instead of other things, but Saturday is normally a great day for that and even though I’m use to bringing my some of my work home, it can get old and with stressing about the move….it is just too much. Once the move is over, it won’t be so bad. I’m also one of those folks that likes to schedule as far in advance as I can. I have a rough draft done up to July 9th & has started on following week. We have to wait until Monday to find out if the salary budget they originally gave us has been increased; I’m so hoping it is. Because with the one I was given makes us short handed.

It felt good at work, in that it feels with the new boss that it is team with her and I. There are many things we agree upon & she as no problem with me attacking the organization of things, which I love to do when I have the time. I hate it when things aren’t organized. Drives me batty. What also impressed me is when she said she was going to take care of 2 of our associates; she got a hold of our boss and convinced her & got it done. =)

I got all the bills paid up until next month. That is always a relief.

What I would like to be able to do tomorrow is to get my receipts done so nothing is lose move wise, and box up some stuff in the master bath & maybe box up some of the clothes in the closet. Harold has gotten a good bit done. I’m not looking forward to office stuff. You know how an office is, a bunch a little stuff that piles up….lol

About the only pictures left up is my Purdue degree of my major, one of my minor, and a picture of the 1st Fannie May Candy store (damn, I miss that place & the people). I have a few little ones of the family, but those aren’t much when it comes to packing, just put it in with my desk stuff.

On an off tangent, I had been at Fannie May so long that when a holiday comes up, I know what is on sale & remember what I would be doing to prepare for it (with Father’s Day, Pixies and other nut things are always on sale….grin)

Finally sent off the book I got for mom, plus a few other things that I could tuck in there. I did it priority (only a buck more) but it didn’t dawn on me that I didn’t put one of those stickers on it that lets them know. I can only hope that they read the postage label……doh, as Homer Simpson would say….lol

I’m exhausted, didn’t get much sleep last night, but ironically feel like doing some sort of project. Of course if I do that, I’ll pass out before even starting….lol

Overcast

It has been overcasted all day, with spits of rain here and there & it finally started to let loose. It is no longer doing the down pour thing, but it is still raining & windy. Arlene is on the other side of the state for us, but her bands bring us rain & possiblity of tornados.

I did get my nails done, laundry (had a bunch) & a few things done on my pc, worked on the schedule for work. I also called and got all the utilities & stuff transfered for our move.

I did have to go into work for a little while. One of my employees had some concerns that she wanted to present to our boss but wanted me there since it would make her feel more comfortable. I hoping that once we address the person of issue that it’ll be resolved.

That was my day.

We are getting anxious to move, the bigger space & I just want to get it over with..

It’s Starting…..

Looks like the hurricane season is coming out of the gate at full speed. =(

Tropical Storm Arlene forms in Caribbean