Guess I really can’t complain because the family is not writing much these days, hmmm? Looks like it has been since Saturday for moi, after all.

Busy and rough week at work. I have now worked 4 (FOUR!!!) weeks as receptionist with only a few hours here and there at my own desk. We readvertised the position and it runs until the 23rd so that means I will be there at least through the 26th. If the boss hires someone by then I will have to oversee the training.

And, for some reason (gee ya think?) I have had an emotional and rough time of it the past couple of days. Feeling a bit under/unappreciated, I would guess. Added in to the stress of needing to get to my desk to work on a project that I am presenting in June!

So – still no takers for receptionists in Alaska? Come on people – I will even put you up for a (short) while as you get settled in. You get the beauty of Alaska AND of the moose, too. What more could anyone ask? hahahahahahahahahaha

So – bought a ticket the other day for hubby’s buddy (was our best man 37 years ago) to come visit. This should almost go under the category of MEN! at this point. I have never seen more angst and ineptitude on the part of two (supposedly) grown men over getting that ticket. First, they “looked” (uh-huh, sure, right) and could NOT find a ticket for the chosen dates. Couldn’t get him here on mileage (well, yuh! I TOLD you guys that needed to be done a month or so ago) and they just threw up their hands and wahhhhed about it.

I went a-searching. ANYthing to hush them, you know? Found cheap enough tickets online that I told hubby – IF I sold one of the motorcycles (I had two in the garage that were mine) that I would front some money for a ticket. Latched on to that like babies to milk, I tell ya. I did say that I wanted at least half back because I don’t believe that anyone should expect a free ride, you know? If you wanna come visit – make an effort, at least. So that was agreed upon before the bike was sold and before the ticket was purchased.

The second person to look at the bike brought the cash. PurpleMoosie is a happy moosie – her baby is going to be ridden instead of being cooped up in the garage pining away everytime the other bikes were taken out for an airing. Yay! And, to a new rider who will treat her lovingly. Yay! again.

Ticket searched for and purchased. Sent the information via email to the address hubby gave me for his buddy. Buddy says “I haven’t seen it. Send it again.” Sent the info again to the same address. “I haven’t seen it, yet” I hear. FINE! Check the email address and make sure you gave me the right one, because if you didn’t someone ELSE has all of that information!

It took nearly a week before they could figure that I had indeed sent it to the right email address and he finally has said that he received the info. Lord knows where it went before he got it. I even used a coupla other email addresses of my own to send it from – just in case he had my address blocked.

So, indeed . . . MEN!? . . . times two. At loose in Alaska. Be afraid – be very afraid.

I will see little of either of them, I’m sure. Remember that big presentation in June? Yup, the same time he will be here. So I’ll probably only see them when it is dinner time.

So – guess I did have something to say, after all. Sorry it was rambling and complaining. But, hey, even a moose deserves to do that once in awhile, huh?

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Posted: May 18th, 2006 under MEN!, Moose Nuggets.
Comments: 2

‘s been awhile since I’ve written – for whatever reason – just had to be.

I will be “on the desk” all this week – and hopefully only for this week. Our receptionist is gone and the boss is interviewing prospective new hires. The “plan” calls for a new one to be on board this week and the old one will do a few hours training on Saturday and I will continue the training next week, but be able to be in my own office.

that’s the plan

plans often change

sigh – so, we’ll see.

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Posted: April 23rd, 2006 under MEN!, Moose Nuggets.
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Hubby took my hard drive in to have the cd repaired or changed. The door did not always open properly. Turned out they changed it. No biggie. Thanks, guys, I appreciate that.

They also decided the fan was “making a funny noise.” Now, that actually sounds like a woman’s way to explain something, huh? Anyway, they changed out the fan, too. Thanks, guys, I appreciate that.

What I DON’T appreciate – or understand – is this apparently inbred need to change around my desktop icons to YOUR satisfaction – and my browser bar to YOUR satisfaction. You know, it was just fine the way I had it. I was used to it, could find things without digging around in the little file folders YOU thought it best to install on MY desktop.

Sheesh!!! What is it with you techie peeps out there? Don’t mess with the little old lady’s lifeline, will ya?

You also added software which you and hubby decided I needed – more security stuff or some such. I was doing just fine, thank you. It is not MY machine that picked up the virus, now is it? Nope, I thought not. And, btw, just WHERE is my AIM???? Hmmmm? Am I gonna hafta download that puppy and set it up again? I know that I didn’t use it all that often, but I DID use it. So, why did you all think it necessary to hide it or eliminate it, huh?

Sigh!

Slept in this morning – still extremely tired for some reason or another. Seems there is a bug running rampant through the family and hubby thinks I might be infected with it. Anyway, I slept in clear until 7:30 a.m. when said hubby called me to tell me F wasn’t going to make it down from Anc. until 8:30 did I want to come in and have breakfast with him? Ummm, no – need to hit the shower. Oh, did I wake you? Dur!

So, instead of jumping right up to hit the shower, since I was sitting here where the phone is, I decided to come in here and rant a bit. Aren’t you all glad I did?

thanks for being there – whoever you are. Have a wonderful Saturday – no matter what time it starts for you.

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Posted: March 18th, 2006 under MEN!.
Comments: 1