Busy week
I did lots of going in late and leaving early last week. Dropped the car off Monday morning (and took the train in to work). The place where I get my car worked on is owned by a gentleman who has a very thick accent—my best guess is Italian (based on looks), but he could be Eastern European too. He and his wife know me by now, and we had a brief conversation about my beard when I went to give her the keys. I picked the car up Tuesday afternoon, bought the new gas cap, and then attempted to get another inspection, only to find that the inspector had left early. Got it inspected before work on Wednesday, and then left early to help Sabrina move.
Thursday morning I had to drop my poor PowerBook off to get some problems with the screen, keyboard, and power adapter fixed before my warranty was up. I was already resentful of the fact that I would be without my baby for a few days, and driving to the Galleria always puts me in a bad mood anyway. The "Mac Genius" was a bit of an asshole, too, accusing me of causing the damage to my computer. Ultimately he told me I would have it back in 3-5 days and, I thought, he packed it off to be sent immediately to be fixed.
Of course, it turns out the fucker didn't ship it off until the next day. Coupled with the fact that the shipments don't move over the weekend, and Apple's alarming lack of stocked parts for a machine that's not even a year old means that I still don't have my computer back. If it's not back on Friday. I'm going to be pissed off.
Anyway, on Wednesday, I helped Sabrina and Shawn move into their new place. Thanks to work, I managed to miss some of the heavy lifting, and the XanderNeffs had plenty of help even in my absence between various family members and friends.
Once we got most everything unloaded, the male contingent went to take a rather sizable load to a storage unit in northwest Houston. Thanks to my ninja navigating and driving, and The Reverend Doctor Neff's kick ass maneuvering of the U-haul, we made surprisingly good time. After finally getting all of Sabrina's crap into the shed and tracking down a place to return the Uhaul, we were treated to dinner at Chili's.
The XanderNeffs and I treated ourselves to some of Star Pizza's delectable salsa verde pizza on Thursday night. I think any meal of that caliber deserves a mention in the blog.
Thursday morning I had to drop my poor PowerBook off to get some problems with the screen, keyboard, and power adapter fixed before my warranty was up. I was already resentful of the fact that I would be without my baby for a few days, and driving to the Galleria always puts me in a bad mood anyway. The "Mac Genius" was a bit of an asshole, too, accusing me of causing the damage to my computer. Ultimately he told me I would have it back in 3-5 days and, I thought, he packed it off to be sent immediately to be fixed.
Of course, it turns out the fucker didn't ship it off until the next day. Coupled with the fact that the shipments don't move over the weekend, and Apple's alarming lack of stocked parts for a machine that's not even a year old means that I still don't have my computer back. If it's not back on Friday. I'm going to be pissed off.
Anyway, on Wednesday, I helped Sabrina and Shawn move into their new place. Thanks to work, I managed to miss some of the heavy lifting, and the XanderNeffs had plenty of help even in my absence between various family members and friends.
Once we got most everything unloaded, the male contingent went to take a rather sizable load to a storage unit in northwest Houston. Thanks to my ninja navigating and driving, and The Reverend Doctor Neff's kick ass maneuvering of the U-haul, we made surprisingly good time. After finally getting all of Sabrina's crap into the shed and tracking down a place to return the Uhaul, we were treated to dinner at Chili's.
The XanderNeffs and I treated ourselves to some of Star Pizza's delectable salsa verde pizza on Thursday night. I think any meal of that caliber deserves a mention in the blog.
posted by L. Maxwell Ward at 11:22 PM
