Pictures worth the work and stress
So yesterday I came close to throwing the pc out the window. And I am not usually one of those people. I know that its a logical machine, it does exactly what you tell it and the idea that it was doing something to piss me off would have been comical were I not working off 12 hours sleep after the weekend and very little patience. I was trying to upload the carnival pics, convert some movies and burn the latest l word to disc. Overworked ? Nah, I wanted it to do all of the above and of course it was having issues. After trying every dvd in the pack, I came to the conclusion that the dvds were fauulty because the same software burned images fine to cds. After nearly 2 hours of working on it, I gave up before I threw it anywhere. Mammy2 hide behind the couch and luckily didn’t ask were we going to be able to watch anything last night. I was beyond stressed with it. And after relaxing when I got home, I had a lovely shower, cooked dinner and was nicely chilled before the bits and bytes started to antagonise me any more. Bed at 10 and I was asleep in minutes. Determined not to let the pc get one over on me, because of course it was keeping score,
I got up early, uploaded the pics onto Jeff2 and headed straight into work. Got most of them uploaded and captioned so I’m happy! Its the little things really.
Today is pancake tuesday, people are all talk about 2 things, pancakes and what are you giving up for Lent. I feel the whole Lent thing is similar to the New Year resolution thing, ie everyone feels like its a good idea and no-one follows through on it. I could be wrong though. Perhaps it is a good idea to reflect on things and try to be a better person etc. I’m also not a fan of pancakes. Thankfully neither is mammy2. She’s working late tonight as its production so I might make her a salad or something light to keep her going. And hopefully I shall purchase some dvds on the way home and stupid things will work. So we can catch up on the l word. I have to say I am enjoying it, I am hearing mixed reviews from people. I think people expect from it then it is. Its a tv show with fictional characters. That’s it. Its a bit of switch on and enjoy. Its not here to make a politcal statement, its not here to tell us what to label people. I sometimes don’t get how people get so het up about things. No pun intended 
Still no word from the kid, I am of the belief no news is good news, but I am trying to reach her to ensure she txts one of the aunties. She was supposed to txt her at christmas when the aunty sent money to her, but of course she didn’t. We also sent a christmas card back to this aunty but it appears she didn’t get it and passed a message on via the brother to say that she hadn’t heard from us at all. So I will send her a paddies day card and hope it gets there. Sometimes I don’t know where the post disappears to. She has her FAS interview today, so fingers crossed she gets accepted onto the course AND actually wants to attend. This is a bigger issue. Chances are the bubonic plague may make its first appearence since the 19th century. You never can tell with her.
The evenings are starting to get that much brighter and I am already more motivated to go out and about. When its not pitch dark on your way to work and on your way home you do feel a lot better. The ipod has made a lazurus like recovery from certain death and is ready to go as well, so by next week I shall be skipping to work. Provided I get
headphones for the poor fellow. The minute the kid is around, its a case of what’s mine is yours. And so everything disappears with her. Headphones included. We also need to get a new cd/ hifi as the other one appears to be on the way out and sometimes its not worth the hassle powering up the pc to listen to some music. I have been eyeing up
dvd recorders as well, but they are a tad pricey. Perhaps when all the baby stuff is finished with.
