A Positive Spin

 

Disclaimer:

All of these images were found on the internet,

they are not my creations.

 

With that said,

it has taken almost 24 hours for me to put a positive spin

on yesterday's events.

 

First of all, my day started by losing an hour.

I wake up and check the time on my phone

and

wonder,

Why is Dianna leaving for work so early?

Why is the neighbor's front porch light on so early?

Why do I feel like I have slept in?

Well, apparently my phone took a trip to the

Central Time Zone

without me!

or

part of the government shut down

was furloughing the little gnome that must set cell phone times?

 

Reboot, and we were out of the twilight zone.

The next two hours were the calmest of my day.

 

Hang on.

It's a pretty wild ride for the rest of the day!

At around 8 AM,

I find out that 

Jenn's embroidery computer has crashed.

This would be the non-backed up,

all of our embroidery designs,

busiest time of the year,

computer.

 

Again, I say,

NOT

BACKED

UP! 

 

Assessing the situation,

we decide that I will take the computer to Best Buy.

60

miles

away!

 

(There is a beauty to living in the sticks,

yesterday,

 I was struggling seeing that beauty)

 

Head to Best Buy,

with JWS' deposit that had to be taken to the bank on the way,

after he reminds me at least 47 times not to forget to deposit it,

40 miles into the trip, I remember

that I forgot to deposit it!

 

I take the computer in.

It can be fixed,

it can't be fixed,

it can be fixed,

it can't be fixed.

 

That was the final analysis,

It can't be fixed.

 

Well, let's just say

that the fix cost was going to be more than the new cost

with no guarantee on recovery of the data.

 

And,

the tech support agreement

ran out a month ago.

 

I go back outside,

I call JWS,

he is not there.

I think,

I stew,

I don't know what to do.

 

(Hey, that rhymes!)

 

I go back into Best Buy

(2nd time through the door)

I ask another question.

I pause and think.

 

Now, I realize that if we try to fix it,

it is going to take 3 days to 2 weeks.

We need to be up and running before that.

 

So,

I am going to buy a new computer,

EXCEPT

I forgot a business check

and my personal account

that I have a debit card for

is

woefully depleted.

 

(Hey, in my other job, I am getting ready for an open house)

 

Totally frustrated

because they won't let me put in on the Best Buy charge card

because I don't happen to have the card with me

and

it also happens to be in JWS' name,

never mind that I pay the bill

and

seven computers,

knocking on eight

we are pretty good customers,

I leave and get in my car and drive away.

 

Sometimes you just have to clear your head and have a

pina colada smoothie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nourished,

sensible again,

JWS suggests that they just transfer the money into my personal account

and

I head back into Best Buy.

( I think that this might be my THIRD trip through the door)

 

While I am now waiting on the salesman

I peruse the

Nooks and Kindles

and

really,

why?

Seven computers,

two smart

and

one dumb

phone

and a

tablet,

isn't that enough technology to deal with?

I pick one up

just to touch it.

and

WHA WHA WHA

BEEP BEEP BEEP

The alarm goes off!!! 

Well, that's one way to get a salesman.

 

Anyway,

I buy the computer and head home.

(It was really not that simple,

software had to be check to see if it would work with Windows 8,

blah, blah blah

but the story is getting long we are only to one o'clock in my day)

 

 

 

So, I get back to work,

totally stressed now

and

trying to maintain

some sort of composure,

I begin the process of loading the computer.

 

About one half hour into the project,

I realize

THERE IS NO PLACE TO PUT A CD!!!

Let me tell you,

I pushed and turned and flipped that thing

and stood on my head

and

stomped

and

well,

maybe even said a few bad words

Then....

headed back to

Best Buy!

 

Remember the 60 mile trip? 

 

So, my

FOURTH

walk through the doors

at

BEST BUY!

 

 

 

This time I bought an external

cd drive.

 

I reprimanded the nice young salesman

who was, oh so, apologetic.

 

I suggested that they should include the question

"Do you need a CD drive in your new computer?"

and

hinted that should be added to the

Best Buy Salesman Training Manual

and then

added,

"While I am old, I was not asking for a floppy disk drive?"

 

How was I to know that now,

cd's are becoming a thing of the past?

 

 

 

This trip to Pittsburgh included a calming visit to Michaels

to

touch

non-technology

paints

yarn

paper

and

flowers.

 

It was calming,

however

on the way home

I stopped at Shawnee's house

to deliver some Michael's purchases to her.

(She is also getting ready for the same open house)

 

 

Kamden was in the high chair

and she was feeding him some concoction

that apparently

the dog liked as well as Kamden

because Lacey was sure was trying to get her share.

Garren was trying his hardest to get the treadmill to turn on.

Kendall had got into the canned goods

and

had loaded them all into a

decorative wagon

and was trailing them all over the house

and

Gracelyn

decked out in a helmet

was riding

a battery powered

four wheeler

amongst them all.

 

Wow!

Confusion, at it's finest!

 

Sort of made the 240 miles that I had driven tod

look inviting!

 

 

 

JWS cooked a wonderful

surf and turf

dinner

and had it ready when I got home.

 

And still,

it has taken me until now

to

put a positive spin on the day.

 

 

 

And despite it all,

I am still concerned that the

software that we need,

will not load on the new computer this morning.

 

So,

as I looked at all these pictures

I think.

"When it all goes bad,

I will have lots to craft with!"

 

And one more thing for the day..

 

After supper,

JWS and I are trying to figure out and make sense of the day

when

Tyler bursts through the back door,

Logan close behind carrying a huge box.

 

They proceed to rip open the box,

chattering the whole time

about what they have to show us.

From behind the couch,

emerge

Two

Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles.

 

They run out the door saying,

"We are going to show our Mom and Aunt Dianna

and

when we get back we are going to

let you sew these so they fit us better

tonight!"

 

So not happening...

even I have grandmother limits!