Archives for October 2007

So I have a test for you.  Think of all the words that start with "A".  Go ahead.  Think of them. 

Apple.

Amy.

Alligator.

Yeah, that’s about as far as I got in the van with Emma when she asked me to play along with her game.  Then Mom and Heather got in the van on the way to O’Charley’s tonight and I asked them.  So we start blurting out "A" words.

Amazing.

Alluring.

We see a sign on the interstate and say "Applebee’s".  And then we drove down the road and randomly blurt out more.

Almost.

Always.

The words almost came out as word associations either by meaning or spelling.

Antacid.

Antihistamine.

Antiseptic.

Amnesia.

In fact, we spent the rest of the evening randomly blurting out words that started with "A".  Heather, I have another one.  Angel.

I’ve sort of ruined "A" but try it with another letter.  It’s not as easy as you think.

I pinged my Dad today with those Dilbert comic strips and he pinged me back with a link to more pictures like this one. 

Wow, thanks, Dad!

This made me snort.  If you’ve read recently, doesn’t look like I’m going to get that raise I deserve thought I was getting and recently was handed a new flat screen monitor.  Yeah, it’s scary how close Dilbert gets to real life.

Especially when you read this one.  All of us programmers were shaking our heads.

So tonight is one of those nights.  Scott is at work and I have new code running for the first time at work.  And it didn’t go well.  And the kids are cranky and hungry and really want my attention because I’ve sat at this computer all day today.  So I’m having to run back and forth between this computer and the girls.  It’s gone sort of like..

run to the hall and change Lexi’s diaper that was getting ready to fall off

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

run back to my room to grab cream for Lexi and literally fight to put it on

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

run back to the kitchen to fix Cocoa Puffs for my hungry kids

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

go back in the living room to move Emma’s food tray to the recliner instead of the ottoman

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

run back to the living room because Emma and Lexi have spilled their Cocoa Puffs  3 feet across the floors while having a pillow fight

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

run back to the living room to dance with Emma during Dancing with the Stars because I promised her we would

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

run back to the living room to dance with Emma during Dancing with the Stars because I promised her we would

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

run back to the living room to dance with Emma during Dancing with the Stars because I promised her we would

run back to the computer to check a chat/process

And here I sit.  The girls are playing by themselves right now and I’m still waiting on someone to do something for me.  Some people think it would be so easy to work from home.  I have to disagree.  Totally.