This is what Mondays are SUPPOSED to be like

Today hasn't been too bad a day. As a matter of fact, only one bad thing so far. I couldn't find my keys this morning and was a whole 4 minutes late. There are people in this office that are NEVER that early.
The morning kinda flew by. After Michelle got here I went and got some breakfast. (I had trouble sleeping last night, so DEFINTELY no time for breakfast!)
It was nearly 9 before I got around to logging into the Helpdesk phones. That's not too bad because I have the morning round of e-mail and such to deal with. Then, next thing I know, it's 5 til 11. I've been bored all morning, but the time has FLOWN!
I ate lunch at the apt with the honey. That went fine.
I got back from lunch and things hadn't exploded. Just a little catch up work to do. Then back to the slow boringness. I've only had one upset customer and one that couldn't describe her problem properly. But we got through both of those and got off the phone in good moods.
Then I was working on a laptop with some spyware problems. The battery dies. I check again in the bag to see if the cord is there, no cord. So, I call the girl to ask her to bring it. Here is the jist of the converstaion...

Tech: Hi! I've been working on your laptop, but the battery died.
Client: The cord is in the bag.
Tech: Could you tell me where, because I've found your socks...but no-
Client: Oh! I'm sorry. It's right here. I meant to put it in my bag.

Ok. So there was more to the conversation, but not much. That was ten minutes ago and I'm still laughing over it.
Ok. She just brought it in. Definitely a dumb blonde!

I hope the day gets better. At least we have a departmental meeting this afternoon. Those always sport something to laugh about. Even if it isn't really a good laugh.

>>6/22/06 - 4:45 p.m. UPDATE- E-mail service outage


News Description:
4:45 p.m. Update - Due to an equipment failure, e-mail service continues to be experiencing an outage. The iTech Systems Team will be working throughout the night to restore service as quickly as possible. Please continue to check the iTech Web site for further updates.

2:55 p.m. - Southern Miss e-mail service is currently down. iTech is aware of the problem and is working diligently to restore service to campus. Please continue to check the iTech Web site for further updates.



The above is from the iTech Website. They took our mail server offline around 2:30 this afternoon. They finally put the old dog to sleep....

Interview Thing

1. As a guestimate, how many times are you and J-chan gonna go at it this weekend?
2. What is your favorite anime?
3. What is your favorite manga?
4. How many times, in a week, do you want to strangle me for asking silly questions?
5. If you could be anyone else in the world, who is alive today, who would it be?

1.Uh, maybe a lot. Depends on how much of the time we spend at home.
2.I like Bleach and Chrono Crusade the most I think.
3.Full Metal Panic
4.I never want to strangle you for asking questions.
5.Uh, I don't know that I would want to be anyone else. I'm used to my own problems and eccentricities. I don't feel like getting used to anyone elses!

If anyone else wants to participate, just post a comment asking me to interview you, and I'll post some questions. Then you can answer on your own blog or in my comments! I was interviewed by ruggerchuck.

Anyone that has come by the apartment to visit knows what it has looked like for the past month. Last night Josh and I got the front room cleaned up. It still needs some work, but I think it's time to concentrate on other areas for a while.
The backroom still has a lot of boxes in it, even after what Josh did. I might work on that tomorrow....

HNT

Accounting Class

My teacher finally posted grades from the first test. I got a 102! He says he grades on a curve, so I can't help but wonder what the curve was. I've gotten a 100 on the first 4 chapters of homework too. And I think I'm at a 100 on participation right now. I'm glad I'm doing so well in this class. I doubt I'm doing so well in Calculus. I should get my first test grade back tonight. Of course, she is giving us another test tonight. Too bad she is finishing that chapter tonight. She says that historically students always do really bad on this test because they aren't taking the class seriously. I would say that they always do bad on this test because she tests them ten minutes after she finished covering the material in the classroom. Some students need time for stuff to sink in. I feel sorry for the other students in the class. Some of them aren't going to be able to teach themselves out of the book. I'm just lucky to be decent at math.
Well, I'll let you know later about calculus!

My sister called me with wonderful news Saturday morning. She's pregnant again!
We're all thrilled for her. She's a wonderful mother and deserves to have more than one. Of course, knowing that she has been taking the same birthcontrol pill as me doesn't make me feel so great. Especially after being sick most of the weekend. I'm sure mine was just some kind of bug going around. There's always something going around college campuses.
I don't have much of anything else to write about. I'm just thrilled to be an aunt again!!!

The Girl With the Long Hair that Just Got it Cut Off

That's how I'm described apparently. I know it's a description that fits, but it certainly doesn't help people that don't know me identify me. A lady with a wireless problem just came to see me from Communications. And she said she couldn't remember my name, but that I had long hair, but just cut it off. She did tell me that everyone likes my haircut though. I was so amused, I decided I had to post it. Maybe they should just say 'The Blonde' because I will NEVER dye my hair. My dark blonde is perfectly fine with me!!!

Two Weeks Later...

Two weeks after the wedding I had a little make-over. (Exactly two weeks actually. My appointment was Saturday at 2:15.)
I donated a 12" ponytail to Locks of Love. This is a wonderful charity that I am proud to have been able to support. April, my stylist at The Cutting Edge, said that some little boy or girl was going to be very happy with the wig made from my hair. She said it was gorgeous.
I like my new haircut, but it's going to take time to get used to not having a ton of hair. It took a while to kickstart my brain this morning. I blamed it on the haircut.
I doubt I go with the Hollywood Hair that April gave me Saturday on a daily basis, but it isn't so bad to just blowdry and go either. Of course, I can no have bad hair days again. I think that's the good thing about super long hair!!!

Congratulations to Denny Hamlin!

I'm not a racing fan, and certianly not one to watch sports. But during racing season, that's what is on at Josh's parents' house. We ate there for dinner and watched the race.

From early on I was hoping for Denny Hamlin to win. I had never even heard of him before, but I just had a feeling. I was worried that I had been wrong when he blew that tire and dropped to 40th. But he came back for the win. Towards the end even Josh was hoping he would win. He did a fantastic job, and he really did deserve this first cup win. He worked hard for it. Ms. CIndy was wanting someone else to win, I don't remember who, but she said she guessed she would let the rookie have this one!

Time Flies

Well, the wedding is over, the honeymoon is reaching an end and I'm back at work. Sorry I haven't updated until now. We have wireless at the apt now, but I've been busy unpacking and trying not to get too far behind in my classes. Needless to say, I will have to push pretty hard tonight to get caught up.
The wedding went well. I'm just glad it's over. I just have to get the dress cleaned now. And pay the $200 to preserve it. As much trouble as Momma had with it, I plan on it staying in good condition.
I have lots of good pictures, although it will take me a while to pick ones to post. I only picked them up this afternoon from Cat. Brandi posted her pics on photobucket, just do a search for 'coryandjosh' and it's in our Wedding Day album. They don't look to wonderful on there, but it sized them down a lot. I dropped them to about 10% the original photo quality, I think. But, my sister Jackie also has some posted on her blog, jackietaylor.blogspot.com.
The honeymoon was fun. I had my camera, but didn't think to take any pics until we were leaving. But I do have some of everything but the beach. We're thinking of going back next year. I'll have to remember to pick up a disposal camera for the beach. I'm certainly not taking my digital into the sand. I think I'll get a waterproof so I can take it out into the water for a couple of pics...
Well, I need to get back to work. It's report time. I'll get pics up as soon as I can pick some out!!!

Apartment Update

Well, we are in our new apartment. It's still a wreck though.
We have all the furniture in, with the exception of a dresser and a bookcase. And my computer desk. It will hopefully be coming tonight. A friend has been borrowing it for the last two years while I didn't have room for it.
I have a lot of the kitchen stuff unpacked already. But I still have three boxes of the old stuff and a fair chunk of the new stuff to unpack. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to get stuff to fit. I opened one of the bigger boxes last night and decided to leave it alone for a while. However, I did notice that one of my cake pans had rust spots on the bottom. That's all I could see through the packing peanuts.
We don't have our washer and dryer yet, but it might be coming tomorrow. Ms. Cindy said she thought they were coming into town tonight to pick up their new one. In which case ours can be delivered tomorrow night. That would be good. We HAVE to wash towels tonight, but the clothes can easily wait a little longer. Which is good because I have just enough quarters for one load of laundry.
We have cable internet. Comcast has changed their setup from when I had it before though. It was a bitch to install! Josh was on the phone with a Comcast tech for a while to get it going. He had a connection to download their client, but the client couldn't find a connection. That was a mess.
I got a lot of boxes thrown away this morning. Hopefully I will get a couple more emptied and in the trash tonight. I want to have the place as close to decent as I can get it by tomorrow. I'm thinking of even having Josh do some work before he leaves town tomorrow night. Just to provide some extra hands on the work. There's just so much that needs to be done.
Ya know what, I think I might try to get the futon together tonight. That would be a good project that really needs to be done. I could work on it between loads of dishes and laundry. I think I have all the tools I would need to do it. I just wish I had the directions still. Maybe I can find them online...
Well, I'll try to update y'all again before I leave town tomorrow. I'm leaving around lunch to go get Momma. Of course, I might not leave quite then. I might get them to meet me in West Point or something like that. Then I could get a couple more things done in the apartment before I leave town. I would just need to leave about an hour later than I had planned...

So Much To Do...

...And I can't do any of it today because I have to sit at work bored off my ass!!!!!
I really don't have that much to do tonight. I only have to unpack and put away everything that's already at the apartment and then go back to Columbia. Then I have to pack up everything that is left in my room there and make the bed. It's not that much, but it will take a while. Unfortunately it's all little stuff that is left to pack. And it will get heavy, so I won't be able to move the boxes myself. I do think I have enough smaller boxes to have a few I can move. I hate moving. Cause you box everything up only to simply unpack all of it a few hours later. Too much work....
Oh well, that's life. Moving has to be done. But I should be almost fully moved by tomorrow afternoon. I don't see us having very much left after that.

KUDOS

In my previous post I forgot to give Ms. Cindy her kudos. Last night she brought toilet paper, paper towels, and cleaning supplies to the apartment for us. We hadn't thought to bring those with us yesterday.

More News

It is currently the period of news. So, time for an update.
I bought a new phone yesterday because the people at Cellular South haven't been able to keep mine working. I got the Kyocera Candid KX 16. So far I like it. I once again have a phone with Fur Elise for a ringtone. It has a lot of crappy ringtones on it. It sucks because I'm going to have to sign up for Brew again and buy a few ringtones and wallpapers. The phone's selection sucks. But it was a cheap phone. I have to set up my speeddial numbers again too.
The washer and dryer situation keeps getting better and better. Aunt May offered to sell us the set in her house. Mr. Williams was just going to have to take hers to her and get them. He's decided he doesn't want to do that. He says that if he gets down there and what she has is crap, then someone's feelings are gonna get hurt. So this morning he offered to give us what is in their house and them buy a new washer and dryer. They have a very nice set, and I think it is only a little over three years old. But I hate to ask them to fork out that kind of money. It really bothers Josh too. But I don't think he's going to tell them no. He's just thinking that we can give them whatever money we can spare to help with the burden of them buying a new set.
Chuck came to see the apartment last night. He seems to like it. He kept mentioning how familiar it was. He and Joe had a two bedroom in WestGate for a while. I've invited Stimpy to come after work tonight. He's going to pick up the $20 he owes me before he goes. Which is good because I have to pick up Josh before I go to the apartment after work. I'm very excited. We have another trunk load of stuff to take in tonight. I think I'm going to run the dishwasher tonight while we are there. I mostly brought kitchen stuff anyway. If Ms. Cindy isn't doing laundry tonight I'm going to wash towels. I can go ahead and get all that stuff we got washed, and wash the sheets we got and we'll have clean linens when we move in. And that could go ahead and be part of my load tomorrow.
Josh and Mr. Williams are going to load up the trailer after lunch tomorrow. That way we can get an earlier start on Saturday. Will is coming up to help us move. Josh thinks he is bringing a trailer with him too. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. But the sooner we can get it all to the 'burg the better.
Mr. Williams said he would also help us touch up the paint sometime soon as well as change out all the faceplates in the apartment. The ones in there are old and tacky. I think he said that he had several good looking ones. Josh is even going to ask if he will help us to put a ceiling fan in the small bedroom. We actually want to use it for our bedroom and have the bigger room for company. But we'll just have to wait and see how that works out. Josh said he thinks they have a couple of old ceiling fans maybe...
I've got a lot of stuff left to pack at the house. I think I'm about ready to just start taking boxes and shove stuff in them. Then I can go through and put it where it goes in the apartment. I'm definitely thinking of doing this on clothing. Most of the stuff I have doesn't really wrinkle, so it shouldn't be a problem. And enough of my clothes are already on hangers to make them easy to put away.
YAY!!! Things are coming together!

Amusement

I got the following story in my e-mail this afternoon. I thought it was so great that I have to share with everyone.

MARINES are always taught:

1) Keep your priorities in order and
2) Know when to act without hesitation.

A MARINE was attending some college courses between
assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and
Afghanistan. One of the courses had a professor who
was an avowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.

One day the professor shocked the class when he came
in, looked to the ceiling, and flatly stated, "God, if
you are real, then I want you to knock me off this
platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."

The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin
drop. Ten minutes went by and the professor
proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting." It got
down to the last couple of minutes when the MARINE got
out of his chair, went up to the professor, and
cold-cocked him; knocking him off the platform. The
professor was out cold. The MARINE went back to his
seat and sat there, silently.

The other students were shocked and stunned and sat
there looking on in silence. The professor eventually
came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the MARINE and
asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did
you do that?"

The MARINE calmly replied, "God was too busy today
taking care of America's soldiers who are protecting
your right to say stupid crap and act like a
butthead. So, He sent me."

Apartment!!!

We picked up the keys to our apt during lunch. I like it. It's about a 15 minute walk for me to work. (10 minutes when I went at lunch, but I didn't have my bag and there was NO traffic at all. Campus is empty.)
For those who are familiar with Hattiesburg, we are in WestGate Apartments, just off campus. The place is a little shabby, but it's an apartment. My only complaint is the kitchen. It doesn't exist. I don't know that I've ever seen such a tiny kitchen. Oh well, I'll just have to keep some of my cookware in other parts of the apartment. Because I really don't think that everything is going to fit in that kitchen.
The bathroom is small, but I think it's really average for an apartment bathroom. It's the size of the one's in our friends' apartments. I've just always lived in places with big bathrooms.
The room we intend to use for our bedroom will hold the bed, and nothing else. But it would really be useless for anything else. And the only thing we really need there is a bed, right?
The other room has a NICE closet though. It was built in shelves and is a walkin closet. I think it will do nicely.
We are getting a couch, chair, and recliner from Josh's parents. We also have my futon, recliner, and papassan chair. I think we will be set on furniture.
We're going to get our own washer and dryer, or borrow a family one. The one's the apt was willing to rent us were definitely not worth the costs. They looked like they were on their final legs.
The kitchen appliances aren't wonderful, but they are clean. And they should do nicely. I think Josh just isn't used to the apt gig. Things are as nice as when you own your own home and have the money to buy the appliance you want. We are set up good though.
Josh's parents are coming by after work tonight to take a look at the place. They had already seen the outside, but we didn't have the keys yet. I can't wait for us to actually get moved in!!!!

Classes

Ok. Good news. I got a B in Spanish. That's cool because it keeps my GPA above a 3.5.

Good News!!!

I just recieved an e-mail from the flower place with my RMA. So I can put it in the mail tomorrow. They didn't tell me how much of the money I would get back, or when. I'm hoping it's soon. However, I'm not spending a fortune to get this back to them in a couple of days. But at least I can return it. I'm hoping for a return by Friday so I have the money this weekend, but I doubt that.
Anyway, just wanted to share my happy news.

Weekend Ups and Downs

The weekend started on a good note that ended up being quite a downer. Josh told me Friday morning that my flowers had come in. I was THRILLED to hear that. Until I go home and say them. They are quite hideous. Not at all what I had ordered. Unfortunately, I was unable to reach the company Friday afternoon to go ahead and arrange for a return. I called my sister Jackie and I was hysterical. She promised me that everything would be ok and we would get flowers this coming weekend and get everything done. Nothing but time helped me to calm down. At this point, I really don't care if we have flowers at the damn wedding or not. We should have eloped. It's easier!
Momma and I spent the weekend on the dress. It's nearly finished. We did the hem and the sleeves and finished attaching the skirt. We even did a homemade garter for me to wear. It looks good. The only thing left to do is press it and add the drop beads. And she didn't want to do that until right before the wedding.
At least the rest of the weekend went ok. I think I might have even passed my final, although I don't think I could fail the class if I tried. YAY for me!!!