Actually written on Thursday, April 5...

Such is the annoyance of things mechanical. Last night as I was in the middle of discovering a new thingy to play with on my blogs (thanks to Hack MSN Spaces) my monitor goes completely dark yet the computer is still on. This has been happening off and on for the past few days. Not sure if it is the video card or the monitor itself on the fritz. Good thing that I was just surfing and not in the middle of typing my blog entry. That would have severely angered me to have been in the process of typing my thoughts down and not be able to save. So now I have resorted back to the old fashioned method of jotting down my thoughts with pen and paper. So let us begin...

In continuance of my mundane and non exciting life, some interesting things have popped up for the past two weeks. I have been working sporadically due to a water problem. Last week I worked Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. I woke Thursday and discovered that production had been called off for my shift. That was a lovely and unexpected surprise. I enjoyed the day be getting my hair cut and ordering our supper from the cafe. Wyrm enjoyed his day with getting his hair cut or should I say shaved. He is nearly bald.

Friday I woke expecting to go into work, but again production was called off for my shift. Wyrm however got called in for a few hours. On Monday both of us went into work to hear that we would only be working half a shift. I clocked out around 6:30 PM but had to wait for Wyrm till about 8:30 PM. For Tuesday and Wednesday, my shift was the only one running and now work was canceled yesterday for everyone. Who knows about Friday. I will have to set my alarm to get up and call HR to find out if we are running. I'm loving the time off but my paycheck is hurting. Ouch!

The lowdown on my sister is that all of the tests that she had done have come back negative. She's in good health. Her neurologist seems to think that one of her medications that she's been on may be the culprit of her spells she's been having. She's off the medication now and her mind and ours are at ease.

I got a wonderful surprise while grocery shopping at Wal-Mart last weekend. As I was walking down the aisles looking for an item, I saw a young girl that seemed familiar to me. She looked so much like the photo of my friend, Karen's, daughter. I decided to keep the girl in my sights. After I was done shopping and heading to the checkouts, I saw the young girl again at the jewelry counter. I made my way slowly past a display stand and lo and behold there was Karen. I almost didn't recognize her with her recently dyed red hair (she's a blonde). We hugged and laughed and were chatterboxes until I absolutely just had to go. As much as I hated to leave, I had no choice. The ice cream I had picked up was starting to melt. I was so elated after that. Nothing could have dampened my spirits then.

Well that's been the happenings here so far. Since I haven't been very good at keeping up with my posting, it may be a few days before I write again.

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Update:

My monitor went completely out before I could get a chance to get this typed and posted. It happened while CR was in the middle of a computer game. Thanks to his expertise (he got so mad he started banging on the monitor and the video popped back in) the monitor is working again and hasn't given us any trouble. Also I'm off again due to work being canceled due to the water problem. Will have to call tomorrow to see if I go in or not.

Later