No A/C, bike friends, and Friday phone calls
I wanted to write yesterday but at the same time I just didn’t want to touch another computer!
I had to go to Ft Meade in the morning. The DSL was being upgraded and it caused the IP address to change so they router had to be reconfigured with the new IP address. So the DSL guy was supposed to be there at 8am and I was gonna get there at 8:30am. I figured that would give him a chance to get his stuff done. Well, he didn’t bother showing up until 9! Then his stuff was all screwed up and he was on the phone for a couple hours trying to get it all sorted out. Long story short, no one had the password to the router. The router was a commercial grade router so it wasn’t something that could easily just be reset. I planned on being there until about 10 or 10:30…I left at around 2:30. On top of all that…the A/C in my car quit working! So I had the pleasure of sweating all the way back to Lakeland. I did get everything finished though, so that’s good.
My friend Nick got a bicycle and is going to start riding with Jon and I in the morning. He went out with us this morning. It’s pretty cool cuz I’ve known him for years and he and his wife bought a house recently just a couple streets down from us. I need friends so I’m glad to have a chance to hang out a little.
I’m glad that I’m having a relatively slow day so far at work. Friday’s are usually really slow until 3:30. I don’t know why but my phone always rings off the hook from 3:30 to 5 on Friday afternoon. I have to say, if you wait until late Friday afternoon to call me, NOTHING you say is going to be urgent to me. The cut-off for URGENT phone calls is probably about 1:30 on Friday. If you wait longer than that, it really isn’t very urgent, is it?
Let me guess, the A/C went out in the bug. It figures. They are great little cars and will get you from point A to B, but it’s the little quirks that can get under your skin!