Cafe' Goodness

You know, I really DO need to get out more. I know I do. I make vows to make myself do it. And I do it, but then afterwards I fall back into my normal mode of doing things.

Why do I have this hermit-like bit in me?

Ah well.

Good chat with amber_phoenix last night. I need to meet folks for coffee more often. Just say, “Hey, let’s get together for a nosh and a cup.” It’s a good thing.
Even with my impending “elimination diet,” I can at least still do herbal teas. 

Yeah – get out more. Now…who will be my next victim? Mwahahahaha!

SNOW!

Blah blah blah – SNOW! There was SNOW this morning! I can’t believe there was SNOW already! Gaaaah! No. No snow. No snow. *stomping feet* It’s NOT winter yet, it’s just NOT.

Oh, but the prospect of cuddling with someone sweet while drinking hot cocoa (hmm, with a little peppermint schnapps?) seems inviting. *humming Baby, it’s COLD outside.*

Ok, in appreciating the change in weather….

I like the smell of a snowy morning.
The air feels crisp and clean, even in the city.
The clean, smooth, flowing edges of everything after a significant snow-fall.

I like playing with icicles.
I like snowball fights.
I like making snowpeople.
I like winter.

If only it weren’t SO long and SO cold, I’d like it even more.

But I refuse to beg for spring when winter has barely begun to show itself. But ask me again around Imbolc.

Tickled? Not at all...

Well, today was really a total waste. A waste, I tell you!

I have not been able to view my ticklers (aka diaries) since I loaded the new security software pushed by my employer. So I tried all the mundane things myself, and then contacted the help desk.

They couldn’t help.

THEN, after several other tries, I’m told to completely remove my claims management system terminal access program, AND the diary app files. Fine.

BUT THE TERMINAL ACCESS PROGRAM WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON OUR ADVERTISED PROGRAMS! So, now I cannot work. At all. I finished one thing today that didn’t require either access to my ticklers or the claims management system.

Why did I bother getting out of bed?

And now, after a couple of days of this, it’s still not fixed, and we don’t know if it will be when I can reload everything, either. It was “something to try.”

*sigh* If I didn’t have morris practice tonight, I think I’d go for a drink or a few…