As she flipped through the catalog belonging to the ONE office supply store we're allowed to order from, my tobacco free nerves wore thin as she asked me about EACH and EVERY model available. She didn't understand what "wireless" meant, nor did she believe that what I was telling her was possible.
No seriously. I shit you not.
She finally settled on a wireless mouse, placed her order and received it yesterday morning. She was determined to hook it up herself, which took about all morning, driving me nuts in the process. She followed the directions, plugged everything where it goes, yet nothing was happening. I told her to disconnect it all, turn her computer off and start over, which she did. Still no mouse.
"Mahala?"
"Yes?"
"How do I tell if this mouse is turned on?"
"You'll hear it breathing hard and it's little eyes will start to roll back in it's head."
"I think I've got the batteries in backwards."
"Oh come on, that was a funny line.. you could at least pretend to laugh."
"Oh.. yeah.. hahaha."
"FINE then, I'll tell Spanky.. he always laughs at my jokes."
She ended up having to call Spanky anyway, unable to load the mouse driver because she wasn't the administrator. During his visit, I shared my earlier attempt at humor, expecting great waves of laughter.
Spanky looked at me like I'd just gotten off the special bus... and dropped my helmet.
I'm slipping people.
~*~
It's been 72 hours since my last cigarette. I can't seem to stop sleeping. I snooze on my lunch hour then come home and between battling Ma's interrogation and fixing dinner, I have to nap some more. It's a chore just to stay awake at work. Is this normal?? I know nicotine is a stimulant and I smoked like a flippen steam engine but dang, I can't sleep forever. If it doesn't straighten out in the next week or so I'm gonna call the good Doc and ask her if maybe the double BP meds I've been taking to offset the cigarettes I was smoking may now be too much of a good thing.
Seems logical to me.
~*~
There was nudity on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night/this morning. Male nudity. But not Fergburger nudity. It was a bit much over my coffee and grape jelly toast at 7am.
I think when I open my business (a virtual house of ill repute) in Second Life, I'm going to put a little shrine to Craig Ferguson in the corner of the lobby. Yeah.. some little candles on a table with a picture of himself and the words "IT'S FERGILICIOUS!!!" across the top.
*snort*
Just kidding... maybe.
8 comments:
She didn't know wireless existed?! Has she been living under a rock? Does she not ever watch television? Geez. I think I'd have had to kill her just on principle. *g*
Yes, stopping smoking will make you sleep. I did me. The nicotine isn't revving you up, you know.
You may need to adjust the blood pressure meds. When my mother was on too strong of a dose, she slept alot, too.
I'm glad you're still nicotine free :), I need to quit so I can sleep maybe?? I'm jobless, moneyless, my daughter just turned 18 and thinking she's all grown
Hooray about not smoking! I slept a lot too; it helps you forget that your depriving yourself.
One of these days that Craig F. guy is going to come looking for you!
OH! I keep meaning to call you to tell you that my friend in the Library Sciences program here...her newest assignment is to get a Second Life account and evaluate buidings that apparently the department has built. One of the profs office hours...are all on Second Life.
I was reading quickly.
What you said was "It's been 72 hours since my last cigarette."
What I read was; "It's been 72 years since my last cigarette."
... but then again I bet it FEELS like 72 years. :)
You are not loosing it, that was a very funny line. How else can you tell if a mouse is turned on?
DG
I thought that was pretty damn funny. I read it out loud to Husband, and he laughed too.
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