Technology, Shmechtology

Currently the main web site application we use here at work to do...well, just about everything...is down, and without it, there's really nothing I can do. Except sit here and daydream about being outside, where it is 70 degrees! and sunny! Oh, and browse articles about the Britney Spears Dateline special I apparently missed yesterday when I was, again, enjoying the weather. All is not lost, though- Toto is currently on my radio. That'll cure anyone's boredom.

Anyhoo, as I mentioned, the weather is finally warm here! Well, warmER, and if you're from the Midwest, you know that officially makes right now the beginning of the best time of the year. Cory and I made sure to take full advantage of it over the weekend. We spent Saturday morning at rummage sales, including one at a Greek church, complete with an old lady who kept trying to hustle me into buying an evening gown with a very noticeable stain on the scooped neck, right around where your cleavage would be showing, which means right around where everyone would be looking if you chose to wear an evening gown for one reason or another. Which reminds me, the way she started up was to ask me, "Do you ever need an evening gown?" "Not usually," I replied and tried to walk away. "Well, yeah, but then when you do need an evening gown, there's no rummage sale." A good point, for sure, but I'm relatively certain that when the day does pop up that I find myself in need of an evening gown, that the first place I will look is not an old church rummage sale in the worst part of town, even if it does offer all of the stained and ripped finery the '80's had to offer. This woman was a good time, though. She later tried to sell us on the "trousers", and ended up convincing Cory to buy 3 or 4 pairs, so I guess persistance does pay off.

After the rummage sales and a short visit to the park, we decided to really enjoi the nice day and head up to Ann Arbor. This visit was much better than the last time we were up there, which surprisingly was only 2 weeks ago, when we had to fight a giant snowstorm the entire time. That trip ended in 2 strangers having to push my car the rest of the way up a hill after I got stuck and ended up blocking traffic. Whoever says the Midwest is all flat obviously hasn't driven a Grand Am with a joke of a "traction control" system uphill in the snow. Anyhoo, once we got to Ann Arbor, we realized we had unintentionally arrived on the same day the Hash Bash was taking place. Which meant there were tons of hippies, an endless supply of stoners, way too much pachouli, and some of the best outfits and hairstyles I've had the pleasure to encounter in awhile. If only I were stealth enough to have gotten some pictures for you, but alas, I am not. Next time, my friends.

After some shopping and delicious Pancheros, we started to head home only to get a phone call from Cory's aunt, telling us she was having a last minute going away party for his cousin, who is joining the military and leaves on Monday. The party was right then, and happening in Monroe. We had plans for that night, but still managed to stop by the party on the way home for all of 15 minutes. Hey, it's the thought that counts. Then it was home to shower and onward to Mike and Stephanie's house for a night of drinks, laughs, games, and general ridiculousness.

I managed to make it through church and Sunday brunch the next day (a big accomplishment- I usually have to take a one day pass on life after a night at Mike & Stephanie's), but then went home for a nap. After about 1-2 hours of constant interruptions, mostly courtesy of Knuckles (who was being a bad kitty) and the phone, I got up to hang out with Lauren for a bit, then a quick stop by the parent's house for a short walk with my mom and Old Man Max, followed by pizza and slushies at home with cutie-pie Cory. Good times.

Well, it's now 3:00 and we were promised the web site problem would be resolved by 2:30. It's not.

Sigh. I wonder what Britney's up to today...