Coming in late because I wasn't around yesterday because Hubs's brother and his family (including 9yo boy and almost-8YO girl) decided to visit.

My song -- "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do." comma comma down dooby down down, indeed.

"Billy Don't Be a Hero"

Their follow-up single, "Who Do You Think You Are" is a great uptempo pop tune that should have been #1.

And there were actually two versions of "Billy" out at the time. The group that didn't have the hit followed up with "The Night Chicago Died."

I know when my mother didn't want to take the pain pills, the doctor told her to keep taking the Ativan, because it works on the nerve endings (whatever that means -- it makes sense to me in a way I can't explain, because Shingles is attacking your nerves).

Are you having pain with the blisters, Cashmere?

Oh, ugh, Cashmere. I'm so sorry.

Make sure you give that doctor an earful when you see her! Or give me her number. I'm cranky today. I'll do it for you!

The group that didn't have the hit followed up with "The Night Chicago Died."

I still love that song, although some hate it with a fiery passion.

Are you having pain with the blisters, Cashmere?

Yup. The skin around the area is super-sensitive, too. The thought of putting a bra on makes me cringe. The urgent care doc offered me vicodin but it knocks me out, literally and I refused it. Can't take it and wtch the kids.

I'll be sure to discuss the issues with her, vw. I've got a list written down.

Oh, a bra. Ugh.

Back from Columbus exhausted but full of memories of Teh Cute that my niece and nephew have provided. They really are quite awesome.

From a while back:

Do we have any physical therapists in here? K-Bug is interested in this as a career, but isn't sure what to major in. I keep telling her she can start college without deciding on a major, not that she listens to me.

Suzi, my sister (the one in Columbus) is a PT. I'm pretty sure she chose a school with a strong PT program... both schools she went to (she transferred out of her first school after one year) had 5-year PT bachelors/masters programs. She was pretty focused on it from the get-go, but she may know about other paths and options to take as well. Let me know if you'd like to have K-Big get in touch with her.

My song was Helen Reddy's Delta Dawn.

NORA!

I'm glad you had a good weekend!

Yesterday at work was of the suck.

I work for a place that makes software for POS touchscreen machines. Most of these cash registers are running on Windows XP,although some of the older ones are running NT, 2000 or even Windows 95. They all tie into a back office computer, usually running Windows XP.

We got a network patch that we distributed in advance to all stores we could get to and ran it on their back office machines. The program went out to the registers and patched the time zone issue, and reported done.

Except that on a large number of sites, the software lied. On these sites the patch apparently didn't run on the registers, but it ran on the back office and reported OK.

And Oh! the phone calls we had. We had to call in extra people and the supervisor and the head of the helpdesk came back in to help at the end of the day so I could go home only a couple of hours after the end of my shift.

Thank you Bill Gates for hardcoding in the DST dates. Thank you congress.

Ironically the stores with Win95 and NT and 2000 were mostly OK, because we had spent extra time on them.

Oh, Cash, I hope you get this worked out today and the meds kick in really quick. It's really appalling and shortsighted that the doctor didn't prescribe those meds on Friday.

I love "The Night Chicago Died" too! Also on my tape.

Yay for the cute in Columbus, Nora! Welcome home.