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Rain!
After 143 days of drought, it’s finally over. It’s pouring this morning! In fact, it been raining for a good part of the night. I woke up hearing thunder at about 3:00. The streets are running and there are huge puddles in my back yard. Never thought anyone could be so excited about a drizzle-y day, but across the Valley, we are.
Such a disappointing game last night. UCLA really outhshined us. I’d love to blame it on the change in weather, but the Cats weren’t playing at home. Now we wait for NCAA accouncements with our fingers crossed. This time we’re just hoping to get in, not even worried about our seeding.
I’m off this morning to the hospital to see Heather and Carsten. I’ll come home with pictures, I promise!
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Baby Shower
I went to a baby shower for Heather yesterday morning. Since she is still on bedrest, we made her stretch out in the recliner with her feet up. There were about a dozen women there, and she got some really nice gifts. Carrie was a gracious hostess. The cutest gift was an English build a bear that Mark’s mother brought back from England last week. This little bear was wearing a kilt and came with a miniature passport which Doreen got the customs agent to stamp as they came into the U.S. It’s adorable!
I’m sure Heather will write about it and post more pictures, but here’s a few I took.
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No Measurable Rain
The experts say there was no measurable rain yesterday, but I could count ten or twelve droplets on my windshield. I think if they had asked everyone in the Valley to count their droplets and enter the number on some website, the sum total might have been measurable. At any rate, we’re parched around here. One hundred and thirty four days. It looks like a lot when it’s written out in words, doesn’t it? Believe me, it is a lot.
I went out last weekend and purchased a new monitor, mouse and keyboard to set up a home station for my work laptop. Since I am a chip lead now, I’m doing a lot more after hours stuff — bringing my laptop home every night and weekend and logging in. With my bad shoulder and back, I am going to be in big trouble if I continue to work at my kitchen counter. I need a bigger screen and a setup that is ergonomically conducive to preventing permanent damage. I also invested in a rolling briefcase to cart my laptop and notebook back and forth. I didn’t get approval to expense these items, but they will be tax deductible.
And speaking of, I’m waiting for my 2005 refunds. I used online Turbo Tax again, and filed electronically, and should see my state and federal refunds directly deposited to my bank account any day. Ain’t technology great??
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No Jackpot
I’m sorry to tell you all it wasn’t me who won that big Power Ball jackpot. But then, you knew I wouldn’t have driven to Nebraska to buy a ticket. Heck, I wouldn’t even drive to the corner to buy a ticket. Nope, not me! Odds of 146,000,000 to 1 is too slim. Now if it was 136,000,000 to 1, I might consider it.
It looks like the Holsingers and I will be off to Las Vegas for spring break. The Alaska folks are longing for a little warm weather, and Ken has a business trip to Sin City that week, so Robin and the kids are going to fly down and join him, and I’m going to drive up for a few days. Robin came up with the idea to see Cirque de Soliel. Megan will love that. And since Ken is working with a church there, they can get a babysitter so we can do an adult show too. I mentioned it to Carrie, and she and Brian might consider coming, too.
Just don’t expect me to come home and write all about it. You know the saying….
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Two in a Row! And other stuff
After a three game losing streak, the Arizona Wildcats have finally won two in a row. Whoo hoo! They looked really good today. Of course, they were playing against a mediocre team, but they played great.
An update on Carrie — she saw the doctor last Tuesday and he scheduled the laser surgery on her second eye for four weeks from then (sometime in the second week of March). After that eye is done, she will be fitted for her first pair of glasses. Until then, she can’t see much of anything out of her bad eye. It’s feeling “okay” … not great, but not painful either. It’s very bothersome to her to have it so out of whack. She sees a gray spot where the retina was re-attached. The doctor said it may be permanent, or it could get better. It is healing and it’s just going to be a waiting game to see how her vision ends up.
I’ve caught a few minutes of the Olympics. The lighting of the torch was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. I backed Tivo up several times to watch it again. Breathtaking!
Work is either feast or famine. I sat three days last week and two this week with nothing to do. Then Thursday afternoon we got engineering results back, and I ended up working some overtime hours Friday and Saturday. Ridiculous!
I have friends in the Pine area whose home is close to the February Fire. 116 days without rain and none in sight. It’s going to be bad.
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