Home
I get home and there is no internet. So I’m writing this in wordpad for now. There were some bad storms here today before we got home, so the dsl model or wireless hub must need to be reset. As I write this, let’s just say that I’m not in a position to walk over there and reset them. (tiny laptop, wifi, you figure it out.)
Nice to be home. But every time I get home from a road trip, or whenever company leaves, it’s always a let-down. Like, you’re used to all this social stimulation, then next thing you know you’re alone w/ your cats.
I really enjoyed the road trip. It was good to see M’s friends. It was good to get out of town and have a change of scene. M’s friends have a baby now, and that is something I don’t think I’ll ever get used to: my friends having kids.
It was hot, hotter than hell. It’s nicer on that coast than where we live. For one thing we’re a bit inland so we don’t get the sea breeze. For another, it’s the Gulf on our side, so you never really do get a real big nice sea breeze. They were on vacation so they were at the beach and pool all day, and when they saw us they’re like “what are you doing in a sweatshirt?”. (It’s wasn’t a sweatshirt, it was a hoddie of t-shirt material, but anyway…) and I’m like “Don’t you know that you’re supposed to come to Florida and stay in air conditioning all day???” They thought I was kidding, but I wasn’t. I don’t do pools, beaches, boats, or anything else that puts me in either heat or sun.
I’m burnt-out tired. Friday night we were supposed to go to bed early, but there was a wild fire, so the guy who was on call was evacuated from his house. So M had to be on call instead. But since we were going out of town, M had to get my teeny laptop working so that it connected to the net through my cell phone using bluetooth, and using the cell phone’s gprs. I’ve been wanting to get that working, and I’M SO GLAD it is now. But poor M was up until 4am trying to get it to work, when we had to get going early for our trip.
Then in the morning, it was hard to get up, and then, being on call, a client called and M had to spend some time on the computer and phone instead of getting ready. So we did not get to our destination until later.
But it was still good to get out, get a change of scene. I’m BEAT though. Yesterday I was so tired I was dizzy, and then when I went to bed, I was too tired to sleep. I layed awake for an hour. I hate that, and it’s happening more and more.
Nice to be home and get some snugglies from my kitties. 