Wrote this a few days after Labor Day…
The other day I think my cousin thought I was joking when
I said I needed a break after working for 2 weeks for the good Labor Day. But NO it’s true! I had a nice 2 ½ month vacation this
summer. I highly recommend it if you can
afford it! I’m not really sure how I
did… well yes I do, but that’s none of your business!! It is good to be back to work. And for the meetings I manage to stay awake,
I am productive. Yesterday I know my
team lead saw me sleeping!! And I could
not keep my eyes open for nothing. But
then they popped open and I said my important few words LOL I had to fight to get included to most of
these meetings so now I have to act like I care and have something meaningful
to say. The last go round I had such a
myopic view of what was going on, so it is nice to have a big picture view of
the project. I got a nice compliment
yesterday also. My manager (I think… I honestly don’t have a person that I report
to) says that she is so glad I’m here and that I was requested to be on this
portion of the project! I looked at her
like NO REALLY?!?! It’s always nice when
folks recognize you work. And then it’s
hilarious that they actually think I know what I’m doing! I mean I do but some days (like today) my
answer is Yes sure I can do that but then I gotta read everything to make sure
I know what I just said yes to.
Spending time at an assisted living can be
interesting. It’s assisted because for
the most part these people just need a little extra help, but not so much that
it’s a nursing home and not so little that it’s independent living. The
conversations are hilarious! Often
things get repeated because either the person asking forgot or they can’t hear
you. But these people have lived pretty
long lives and they still have stuff to say!
And then this is more recent...
My refurbished iPod I bought a few years ago has decided
to stop syncing and I now I have to go to the apple store to see what the heck
is wrong. If I had known almost 3 years
ago that I would have been getting a better job in just a matter of months I
may have sprung for a NEW iPod with all the bells and whistles but instead I
got it from Game Stop and honestly it has been fine. Before that I had the Sony Walkman MP3 player
which I still do have and may have to break it out again. So I get to Columbia mall a mere minutes
before the clouds open and torrential rain comes down. I have to get to the appointment because it
took me almost a week to get it. Two
bags on my arm, I took my flip flop off and waded through the water with an
umbrella I had in the car. I get to the
store sit down, legs and butt wet and bag a little wet and check in with Josh,
or Chad… or Ian they all looked the same even the girl and even the black
guy. Sam comes out and I tell him my
issue and he says well did you uninstall ALL Apple products? My face was like uuuuhhhh… what do you mean?
What I didn’t know because I am not an ‘Apple’ person is that along with
iTunes, Apple slaps some other programs on your computer that you may not know
are there. It’s nothing harmful they
mostly hang out in the back ground, but if you don’t know they are there you
don’t know to uninstall them. I’m
sitting there and I ask Sam, is it ok if I pull out my computer? It’s a Dell.
He says of course!! I need to see
what’s going on with your computer so I can help your iPod. I’m like
oooookay. So I pull out my pink Dell
(yes it had to be pink) and instantly I felt all eyes on me. And then Sam
clicks a few things and says he’ll be back.
He did whatever he needed to do, reinstalled everything and it synced
(sank?) right away! I was so happy!! I really was because I really didn’t want to
plop 200 plus bucks down on another iPod.
My thoughts on the NFL…
1.
Ray Rice – As much as I don’t want to have an
opinion of course I do so here goes. DON’T
DO SHIT IN ELEVATORS!!! There are cameras
everywhere! And that wasn’t the first
time he hit that girl and probably won’t be the last. I don’t think he meant to hit her that hard
but he did and we all have seen it and they are making an example outta
him. His life is not over; this is just
a blip that everyone is weighing in on.
As for his wife, I wish folks would stop calling her stupid. That is the decision she made, to stay with
Lil Ray. I might be love it might be
money but whatever it is women have made decisions to stay with men for reasons
that are their own. I’m not defending or
sympathizing but it is a bad situation all the way around.
2.
Michael Sam – I think I am the onliest person
who in the midst of this being a great victory for the gays all over the world thought
‘Can he play football?!?’ He was chosen
next to last in the draft and I know people can have closed minds about people
living the life they want to live but he wasn’t a 1st round draft
pick for a reason. THEN he gets an EPSY
award for courage… Not 1 game has been played so I’m still thinking ‘CAN HE
PLAY FOOTBALL?!?’ Then he gets cut and then my thought was OH he CAN’T play
football!! He got signed to somebodies
practice team and I wish him luck but I mean come on… I knew the accolades were
a bit much.
3.
Lesean McCoy – This fool right here left a 20
CENT tip at a burger joint in Philly. I’m
not shocked or surprised, but I am pissed at some of the comments made by folks
who have never been run back and forth by entitled people only to want more and
then they leave a bad tip. I remember many
(many many) years ago serving the radio DJ’s from a radio station here in
Baltimore. It was about 7 or more of
them so I could have added the tip in but I think my co-worker/trainer said
well don’t add it in because they will probably leave a good tip. SO I didn’t and they left maybe $5 on a
ridiculously high bill. But then one of
them did leave more because he was embarrassed (as he should have been) by his
co-workers. If you can’t afford, or don’t
want to tip, then don’t go to places that have servers. One commenter asked how much would have been
enough? In this case the bill was like
$61 so at very least 9 bucks. I mean it’s
great when you get a tip that is huge, but that’s not the norm. Celebrities or athletes
probably get better service because of who they are and tips are not mandatory
but COME ON!! What he did was just mean
and I think everyone should send him a tip card so this foolishness can end.
4.
Go Steelers!!!
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