Once again, the long arms of the Internet have reached out and embraced me, this time from somewhere in MN, from a high school classmate. This young lady, yes, I said young lady, contacted me via Facebook and we have been busily catching up on each other's news and who knows who, etc. after all these years. Love it!!!
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Earlier at Office Max (oh, my, did I do it big time today!) I saw another lady I knew from Sprint and she was astounded that after all these years, possibly thirteen of them, I still recalled her name! And, I remembered her as being a Christian woman. She was blown away, and could not believe how different I look than when I worked with her. Not only my hair and no Coke-bottle glasses, but my "shape" is different. Yes, I must admit that now I am much shorter than when I worked at Sprint! She is lovely as ever and works part-time as a life coach, giving me her business card so I can look her up. Oh, oh, now she has opened the door because her e-mail address is on the card!!!
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As I was checking out, which took a long time since they seemed to be quite shorthanded today, I saw another lady who used to work with Joanne in her office. Lorrie is now with the same office that my neighbor is in, and it was so good to catch up with her, too. I asked her to come up some time and she said she would, especially if there is a shuttle launch coming up. Once I left my doors unlocked so her husband, daughter and she could come in to watch the shuttle go up. Not sure where I was but they came over and enjoyed the view. Might be more fun if I am home next time!!
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Perhaps I have not mentioned it lately but I am yet waiting to get the repair disc from the computer repair guy as my laptop died all by itself since he delivered it to me three weeks ago. Two days later after not being touched or even looked at, the screen was again indicating a corrupted file. I have called and called, left messages and even offered to come to the office to pick up the disc. Well, I replaced the laptop with a new one today! Justin and I had talked about it a couple times already and he recommended one he thought would serve me well. My plan was to get one at Wal*Mart but here Office Max had an even better one for the same money. Sadly, oh so sadly, I settled for a white one, as if it makes a difference, getting the last one in stock. I did allow myself to be talked into a carrying bag for it and free retractable mouse accessory. For my CHRISTmas list, I can add a cooling device, though I find that idea repulsive, so the fan will not overheat.
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Since the laptop is so tiny, weighing less than 3 pounds, it will also work for me to use in bed if I so desire. I could use the other one, too, but it was quite a lot heavier and made my feet fall back to sleep even after sleeping all night long! I must turn my office upside down to locate my Microsoft Office disc because Justin says he does not have it....( I think he does but his room is too messy to locate it!) But I should talk, I cannot see the top of my desk either! Normally my word processing is done on this desktop machine but should I ever choose to write something on the little guy, I want to be able to read it. The guy at the store said XP was being phased out, is this true?
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A little bit more trouble occurred when I saw they had the pretty papers out for the "holiday" newsletters which I took the liberty of picking up. The paper is less than the envelopes but I include my letters in the cards so no need. So close I came to leaving the store without buying any paper!!!! When I got home with the ink cartridges, which is what I went there for, I printed the rest of the pamphlets for the preschool. I must use the church stapler to put them together because mine will not reach all the way across to the center of the folded page. I also addressed the first batch of Joanne's cards and must ask her for the rest of the addresses so I can finish up. I think a dinner is in order!
