Now where did I put that thing again?

Aloha friends. I know I haven't posted for quite some time and I have a few good excuses. Well, they may not be "good" excuses but they are excuses nonetheless. For starters, we all know that moving sucks. And with moving into a new house comes the hooking up of utilities. And even though you call a month ahead of time, you are often at the mercy of their scheduling. So, to make a long story short, it took us a while to get Internet service at the new house. For a while there, we had to go to my in-laws house to do emails and the surf the web if we wanted to. It's true that I have my iphone and I was able to read emails and update my facebook status from time to time but general Internet stuff was on hold for awhile.

Once Time Warner came out here to hook us up, they found that cable wasn't originally run to our house from their little box on the corner. So they tried to run some and ran into some problems with the conduit. Now a construction crew was going to have to come out to solve the problem. That meant more waiting. They came out and fixed it and we were finally able to call once again to have the Internet access hooked up. Of course, it would be another week before a tech could come out and he would be showing up sometime between twelve noon and twelve noon the next day (I jest of course). So we waited some more and finally the guy showed up and hooked us up. HOORAY! We're now connected to the Internet.

This was all done about two weeks ago, so of course you're wondering "What about the last two weeks you lazy ass?" Well, I blame DirecTV and Best Buy for that.

We got our DirecTV hooked up and before we left Hawaii, I totally loaded my DVR with shows I wanted to watch. So I've been trying to catch up with "30 Rock" (Tina Fey is a fox!), "Law & Order SVU" (Mariska Hargitay is a fox!), "Real Time with Bill Maher" (Bill Maher is NOT a fox but he's damn funny), and all those shows. And since we used DirecTV movers, we get HBO and all that good stuff free for three months. So I've been adding more shows and more shows and I'm getting even more behind. My DVR is almost full. I can't keep up! Someone make it stop!

And why do I blame Best Buy? Well for starters, I came up here without a computer because my desktop pretty much died before we left. I was using Susan's laptop most of the time but since she's trying to study for the California Real Estate exam, she's got first dibs. And she's been working on that almost every night. So I decided to go to the local Best Buy and buy myself a laptop. To make another long story short, I'm on my third laptop in two weeks. The first one had a left click button that stopped working after the first week. The second laptop wouldn't let me log on after the second day. And now this third one...well, let's hope this third one continues to function.

And the final excuse is that I've been unpacking. For those who follow me on facebook, you'll know that I've had some difficulty finding some important stuff lately. It's weird, you make a mental note of where some important goodies are at and then later, you can't find them. For example, I had my Norton Anti-Virus product key buried somewhere where I told myself to remember it. And now, I can't find it. This has prevented me from doing a lot of stuff on the computer because I don't want my brand new, so far functioning okay laptop to get attacked. I'm sure I'll find it soon. The temporary subscription to Norton seems to be doing fine for now. I'm sure it's neatly stashed away in one of those unpacked boxes that I told myself to remember to open first. But I easily forget things these days. That's what having a toddler will do to you.

Speaking of the little rascal, that's exactly what he's becoming...a little rascal. His desire for independence so soon is kind of scary to Susan and I. Let's hope that he wants to be this free of us when he's 18 and needs to find a job or go to college. I'll post more about the little guy later on. But for now, I've got to do some more unpacking. Now where did I put that box again?