Honeymoon post 2 (in one day!)
I’m getting more stressed trying to plan a honeymoon than I was planning on proposing!
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June 26, 2006Grrr…
“Could you please not reply to *person*? I think the conversation is getting too technical, and I just want to make a few things clear.”
“Okay.” (Insert false happy voice here)
It’s a bloody technical implementation issue that will affect other users of the same system! If it’s got a flaw, it should be fixed. Geez.
Admittedly, it’s more important to my team to know WHY things are misbehaving. But… how often do I get to argue with people who actually do technical architecture work? (Answer: As often as I end up talking to them.)
Looking for a Honeymoon
Trying to find a Honeymoon location has been a hassle.
Originally, Mandrina wanted to go to Vienna, Austria. I wasn’t thrilled with that, but I came up with a wonderful compromise — three or four nights in Vienna, an overnight train to Switzerland (I want to open a Swiss Bank account!), then another train to Belgium — which is for my stomach — Gauffres, Belgian Chocolate, and Frites, baby!
Then someone realized that a March wedding would lead to a March honeymoon would lead to Vienna in March which would lead to dealing with 30 degree temperatures. Mandrina wants a warm honeymoon (“Bare shoulders!”).
So I suddenly have to deal with coming up with a new destination.
Mandrina wanted Egypt. A Nile River cruise, Pyramids, Cairo. I agreed it would be neat. Then I spoke to a friend, Egyptian parents, who advised me that it probably wouldn’t be too safe to go to Egypt. Doh.
NEXT!
Australia wasn’t too popular, nor was New Zealand. Peru (Machu Picchu!) met with similar issues — actually, the primary one was the lack of options for going to see Machu Picchu — it appears to always require a tour.
NEXT!
Casablanca was the most recent idea (our first dance is likely to be to “As Time Goes By”). Morocco isn’t necessarily unsafe (I don’t know yet), but the cost to travel from New Orleans or Atlanta (nearest two major airports) to Casablanca is rather high.
NEXT!
Nile River Cruise, train to Casablanca. Whoops. I’d have to cross Libya, which I seem to recall is a terrorism supporter. That’s not so good…
NEXT!
Um.
I don’t have a “Next” yet. Hrm…
Bigger doh
I came into work early in order to try to get some code checked in by noon today.
It’s now 11:55pm, and I’m waiting on someone (ANYONE!) to review my code.
Looks like it’s going to wait until tomorrow…
Lowering my own house’s value
Zillow is a neat idea — personally I’ve found their values a bit flaky, but it’s still a worthwhile concept.
I just plugged in my own address; on a whim, I wanted to see if my house has accumulated any value since I bought it. Low and behold — it has! According to Zillow, the price has gone up almost 10% since I bought it! Admittedly, Zillow’s estimated value is still lower than what I paid for the house, but now…
I just checked the most recent sales data for the house — aka, when I bought it.
I pulled down my own house’s value. The way the sale was written up for the seller, there were actually two separate deals. Half of what I paid went to the woman, half went to the estate of the husband. Which means there were two simultaneous sale contracts, each half of what I actually paid for the house. Guess what! That lowers the value of the house, as it’s now considered to have sold at that 50% mark. DOH!
KNOCK, damnit!
Over this past weekend, I bought four pounds of M&Ms. I couldn’t find the dark chocolate ones, and I wasn’t about to sacrifice the one dark chocolate bag I have at home, so I settled for the kinds I like, peanut and mostly chocolate.
Mind you, I’m not actually allowed to eat any of them (damn you, Atkins!), but I brought them in to celebrate my four year anniversary at work. It’s a thing.
But why, oh why, when my office door is CLOSED, did one of my @#$#$%@# coworkers just OPEN IT to talk to me WITHOUT KNOCKING???????
*grumble*