It was foggy for much of this week, starting very foggy in the mornings but clearing by noonish.
Tuesday marked week 3 of Junior Achievement. This activity went much better than last week's.
We had a raccoon visitation on Tuesday night. That was a lot of fun (as usual).
I worked onsite all day Wednesday. I had two meetings in the afternoon with only an hour between them, so I decided not to go home and come back. Then I stayed till 4:30 and when I went home, I went Home.
On Thursday, we learned that the new iPod Photos were in the Apple store. Woo Hoo! Rich drove down and picked one up and had a mocha with a friend who works at Apple. I waited till the weekend to unpack it, however.
Thursday night the Company held a pre-Thanksgiving potluck to which spouses and families were invited. The turkey was delicious as were the turtle bars and pumpkin cookies. I was able to introduce Rich to some of my co-workers and I think he enjoyed himself.
I unpacked the iPod Photo on Friday evening. I had to get a copy of iLife so I could load photos (the iPod Photo only works with iPhoto 4 which isn't included in Mac OS X. Um, gee, thanks Apple.) We stopped by the Apple Store after dinner and I bought a couple of adaptors.
I loaded in the music, then started copying files. I'm going to put my entire "work" directory on the iPod so I can stop lugging the laptop back and forth between the Company and the house.
On Saturday, after breakfast, we went over to Staples and Office Depot to look at LCD monitors (for me) and hard disks (for Rich). It turned out that Office Depot was having a sale on the hard drives and an additional rebate on the Samsung LCD displays so we both got some good deals.
Now I have a 1280×1024 display to attach to the PowerBook when I work at home. I got everything hooked together and, after a few false starts, arranged to my liking. Then I loaded photos onto the new iPod.
Sunday we made a trip to the auto parts store to look for a new shift knob for the Scion. It turned out that the one that came with the car was putting undesirable pressure on Rich's hand. We found one he liked but I didn't care for it. After considering (and discarding) a few more ideas, we decided to make our own. It was quite a successful experiment!
I'm reading and enjoying Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan. It's the first of three.
In between and around the rest, I've had a few naps, several good meals, and interesting conversations with various and sundry. I've chatted with my dad, posted several weblog entries, and snuggled with the cats.
Onward and Upward.
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