Apparently, this is the year for me to do LOTS of baby shopping!!! NO!!! Not for me!! But, for 6 wonderful women that I know! I will put these in order of when I found out! I am truly happy for all of you and am looking forward to hugging, holding and SHOPPING!
Misty..... WOW! #5!!! I love that you keep giving me nieces and nephews to cherish forever! Given the pattern you have going, this one is to be a girl, right?
Rachel..... dear sweet Rachel.... I love you and hope and pray the best for you... things will be tough, but you will get through.... just remember that your Mom is there for ya' and, trust me, you will cherish her for it!
Sara..... How wonderful! This will either be boy #4 or a girl! You are such a gentle and patient mom.... I am truly proud of you!
Nyla..... How very wonderful for you! I know you are truly excited and looking forward to your time out of Olive Garden to hold and kiss your new baby!
Lindsey..... You are so very cute pregnant! I hope that you have a wonderful pregnancy and that you often find the peace and quiet of the walk in freezer at Olive!
Chaunny...... My thoughts and prayers are with you.... I know that pregnancy is tough on you, but, I know that God must have truly wanted this for you at this time.... I am here for you, just let me know what I can do!
So..... there ya' go, ladies..... your own little support group! Too bad that these are all in 3 different states! We could have one amazing baby shower!!! I will keep the rest of you posted on the births and pictures! (As soon as I figure out how to upload those darn things!!)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Gotta Love Tech Support!
Okay, blogland! Raise your hand if you TRULY LOVE calling tech support for your computer or software problems... Raise your hand if you just can't wait to call, and sit on hold for an hour just to get someone that you cannot understand from another country, but, their name is "Mary".
(OKAY!!! If you actually raised your hand, you are either pitifully lonely or borderline insane so, feel free to read on to what the rest of us go through!)
AND, so that you are not perceived as COMPLETELY rude, you hang up and hit redial instead of saying, "Please transfer my call to the USA please? I need to be able to communicate effectively!" "If I could just have your customer number and the nature of your problem, I could assist you". NO.... GIVE ME TO SOMEONE IN THE US or even Canada!! I know that this is going to take half of my day and I want to keep my stress level down by being able to understand what instructions are being given to me in a timely manner without you having to sigh loudly and repeat yourself 3 times!!! "If I could just have your customer number and the nature of your problem...." (Do tech support people get a bonus for each customer number they aquire?)
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! So, YES! I hang up and hit redial.... I keep up this pattern till I hear a familiar sounding accent and then....... I get to discuss my problem with the stupid computer that is pre-installed with, yes, you know it, VISTA!!!!
So... you can probably tell how I spent most of my day! I received the software a week ago, but, because I know it is going to take a chunk out of my workday, I have to actually schedule the time.... and then, because I detest it so very much, I keep rescheduling myself! Fortunately, this time, I have only had to call in 7 times for various issues.... but, this last call today was a true doozy! I did all I could to keep my tech support person happy and cheerful while she literally had control of not just one but TWO of my computers! Because my brothers are the ones with the computer geek genes, my hearing of her talking was in Greek most of the time, but, at one point, I SWEAR, she began to speak Hebrew! I found myself wishing for a few of those geek genes!!!
Time sure flies when you are having fun! She and I were together, from Atlanta to Utah, as long as it would have been to just fly her here, pick her up at the airport and drive her to the computer! But, the computer program is working, the crap that was put onto the desktop was successfully removed and (I think) she even talked my boss into bringing our office into the new millenium!!!
So.... I will now go to slumber peacefully and revel at the fact that there are highly intelligent, English speaking women out there that know how to rescue my computer from myself.....
(OKAY!!! If you actually raised your hand, you are either pitifully lonely or borderline insane so, feel free to read on to what the rest of us go through!)
AND, so that you are not perceived as COMPLETELY rude, you hang up and hit redial instead of saying, "Please transfer my call to the USA please? I need to be able to communicate effectively!" "If I could just have your customer number and the nature of your problem, I could assist you". NO.... GIVE ME TO SOMEONE IN THE US or even Canada!! I know that this is going to take half of my day and I want to keep my stress level down by being able to understand what instructions are being given to me in a timely manner without you having to sigh loudly and repeat yourself 3 times!!! "If I could just have your customer number and the nature of your problem...." (Do tech support people get a bonus for each customer number they aquire?)
AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! So, YES! I hang up and hit redial.... I keep up this pattern till I hear a familiar sounding accent and then....... I get to discuss my problem with the stupid computer that is pre-installed with, yes, you know it, VISTA!!!!
So... you can probably tell how I spent most of my day! I received the software a week ago, but, because I know it is going to take a chunk out of my workday, I have to actually schedule the time.... and then, because I detest it so very much, I keep rescheduling myself! Fortunately, this time, I have only had to call in 7 times for various issues.... but, this last call today was a true doozy! I did all I could to keep my tech support person happy and cheerful while she literally had control of not just one but TWO of my computers! Because my brothers are the ones with the computer geek genes, my hearing of her talking was in Greek most of the time, but, at one point, I SWEAR, she began to speak Hebrew! I found myself wishing for a few of those geek genes!!!
Time sure flies when you are having fun! She and I were together, from Atlanta to Utah, as long as it would have been to just fly her here, pick her up at the airport and drive her to the computer! But, the computer program is working, the crap that was put onto the desktop was successfully removed and (I think) she even talked my boss into bringing our office into the new millenium!!!
So.... I will now go to slumber peacefully and revel at the fact that there are highly intelligent, English speaking women out there that know how to rescue my computer from myself.....
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