My roomie called me at about 7pm last night begging me to go with her to see Everclear in concert at te House of Blues. I was in pajamas getting ready for a night of watching Joey and The Apprentice. :) In less then 15 minutes, I threw on some clothes and went to the concert. It was a lot of fun and it brought back a lot of HS memories since that is when Everclear was popular. We got back so late, though. I'm exhausted and I'm supposed to drive out to Tampa after work to visit a friend for the weekend. Dealing with the Tampa section of I-4 on only 6 hours of sleep.....this should be interesting. ;)

Oh what I wouldn't give to have had at least 6 hours of sleep last night...I'm on about 2 since I got home from job #2 a little later than usual. I usually get about 3.5. :eek:

Oh my gosh, how do you do that?! I don't think I'd be functional if I got an average of 3.5!

I only work job #2 on Wed, Thr, Fri and Sat nights - sometimes not on Wed but this week I'm working all 4 days and next week I just work Saturday.

(I take naps during my lunch....matter of fact, just got up from one)

I got a puppy on Saturday! Her name is Sierra and she is a tan colored, 3 month old American Pit Bull Terrier. I got her to be a play mate/girl friend for our 11 month old American Staffordshire Terrier. She is the cutest thing in the world and Rhett (our Am Staff) just loves her! :D

I had one of those I-feel-like-a-donkey moments today.

Our cable and internet hasn't been working since Hurricane Frances came through. We tried resetting the cable box and unplugging it but it still wouldn't work. After arguing with Bright House (cable provider) to come out ASAP since it was their problem, we got their first available appointment which was today.

Important part of this story right here:
After Frances tore a hole in our roof, roomie had to move a bunch of stuff out of her room. She had a TV in there that she had to move out. On with the story....

So, I went home at lunch to wait for Mr. Cable Guy. Mr. Cable Guy had to go up into our attic, play with our cable wirings, reset our cable, do all this technical stuff, etc. and still couldn't figure out what was going on. About 30 minutes later, he walked into the kitchen which is where I was sitting.

Mr. Cable Guy: (points to my roomie's TV that is sitting on the floor) What room did that use to be in?
ZTAngel: My roommate's room.

Mr. Cable Guy goes to the TV and removes a silver amplifier. He had a look of 'you have got to be kidding me' on his face. He walked in my roommate's room and plugged it in. All the sudden, our cable and internet started working again after two weeks of being without it.

ZTAngel: It was that easy?!
Mr. Cable Guy: (annoyed) Yeah, looks like your roommate removed the amplifier while moving her TV which provides cable for the whole house.
ZTAngel: (shocked and feeling like an idiot) I'm soooooo sorry.

I guess roomie thought the amplifier was part of her TV since the cable wire attached into it and then to her TV.

Poor guy wasted an hour of his day only to find out that the cable wasn't working because the residents are airheads. So, as he was leaving, I decided to throw in a joke to lighten the mood. "So, I guess this means Bright House isn't going to credit us for those two weeks we've been without cable? Tee-hee!" He had a look on his face that was somewhere between 'I want to strangle this girl' and 'Maybe I should just accidently cut their outside cable line as a payback'. He just mummbled something like, "No, we're not crediting you." Ehh, it was worth a try.

On a happy note, I have my cable and internet back! :D

LMAO! That totally sounds like something that would happen with me! Oh, I feel for you and Bright House. But don't feel bad for Bright House - just think of when you get your cable set up and they tell you they'll be there between 8am & 8pm. No joke, I swear to God that's what they told me! LOL Glad everything's up and running for you! :)

HA! The best is when they give you one of those obscenely long windows like 8am to 8pm and then "forget" to show up. I had that happen before. Saying I was mad is an understatement. ;)

this is too strange!!
 

i spent all friday morning waiting for the cable guy to show up -they said he would be there between 8 and 12. one of our tv's wasn't receiving all the channels we were paying for since hurricane charley came thru. so guess when cable shows up? yup, 5 til 12. spends 1 hour acting like he is doing something and then concludes that we need the house rewired!! it was working before charley, and the other tv works great. go figure.

APBTs can be such great dogs, but they take a lot of work in the obedience/socialization area. Please don't neglect that part of your education. I say you, because it's a full partnership between owner and dog. We have bull mixes, so I know from whence I speak. :D

http://www.penguintrax.com/Images/dogs.JPG

I know all about it! We have a 11 month old American Stafforshire Terrier. He listens REALLY well because of all the time we've spent with him. We're going to go through the same training with her as we did with him. Those are some good looking dogs you have there too. Once I get the picture off my camera I'll post a picture of her on here. :)

Awwwww. They're precious!

barb
 

when i saw they pics of the dogs i knew whose babies they were!!

http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/at...postid=1637338

This is Sierra. She is 3 months old and I just got her on Saturday. :)

http://www.tamparacing.com/gallery/d...ttbed1-med.jpg

This is an older picture of Rhett. This was taken when he was 4 months old - notice the size difference! :eek: He is now 11 months old and weighs almost 70 pounds. :D

Well, today is the last day for my special assignment at work. Tomorrow I officially transfer back to the Patrol units, but I don't actually start work until Monday (this weekend is my group's long weekend off). I've been on this assignment for over 18 months, and worked through an acting division chief, and a newly hired one.

I'm a little nervous about going back, since it has been so long since I worked patrol, but I am looking forward to it. That is where my roots are, so to speak.

Funny, as everyone kept saying to me all this last month how they don't know what they will do without me, and that I have done just so much for the department, and all...my current Deputy Chief hasn't even said anything.

Still, I am excited for the assignment change, and I am hoping the streets are still as much fun as they were when I left. :D