As you may recall, from Volume 2, someone or other found my blog using the search term
Well, I checked my blog stats today (I’m totally addicted) and lo and behold, someone else found me using the search term
I hope my anonymous visitor from California found the link I provided to be helpful.
So, I was supposed to fly home today, but Colorado has been hit with a lovely blizzard… All flights out of Denver to Kansas City (where I”m connecting to) have been cancelled. I spent two hours this morning trying to get through to a United representative via their toll free customer service hotline, however, every time I try, I either get kicked out or get a busy signal. I am going to try again later on this afternoon, but it has been really frustrating. Especially because changes have to be made by midnight tonight and I’ve had no luck getting through to them… I did send an email complaint through their website but I doubt that’s going to do much good right now as they’re probably inundated…
UPDATE: I was finally able to get a hold of the folks at United around 1:30pm. I have a new flight out but it doesn’t leave until Friday night. At least I have a flight, though, because the Denver airport isn’t expected to reopen until Thursday evening – craziness!
As you may recall, my friend Vickie claims that my Balloons at the Mall story wasn’t entirely truthful. She has finally gotten around to posting her version of the events: http://coronadeplata.livejournal.com/31603.html?mode=reply.
If you missed reading my side of the story the first time around, or you don’t remember how it went, you can find it here: http://laughinglaura.wordpress.com/2006/10/30/balloons-at-the-mall/
I learned yesterday that a guy I went to college with, Micah Gifford, was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq last week. We had several mutual friends, but I didn’t know him all that well. I do remember that he always had a smile on his face. I’ve known several other people who have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan, but they have all come back unharmed. The war is so much more real now. Please pray for the Gifford family.
A website has been set up for those who wish to share memories of Micah or to leave messages for his family. The address is: www.micahgifford.com
Today I had a visit that resulted from an especially odd google search term…
Exactly how they were linked to my blog with that search term escapes me… But, just in case someone else arrives at my blog looking for that particuar information, I felt obligated to include the following link: http://www.emilypost.com/everyday/forms_of_address.htm Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the proper form of address.
Today at work, we got a package of christmas cards covered in glitter. It was all over the envelope they arrived in, and when I opened the package it ended up all over my desk, my clothes, and my hands. UGH! It took me forever to get it all cleaned up.
Reason number 23716 that I wouldn’t make a very good girl-mom: “Glitter is of the devil.”
UPDATE – Thursday 12/14: I found glitter on my hands today after handling some papers that have been sitting around on my desk. Why won’t it just go away?
I was talking with my friend Jenny today, mentioning I’d called a friend today, but he didn’t call back, which is much par for the course where he is concerned. She said it sounded like it’s one of those friendships where you are the person’s friend, but they’re not really your friend. I have to admit, she’s probably right. I’ve known this for quite a while, but it never really gets easier, yakno? After all, it’s no fun to always be the giver but never the receiver. It’s also frustrating to know that you’re getting no real return on the investment of time you made to build the friendship. The hard thing is trying to decide whether or not to even remain his friend…
Thoughts, anyone? Has this happened to you? How have you/would you deal with it?
My computer is home from the “computer hospital” – hooray! I’ve felt slightly lost without my computer, though I did get a lot of knitting done 
I also had several Christmas parties that kept me occupied. One funny thing about my computer being back… When it broke back in July, I asked them to fix the modem as well as the U key that was broken. However when it came back, the U key hadn’t been fixed. This time, I asked them to fix the power plug, but didn’t ask them to fix the U key. But when they sent it back, the U key was fixed. Gotta love that!
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