Category: General

Today was the first day of my new job – and I love it! Ok, ok, it’s just the first day. But still. I am glad to be back to work. I am *thankful* to have found a job doing exactly what I love – working with clients and selling websites. Writing proposals. I miss my old co-workers. I know that I have a lot to learn ahead of me – learning their procedures, their way of doing things. I love how well documented they have everything – a large Visio flow chart of how the sales process works, who all *has* to be involved, who has to sign off on things, and so forth. Intranet documentation process set up from the initial contact on through the client signing and then continuing once the work is in progress. So far, so good. Made it through Monday! I know that first impressions can be different than reality – but I have a very good vibe. And we all know – the vibe is often right on target.

Yes, last night’s post was at 2 am. I was full of nervous energy and could not sleep. Just couldn’t resist posting an update while I was sort of awake. I watched the episode of Sex in the City from last night on Tivo tonight – it was good. Samantha was toned down this episode, thank goodness. Now I am off to watch/Tivo tonight’s Biography on Robert Reed (aka Mr. Mike Brady). I love the Brady Bunch. Today’s trivia tidbit: the first episode of the Brady Bunch aired on September 26, 1969 – the night before I was born. I think I have seen every episode made. Pork choooops and applesauce! (That always makes me laugh!)

Just some chatter on the latest shows I have watched…

Sex In the City – last week’s season premiere episodes – funny. Carrie’s birthday experience was a riot. I am getting a little tired of Samantha’s too strong sex attitude. Enough. I guess they call it *Sex* in the City for a reason though.

Queer as Folk – Laura told me that the season finale was on tonight – thank goodness, otherwise I would have missed it. I *loved* it. Lots of surprises around every corner. As an added treat – they said at the end that there are two more episodes next week! And the teasers for them looked *good*.

The Replacements – Good humor for a night home alone. Even made me get misty eyed at one point. I love the cheerleaders early dance routines – they have some *very* special numbers.

Run Lola Run – Kymberlie had told me about this moving awhile back. Glad she did. Good treat – very interesting. I recorded it on the Tivo just in case I feel asleep while watching it. Glad I did – easier to read the subtitles at your own pace.

Making the Band was not on on Friday – the TV station showed news coverage all night instead. I was *so* mad! I wanted to see the band!

Pictures I found online of the flood.

My Dad stopped by on his way home and looked at the water in my car. He said, “Oh, it’s not that bad – just dab it out with some paper towels.” Then I moved my passenger seat. It is full underneath, almost to the bottom of the seat. It was higher this morning – I wonder if the seat itself is damaged. There is no way a roll of paper towels or an old beach towel is getting all that water out, I need to contact the professionals from https://www.emergencyhomesolutionsoc.com/water/damage/aliso-viejo/ to help me out with this. Let’s see… I get to hear from the adjuster on Monday. Then it will probably be at least a week before they get to work on the car considering all the flooded cars in Houston right now. Yum, that will smell really good by then! My friends home is completely flooded and needs full remodeling, its going to be expensive to get all the supplies like heavy duty surface protection.

I forgot to mention that I went to see “Pearl Harbor” on Thursday night. It was ok. Incredible cinematography, the bombing of Pearl Harbor was recreated very well along with the other air scenes of the dog-fights. On the other hand there were things that were pretty hokey about the movie and at one point I was grumbling at the woman that was part of the love triangle because there she was making some lame decisions. It had some far-fetched moments. It is a bit too gushy at times (and I like good gush.) You can read the reviews at rottentomatoes.com. It was worth the matinee ticket price and 3 hours of time, and now I can tell Laura what the outcome was if she doesn’t go back to see it.

Surfing to catch up on the news (still really wet here in Houston) and I came across The “If…” Project. I have already started thinking about what my answer will be to this month’s topic – “If you had all the money you would ever need…and more, what would you do with your life? What would be your motivation to get out of bed everyday?” Join in the collaboration.

Today my motivation to get out of bed was to check on my car. UGH. There is about an inch of water in the car. It already has the nasty funky flood smell. *sigh* Well, I am thankful I have insurance. I called in to Farmers Insurance this morning bright and early and was fortunate to get through right away. The claim rep asked for my phone number “in case we get disconnected” – which we did, about 2 minutes later. After a few calls back though we already have my claim under way and now I just have to wait for the insurance adjuster to call me. Then the woman from Farmers called Enterprise Rental cars and lined up my car rental even. Fortunately I had called one of the local branches before and found out that they had a few cars left – so when Enterprise said that none of the local branches had a car I told them that the branch 20 minutes away did, and she called them and they still had one. I had to get over there right away to pick it up, they closed at 12 (it was 11 by then) and they were holding my car only because of their agreement with Farmers’. People were calling every few minutes trying to hold cars with a credit card and they wouldn’t do it – first come first serve – except me! I got the royal princess treatment! I got their to pick up the rental and they were going to give me a Lumina at first. I wasn’t too thrilled – that is what my dad owns & when I drive it it feels like I am floating in a boat. They then offered to let me have an Acura Integra for the same price (under $35 a day, my insurance limit). I was *thrilled*. It drives just like my Civic except it is an automatic (mine’s a manual) and it even has a sunroof and CD player.

The Honda dealership told me to not even start my car. I haven’t figured out yet how I am going to get the water out of the car if I can’t drive it anywhere. The claim adjuster will call me on Monday. Ummm… yeah, right. The whole city is under water. Interstate 10 has 18-wheelers floating down it, over the submerged cars. Oh, guess what? We are still going to get more rain. Hopefully not as much as last night, but then again they weren’t expecting that storm – you never know what will happen here when it comes to weather. And the storm could restrengthen over the Gulf of Mexico and come back through again.

Thank goodness I was able to reach Chelsey on her cell phone – she was at a shelter not to stay but rather to volunteer if she was needed. She lives in the Friendswood/Pearland area and they have had rain all week. She said that she hasn’t flooded but that everything around her is. I was really worried, I thought for sure her horses were learning how to do the backstroke by now after 4 days of rain.

You can watch the news live at ABC 13 – KTRK. I will post a few pictures in a little bit.