Kyra_Ashleigh's Personal Log...

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

I'm sick and tired of hearing my buddy whine about his computer problems. I've offered over and over to fix it, but he's a guy and HAS to do it himself even if it takes the next year to get it done! B)

 

So he has a gift coming from me tomarrow, the "Computer and Home Electronic Repair Kit!"

 

It's a mallet and a hammer with "Computer repair kit" written on the handles in permanent ink. Here's the humorous owner's manual I wrote, with a few words censored for the board:

 

Computer And Home Electronic Repair Kit

 

Introduction:

 

Congratulations on your choice of this premium, high quality Computer And Home Electronic Repair Kit! Are you having trouble sending emails? Does your fax machine not fax? Your answering machine not answer?

 

Well, rest assured all those problems can be fixed in a few easy steps using this simple home repair kit! Are you tired of spending hours of relaxation time trying to troubleshoot your webcam or related computer troubles? Have you repeatedly turned down offers of help from friends because you absolutely HAVE to repair your fragile, high-tech item yourself? Are you tired of trying to hold an intelligent conversation with the friendly tech support guys in India? Sick and tired of the whole mess? Well, this home repair kit is your easy solution! Read on to find out how in three easy steps you can get back to having a computer, cell phone, VCR or webcam that works in just a short while!

 

Preparing to use your new Repair Kit:

 

It is highly recommended that for safety, your Repair Kit should only be used in places 50 feet by 50 feet or larger as there is a chance of flying components during the repair process. Safety goggles should be worn at all times when using this product.

 

And, for God’s sake… watch out for your fingers!!!

 

 

How to fix your home electronic item in three easy-to-follow steps (*):

 

*note: timing of your repair is very important as step 3 can be a real b***h if all the stores are closed!

 

 

Step One:

 

Place your dysfunctional electronic item on a solid surface away from children, pets or anything else that could be damaged by components that choose to take flight.

 

 

Step Two:

 

Take the repair implement of your choice (*) and whack away until you have thoroughly destroyed the item and exhausted yourself in the process.

 

*note: for larger electronics such as televisions and copy machines, see our catalog for the Large Item Repair Kit (catalog reference number: BaseballBat1)

 

 

Step Three:

 

 

Get in your car and drive to your friendly electronics store and buy a brand spankin’ new “whatever it was!”

 

 

 

Other Safety Notes And Precautions:

 

In case this was not immediately obvious to you, you might want to unplug the d**n thing before you beat it to death. Non-satisfactory results will occur if you don’t have the common sense to do this.

 

 

If your Repair Kit shows signs of wear, such as cracks or major splintering of the wooden parts, replace immediately. If you’ve seen what happens when a Major League Baseball player gets hit with broken bat shrapnel, you’ll understand why this is necessary.

 

 

Thank you again for your purchase of this fine item! B)

[RikerChick 5]

B)

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

I *think* my friend fixed his computer. :lol:

 

He took the day off work and called me at my work to ask if I would check my email to see if his email problem was fixed or not.

 

I think he's got it fixed because he sent me a couple of pictures... I'm having fun putting his head on different bodies as I type! :P :lol:

 

Anyway, I didn't get to give him his gift today considering he didn't go to work, but he sounded sad when I told him I had a present for him and he wasn't there to get it. Hopefully he'll still get a good laugh out of it.

 

I told my boss about what I did and he told me I should make a "Large Item Repair Kit" (baseball bat) for our copier tech as a joke. I may have to do that when I can find a place that sells baseball bats in the off-season.

 

Now that I've got some new material to work with, I'm having fun playing with MS Paint. It's a lousy program, but I'm not all that great at editing stuff anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

 

It's officially the weekend here and they're still talking about a bit of a snowstorm. I doubt it will happen, but who knows? I'm back to one-day weekends with my work schedule, so it won't ruin too many plans for me! :lol:

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

I'm having a bad day. It's not horrible or anything, but it hasn't been very fun for sure.

 

I had to go to work, so I missed the first three quarters of the Seahawks football playoff. We lost, as expected, but I still would have liked to watch. And then San Diego lost their game as well. *pout*

 

I cancelled plans with a longtime friend because I feared the roads would be icy. There was a car hanging from a guard rail near my house this morning, so I'm sure the roads aren't good. I think I should have gone anyway, but my friend lives out in the middle of nowhere and I didn't want to get stuck out there in the middle of the night.

 

None of my friends are online right now and I'm bored. I may just go to bed. :lol:

[Odie 0]

I am sorry to hear that your day didn't work out well for you.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Well, it's Monday... at least for a little bit longer. :blink:

 

I had to finally get my wedding ring cut off today. I was holding out until the divorce was final but it was stuck on so tight it was killing my finger, so I had to go to a jeweler and have them rescue me today after work. I'm almost sad that it's off, but in reality, I don't think my finger could have held out much longer. It's all misshapen from keeping the ring on!

 

Beyond that, today was as "not-fun" as the past few have been. It seems that none of my friends are online and one of my guy friends emailed me to tell me he wasn't going to come to a concert I had invited him to. B)

 

I also have another guy friend who's making me mad right now. It seems like every fourth or fifth day he's really nice to me and then he ignores me pretty much for the rest of the week. I gave him a gift and he didn't even thank me for it. Oh well, maybe he'll get around to it tomarrow or something.

 

I work the long shift at work tomarrow and if it's even partially as miserable as my short day today, I may just go postal on someone! B)

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

I think this is the beginning of a really bad week for me. I have been in a really bad mood for no reason at all today.

 

My friend who I gave the computer repair kit to told me that he was telling someone he knew about how evil I am and the person he was talking to told him that he was being silly because, I'm a "sweet girl." B)

 

Normally I take being called "evil" as a compliment, but I'm just not sure how to take it this time. Guess it has to do something with me being in a bad mood.

 

So I drew horns and a tail on a picture of myself and sent it to my friend. Hopefully he'll appreciate that I'm "laughing" at myself!

 

But really, it's nice to know the folks who work in the neighboring businesses to my work think I'm nice. Most of them are pretty cool too. B)

 

I'm thinking of calling out sick tomarrow. I just haven't been myself this week. I don't know if I can get away for calling in sick with a "terminally bad attitude" or not?

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Well, my work week is finally getting close to being over. I work tomarrow and then I get my *one* day off. I'm starting to get tired of working six days a week during the "off-season".

 

I spend so much time surfing the net at work that I get home and don't even want to look at my computer. As a consequence, I am behind in filling orders for my home business. *blah*

 

So, is it just me, or does this grammatical error seem a little suggestive...

 

From my work's instruction manual for our new touch-screen cash registers:

 

"At this point, you can service your other customers." :blink: :o

 

I'm happy to "serve" a customer or "help" a customer... but "service" a customer? I think not! :o

 

In other news, it seems that I just attract all kinds of freaks and weirdos. I have had two instances at work this week that have made me wonder why they all gravitate to me...

 

One was the lady who was having a rather racy conversation with herself. And then she just went off on me for no reason.

 

Then yesterday, I had the encounter with the drunk "artist/musician" guy. He asked me for twenty cents so he could take the bus home and since I'm a nice person and he was actually waiting at the bus stop, I helped him out. So he started promising that he'd come back and pay me back the money and then offered to paint a picture for me. Then he started talking about wanting to rent a mailbox and since we do that at my work, I offered to get him a price list. Then I couldn't seem to shake the guy for about twenty minutes. He just had to show me all his tattoos and all his sketches. It was cool for a little while until the scent of alcohol from his pores started to get to me. Finally I told him that I had to get back to working so my boss wouldn't have a fit.

 

So now I'm being called the "freak magnet" at work. Oh well. That's what I get for being a patient person, I guess.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Well, this week has started off halfway decent. I got to go home early yesterday and the transition to our new computer system hasn't gone totally wrong, so it's a step in the right direction!

 

I'm getting back into my project of scanning all my negatives now that the holidays have passed. Right now I'm just killing time between scans. :P

 

Other than that, not much is going on with me. I'm negotiating to possibly get a free copy machine for my work, but I doubt if the boss is going to want to spare the manpower to go pick it up. :)

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

It's the weekend! Whoo-hoo! :lol:

 

I can't sleep right now because I pulled something in my back at work today. I had to pack a bunch of coffee tables for a customer and it took forever!

 

I had another incident with a creepy customer on Friday. This guy's a real weirdo for sure... he'll call us to check his mailbox and then if you don't get off the phone right away, he'll insist on telling you dirty jokes and stuff. I hadn't met him in person before, but Friday he came in to get his mail, went over by our copy machines and started reading his Playboy right in front of everyone. I was trying to hide from him, so my poor coworker had to work the counter alone. And every time I had to come out front for something, he'd approach me and start asking questions about having some stuff color copied... turns out he told my coworker he wanted to enlarge some pictures of Britney Spears.. mind you, this man must be 70 or so years old!

 

I don't normally get uncomfortable around people, but this guy makes me really nervous. Our owner told me that I should just make the guys wait on him from now on.

 

I emailed one of my guy friends and told him about my day. He wrote back and told me to "be safe." Awww. :lol:

 

I have to go see my lawyer on Monday and I'm not looking forward to it. I'm pretty sure she's going to tell me I need more money for my divorce, since my future ex has decided that he doesn't want to work with me to come to an agreement.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Friday night. Whoo-hoo. :P

 

I was invited over to a friend's house tonight but I decided to stay home in favor of playing online. It's true, I have no social life anymore. :(

 

My daughter's Birthday is Sunday and I have to go shopping tomarrow for her gifts. It's so hard trying to pick out Birthday gifts for someone this soon after Christmas.

 

So I have to attempt to be sociable with my ex for the Birthday party. This is hard for me right now. Sometimes I just want to throtle the man for messing up my life in so many different ways and I have been short of patience lately. Someone please upload some patience for me so I can get through the day without a fight. :)

 

I'm pretty disappointed about a lot of things right now. I have a male friend who I have been "interested" in for some time and it's pretty obvious that he thinks of me as no more than a "buddy."

 

Every time I think I'm getting over this "crush," I end up getting into a good conversation with the guy and then it starts all over again. My game plan this evening was to get good and drunk since my daughter is with her daddy for the weekend, but of course, one drink later, I gave up on that idea.

 

So here I am online. I wrote my "friend" an email with some pictures of the classic Ford Mustang I own in the hopes of drawing him into a conversation. Well, it worked, but now here I am trying to fend him off as he tries to convince me to sell him the car! :(

 

I know, using a cool car as bait to get a guy is a bad idea. :)

 

Now the question is: do I actually consider selling the car? I could use the money, but the car has been in my family since it was new and I know my departed mother would return from the grave to *thwack* me if I sold it. Plus it would end up starting a major family war. Why did I have to be given the darn car in the first place? I turned down an offer from my own grandfather six months ago when he wanted to buy the car back from me.

 

It's a hard dilemma. If I sold the car, I could keep my lawyer happy by paying her what she wants to finish my divorce and probably have some money left over to get my teeth fixed. If I were to sell the car, I'd want it to be well taken-care of and I know it would be. It's just that it's such a sentimental thing because that was the car my mom drove back when she met my dad and my dad and grandfather put so much work into restoring it. I remember helping replace the gas tank and radiator hoses on that car as a teenager when my grandfather owned it.

 

When people came over to my grandparents' summer house, the first thing we would do is take them into the garage to see the car. The whole family loves it.

 

But I really need the money. I should probably offer to sell it back to my grandfather with the hopes that it will stay in the family and I will one day get it back. The problem with that though, is that there's a chance my uncle will see my selling it back to my grandfather as a chance for him to get the car one day as he is executor of my grandfather's will.

 

Argh. :)

 

So, the moral of my ramble is that you should never use a sentimental object in order to get the attention of a member of the opposite sex. :)

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

It's a sad weekend here. My father in law passed away this morning from congestive heart failure. We knew it was coming, but we had gotten our hopes up again after his condition was upgraded Thursday and he was released into a private nursing facility yesterday.

 

My poor future ex has never lost a close family member before, so this is extremely hard on him. I am lacking the words and actions to give him the support he needs. It's so hard, I have lost many family members over the years, but I still feel clueless in how to help Richard through his grieving process.

 

Tomarrow is the two-year anniversary of the death of my good friends' son. He would have been about two months older than my daughter had he lived, but he was born with a heart defect. I will be accompanying my friend to church tomarrow to try and lend some support, then the rest of my day will be spent with Richard.

 

If anyone can spare some prayers in the memories of Richard Senior and Isaac Daniel, the familes would much appreciate them. I am hoping for the strength to support them through their tough times. :biggrin:

[KIMIMELA 1]

I like your computer joke.... I'm gonna play that on someone :biggrin: nah

[A l t e r E g o 9]

:blink:

[Lursa 0]

I promise to pray for them. I know how you feel i just found out that i had Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). I am so sad right now.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Thanks to everyone for the hugs and well-wishes. I got through the funeral and managed to luckily get enough time off work to attend the entire 4-hour thing.

 

It was very touching, they had the military part of the ceremony as well and I cried my eyes out. We were "chauffeured" in the motorcade by a friend of Richard's who has a classic car. It was very nice. The church also had childcare for my daughter and all the other attendees' kids. It was such a blessing to be able to be there for Richard without having to deal with my autistic 2-year old during the church service.

 

Now I'm back to the grind. Richard is resisting any attempts by me to come over and spend time with him. I guess he needs time alone at this point. I almost feel like I'm being a lousy friend by not insisting, but I remember having to be alone a lot after my mom died, so I'm trying to respect his needs.

 

I've gotten into an *interesting* dialogue with the guy friend I'm always talking about. My friends can attest that I've had to have them translate "man into english" quite a bit lately.

 

It's bad. I like this man quite a lot, but I can't figure him out. I know I should be helping my future ex get through his hard time as my first priority, but since he's pushing me away, I don't know what to do.

 

I don't think it's a major issue that I've opened up a friendship with another man. After all, my relationship with Richard was over long before we actually seperated. I'm just feeling really insecure about myself right now.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Well, I've got some time to kill while my work clothes are in the dryer, so I think it's time to update the log again!

 

I had a bit of an embarassing incident last week which almost caused me to lose a very good friend. I learned a few lessons for sure... the main one being that internet and alcohol do not mix. The second one being that one shouldn't always take things seriously with a person who knows you are prone to play silly jokes.

 

I'm not going to get into it, but I had a very bad week trying to figure out how to make up with my friend.

 

He called me Friday night finally and we talked things out. I feel really silly about my misundertanding, but he told me he was never really mad at me and I was worried about nothing. We ended up talking until my phone battery died three and a half hours later.

 

So I'm relieved that I don't have to worry about my friend being mad anymore. It made it a lot easier to get though the weekend knowing that things are cool again.

 

I attended an old friend's 28th birthday party on Saturday night. I was the only one there who didn't know everyone else, but it was a good party until the neighbors started showing up to scam free beer. We had all these middle-aged drunk people running around asking, "do YOU live here too?" :biggrin:

 

And of course, I had my phone with me all night and was compulsively checking to see if my guy friend had called me. I didn't expect he would, since he knew I had plans, but guys are weird. They say they'll call on a certain day and they call five days later! :lol:

 

My future ex tripped today and pulled a pectoral muscle trying to keep himself from hitting the floor. He called me all scared a few hours later thinking he was having a heart attack. I just finished talking him down from a major panic attack. He's now in the shower trying to get some heat on his pulled muscle.

 

It's late, but I have to go over and take him a heating pad to borrow as soon as my work clothes dry. I have every pair of pants I own in either the washer or dryer right now, so I can't exactly go anywhere! :lol:

 

Work should be interesting tomarrow. There's a computer problem and our cash sheets were all messed-up Friday and Saturday and the owner is in Hawaii, so we can't call him to find out what to do. Once you close out the day on the tills, you can't edit anything, so our main cash register is going to be offline until next week unless we can figure something out through tech support. New technology... ick.

 

Oh, and I took a bit of advice from a friend over the weekend. I never take anyone's advice, but this one time I decided to. So I either need to deliver a hug or a kick in the butt to this guy when I see him tomarrow. I still haven't decided how good the advice was, but so far, so good. :P

[Escobar 0]

Well Hi Kyra. Must say I havent read all on you're personal logg, but I wonder (seeing the nashcar(?) picture), do you like carracing?

 

Greetings Escobar

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Well Hi Kyra. Must say I havent read all on you're personal logg, but I wonder (seeing the nashcar(?) picture), do you like carracing?

 

Greetings Escobar

 

Hello! Nice to meet you!

 

I like NASCAR, but my favorite sport is baseball. I wish we had a good racetrack here, I'd like to see some pro racing in person! :)

[Escobar 0]

Hi Kyra, nice to get to know you. And now for some racetalk (hope you don't get bored with it, since you like baseball more)

 

I especialy like F1 racing, but I gess thats more a european thing, as nascar is realy American. Been a couple of times at the sircuit of Spa in Belgium, one of the best F1 circuits in the world. I'm VERY pleased this sunday the formula 1 season starts again. Although the race will be in the middle of the night for me, I'll watch it life.

 

I've watched som nascar races, and its nice to see, but there's to little of it on TV here to realy get into it. And as far as I'm concerned, you need to follow the competition, so you know the competitors.

 

Anyway, my daughter (4 months old) has watched the last F1 race 2004 when she was 1 day old, and tomorow she'll watch the first race 2005 with me. I figure she'll become the first female F1 racer.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

I've watched som nascar races, and its nice to see, but there's to little of it on TV here to realy get into it. And as far as I'm concerned, you need to follow the competition, so you know the competitors.

 

I agree with you! That's one of the reasons I don't follow f1 too closely.

 

Personal log, stardate Friday Night....

 

I had a short day at work today and it was nice to be able to get some things done.

 

I got a CD in the mail that I had ordered the other day!

 

I found out that my future ex is very likely going to be approved for the loan to buy out my interest in our house. This is a big weight off my shoulders because it solves many of the problems I have been worrying about.

 

I have spent quite a bit of time this week talking to my guy friend. He's such a sweetie and has been really supportive since I have been stressed out a lot lately. He told me to call him tonight, but I did and he's not home.

 

I shoud have expected this. All night last night he seemed to think today was Saturday, so he's probably totally oblivious that I was supposed to call him *tonight*. Men... eh.

 

I got a new (to me) computer today. I promised to backup all the data from the computer and give the discs to the former owner and then wipe the hard drive and start with a fresh install, but I got it at a good price. I'm so sick of the little quirks with the computer I've had the past two years. This "new" one I got is just about the same as the old one performance-wise, but it doesn't have any of the annoying performance quirks.

 

My friend just called. We're getting together on Sunday.

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Saturday night! Whoo-hoo! :angry:

 

Now that that's out of the way, I'm miserable. My allergies are acting up tonight and I just want to take something and go to sleep!

 

I really should relax a bit... I've got a long day tomarrow. I have to take the carpet cleaner to my future ex.

 

Then I have an "un-date" with the guy friend I always gush about!

 

I'm not going to get into it here... it's been a long four months for me... it took me forever to start a dialogue with this man. He's a really sweet guy and a good friend. I just fear I'll be badly tempted to hit on him. I've decided that the last thing I need right now is to be dating, so that's why it's an "un-date". We talked and decided that we are comfortable hanging around with each other, but that we shouldn't date since both of us has been burned too many times in the past. My friend has been through a lot and doesn't give his trust to anyone easily, so that's one of the many reasons I had a hard time getting him to open up to me.

 

I think we're going to skip watching NASCAR this weekend. My favorite driver is not in the Mexico race, so I wouldn't know who to cheer for!

 

Oh, and I'm already excited for baseball season to come! I need to get to a game this year no matter how bad the home team is. Maybe I can talk my "buddy" into going with me. It's hard being a girl who likes sports... most of my friends wouldn't know what to do at a sporting event! :huh:

[Jaz4stfguy 0]

[i like NASCAR, but my favorite sport is baseball. I wish we had a good racetrack here, I'd like to see some pro racing in person!  :huh:

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Ah, another fan of baseball! I love baseball, especially since the Minnesota Twins have won two World Series! Yah, i know that the Yanks have won 20-some, but, whatever. When a guy with deep pockets like Steinbrenner can "buy" a team, is that really fair to compare to a small market team like the Twins, that can win based on superb talent, smart drafting, and great coaching? Would parity in baseball help? Sure, and so would the lack of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. What happened to good ol' sweat and elbow grease? Anyway, Kyra, nice to chat with you. BTW, who is your fav team, the Mariners? Good luck to them. Their former ace, Randy Johnson is now in pin-stripes ~~ a Yankee ~~ so now the NY'ers will be bragging once again. Whatever. :angry:

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

BTW, who is your fav team, the Mariners? Good luck to them. Their former ace, Randy Johnson is now in pin-stripes ~~ a Yankee ~~ so now the NY'ers will be bragging once again. Whatever.

 

Yup, I am a Mariners fan. It's going to be a dismal season for us this year, we have next to no pitching, but who knows, those guys can surprise you! :angry:

 

I also love the Red Sox. The reason? If anyone can keep the Yanks out of the playoffs, it's the Sox.

 

I was pretty upset when RJ went over to the Yanks in the offseason. I'm trying to look at the bright side though, it's been a long time since I've got to see him pitch and the Yanks play in Seattle so much more often than the NL teams he has been with the past few years. People are snagging up tickets to all the games the Yanks are playing here this year in hopes of seeing RJ pitch again. I don't blame them, but I'm holding out until everyone's pitching schedules are established, so I have a better chance of seeing what I want to! :huh:

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

My "un-date" is sick.

 

I still went over there and visited him for a while, but I felt so bad seeing him not feeling good.

 

Even though I know he was miserable, he cooked me dinner! I've never had a guy friend cook for me before and this guy can cook!

 

We spent quite a while talking. He finally had to go lay down, so I cleaned up the dinner dishes for him. If he comes to work tomarrow, he's going to get a good talking-to. None of the rest of us want his bronchitis germs! :huh:

 

I really like this guy. :blush 2: He was laying down, shivering, all wrapped up in blankets and I just wanted to cuddle up next to him and keep him warm!

 

Really, must be the mom in me. :angry:

 

Nah, I'm madly in "like" with him! :blush 2:

[Escobar 0]

Seems to me you might decide not to UN-date him anymore...

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Seems to me you might decide not to UN-date him anymore... 

 

Yeah, I think you got it right! :P

 

I've been sick the past week thanks to my friend being kind enough to share his germs! Well, I guess his mommy taught him that friends share! :P

 

I'm feeling marginally better after the weekend. I stayed in bed yesterday afternoon and watched the NASCAR race. Nothing special there.

 

I'm hoping my friend calls me tonight. I don't ever get much of a chance to talk to him at work. I'm trying not to bug the poor guy all the time, but it's so nice to talk to him.

[Escobar 0]

I wonder, how does he feel about you, you think? I mean, you say you don't want to bug him, but do you think he thinks you're bugging him? :P

[Kyra_Ashleigh 0]

Personal log....

 

My daughter is sick now. Her daddy took her to the doctor today while I was at work and now she's on antibiotics! I feel so bad because she probably caught it from me. :P

 

I wonder, how does he feel about you, you think? I mean, you say you don't want to bug him, but do you think he thinks you're bugging him?

 

We're good friends, nothing more at the moment. I have absolutely no idea how he feels about me other than what I've seen by the way he acts towards me.

 

I'm trying to be really careful in getting involved with him. His last girlfriend was the really controlling type who called him three times a day and read his emails and stuff, so I'm trying to give him a lot more space than she did.

 

I'm happy with our friendship as it is now, but I do care deeply for him. I'm not going to try and push him into anything he's not comfortable with... and he's said that he's not looking for someone to date right now, so I'm just going to go with the flow. Besides, I'm still in the process of getting divorced, so I don't want to jump into another relationship too soon and end up hurting a good friend in the process.

 

So, for anyone out there reading who might want to comment, how often is too often to call someone you're interested in? I don't want to smother him, but he's so great to talk to. Helllllp!

[Lursa 0]

You know what I feel the same way like how you do! I have a friend that i also care about deeply but he has girlfriend. And sometimes it is hard to care about someone what has someelse's heart.