Here Comes the Pizza

Mamma Kat bought us some pizzas tonight for dinner. Kit Kat's scout troup was running some promotion with a local pizza chain. They were going to donate 20% of proceeds if you mention that the troop sent you.

All I know is that they make some delicious pepperoni pizza. I already had a few pieces. Add a little crushed red pepper, and you are good to go.

Anime Convention

Mamma Kat and I are planning to attend Anthrocon 2009. I was hoping to attend Anime Expo this year. But that is being held in Los Angles, which is much too far away. Anthrocon is just 4 hours away from us.

We don't know what to expect from this. Mamma Kat and I have never been to any anime or manga style conventions. I think this one is a smaller one due to its specialty. Anthrocon focuses on animals that act like human. That's real specific.

I have the hotel room booked. And I have researched a bunch of the sessions at the convention that I want to attend. We will probably blog about the experience in about 2 weeks. Get ready.

Survival Training

Little Kat is going on a wilderness survival camping trip this weekend. He had a long list of items to get to be prepared. Earlier this week Mamma Kat said they only got half the required items. She asked me if I could take Little Kat to REI to buy the rest of what he needed.

First I cut the grass before the big rains came. Then Little Kat and I went on our shopping trip. The rain came down hard. We had to dash into the store. The parking lot turned into a stream with deep water flowing everywhere. Luckily there was a tall speed bump we could walk on to stay dry.

Inside REI, I found the first employee that was free and gave him our list. He thought we could get all the items. He ran off and found another employee in that section. That employee then said he would look for the first item on the list. It was about 30 minutes before I saw the employee again. He said he had to help a lot of other customers. Epic fail REI. If we were not in such a hurry, I would not have bought anything from you. I am surely not going to come back to your store.

The Customer Building

At work, our customer is having some problems with our software. This is nothing new. However the customer informed us that these problems are critical. They can’t wait to get them fixed. My boss told them I would take care of this. I asked the customer to work closely with me so that I will not waste any time. One member in our customer organization is retiring this month. We were all going to be in the same building for the retirement party. I planned to meet somebody from the customer organization there to work with me on their problem.

Here is the chief reason I don’t like working at the customer organization. There is just not enough parking. If you do not get there early, you do not get to park. The traffic is crazy during rush hour around here. The day of the retirement party was no different. I got onto the highway, and found it to be more like a parking lot. Luckily I left really early in the day. I did end up getting a space in the parking lot.

When I got to the front door, I had to get somebody to escort me. I called one of the employees of my company who always works on site there. He was not there. But he promised he would call somebody else to sign me in. Nobody came. Luckily one of my actual customers came in and saw me detained at the front door. She signed for me. That got me in.

I had scheduled a meeting with the customer who was to help me around lunch time. So I had to get an early bite to eat. The problem is that because I am a visitor, I need an escort at all times. Everybody is busy. Nobody wants to escort me around. So I had to take a chance and sneak down to the cafeteria. I took along a folder that served two purposes: (1) It helped cover up the escort required badge around my neck, and (2) it contained a list of everybody’s phone number in case I was detected and escorted off the premises.

Finding Fed Ex

Mamma Kat had to do some work for school this morning. I was still asleep when she left. Then I got the call from her. She needed help picking up a package. So we took a journey.

There used to be a Fed-Ex right down the street. It seems it had closed. So we drove a long way to get to that Fed-Ex place. Turns out her package was just an iPod. Yes it is a cool one. But it felt like we took a long voyage just for a little music thingy.

The Cotillion Court

A close friend from work has a daughter that just graduated from high school. For her 18th birthday, they held a big bash. Mamma Kat and I were invited. The invitation said formal attire was required. I asked if I had to rent a tuxedo. I found out a suit was fine.

It was tough to get out of work today. When I got home I took a nap. Then Mamma Kat and I got hooked on some anime. Mamma Kat locked herself in our bedroom to get ready. It came time to leave. But I had not gotten ready yet. So I banged on the door. Seems Mamma Kat was just chilling in there.

I grabbed my best white shirt and proceeded to iron it. Then it took some time to get into my suit. We took off in the rain to get to the part place. As we arrived, they were serving salad. This was indeed a formal affair. It felt like a wedding ceremony. There was a huge slide show after dinner was served. Mamma Kat kept making me go to the bar to pick us up some drinks. No, I did not choose any alcohol. We snuck out after the official program of the night had ended. Whew. Let's hope Kit Kat does not need anything like this when she graduates.

Early Fatigue

It was still light out when I got home. Since it is going to rain for the next couple days, I thought it was time to cut the grass. Normally I zip right through our big lawn. But today I found that I had to take a number of breaks.

I just ran out of gas (not the lawnmower). This might be caused by me being out of shape. That is all the more reason to get outside and do some yard work.

For a month or so I had been neglecting to cut the one side of the yard in the back. I took a peek at it today. There was some seriously high grass. I had to cut that too. Now I am broken.