It Only Hurts When I Blog

Hi, Blogregation!

It's Sunday, and we have our normal weekend routine in place. Coffee, newspaper, breakfast. Charlie is loading the dishwasher right now. Thanks, Charlie!

Some updates from yesterday... The HVAC service tech came by (at the very final second of the very final minute of the two hour long arrival window) and cleaned the heat and air unit, checked the filter, etc. I couldn't use my coupon, it 'wasn't for maintenance, it was for service'. Sheesh. What's the bloody difference? ;-)

I told you I finally got my license key and 2 pages of instructions to get set up for the older online training system, since the new one has an implementation delay. So I set myself up for training yesterday, which involved the following...

• To run the training software, I needed the 'Shockwave' Plug-in installed on our computer. I installed it.
• It also installed a dumb toolbar on my browser. That was annoying so I uninstalled it.
• After creating my account and entering my license key for the training, I got a message that the popup-blocker had to be disabled. I disabled it.
• When I finally got into the training program, I got a new message. It wanted an older version of Shockwave (8.5) than the download default (10).
• I had to uninstall the new version.
• I rebooted the computer.
• I searched for and found the older version download.
• I downloaded the older version.
• I installed the older version.
• I got back into the e-learning website and started all over again.
• I finally got into the training and ran something (an Access 2000 module) to see that everything was working correctly.
• By that time, I didn't feel like actually DOING any of the training.

I didn't cook the trout last night either. That sounded like work.

I had an idea (here in the South you call a spur of the moment idea 'having a wild hair') to go to the Chinese buffet instead. On Friday and Saturday nights, they have 'all you can eat' snow crab. It was Sooooooo Goooooood! I guess I am still having 'seafood withdrawal' after leaving New England last weekend.

We went to the very same Chinese buffet I mentioned in my 'blonde moments blog'. The one in the strip mall. The one that Charlie let me walk past their front door. He watched me closely but I did it right this time. I even got a good parking space. ;-)

I don't know how these places can make any money after paying for all the crab. This particular buffet is about $10 per person (plus drinks) and it was fantastic. I have decided (after consuming 3 plates of crab) that it's best to pick out the ones that have the big claws. The claw meat gives you a big, sweet hunk of crab with a lot less work.

And for you health-conscious folks out there that read my blog - I did not have ANY butter with them. Instead, I used the seafood cocktail sauce very sparingly and it was great! Who would have thought you could enjoy crab without gobs of drawn butter. That's a first for me, by the way! I was raised to drown seafood in butter and lemon. ;-)

In addition, I had a little hot and sour soup, some peel and eat shrimp, and a 'seafood with Chinese vegetables and broccoli' dish so I could have some vegetables to offset all the crab. Charlie only had a few snow crab legs, he thought it was too much work for what he was getting. He tried a lot of different dishes instead - chicken wings, shrimp, lo mein, green beans, etc.

So, is there anything to be said about the relationship between computer software installation and snow crab at a Chinese Buffet?

If there is, I can't think of it. Have a nice Sunday, everybody!