Wrappin up the week.

Finally got my BlackBerry cluster worked out. When I last blogged about it, the situation was that I supposedly couldn't get the deal in the store that I saw online. That was Monday. On Tuesday, I went to order the phone and my service online but realized there's nowhere to indicate that this is an UPGRADE and not a whole new contract. Sheesh. What a pain in the ass. So I call them. My plan gets changed over properly and I order the phone. I also opt for the "Express Overnight Shipping" for an additional $16. Guess what? Come Thursday morning (TWO nights later) I still have no phone. I call and find out it's on backorder? WTF?!? They had them at the store on Monday. I finally get hold of a guy named "Kevin" who normally works at the T-Mo store next to Winn-Dixie but he was covering the mall store temporarily. Evidently Kevin is someone that knows how to do his job. I explained my whole ordeal to him. "Hmmmm, that doesn't sound right. You shouldn't have had to go through all that." When I was done, he asked for a few minutes to figure out the next move to make. He calls a bit later and tells me to come pick up the phone in the store and instructs me to refuse shipment of the other phone that is supposedly "on backorder". He also takes the time to apologize for all the hassle and that I really SHOULD have been able to walk out of the store on my Monday visit with everything I wanted. Additionally, he prints out extra receipts and a rebate form for me instead of telling me to make my own copies and going to the website to print my own rebate form. Nice. So... if any of ya'll are T-Mo customers and need assistance from someone that knows what's going on, look up Kevin.

FedEx ruled the roost again when I placed another international order. France to the US in less than 2 days. That's amazing. Had to get a present for someone.

Friday, me and most of the office headed to Edo's for sushi. We all had fun except for one person who I knew wouldn't like it but she insisted on coming. When she started bitching, I reminded her that I specifically didn't invite her because I knew how she was. I also let her know I was there to enjoy my lunch and wasn't asking her opinion of it. In other words, STFU.

Kudos to Lesa! On the new menu at Simp's, there's an entree named after her. Dean, the chef there, made a roasted pork loin dish as an experiment several weeks ago and brought some out for Lesa to try. Lesa got me to try it too. Yummy. Anyway, there's a "Lesa's Roasted Pork Loin" on the menu now. How cool is that? I was supposed to go try it out after work but I had been to Simp's Thursday night and really didn't want to spend a load of cash on a meal especially after my sushi lunch. Scott and Eric called me up to go to HSV with them and find some brewery. We never found the brewery and they weren't answering their phone so methinks this brewery isn't a "regular" business. Ended up at Bennigans for dinner where we enjoyed draft beer, me with my Fosters and the other guys with their Guiness and Newcastle. Got carded too which is always nice. Apparently, the beer snob thing to do is look down on ppl who drink beer you can see through... like the Fosters and Corona that I drink. "Kiss my @zz... at least it's not Zima." Heh.

Oh, Scott took one for the team and got a thousand poker chips for our new gambling ministry. While he got a good deal on them, they weren't cheap by any means. I need to find a good place to get quality cards. I'd like to contribute at least something to the game. Hmm... maybe a table or some felt. Dunno.

Looks like Kevin got hit with a funk bomb according to his blog. I know how that feels sometimes. If I ever want to depress myself, this is what I think of:

1. Is that as big as it gets?
2. Just kidding about #1.
3. Will I find the right girl to marry?
4. Will she sign a pre-nup? LOL
5. Will I have kids?
6. How old will I be when the kid(s) show up?
7. How will I pay for their college? Braces? Cars? Hobbies? Sports? Bail?
8. Will I be a good dad?
9. When I retire, will I have enough income? (actually, got a good plan going here going on 10+ years)
10. Will I have to work all the way to retirement age or can I retire early?
11. Buying a new car.

Wow. That's about it.