matt

My weekend, as I expected, was quite slow. I didn't do a whole lot of anything and mostly relaxed and I enjoyed it. I'm really looking forward to a nice short week this week and I'm really looking forward to my cruise in just two weeks. It should be a good time all around and it will be a nice change of pace to get out from here.

No update on the rental car situation. I plan on checking prices again today but I think my hopes of a last minute sale on prices isn't going to happen, unfortunately. I just hate to pay like $40/day for a stupid basic economy class rental car, especially when I know next week the price will be about half that. Stupid supply and demand economy! Damn you Adam Smith!

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It's Friday and that means it's time for the weekend! This weekend ought to be a little slow since Marissa is working both Saturday and Sunday so I'll be doing much of nothing. It's fine with me because I have some new games to play and going out usually involves spending money but it will suck not having her around in the long run. When I'm by myself for such a long time, I usually lose my social graces because I'm not used to communicating with other humans. Alas, I'll find a way.

To be honest, part of me actually wants to get past this weekend soon because I'm really looking forward to flying up to Connecticut for Thanksgiving. While I'm not looking forward to flying, I am excited to seeing the family and having a lot of great food. I think it will be a very nice time so I'm hoping for this weekend to hurry up :)

Song of the Day: Fraggle Rock theme song

Wish I had something fun and interesting to write here of stories from the weekend but I really don't. After work on Friday, Marissa and I went to the Turf Club for dinner with Josh and Sarah and had a good meal there and saw the shuttle launch, which was nifty. We had bolder ambitions to see the night launch from a better spot but dinner took longer than we thought and we had to settle for the spot we found. It was still cool to see, but next time we ought to get a better spot.

Saturday we basically hung around the apartment and did little of nothing. We ran a few errands but mostly sat at home and were mostly bored. I can handle sitting at home and doing nothing but I know it bothers Marissa, yet there really is not much to do if you don't want to spend any money so it's a difficult situation to be in. Marissa worked on Sunday so I spent my afternoon trying to get Battlefield 2 to work, as I had lost the CD and the game refused to work without it. Let's just say I was successful despite not finding the CD.

The big issue before us now is what to do about Thanksgiving. Rental car prices are just absurd and we're trying to figure out something that will be reasonable for a car rental. I looked into taxis but that was a joke so we're back to looking for a car rental under $200 for the 4 days. The problem is we are renting for 4 days and a weekend rental is only 3 days and a week rental is 5 days so we're in this stupid spot where there are no good deals.

20 days until the Disney Cruise!

So I'm trying to work on this project at work and I keep getting this stupid fake virus ad that keeps popping up and it's beyond frustrating me. I don't know why it keeps happening, considering I haven't engaged in any online behavior that would warrant it but it keeps popping up and it's annoying me to no end. Right now I just want to throw my computer against the wall because it doesn't seem to make any sense. Perhaps it's time I requested Linux be installed on my machine so I can avoid all these annoyances.

This past weekend was restful at the very least. We didn't do much and Marissa worked yesterday so I just enjoyed some time off. This week should be fairly normal without much interesting going on.

Song of the Day: AC/DC - Anything Goes

Time for the weekend I'm looking forward to it. This morning was the first morning all week I've woken up actually tired and didn't wake up an hour early. It's weird how that works but it's okay since I am looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow (and Sunday). I think our only weekend plans are hanging out with Fred and Chantalle, who are coming into town on a quick trip. Aside from that, should be a quiet weekend especially since Marissa has to work on Sunday.

At work today the boss took us all out for pizza and they got this guy to come detail everyone's car. The cost for me is $25 and it's well worth it to have my car washed and interior vacuumed. I'm waiting on seeing how the car looks but I'm hoping it was money well spent because I could do it myself but in reality I'm far too lazy to do it.

Nothing else to report here so have a good weekend!

Song of the Day: Toby Keith - Get drunk and be somebody