Rough morning

[mdlbear]

First setback was discovering that the workstation I wanted to use to replace the possibly-flaky fileserver didn't appear able to find either of its ethernet ports when booted from the server's disk. Something in the boot-time kernel config, I suppose, but I didn't have time to diagnose it. If it goes down over the weekend, it goes down. The mirror's reasonably current, but I didn't have time to get it back in operation; the workstation is still in pieces and will stay that way until I get back.

Next (well, actually, while still hassling with recalcitrant boxen) came the FedEx guy knocking on the door to say that he remembers leaving the box of ribbons on the porch. Must have been stolen, then. So that's a loss, and all my fault for having it shipped to the house instead of work; just bad luck that Colleen was out taking the Y.D. home from school when it arrived. I'd figured that, if it was delayed, at least Colleen wouldn't have to go in to the lab to chase after it when she had a con and an engagement party to worry about.

They included my "Coffee, Computers & Song" ribbons, so it may be a business expense I can write off. But I came close to losing it, and drove the Cat nuts as usual by apologizing repeatedly. Glad I have her.

And I missed breakfast, but a protein bar and a bottle of chocolate milk are helping. And did I mention that the airport doesn't have free wi-fi. Paid through Boingo; about the same price but I already have the account, so no credit card needed. At least the airport has plenty of outlets; it's been substantially remodeled.

Spoons: low; Cope: low.

Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

*HUG* Sorry you're having such a rough time of it.

How tremendously irritating!

[zyxwvut.livejournal.com]

So, they were delivered, and stolen off your front porch?!? That's truly maddening, when you consider that the potential that they were worth a darned thing to the thieves is astronomically small. :-<

The Looney Labs cards that I'd slipped in there, I can at least replace pretty easily, although I may not see you before baycon...

Z

P.S.: Now that I think of it, the (unopened) cookie packets that I'd included did include trans fats. Maybe we've poisoned them. %-}

Re: How tremendously irritating!

[mdlbear]

"Maybe we've poisoned them" -- a consummation devoutly to be wished.