Ranty McRant-Rant and Angry Pants Gang

Ever had one of those days?

That I'm asking this at nine in the morning should give you an idea of how I'm feeling.

<*sigh*>

I'm quietly starting to feel less murderous, but to sum up the reason for my (seriously over-reacting) anger:

I have no printer.


No, really. That's what's got me so pissed off.


See, for this test that I'm writing on Monday Morning, I need to bring in my Request for a Security Clearance form (even though I've already got clearance). Which I need to down-load and print.
Because I don't have a printer, I need to print-as-a-PDF and take it to staples and get it printed there.
Which would be fine except that they charge an arm and a leg for it, anyway.

However, today the whole 'print-as-a-PDF' thing was giving me huge amounts of trouble. I spent a good hour or so trying to get this thing to work, and was absolutely livid by the time it finally did what it was told.

(But it did, and this is good).


If I had a (functioning) printer[1], I could have just hit 'print' and printed out a hard-copy (with all my information filled in, no less, rather than having to fill it out in my (messy) handwriting after I get it back) and not have had to pay to get the file read in the first place.
Which would not only be *nice* in terms of money and convenience, it would also be nice because it would make me feel less powerless.
As in I wouldn't have to rely on someone else's time frame to get the documents I want. Which would be exceptionally helpful for my peace of mind.

Anyway.

That's my rant.



In other news: Schola was fun last night. And I found out that I can, in fact, charge and drain stuff (yay!) and I can also notice when something feels energetically 'off'. At least a little bit. So good. :-) I'm progressing. :-D

Also: Random!Brunch for the Pagans @ the James Street Feed-Co/Bar-&-Grill down on Bank Street on Sunday. Hurrah. :-D


Must bustle off and write to Judith about Goddess Salons now. :-)


- TTFN,
- Amazon (who is feeling much better now, really. :-)


[1] Yes, I could go out and get one. I'm feeling rather torn about that. Do I get a printer or do I *not* add $150+ to my credit-card debt? Currently the not-increasing-the-debt is winning.

Feeling Much Better, Now. :-)

Things I did today:

1) Cleaned out the fridge (yay) and took out the compost (yay)! :-D

2) Found a dress for a customer on short notice (from clearance, where we have, like, *no* selection), that she liked and that fit. Yay! It's for her going-away party (leaving work for Chemo, as I understand it) which <*checks clock*> is probably starting in about twenty minutes. :-)
I'm quite proud of myself for that. :-)


Something I like: Those bag-to-earth compost bags for kitchen waste. You can get them by the bunch from Shoppers' Drug Mart in my neighbourhood. I'm using them to line my compost bucket (an old tofu bucket from the Kowloon Market) and they are making my kitchen smell so much better just because the compost bucket, itself, isn't covered in yuck all the time.
(Also: they hold more compostables than our current bucket, so that's good, too).
I heartily approve. :-D
(They're made by some company in Napanee, too, which is nice with regards to buying locally produced stuff. :-)

I think I'll make shrimp and pasta for dinner tonight. Maybe. :-)

[EDIT: For those who are interested, shrimp and artichoke hearts with spinach linguini, garlic and lemon-and-lime juice, taste quite good together. Also: Salmon cream cheese? Actually makes a really excellent cream-sauce substitute for such a combination. It was really good, and I recommend it to any who eat the swimming things and want to give it a shot. :-) Yay! :-)]


- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)