Maybe not so bad

I called Dell again yesterday to see if talking to someone different might net me different results with my dead computer. We tried a couple of things, and sure enough, it's fried. However, Archie, my tech, told me the failure code my computer was spitting out was sufficient enough for him to order a new hard drive for me and have someone come to the house and install it. (Horray for in home service contracts!). Before I was going to have the computer inspected by someone to see if my files could be extracted, then have the sysop restored or my hard drive repaired. Now I can have the new hard drive installed and take the old one, sans the rest of the PC, to be inspected. A lot easier to handle. It still sux the damn thing took a shitter, especially since it's really not that old, but hey, it could be worse... I could be paying for the whole thing.

In other news...

Trader Joe's is opening November 27 in Cary! Can't wait for that. The new Costco is now open. That's exciting too! Yesterday was my last day of vacation... I'm heading off to London tonight and won't be back until Saturday morning. It was nice to have the last two weeks off. I went to Sacramento to spend time with my brother, his wife and their beautiful baby girl. It was great to spend time with all three of them. The last day I was there my parents joined us, so that was nice. I've been able to spend a lot of time with SpyC laltey, and that's been nice too. We've been trying to cook more at home and that's been going well. We just got tired of eating out so much, not to mention the money we can save by eating at home. Rachel Ray's 30-minute meals are keeping us pretty happy. We've also been making some of our old favorites like tortilla soup, corn chowder and carrot-raisin-nut bread.

I'll be back home Saturday morning and will leave again Wednesday, Nov 22, to go back to London. That means I'll be spending Thanksgiving there, but that's ok. I'll be home Friday afternoon and can't wait for that. Dytz is coming to town Thursday morning. It'll be nice to see him, especially here in Raleigh so he can check out the digs. We might not let him leave! SpyC and I are VERY excited about him coming. Dytz... are you as excited as we are?