Today, was another tough work day, and that concludes a tough week. It was a little better than last week, but not by much. The one guy at the office that really knows our department and our software was in my office today, helping me with an issue, and we had a bizarre thing happen to us. Well, we had two or three bizarre things happen, but a couple of them won't make sense to anyone who doesn't understand what we do. That is usually most people. One night after I'd been down here about 3 months, I was hanging around with the girls from the school, they were talking about their students and their jobs, and I was just sitting patiently listening and observing. One of them realized that I was just not participating and said to the others, "Hey, we're really not including Tyler, here so let's talk about something he'd actually have an interest in. So, Tyler, umm, what is it that you do again?" That pretty much sums it up for 95% of people I talk to outside of work. They'd known me for 3 months, and realized they didn't get it. There isn't a real easy way to explain it to anyone either. So, that eliminates two of the odd issues today, but the third one, was just weird. There are three of us working out of the Mitchell office, and one of the others, Carl, is out visiting a client this week, so he wasn't around, so his office is just dark. Well today, the other guy in our office, Jeff, is talking to me, and we hear the phone in Carl's office start working, "Carl, I, I can't hear you." We both looked at each other very puzzled wondering if Carl had come back into the office and we hadn't seen him come in. So, we walked over to his office, and it's dark, and his phone shows that it had started a call. Well, that is certainly odd, since Carl wasn't around to push the answer button. We just aren't sure how that all worked, or why we heard the phone, but it sure did happen. We both just left the office, laughing about it. Mysterious voices, and phones that work on their own. Not sure that was what I signed up for when I started at Martin Group.
Well, the past couple of weekends, I have a chance to start a new "tradition". When I rolled my SUV, I was on my way back to Huron, for a haircut, dinner with my Grandparents, and the 281 Conference Tournament. Well, I only ended up with one of those things happening. So, the past couple of weekends I've been back in Huron to take care of business, and I've been having lunch there with them. It's a mini tradition, but it's been fun. I'll do that again tomorrow when I make it back again to Huron again to pick up my car. Gonna be a good time. I have to stop, because my Grandpa, who I appreciate lots anyway, went to pick up my insurance papers for me today so I could have them tomorrow. Yay for Grandpa!
So, the new ride is coming home with me tomorrow. If you missed it, I've got a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix, dark gray, and it's nice. I'm looking forward to that. I'd originally planned to just leave it in Huron to have the remote start put in, but when I called to set up an appointment for that, I was told that I would basically have to have a new starter put in because the start system in the 2004 Pontiac's is different from basically all other GM starters. So, that's an extra charge, plus the install charge, and I'm thinking that I'll be starting my car manually until later. It's unfortunate, but going to have to happen for now. I'll get over it though, eventually. The other issue is all the extra things I have to buy to get my after market CD player to work with the Grand Prix, and this is turning more expensive by the day. My recommendation: don't get into an accident, it will be a lot easier on you in the long run, and a lot easier on the bank accounts.
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