i'll be damned...

for the second time, at the end of moving a couch, i've had help.

tonight on my way home from work after a stop at chez target JJ calls me, which saved me from giving into my urge to get something at burger king for dinner. things have been stressful at work so my will was feeling a little weak tonight, so it was nice to be distracted. anyways, she is in the process of moving (same building, but opposite corner on the 1st floor) and she has a lazy-boy style couch she needed to move. so during our conversation, i decided it would be easier to try and move it in 70's and humid rather than 90's and humid.

so after much man handling, we force it down a set of tight stairs, out the door, around the corder and at the last stretch, to bring it into her new apartment, a kind soul walking by asks if we could use a little help so he and i finish moving it in.

thank you kind sir.

when M&I bought my couch (futon really), a neighbor walking his dog helped us move my newly aquired futon couch upstairs. so you know that i'm now going to expect this the next time i have to move a couch. at least i told JJ i ain't moving that red behemoth again...

work today was better than the rest of the week. at least until 4pm. then it SUCKED. again. one of the weekend people in CI (MW) was having problems with the new phone system. he was getting referral calls when he should only get liasion calls, so he panicked, LJ panicked, DH passed the buck to me (he wanted to get out of there). so i spent 90 mins on the phone trying to sort it out.

fortunately, we were able to figure it out, but what should have taken no more than 5 mins took 90+ mins. at least i know have a much better understanding of the phone system than i did, which is a good thing. esp if i'm going to be the network person in the office. and the phone person. and whatever else i get to be.

whee.

so.

JJ, you're welcome. i'm glad we moved that beast tonight rather than in the middle of a hazy, humid 90+ degree day. and remember, proxy can be a bad thing. bad proxy. bad bad proxy ruining JJ's web surfing.

to the kind sir, thank you.

MW, you're welcome and quit your whining.

i should be able to get a halfway decent night of sleep for a change.