Midway, Day 33

snOMG! 2012 has arrived.  I've got just over four inches out back.  The city has shut down.  Pretty much all of the lab stayed home today, myself included.  Gaia and I went for a walk, and a run, and threw the crack ball in the alley (until it hit a tree and took an unfortunate bounce over the neighbor's fence).  That dog LOVES the snow.  I can't deny her, she's too cute.  And currently completely passed out.  Working from home isn't all that conducive to actually working, but it is really great for things like organizing your kitchen cabinets.

There will be no outdoor dining today.

I got the new Boeing-issued crackberry mostly setup, but of course, in fine form, per usual, the "help desk" was less than helpful.  I called to say the software didn't install right, and the guy goes "oh no, it's fine" and then proceeded to skip steps in the setup process and now I still can't get encrypted email.  Ah well, it was a nice activity to do from the kitchen this afternoon.  We're suppose to get more snow tonight, so tomorrow may be a late arrival kind of a day.  With a stop to Harborview to visit our software guy that crashed his bike over the weekend and is now recovering with pins in his pelvis.

In other help-desk-fail news, I booked tickets to Barcelona and Paris today.  Yahoooo!  I tried last night, but British Airways has the WORST website on the ENTIRE internet.  I got all the way through the booking process, the payment process, and even the verify you're you process and then I got an error message saying something went wrong and my booking may or may not have been completed.  Since BA's customer service was shut down for the day, I called this morning.  No record of the booking, but they thought I should call Visa too - just to be sure.  Then I tried to book online at least a half a dozen more times before calling back.  At least they waived the phone booking fee, but only after I told them I tried to book online about a billion times.  Anyway, tickets are confirmed (eeeeeeee!) and Adam and I both went back in to add passport info and what have you.  My attempt was successful, but when either of us tried to change his, we got another generic failure from the website with no logical explanation.  You'd think a company like that would have a flawless website, since that's where it gets a lot of business.  But you'd be wrong.  Oh so very wrong.

I cut out fabric today to (finally) start on Bridget and Lisa's baby quilts.  And I am officially old.  Not because I'm making baby quilts, but because I'm going to have to put ice on my lower back from bending over the table for an hour.  Holy hell.

I also drank a fair amount of tequila this evening.  I think that's a totally independent data point though.