that's right. i know all of you mac geeks are jealous. i mean, YOU didn't get to spend over 2hrs with ryan the mac genius last night; WE did. after a failed leopard installation and being told that we were going to lose everything on the hard drive (ie wedding pictures, final papers, work documents), what else was there to do? mor scheduled his appt for 3:15p at the mac store at gateway. we got there with time to spare (so i could get my favorite peppermint hot chocolate) and headed to check in. around 3:45p, we were wondering if we'd missed our appt. wrong. they were just an hour or so behind. while we were waiting--somewhat impatiently--we went through the pros and cons of each mac genius; one kid was exactly what you would expect, down to the wire rim glasses and tucked-in button-down shirt; the black mohawked guy seemed like the hip too-cool-to-be-a-mac-genius mac genius; the eastern european guy in adidas pants and long-sleeve tee was totally on his game and seemed to be the one in charge until...out walked ryan. and he yelled our name like we were the next contestant on "the price is right." and that's exactly how we felt. we won the jackpot with ryan. he tried this and that and this other thing until he finally knew what needed to be done. he transferred the contents of mor's hard drive to a portable one with like 1000gigs of ram (whatever that means), then installed leopard onto mor's naked hard drive, and then transferred all our stuff back. SUCCESS! so now we have the latest and greatest mac operating system. how cool are we?! when we were done at the genius bar and had said our goodbyes to and exchanged numbers with ryan (not really), we got to walk out into the...
...SNOW!!! about time. we live in utah, whose state slogan is "the greatest snow on earth," and we've had nothing to back that up until last night. (only in slc though; still nothing in provo. *sigh* maybe we'll get some before we leave for california (where there is absolutely no chance whatsoever of snow)) for christmas. please please please. let me have a little bit of a white christmas.
anyway, we drove back to provo at a lightning speed of 35mph. (utah's state slogan is in no way "the greatest drivers on earth," that's for sure.) we picked up a couple of the boys from telos and headed to the flash's--fun but disappointing--home opener. they lost by 1pt at the very last second. can you believe that? i still don't think the guy from the wizards got the shot off, but i wasn't wearing the zebra stripes so my opinion doesn't matter. oh well. free tickets. free popcorn. free t-shirts. and lots of fun.
now i'm off to tend to the hubs. he has decided to pick up some viral infection, resplendent with fever (that i just tried to spell feAver and i swear i did graduate college, with an english degree no less) and chills and lots of other stuff i will not mention (without gagging) at this time. send prayers our way: for mor that he'll get better and for me that i'll stay sympathetic and nurturing. and sane. even though i don't have children yet, i think it's safe to say that having a sick hubs is a bazillion times worse than having a sick child. (please, sisters, tell me that's true. i've dealt with mor being sick and injured so much this last year, i need to know that it gets easier from here on out. lie to me if you must.)
on the part about husbands being worse then kids when they are sick is absolutely true. i can handle my kids being sick, but when it's david's turn it's like he's dying. drives me insane! i loose my patients with him a lot quicker then i do with the kids. good luck!
ReplyDeleteI too would agree, with the kids you just drug them up and they snuggle in...with the hubs there is no way you want to snuggle, for one they are an adult and don't look all that sweet when sick.
ReplyDeleteyeah snow in UT! i will enjoy it next week! and as for apple store geniuses i have full confidence in them also.
ReplyDelete*and do u seriously know someone else named kari with two r's and is married to a david? weird.
resplendent is one of my favorito words, it's just so regal.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've already posted my thoughts on sick husbands, though you my friend have had to deal with far more than me. Call me if you need a break. Maybe let's catch a matinée?