Bella was treated by yours truly to a fine dinner at Disneyland's Blue Bayou for her birthday. Not only that, but I purchased two Southern California annual passes. Needless to say, she was very happy. We had a blast, but we both came home sick with the flu. That may or may not have to do with the fact that it was a little drizzly the whole time we were there.
So I've been down with the sickness (ooh-ah-ah-ah-ah) and haven't posted in a while. But that stops... here.
I've been working off and on at trying to get upgraded from SuSE Linux 9.3 to 10. There has been a lot of frustration as the cheap-o version I bought didn't have all the software necessary packaged with it. I've had to struggle getting my sound card to work, adding MP3 support, and now trying to play MPG videos. That last one has me really stumped and there is no answer readily available. Fortunately, I belong to a SuSE forum, so I posted my problem there. They came through for me before, so I hope they are equally as helpful this time.
I've been in a real bah-humbug mood lately. Not because I've been sick or struggling with Linux, though they played their part, I'm sure. No, it's working in retail. The hours suck in retail during the holidays, and for no good reason other than to say, "We have extended holiday hours!" But do you know how many people make use of those extended holiday hours? Not enough to warrant opening earlier or closing later. That's for damn sure!
I've had my Sirius satellite radios constantly tuned to the Sirius Holiday channel in the hopes that continuous Christmas music will get me in the mood. It's helped. Putting up the little Christmas tree with Bella helped, as well. We had to put it up on Bella's dresser at her house instead of here on my desk, because we know what Bertram would do with Bella's valuable mini-ornament collection, not to mention the tree itself. So the music is the only sign of Christmas at my house. Sad.
Anyway, I'm going to see what other damage I can do to my Linux before I have to get ready for work.
