Y2 D178

Do you know what I was yesterday? HAPPY. What an odd concept. Why the unexpected elation? I got my laptop back. I decided to hit the Apple store after work since yesterday was day 9. My laptop had just come back the night before. I was prepping myself for a 'we didn't fix it' moment. Instead, what I got was, looks like they had to replace quite a bit moment.  I started looking over everything they replaced - logic board, top case, speaker, cable, and the bottom outside case. ALL UNDER WARRANTY. I guess they found no signs of any intentional damage. Damn skippy because there was none. So happy to have it back. Funny, I decided to keep using the desktop here at home because I realized how much I was relying on that laptop which isn't good, but now I have it back for work and that makes me very happy. I can take care of some work this weekend for a different client and get in some extra hours. I can choose to do it today and tag the hours on to this week, or Sunday and get a little boost out of the holiday week. I am going to play it by ear and see how I am feeling. Either way, my baby is back and I was on cloud nine. I had an okay day at work. It was mostly boring, I wasn't 100% engaged because it was Friday and I knew I didn't want to rush the work I had since I have to fill some time next week. My main contact is out starting yesterday and all next week. He left me with some work, but if I rush it, then I won't have any billable time until he comes back. I should be alright at this point given that I phoned it in yesterday. This is also why I am thinking I will put the other client under Sunday instead of today.

Cooked last night. Made salvadorian pupusas and cordito. Cordito is Salvadorian coleslaw meant to be eaten with the pupusas. I made chicken, bean and cheese, and plain cheese. A very inexpensive meal once you have some of the basic ingredients in the house. I wanted to see how hard it was to make and if they came out ok, I was going to do them while the kid is here next week. They did and I am. She will enjoy that. It's a fun little thing. Speaking of her, I also made us a reservation for next Friday for tea service at Neiman. My little affordable luxury. I know how much she enjoys doing tea service and this will be a nice break for both of us. I will probably do it again in December for the holidays, but I figured what the hell. $40 to make my daughter happy won't kill me.

Today is prop building day. Meeting some of the guys at home depot in a little while. This will keep me out of trouble today. Tonight I am thinking a movie night at home. Make some popcorn and relax. Tomorrow is house cleaning day unless I decided to do it this afternoon. We shall see.