Ten Hours Later ...

Why is it that everytime you try to download new software on your computer, what should take just a few minutes turns into an ordeal? Remember I told you yesterday that Todd's brother came over last night to finish helping him download music to his phone? Copying the music into iTunes was the easy part. The trouble started when they tried to download the music to the phone. The phone software required MS-Windows Service Pack 2. (Apparently, our Windows XP hadn't been updated since we bought that computer!) The service pack took two hours to download. Then, the system went looking for critical system upgrades and found 80 (!!) that needed to be downloaded and installed! When I went to bed last night at 10 pm, they still had about 15 more to go! To make a long story short, they finally got the music loaded on his phone, but it took two nights and a total of ten hours to get the job done! Thank goodness for Chuck, my brother-in-law, who is a computer whiz! Without him, Todd would be "tuneless!" Chuck, you are a genius! And apparently you have quite a bit more patience than I have! BTW, our system is now set to automatically check for and download operating system updates!! Duh.

We had to have our pest control professional out to the house today because I found Black Widow spiders in our garage yesterday. Todd killed one in our mailbox the day before that. The thought of having those nasty critters even close to my family makes my skin crawl! We live in a new subdivision and all the construction has brought them out, I guess. You can bet I won't be letting my pest control contract lapse any time soon! I'd never seen one of those things before in my life, and I wouldn't be too upset if I never saw another one. Gross!

The packing is nearly done - Todd is working through his "honey-do" list tonight. Just a few more things to cross off the list and we'll be ready to go! Tomorrow is my last day of work before we leave. Yippee! My co-worker's birthday is tomorrow, so the girls in the office are taking her out to lunch. That means that not only is tomorrow my "Friday," but a longer lunch means a shorter work day! Happy 35th, Alicia!