March 14-17th, 2011 - 94th through 97th Days

I've almost hit 100 days!  I'm sure something will happen in the next few days to make me not be nice to people, but this has been fun so far.  Monday and Tuesday were great!  Well, at least Tuesday was.  On Monday the client that was trying to rip us off called in and wanted to argue that users that were using our software remotely shouldn't be having to pay for it, since the software was only loaded on 3 workstations.  I said, "So if you bought 3 users, and had 2,000 people logging in from another location to use our software, does that seem right?"  He didn't have much comeback for that one, but Monday night they locked us out of being able to log in to check their user counts!  Oh well, not sure what to do there.  Can you divorce customers?

Wednesday I went shopping for my wife's birthday.  I bought her three or four outfits at JCPenny's.  I think I was the only man in the store that wasn't an employee, or with a spouse.  It's kind of funny the looks people give you when you're in the women's clothing section and you're holding up various outfits.  I'm sure some of the women thought I was of another persuasion.  Hey, at least I wasn't shopping in the lingerie section!  I then went to Kohl's and bought another outfit, but there were no funny looks there.   It was a lot of fun, however.   The ladies that are working at the department store are always very friendly and helpful.

On Thursday it was Nicole's birthday so I took her and Hunter to dinner at IHOP (OK, no teasing, she wanted breakfast food!)  We had a great meal, and our waitress was nice, so I left a good tip.  We then went home to open presents, and hang out watching NCIS re-runs.  Is that a fun birthday, or what.  I was also able to go the entire four days without getting angry at one single person, and I was nice to everyone I came in contact with. Things I learned over the last few days, 1st, if you shop without your wife, don't hold up outfits in front of you and say, "This is devine!", especially if it's a pink shirt!  2nd, I like to shop, is that weird?  3rd, If you buy your wife 5 outfits and she doesn't have shoes to match one of those outfits, you are obliged to buy her matching shoes and earrings, at least that is what 99% of women will tell you.  4th.  IHOP blueberry pancakes are the bomb!