Wow, what a month. I'm sorry to neglect you, dear bloggie. So many things happening! So little time for writing!
First, there were the viruses. I feel like there is something inherently weak in me. It lets animals and small children know that I'm a pushover who can easily be broken by sad, big eyes. It calls to pranksters who know that I'm gullible. And it extends to my computer somehow, making it susceptible to those obnoxious virusi that exist to torment the computer illiterate. In this instance, by the time my poor cousin Lane was done fixing things, he had to switch me from Windows to Linux because I had been inundated with links to sites like "youporn," "nudetube," and "porntube" (they really go in for originality, don't they?). In the end, my computer was be-Linuxed and renamed "USSInvincible." But I still have the feeling that somewhere a hacker is developing a special virus for Linux software, just because they can sense my weakness.
Then, once my computer was usable again, I got called by the census to go out of town! Where was I going? Far away exotic places maybe? Perhaps I would be put up in the finest of hotels on the government's dime? Even better! I got to go to Kanab, UT and stay in the crusty, rusty Bob Bon Inn (motto: your presence here is kind of inconvenient). Surprisingly, my work in this tiny town kept me there for 9 days, mostly because I was visiting vacant vacation homes. When the economy is depressed, rustic multi-million dollar cabins are the first thing to go.
When at last I was home again, and when my parents had just delivered the fabulous Mattie to me for dog-sitting (because I was supposed to have nothing better to do), I was once again called out for censustizing. This time I headed to the slightly less tiny Cedar City, UT where I would be staying in a MUCH nicer hotel (chosen specifically because they allowed dogs - score one for me!) - only to be sent home after two days. WHY, FATE? I shouldn't complain, though. Mattie managed to trash the hotel room after 2 hours. I shudder to thing what she could have accomplished in 9 days!
So now, I'm home again. Searching for a job to fill my empty hours. Hopefully, I'll be back on track with meaningless blog entries in no time. Talk to you later, blog!
