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Happy Halloween!
Though I’m not going trick-or-treating tonight (it’s been at least 12 years since I did that), I am going to a costume party on Saturday, and I’m dressing up as Father’s Day (covering myself in bad ties, cheesy greeting cards, and other bad gifts oft received on Father’s Day). What’re you dressing up as?
So I discovered today that my earlier efforts to rid myself of cellular telephone service were in vain. How could this be, you might ask? Simple: AT&T; didn’t actually cancel my account when I asked them to. They said “Sure, we’ll cancel your account” over the phone, but never actually closed it in the computer, so I still got billed for a month and a half of service. Strange to say the least, especially since the (very nice) customer service rep. I spoke with on the phone this afternoon said the notes in my account indicated that I wished (on Sept. 12) to close the account. Bizarre.
[They’re doing the right thing, by the way, and crediting my account for the time, as well as actually cancelling service this time. They were very nice about the whole thing, so don’t mistake this for a rant against AT&T;, who I more or less liked for the time I was with them].
So I went to a bunch of different woodworking stores this weekend and stocked up on tools & wood for coffeetable-making purposes.
The first stop on my tour was at Woodworker’s Warehouse. They seemed to have plenty in the way of tools, but their salespeople weren’t so eager to help me find the right thing. Granted I’m not the kind of person they’re used to seeing (seems to be a contractors haven), but they could’ve been a little nicer.
Stop number two was at the dreaded Home Depot, where I sort of found some of the things I was looking for, but no one to help me (they actually sell some nice wood by the foot, if you can find an employee to cut it for you). I ended up being in the store for over an hour, and was fuming by the end of the ordeal.
Finally, on Sunday I ended up at Rockler. Though I got some other tools at stops #1&2 for less than they were offered at Rockler, I haven’t found nicer wood anywhere else. Through some measuring flukes and generous salespeople, I ended up getting a rather sizeable piece of oak (27″L x 16″W x 1 3/4″D) for only twenty bucks, and will happily go back there.
Expect pictures of the coffeetable in the not-too-distant future.
As a part of my quest for wood & tools, I borrowed my brother’s car this weekend (thanks Matt), and remembered exactly why I’d sold my car back in February. I so dislike traffic & bad drivers; driving just makes me a mean, unhappy person. Hooray for being carless!
Last night I went rock climbing with Simone – good times! Aside from my involuntarily curled fingers this morning, I’m not too sore, and none of my messed up joints gave me any trouble at all. I may have found my winter activity (sadly, frisbee’s over).
And I have on a comfy pair of new corduroy pants. Mmmmm…