I Screamed!!!!!

 Well ..... we are back down to a chilly 34 degree morning.  Winter is still trying to hang out in Tucson.  That will be followed up with wind for the next four days.  I think it's time to go shopping!

For those that were Howling At The Moon in Yuma, here is what I saw.  I didn't howl, but there was a pack of coyotes that hung out beside my fence for a time.

I was up VERY early because I forgot to put Cooper out the night before.  I also had an appointment to get the oil, fuel filter and air cleaner changed in my truck.  Denny runs Ray Scott Automotive with his dad and just happens to be my neighbor.  

They open at 7:30.  If you want to be first in line, you better be there by 7:00.  That meant leaving at 6:30. For someone who gets up really early but never leaves the house before 9:00, that was a stretch, but I made it.

And then I waited ... for 2-1/2 hours.  He always checks out everything for me from top to bottom ... such a nice guy ... even checking the brakes.  Now I'm good to go.  This is an old picture, which is why there's no RV in the shed.

And then the day went downhill faster than a speeding train.  I found in my slug of 352 emails, a notice that our RV group had to file an exempt status with IRS.  I hate IRS with a passion.  Even more, I hate their website which is so complicated and convoluted that even Einstein couldn't figure it out.

The login information passed on to me was suspect, and it took over an hour just to get IN to the site.  Error message after error message popped up before I finally got it to work.  MAKE A COPY of this it said because you will never see it again in your lifetime.  It promptly timed out and I missed it completely.  I imagine the neighbors heard me scream on that note.

While I was already in a bad mood, I figured I might as well make it worse and go through the club email addresses that appear to be incorrect.  You can't change them ... you have to delete them completely and add them again.  I worked right through lunch.  I THINK I got it straightened out, but time will tell.

That's when I got the message.  "Nancy, you sent me a friend request and I'm already your friend".  I SCREAMED AGAIN  !#)&^@#$!!!!!  I spent another two hours on the computer trying to get THAT fixed because there is a separate email address I use for that and nothing else.  Of course none of my passwords would work.  

SO FRUSTRATING, only made worse by the IRS fiasco.  Honestly, that's the hardest password I've ever come up with, so I don't know how they were able to hack in.  The worse part ... keeping track of all the changes I had to make to every account to get it fixed.

Not quite at my boiling point, I was BACK on the computer trying to get a filter for my fridge water.  That did it ... put me over the top.  I gave up and went for snacks after SIX HOURS on my computer!!  

Though I thought I had lots of onion and herb cream cheese left, wasn't I surprised to find I was at the bottom of the container.  That couldn't be!!  I turned it over, to find that just like everything else, they have made the container even smaller by pushing in the bottom another 3/8 of an inch.  Big sigh!!!  I can't win.

The only bright spot in the day was when I took the garbage out (after calling the company to be SURE they were going to show up) ..... when I heard the lovely sounds of a cardinal.  They make such beautiful sounds, and not just a chirp chirp.  They warble on for five minutes, never singing the same note twice.  

I know, it's a terrible picture with my phone.  He was very far away.  I tried to tiptoe into the house for my big camera, but he flew off.  Thanks little buddy for making me smile on a frustrating day.

Thankfully the day ended, but I got nothing else done.  Hopefully today is a little better.  I'll be checking out Mr. Chance's new hot water heater being installed.  I thought water heaters lasted 20 years, but he tells me that Arizona water is so bad, they only make it to ten.  

The first one in this house lasted 8 yrs when replaced (the owner left all the paperwork), and that one is of course now 10 years old.  It looks like there may be a new hot water heater in my future.  One last SCREAM!!!