Rainy Weekend Blues

"I've got that rainy day feeling again."

As predicted the rain is falling outside. Felt so energetic after I got up this morning that after taking my necessary medications I went back to bed and slept a couple more hours. A good prescription for bad dreams if there ever was one. Not sure that I feel any more rested.

Here's one of the things that has been occupying my time. Had to order the thing online as local stores don't seem to stock it. The price one pays for not using an iPod is that iTunes podcasts don't natively play on this player but it is more versatile overall and will not become obsolete in 6 months. It also has a much higher capacity and a larger screen. The square-jawed hunk on the screen does not come with the player by the way. So I'm working my way through the owner's manual, attempting to work the controls, load media onto the hard drive and get it to play. I do find it irritating that after paying so much for a piece of equipment one is then forced to pay even more for "plug-ins" to enable it to play more media. For that price they should come with the machine. And, of course, the first thing one must do, even before one starts using the player is update the installed 'firmware'.

Canada Post is sending its delivery employees back to Kindergarten. As a result of an impending visitation by the auditors I've been seconded to produce 45 route maps that will depict the portion of each route on which a third of the householders—junk mail to the public—Unaddressed Admail worth Millions to Canada Post—must be delivered each day. After those technocrats check to see that they're in place no one will ever look at them again. Even more Mickey Mouse are the three coloured flags that will be prominently displayed to show which of the three delivery days are in force. Three guesses as to how long they're going to last!

So there you have my wild and whacky week. If I'm feeling particularly munificent toward my employer I'll go in to work early Monday and have the rest of those maps in place before the delivery people arrive—I was originally told I had close to two weeks to accomplish the task, now it turns out those auditors could arrive anytime next week. The things we do to keep our betters happy.