Strawberry Festival Time!!!!!!!!!

The strawberries are calling my name. They are wonderful and oh so sweet. It is really strange to be in the middle of strawberry heaven in February and March. And the festivals abound.

More importantly, I have a job! Just completed my first week at Chase in Tampa. Pay isn't enough but you have to start somewhere. I am fortunate I don't have normal living expenses as I live with Dad right now, because I wouldn't be able to do it. I think I will like it fine and maybe something better within Chase will open that I can get permanently and maybe eventually transfer back to Indiana with them. This is a temporary job estimated to last thru November. We will see. But it is at least nice to have a small income right now. Well it will be nice, next week when I get my first check.

Just got done chatting with Dell. They have replaced my dvd burner twice in the last 3 weeks and they are trying to see if it is an operating system problem instead of a hardware problem. They sent an email saying all these tests to do. Put it in safe mode and yadda, yadda, yadda. I explained very politely, I am not a computer guru and am having trouble doing what they asked with out their help. They can take over my computer from where ever in hell they are and move my mouse around, opening all the things they need open and fixing it from across the ocean. It is great because I have a hard time speaking with them as they do not speak English very well. But typing in a chat box is without accents. It does appear to be a hardware issue. Thank God for extended warrenties!

Found a new author (new to me, not new in the market) and her books are absolutely riviting. Diana Gabaldon and she has what is called the Outlander series. Six in the series at this time, seventh to be released in the fall. Full of history, war, romance and just human study. You get started and you just want to do nothing else. The problem is the books are anywhere from 800 to 1000 pages. Disc are 39 hours to 58 hours. And Davina Porter is the best reader because she has such a wonderful Scottish accent when she reads the parts of the Scots. It starts out in 1945 and Claire Randall is visiting a stone circle in Scotland (like Stonehenge) and gets sucked into a vortex of somekind and pops out in 1745. The rest of it takes place in the 1700's in Scotland. It is not a science fiction. A really good read, try it. Her books are primiarly why I haven't taken time to blog for a month. They are like Lay's potato chips, no one can have just one. I am waiting for my 4th.

Weather is perfect right now. Low to mid 70's with blazing sun. Florida State Fair just closed. Can you imagine, the state fair in February? Strange indeed.

Spoke with three of my grandkids last night. I miss them terribly. In the shortime I have been in Florida, Corbin has just become quite the talker. He just went on and on. Of course, I only understood every third word but it was cute. Trinidy read me a story she wrote for school and Leland (19 months) said bye. I miss all 5 of them. I am experiencing grandbaby withdraw.

And as you slide down the bannister of life, remember: The difference between the Pope and your boss is, the Pope only expects you to kiss his ring!!!!!