Let them eat cake
Seems I have a bit of time this morning. My team lead isn’t in yet, which means no assignments. He was out all last week for SAP BW training, which worked out well. I spent the majority of last week in new employee orientation. Time to get to know the company I’m working for.
The network is down, which means no internet access. Amazing how disconnected I feel without the internet. I remember 15 years ago when all I had was local bulletin boards to dial in to on my trusty 600 baud modem. They were just regular people like me who opened their computer up with files you could download or message boards to comment to. I remember having a list of all the computers in the Baton Rouge area that had dial in numbers. Some were secret that only a select few knew. It was like some underground club meeting on bulletin boards sharing their knowledge. Amazingly, one of the groups is still around. Cajun Clickers still meets to this day!
I didn’t get any of my work items done this weekend. I had intended to finish emptying all the boxes, which I almost got done. I still have all my books to go through and the junk drawer box. Plus put up the curtains in the bedroom. Skyprincess needs a very dark room to sleep in. She can’t handle the early morning light. Me, I can sleep anywhere.
Last night was a busy one for me. We had spent most of the day shopping and finally got to the grocery store around 5:30pm. We were walking down the aisles when we past the cake section. She looked at me and said, “don’t forget my birthday is tomorrow”. I commented, “I didn’t forget, I gave you your present already.”
She didn’t look too happy. She just looked at me and said “just remember and do the right thing”. What!?? What was that suppose to mean? Did she expect another present? Did she want cake? So I asked, do you want me to get you a cake also? She said, “you are the boy, you are suppose to know what to do”. Grrrrr…. I hate that. Now they have an expectation and unless you meet it you fail. And she started to get frustrated when I asked her what her expectations were? Dinner and flowers? A cake? A card? She obviously has a very particular idea on what should be done on her birthday.
So now I need to make plans for tonight I didn’t expect to make. We hit the cake aisle and I had to spend forever coaxing what kind of cake she likes. To say she’s picky is an understatement. She can make a Foodie cringe. And she reminded me of our cake tasting trip to LA where she went through 2 dozen cakes finding one she liked. Crappy Kroger brand cakes wouldn’t work. Finally she said to get the Strawberry cake and the cream cheese icing. Which she said get the large double size can, since she likes lots of icing.
Cake mix in hand, I set about baking a cake last night. I wanted to put it in 2 8in rounds, but only had 1 8in round. I asked her my one baking related question which she told me you can’t let the batter sit waiting for the pan to become available. So I couldn’t use the same pan and bake them separately. That means I had to use the large 10in round. (Or was it the 9in round? I think it was 10in. It was the bigger one).
I got it baked and cut the top to make it more flat. Then placed it on the cake stand and noticed it was a bit short. It’s now after 9pm on a Sunday and I need to find a store open to buy another cake box. It takes me 45 mins to find a store open and I rush home and bake another cake. I spend the next 2 hours baking the cake and waiting for it to cool enough to put icing on. I didn’t get finished until well after midnight. But the cake looks nice. I took picture and will post them.
The cake is done, and I picked up a card. What else? I guess I’ll get flowers and take her to the Iollo’s restaurant that’s close. Then give her the shoes again.
I don’t understand why you girls just won’t come out and tell us what you want. Why do you give us the “if you love me you’ll know what to do” statements. Grrrrr…..
Mizike
The network is down, which means no internet access. Amazing how disconnected I feel without the internet. I remember 15 years ago when all I had was local bulletin boards to dial in to on my trusty 600 baud modem. They were just regular people like me who opened their computer up with files you could download or message boards to comment to. I remember having a list of all the computers in the Baton Rouge area that had dial in numbers. Some were secret that only a select few knew. It was like some underground club meeting on bulletin boards sharing their knowledge. Amazingly, one of the groups is still around. Cajun Clickers still meets to this day!
I didn’t get any of my work items done this weekend. I had intended to finish emptying all the boxes, which I almost got done. I still have all my books to go through and the junk drawer box. Plus put up the curtains in the bedroom. Skyprincess needs a very dark room to sleep in. She can’t handle the early morning light. Me, I can sleep anywhere.
Last night was a busy one for me. We had spent most of the day shopping and finally got to the grocery store around 5:30pm. We were walking down the aisles when we past the cake section. She looked at me and said, “don’t forget my birthday is tomorrow”. I commented, “I didn’t forget, I gave you your present already.”
She didn’t look too happy. She just looked at me and said “just remember and do the right thing”. What!?? What was that suppose to mean? Did she expect another present? Did she want cake? So I asked, do you want me to get you a cake also? She said, “you are the boy, you are suppose to know what to do”. Grrrrr…. I hate that. Now they have an expectation and unless you meet it you fail. And she started to get frustrated when I asked her what her expectations were? Dinner and flowers? A cake? A card? She obviously has a very particular idea on what should be done on her birthday.
So now I need to make plans for tonight I didn’t expect to make. We hit the cake aisle and I had to spend forever coaxing what kind of cake she likes. To say she’s picky is an understatement. She can make a Foodie cringe. And she reminded me of our cake tasting trip to LA where she went through 2 dozen cakes finding one she liked. Crappy Kroger brand cakes wouldn’t work. Finally she said to get the Strawberry cake and the cream cheese icing. Which she said get the large double size can, since she likes lots of icing.
Cake mix in hand, I set about baking a cake last night. I wanted to put it in 2 8in rounds, but only had 1 8in round. I asked her my one baking related question which she told me you can’t let the batter sit waiting for the pan to become available. So I couldn’t use the same pan and bake them separately. That means I had to use the large 10in round. (Or was it the 9in round? I think it was 10in. It was the bigger one).
I got it baked and cut the top to make it more flat. Then placed it on the cake stand and noticed it was a bit short. It’s now after 9pm on a Sunday and I need to find a store open to buy another cake box. It takes me 45 mins to find a store open and I rush home and bake another cake. I spend the next 2 hours baking the cake and waiting for it to cool enough to put icing on. I didn’t get finished until well after midnight. But the cake looks nice. I took picture and will post them.
The cake is done, and I picked up a card. What else? I guess I’ll get flowers and take her to the Iollo’s restaurant that’s close. Then give her the shoes again.
I don’t understand why you girls just won’t come out and tell us what you want. Why do you give us the “if you love me you’ll know what to do” statements. Grrrrr…..
Mizike
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