Spatial Relations

Finally! We have a new car. Well...it's new-ish. It's a Buick and a grandpa car and rides like a dream and we love it. We have only had one car for months and months now and I'm the only one that could drive it (it's a standard). Of course, the day John's car was ready, something went wrong with mine. During the recent FLOODING in my town, I had the pleasure of driving through not one, but two ponds on my way home. As a result, my exhaust drank some water and is still having trouble breathing properly. It's being towed to a shop this week. John says it's the Magario curse. I believe him, because we have not had good luck with cars. I jokingly told him I was changing my name back to McEwen but I would stay married to him.

We signed the paperwork last night and left the dealership for my mother's house. When we got there, she came outside to look at the car and John had fun showing off the remote. He opened the trunk and said, "Check out the size of this trunk. You could fit 3 bodies side by side in here!" Since we all know John is prone to making comments like that often, my mom wasn't shocked a bit.

We said our goodbyes and set off for the in-laws' place to show off the new car to them. Johns dad was the first one outside. He took a good look around the car, checked out the tires then got in the drivers seat to have a look-see. Johns mom came outside about that time and was looking at the car when John opened the trunk remotely. He lifted the lid and his mother says, You could fit 3 bodies side by side in here!

Now, I know families usually talk like each other or use similar words and phrases, but this frightened me. It's a bit unnerving when one of the common phrases your in-laws use is, "You could fit 3 bodies side by side in there!" After a sharp intake of breath and my jaw dropping, I said to her, "That is EXACTLY what John just said to my mom!" She replied with a big smile, "Yeah, we have good spatial relations I guess!"

I'd just like to say, I love this family more than anything! Long live Magarios!

1 is not equal to 1/2!

The freaks come out at night, true. The freaks also come out when you put an ad in the help wanted section for "Light Manufacturing".

At the glorious DeTech, Inc., we are in need of a few new workers to assemble some small parts. We placed the ad in the paper and there has been a non-stop flow of applicants every day. Along with the application, we ask them to complete a small and simple math quiz. A few examples of questions are:

Convert 1/2 to decimal by dividing the top number by the bottom number.

Is .525 greater or less than 1/2?

What is 10f 150?

Now, I know not everyone is great at math, but you have to be an idiot to not get these! I can't tell you how many people say that 1/2 = 1.0. How about .525 is less than 1/2? Did you all know that 10% 150 is 7.50? I'll bet you didn't. Only the smart kiddies know that kind of stuff. A guy who just had a baby spells 8 like this: egit.

Animaversary

October 30th, I will celebrate one year of being married to the BEST AND MOST AWESOMEST HUSBAND!

I can't believe how quickly the time goes...

Regn

I'm in love with the weather. I want to move to a land where it's rainy and dark most of the time. I'd be happy seeing the sun only twice a month or so.

They've put up a list of potential venues for this year's office Christmas party. Everyone is supposed to put their name next to the one they choose. On the list, Boston Billiards, a VFW hall, Old Sturbridge Village and McDonald's. I put McDonald's on there yesterday to make the list interesting. To be quite honest, I could care less where they hold the party. This office is full of two-faced people whispering around every corner. They act like they're all friends and then talk about each other.

Blah

Back to work...

Murk

It's cold and dark outside today. I like it.

It's a gas.

I hate money.

How high's the paper pile on your desk, Melissa?

...3 feet high and rising...

I am so overwhelmed with work right now and the last thing I should be doing is blogging but I need a break.

We are experiencing a ridiculously high rate of return on one of the most popular parts we manufacture here. I am trying to sift through and analyze 5 years of testing, assembly, inspection and sales records to try and find out what is wrong with these parts. Aside from this mess, I have something like 10 other projects that I need to complete this week, one of which is a pile of accounting that I can't look at without twitching.

Oh, and I just got an e-mail from a guy named Shital looking for a lead time on a part. 6 weeks. His name is how I feel.

By the sixes

I've been tagged for this one:

6 Things I Want To Do:
1 - Visit Scotland
2 - Play the flute
3 - Have a darkroom
4 - Write a memoir
5 - Be more compassionate
6 - Be a mother

6 Things I Can Do:
1 - Cook Ramen
2 - Cross my eyes independently
3 - Hear very well, especially when people think I can't
4 - Spend money
5 - Beat anyone at MarioKart 64
6 - Spy

6 Things I Can't Do:
1 - Fly
2 - Eat raw onions
3 - Make friends easily
4 - Keep my mouth shut when I should
5 - Play an instrument (yet)
6 - Go one day without my husband

6 Things That Make Me Attractive
1 - Intelligence
2 - Twisted sense of humor
3 - My eyes
4 - Elegance
5 - My smelly feet
6 - The way I snore

6 Things I Say All The Time:
1 - Y'know what I mean?
2 - Whatever
3 - See ya
4 - LD!
5 - Ugh
6 - If that's a taint then this is a tisnt

6 Celebrity Crushes
1 - CHRISTIAN BALE
2 - Cillian Murphy
3 - Peter Steele
4 - Jason Momoa
5 - Wayne Static
6 - Matthew McConnaughey

That's it!