(Home Improvement) Issues over tile...

So, Friday evening I stopped by Home Depot on my way home from work.  Didn't have the sku number for my tiles with me, but the people at HD didn't have any record of my order.  Did find out that Robert, the guy I'd talked to the previous weekend would be at work from 7-4 Sat. and teaching a class in laying tile at 11.  Wanted to come to the tile class, but also wanted to find out what happened with my order.  Well, circumstances didn't allow me to attend the class, so I called over a little before 11 on Sat. hoping to talk to Rob.  Turns out, he was doing a workshop with kids and couldn't come to the phone when I called.  Got someone whom I could barely hear with what sounded like a Hindi accent who took the sku # and said they'd check on it and call me back.  Over 3 hrs. and I never heard back.  Finally made my way back to Home Depot and got to talk to Rob.  Turns out that he was using the "piece" sku and not the case sku.  Not only that, they only had 13 cases in stock, the only store in Knoxville that had it only had 3 cases according to the computer and that the cases have 10 sq ft so I only need 27 cases instead of the 55 I was told I would need.  Oh, not only that, they want you to pay for it before they transfer it.  Rob said he'd find what I needed, then call me when he had it lined up.  That way, I can have dad go by and pay for it and they'll get it transferred in.  So, it could be a while before I have tile...sigh...

So, how was your weekend?

Mine, could have been better. 

First, there was the fiasco with the tile (see previous Home Improvement post).  Then, Dave had to work 2nd shift Friday, so didn't get to see him.  I was finally able to get my old phone to turn back on again, so called him and he called me back when he went on lunch.  Said he might have to work Sat. and that if it were a short day that he'd be over that evening.  Turns out, his back went out on him again and he called in instead of going to work at 7 pm.  He slightly overdosed on flexeril and finally got some sleep, like 14 hrs. of sleep.  Seeing as how he doesn't usually sleep much, this was good.  I spent Sat. finding out about tile, doing my workout and wondering if Dave was going to come by.  Watched a bad version of Alice in Wonderland with Whoopi Goldberg and Gene Wilder, then caught Hitch on TV and finally pulled out one of my dvds and spent some time playing with Fancy and Madeline.  Was about ready for bed and found Fancy tangled up in the pull-cord for the blinds again.  This time she only caught her tail and I got her loose pretty easily.

Sunday, went to Sci Fi City.  Got a deal on some K-Swiss tennis shoes.  They retail for $65 and were on-sale for $50.  I told the guy when I walked in that I had a budget of about $30 I could spend on the shoes.  He had me try on a couple pairs of Reeboks that both fit horribly, then had me try on the K-Swiss and said he'd see what he could do for me.  The K's fit wonderfully and he sold them to me for $30.  Going to save these for when I do my workouts, use them only at the gym, and get a pair of inexpensive everyday tennis shoes at Wal-mart.  Played one game of Warmachine versus a Hordes player named Chris.  We were both forgetting to do things, had some gods-awful roles and we both had visitors during the game.  When it came down to it, I lost the game, but had a great time doing it.  During the last turn I only had two models left on the board while he was only missing 3 or 4 models and it took almost everything he had to finally take my caster out because he kept failing his dice rolls.  We were both laughing so hard during that last turn we had tears in our eyes.  Went out to eat with Dave and EJ afterwards.

Just got a call from Dave a few minutes ago.  I got lucky.  He was at the house when the Fed Ex guy showed up with my new phone.  Turns out, they can't deliver it to a different address, but if you leave a note asking them to leave it and sign the note, they can leave the package without having you sign they're little form.  So, I'll have my new phone when I get home.  Yay!  Oh, and Dave will be there too :D  He had to come to town to take care of some stuff and will, hopefully, be here most of the day :D

Well, back to work for me.

New Phone Blues...

Got the new phone, got it activated, try to change the wallpaper and it says "Please Wait" then reboots.  Go in and tell it to use the transflash card for photo storage and it says it is initializing then reboots.  Guess I'm going by the Verizon store when I get off work...

In other news, Dave finally got everything taken care of at the college, which is good.  Alas, one of his aunts is having emergency surgery of some sort and his mom asked him to come home and watch after his grandmother while she (his mom) goes to the hospital.  Seeing as how his grandmother is 92 and has dementia to the point where she'll walk into a room and not know what room she's in, I can understand this.  Doesn't mean I'm any less disappointed that he won't be at my place when I get home tonight, but I can understand why he won't be there.  He did say that he should be around this weekend though.

So, tonight's plan?  After work go to Verizon and have phone checked out and transfer contacts, then go by Home Depot to check out other tiles, go do 30 minute cardio workout at the gym (right beside Home Depot), then go home, eat leftovers, watch tv and paint until the girls decide to get up and play :)