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I'm baaaaaaaack! WOOT!

I spent the afternoon and into the night yesterday reinstalling my OS on my laptop. It still seems to be a bit wonky, but I'm working on it. For some reason, it doesn't want to upload the Microsoft Office suite that I had on there before. I mean it worked fine before, but now it's telling me there is a problem.

I also despise the fact that I have to reboot about a thousand times while installing all the add-on shit that made my laptop so convenient to use. But I'm working through it. I have all the necessities installed and can take my time with the rest.

Did I mention I was up until 3 a.m. this morning fucking with it? Yeah ... I know, I'm anal.

Oh, and Son #1 had to be at Wal Mart at 7:30 a.m. this morning to fill out paperwork and get the referral for the drug test he had to take.

I guess he was excited about pissing in the bottle because at 6:30 a.m., he was IN MY FACE YELLING that I needed to get up and get ready to get him there.

Have I mentioned that Wal Mart is only a ten minute drive from our house? No? YES! IT'S A 10 MINUTE FUCKING DRIVE! What is he freaking thinking!

And on top of that YELLING! I coulda killed him, but I was a nice guy ... I told him to GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE AND TALK TO ME AT 7 A.M.! I mean, shit, man, I set the freaking alarm clock. I'm a responsible adult! Gimme a break!

We got there 10 minutes early and I hung out in the parking lot listening to "The Thirteenth Tale" (see side bar) on the iPod. He came back out with the piss test paperwork about 40 minutes later.

Now, there used to be a drug test center in Podunk Junction (my home town) but apparently they went out of business and the nearest one is now in Podink Junction (the next town over, a 30 minute drive.)

Oh yeah! Did I mention that I was taking my younger son out of school today so he could attend a Driving School so he could get his learners permit? And that the school started at 9 a.m.? And that the drug testing center was only open from 8-11 a.m. and closed on Wednesdays?

Yeah, I thought it was ridiculous too.

Thanks to the soon-to-be-ex, we got everybody where they needed to be and all was well. Oh, I'm also semi-permanently babysitting my sister's dogs (they have been here for the past year) and they had an appointment this afternoon. They are fine and are set for the next six months with the exception of needing their teeth cleaned ... at a cost of $140 apiece. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ALL ABOUT? Damn. Sorry, I may be PMSing. It's been a busy fucking day,

I think I'm gonna throw on a chicken breast casserole, take my Ambien and go to bed, Flickr uploader, Microsoft Outlook and Photoshop be damned. Love you guys. Talk to you tomorrow when I'm more prepared to face the world.

Laters