ITS A BOY!!!

We went to the hospital today, for a 2nd ultrasound. The baby looks completely fine. 10 fingers, 10 toes, no crooked bones, no missing legs etc etc. Got to see that its a boy!! They weren't allowed to tell us, but she showed us and told us where the legs were, and explained that he was laying on his back with his legs open, and he had something where a girl wouldn't. We got a huge list of baby names... I JUST went through about 5000 names for boys, and printed off about 55 that I liked. Boy that was hard narrowing down... I'll let you know what we decide on, and I'll post the ultrasound pictures, as soon as Sophia brings them back from work. She's so damn impatient she couldn't let me scan them first, just in case something bad happens to them.....

Nepherus

Nothing ever works like its supposed to...

I bought a Hewlett Packard printer/scanner/copier from Staples the other day.
I get it home, set it up, install the software, and print resumes and cover letters. They look wicked! this is an awsome quality printer.
I wanted to apply a digital scanned picture of my signature to all my cover letters, so i wrote my signature on paper, and tried to scan it. FAILURE. Scanner kept freezing. So I went to the HP Support site, and found an online tech support! that was cool. Talk to a tech agent through a browser!!
Most of them were assholes. they were rude to me, slow, telling me to do the same things over and over... 1 guy was really nice though. He was funny too! I liked talking to him. He wasn't able to fix my problem either however, but I did get to talk to him again, but my client kept crashing so i lost him eventually.
After 2 days of troubleshooting, uninstalling the software, reinstalling it (like a dozen or more times) and installing a whole whack of other software designed to fix my problem (which didn't help) they finally came to the conclusion that my KODAK DIGITAL CAMERA CONNECTION SOFTWARE was causing the conflict. (well of course its that.. its the ONLY thing left that they didn't try yet!) so i uninstalled that, and VOILA... the scanner works now!
Im happy, but I cant use my digital camera now.. that kind of sucks. Good thing my girlfriend's computer has the software. I'll just have to always use hers!
Looks like Im buying a HP digital camera next. The printer is GREAT however. I definately recommend HP products. I've had a lexmark printer, and it was TRASH. This is a very nice printer/scanner/copier. and their tech support isn't bad. they're very helpful. just some of them are short with you... and they treat everyone like they're stupid.

Nepherus

Remembering...

I've been thinking a lot lately about my grandpa. He died 3 years ago next month of lung cancer. It came so unexpectedly. He was fine, then 5 years ago he suddenly got sick. They did surgery a few times, and a LOT of chemo. He was sick for the last year or so from the chemo.
I really miss him a lot, and ever since he died, I can remember a lot of bad things I said to him as a youth. Stupid things. One that really hurts me still to this day. I get tears thinking about it.
Even now.

He was babysitting my brother and me, and we were making rootbeer floats. His specialty. I remember he made them a lot. The rootbeer started to fizz up on my brothers glass, and I remember grandpa said "drink it before it spills Stephen" and Stephen was little, and I guess was confused. He kind of just stood there didn't know what to do, so I grabbed it quickly and drank it. I dont know why, cuz it was a long time ago, but I remember my grandpa got mad at me, and I got upset told him I hated him, and ran upstairs to the bathroom and locked myself in.

I really dont know why I said I hated him. I dont know why he got mad. I maybe am forgetting something. But I never told him I was sorry. Thats what hurts so bad. I wish I had never said it. Or I wish I had said sorry. I dont think I ever said I loved him. I really miss my grandpa.

Be careful what you say. You WILL regret it when the person is gone. And think REALLY hard about what you've already said. You cant undo it, and sooner or later... maybe sooner than you realize, or could ever expect... that person will be gone forever, and you wont have a chance to say what you want.
Treasure every moment you have with people. It could be your last...

Nepherus

Birthday Party!!

I went home to my mom's house for an orthodontist appointment, and for my birthday dinner party with my family. The last few years we've combined them into the same day so I dont have to travel back and forth as often. Its a good excuse not to miss a dentist appointment! :P
We went out for dinner at the Empress of China. A Chinese buffet restaurant like the mandarin, only less selection and cheaper price. Food isn't as good, or atleast wasn't this time... The place was EMPTY. And after dinner we got our bill and found out that drinks were NOT free refills. Thats rediculous. EVERYWHERE in the WORLD has free refills on soft drinks. But not this place. We gave our opinion to the manager as we were leaving.

For my birthday I was given money from everyone. I love money!!!
But I was told a couple weeks ago that I was going to get something really special.
I had no idea what my grandma was talking about.
After I opened my cards WITH MY MONEY INSIDE!!! I was handed a present, about the size of a ring box. I opened it and WOW!!! GOOD GUESS... it WAS a ring box!!!
Inside was my great grandfather's ring, that was given to my Grandfather, and after he passed, my grandma kept it and decided to give it to me.
My great grandpa was the same birth stone as me, so its perfect. and its exactly the style of ring I like too.
Ironically, I was just discussing with Sophia how I wanted a ring for my birthday this year or next. I know she cant afford a ring, and I wouldn't expect her to buy one, but I was just saying how I wanted one. We were also looking at wedding rings to get ideas of what eachother likes... For whenever I have the money and frame of mind to decide to buy a ring and ask her!!
Im going to have my grandfather's name engraved inside it. His name is the same as my Great Grandfathers, so its perfect as well.
My dad thinks I should put my name in there too, and then my kid's name later on, but I dont think Im going to. I think Im just going to put my Grandpa's/Great Grandpa's name in it.
This is probably the best birthday present I could have ever gotten. Its not just a possession, but its an heirloom... with sentimental value. Not just a ring that someone bought for me, but one that was PASSED to me. I never really thought I would get anything like this handed down. Only problem is the ring is HUGE. Its about 50 sizes too big. Would fit an elephant's leg... my grandpa had HUGE hands... Im gonna get it sized ASAP. Cant wait. My dad says he know's a guy who will do it, and probably wont charge me (I HOPE!)
it'll only cost 20-30 bucks to resize it, but then the jeweler will pocket the gold as well.
So likely my dad's friend will resize it, and keep the gold, but not charge me. I think thats fair. he does the work, keeps the gold, i get the ring. What am I going to do with a nugget of gold? i'll just end up losing it.
Well, I have nothing else to say. I'll post a pic of it as soon as my girlfriend shows me how. She has some sort of picture hosting thing, and I dont know anything about it.
I mean, I KNOW how to post a pic, its just she has webspace, and my geocities webspace is trash :)

EDIT: I said I would post a picture, and here it is!!!
















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Later!

Nepherus