Freaky Friday

Now, hello there. Those who know me well know that regardless of my outward persona, I keep things personal to me VERY close to the vest. It seems that lately, with the various stresses, my vest kind of burst open and exploded over the world. I cannot apologize for that, as my Italian ancestry makes me hot-blooded, passionate and emotional at times; add that to the Trini side and watch out. I can say though that my blog was not exactly set up to be used in that manner so I apologize for polluting the Net-waves with unintentional spew. I would like to thank friends and family alike for noticing my center was more than a bit off and being there for me; it is most appreciated and gives one a warm and fuzzy feeling that so many folks genuinely have got my back. And as always, my unfaltering DW. It is why I married you for few can tame this savage beast and you do it better than any one else. I think I will take you to dinner... outside of the home... in an established eatery... for the purpose of consuming food and drink. Ok, I think I covered all ambiguity. :)

So, why is today so much better this week? Well, despite the fact that I have engaged in two nights of late and long conference calls (cha-ching, someone will be paying me for that), I actually feel really good today. I will definitely need some rest and may fall asleep during a movie on the devil's chair with DW later, but right now I am energetic and feeling good which is more than I can say for earlier this week.

Tomorrow, DW and I are hosting a West Indian BBQ/Potluck with a birthday boy rider; LB's lil lad turns two on the second. I'll let LB explain how this is a momentus day in his household and what it means for the future; hee hee. This is the first time my mother will be to our house and the first time she will truly meet and engage DW, first time she will meet my MIL and one of my BILs, and the first time almost all of my family will be together in one spot. My BB has yet to respond but for various reasons, I truly do not expect to see anyone from his family. Sad, but not enough to ruin my good feeling. The potluck so far (and this is really to make LB's mouth water at work so he can cuss me out, each item is linked to a corresponding recipe): BBQ chicken, macaroni pie, callaloo, roti (dhalpuri and paratha, natch), curry chicken, pilau, souse, and more. There will be much drinking carrying on but a special bottle of Alize will be set aside for the LB's consumption; his favourite drink. I am really looking forward to it even with Mother Nature playing de ass by threatening 60% chance of rain. That would mean having everyone inside, not ideally what we wanted but we will make do.

On Sunday, some friends of ours have moved back from Chicago so we are going over to visit them and I am going to get her computer properly set up and functioning like I would like it. Her computer but how I like it you ask? Well, if I am going to provide some support (which I do) then I have control over the environment to limit the amount of support necessary. So, first thing I will be doing is removing that nasty Rogers installation software that they tell unsuspecting people they need in order to enjoy the Rogers network. No they frickin' don't!! In fact, having installed this myself many moons ago, it is much more of a hindrance than a help. So, we will get her wireless router installed and secured, ensure her anti-virus and spyware checkers are up to date, possible do a little defrag, install a utility (LogMeIn.com) so that I can remotely support her as needed, and install anything else that will help keep her system healthy and limit any support calls necessary (as they are a disruption to both her and me).

On Monday, which is a holiday in both countries, I intend to do what every red-blooded Canadian boy does: watch the Toronto-Hamilton annual tussle, drink beer and generally do Jack Schitt as I am off call and not going nowhere, nohow, notime.

So, if I don't happen to be back to blog (unlikely as their are some burning topics I want to tackle), have yourself a great, relaxing and enjoyable long weekend.

Ciao.