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Sorry it has been so long. My primary computer died. I'm using the Linux box. You know, I should put Linux on the new machine. It needs a new hard drive. I've been so busy, I haven't had time to think. This is going to be a long one.

Sunday
I screwed up Sunday, Mother's Day. In typical guy fashion, I didn't take into account how much it matters to Nat. I had planned wishing her happy mother's day and suggesting a present like getting her nails done (which I still intend to do). I was trying to unpack some things and said something stupid like "Honey, I could use some help." That went over like a leaping walrus. I ended up buying her some flowers. She had to drive. That didn't feel right at all. She picked out the flowers. I wish I could get it right every time. I love her so much. Not deserves it.

The act of moving
Sonic Stop
On the way to Conroe, we stopped at Sonic for lunch. I insisted on paying. It was the least I could do. We parked both trucks and started writing down orders. This guy was cussing a blue streak at one of the microphones. His order was apparently wrong. He didn't seem to care about all the kids hanging around. It was fun though. it was like old times in the CB group. They got our order pretty much right. It was ten times more complex than the jerk's order.
U-Haul Notes
So, I call the U-Haul place from Houston. I reserved a truck. We don't need the truck, so I get a trailer to tow behind Heath's truck. We are in front of Natalie's apartment and I call the U-Haul place for directions. Just as we are about to pull out on I-45, Kenny tells them what cross street we are at and then he kind of stutters. They tell him they are at the same cross street. We literally pulled out on I-45 and turned right into the U-Haul place. It was probably 50m between the driveways.
Backing the Trailer by Hand
Some one got the bright idea to back the U-Haul trailer into a parking space in front of the apartment. We didn't use the truck because of the turn radios. We used a heavy duty dolly (two wheeler) to pick up the tongue of the trailer and pushing it. There were cars on both sides of the space. One was Natalie's Escort. The other was a Jeep Cherokee of a random neighbor. We backed the trailer toward the Jeep and turned it in to the space. Nat and Jen stood behind the trailer and started shouting "Woh!!", but the trailer kept rolling for a minute. Nat, tore off her shirt to reveal her Super Girl outfit and threw herself between the trailer and the Jeep. We hurt her arm and left a bruise on her leg. I feel terrible.
Quarter At 65
While zipping down the belt way, on the way home, Kenny and I found ourselves lacking a quarter. Now, this is no big deal, we had a couple of bucks, but the change booths were backed up for miles. We made a quick call and arranged for Jen, in Heath's truck, to pass a quarter to me, in Kenny's truck. It went very well. Jen leaned out of the driver's side back door of Heath's pickup and passed the change off to me. The funny thing is, it was two dimes and a nickel.
Nat's Old Roommate
Nat's old roommate insisted Nat and I met over the Internet. I am quite sure she was confused. Nat and I stayed in touch over the Internet for several years. I'm glad Kenny spoke up in our defense.
There was some question over the electricity bill during the move. Fortunately, that panned out without trouble.
Pictures
I took some pictures, but the software that I liked that I use for my photo pages was on the computer that died. It may be a bit before I get them all up. This time I took a video that is kind of funny.

Cat
We are getting a cat. We are inheriting Tiger from Julie. He is skittish and with a new baby in the house they are freaked out by his acting freaked out all the time. He is a yellow tiger looking cat. He was pretty laid back other wise. I am not looking forward to kitty-litter. I'm also not looking forward to having to feed the cat if we want to stay at a friend's place all night. When we take off on a trip, we have to find some one to baby sit the cat. (bleh) I've never been much on pets. I don't mind it much though.

smbmount
I've been wondering how to mount a Windows share from a Linux box. Well, I figured it out last night.
smbmount //[user name]:[password]@[computer name]/[share name] [space] /[mount folder] -rw
Now, if I could only figure out how to unmount the share. I'm still working out the kinks. Happy mounting.

Trundle Bed
The first thing was to find the brackets that hold the metal part of the frame to the wooden part of the bed. We turned the house upside down and found the bolted to the bed. Nat had to run to the hardware store and get a nut that was missing. I get the frame on with difficulty only to find that I had mounted them upside down. The underneath part of the bed won't fit. I take it apart and flip the brackets. Finally the bed is together. I tighten all the bolts, throw on the mattresses, and call it a bed. The whole thing, including a phone call and the trip to the hardware store, took something like five hours. I'm not very handy. I accept it.

Written 2005-05-07
Moving
We got the rest of Nat's stuff from Conroe. Kenny and Heath were heaven sent. The apartment is a disaster area. I have a cold, so I feel at half mast already. I'm leaking and coughing, and carrying things all over the place. It is pretty miserable.

Dead Computer
My primary computer died. The funny thing is, I keep most of my important stuff on the server so it isn't that big of a deal to re-install everything. I'm running the diagnostics, but those never work. It is running through the keyboard test and the monitor test and the memory test. I haven't tested the hard drive yet. that is where the problem lies. I should have done the custom test. It finally finished. I ran the hard drive test manually and didn't get the answer I wanted. I may need a new one.
Wow, this hard drive is toast. It will not format. That sucks. I'm restaging it as I type. I'm on my old ex-Gateway that is now a Linux box.
The restage did not work. The drive is full of errors and will not format. It is as if the CPU got dropped during the move. I moved it by hand, so I didn't witness any rough treatment.