867-5309??

My phone quit working on Thursday night.
Here's how I've described it
(if you've already heard this, I apologize,
but once I find a good metaphor
I have to milk it for all it's worth):
it's like the phone went on strike
and only the keys crossed the picket lines.

I have thus far been to a Cingular/AT&T store 3 times in the last 2 days. Turns out, they cannot port my number directly because I don't own the number; the local phone company in SC does. It's complicated. But I'm requesting that they release it so that I can be a general AT&T customer and keep my number.

So, I still have the crazy phone, probably for a month. Then I might be able to get a contract through the local AT&T store and get a new phone.

Ah. I don't think I'll have to switch numbers, which is what I was afraid of. I have no idea who all I would need to contact to change that number as my primary contact info.

I think I might go to the pool.
This phone stuff is exhausting.

Take a Gander at These

Happy Matt Day!

living room basketball

solo cup martinis...

Matt loves pictures

lovely Dana

Oh Boy

I just figured out how to
move players around
add new players
drop players
on my fantasy baseball team.
That's right. Just now.
I might have moved a player or two before,
but I just never tried to dump guys on the DL
or get new folks.

What has sparked this sudden interest in my fantasy team?
1.) I am now 6 games back, whereas before I was winning without trying.
2.) I realized that several of my players are on the DL, including Smoltzy.
3.) I am sitting in a computer training all day.

Rock on.

Lots of Blue

There are several large blue items of furniture in my new living room,
including two humongous ottomans (ottomen?).
This morning, Candace and I lugged in the latest addition,
a chair that's almost a loveseat
plus an ottoman that's almost a twin bed.
We almost didn't make it.
The stairs nearly captured us.
We each had a moment where we accidentally sat down under the chair and couldn't stand back up.
But never fear. We did, in fact, prevail.
The massive chair and its likewise massive footrest
are now in my home.
If you come to visit, the monkey doormat will greet you
and you can enjoy the comfy blue seating.

The rest of the house is still full of boxes,
but we do have seating.
And a porch swing. Which I guess counts as seating.

And we have cable and internet now,
though I haven't gotten the wireless set up yet.
But we do have a huge remote with lots of funny buttons
for the digital cable box.

Okay, I'm driving to SC now.
Annual Conference, here I come!
Rock on.

p.s. My first on call night as a chaplain went smoothly. No calls at all.