Obsessive Rep Point Checkers Club, v2

Alpha Echo · May 25, 2010

Well, there's too much happening actually. Not work. Ugh.

* Fiance got a nasty infection in his knee while crabbing this weekend. On meds. May need surgery.
* The fridge broke, so while he sat with ice on his elevated leg, I cleaned out the fridge, put everything in the other one in the garage to defrost the one in the kitchen. Hopefully it works.
* Tonight we have the Little One, and as long as the SO doesn't need surgery, I get to go home, put the fridge back together, pray it works, get the LO to do her homework, get her bath, make dinner, clean up the kitchen (may need to do that before and after dinner), get the LO (and the SO) to bed, workout, and then a bath...I don't care what time it is at that point. I want a bath.

DeleyanLee · May 25, 2010

I totally agree with you. A bath after all that is totally necessary. Preferrably a hot one with lots of bubbles.

Alpha Echo · May 25, 2010

Absolutely. And a good book and glass of wine.

Oh, I want to be there now.

The SO's apt is at 10 this morning. I'll know hopefully by 11 whether surgery is necessary.

DeleyanLee · May 25, 2010

Good luck to him--whatever will give him the best outcome.

I've finally gotten the chance to make coffee, so things should be getting better soon.

Alpha Echo · May 25, 2010

Thanks Del.

Hope the coffee makes things better.

milly · May 25, 2010

mmm...coffee...it's helped me this morning so far for sure...drink it up

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

I'm feeling tired this morning. Last night was emotionally exhausting for me. Kid One had a tick on her that we found Sunday afternoon. It had already bitten her and buried its head, and when my husband went to pull it off of her, he left the head in her skin. (I'm going to quit letting him do this. It's the second time he's done it to someone already this year.)

She flipped out and wouldn't let him work on it to get the head out, so I slapped triple antibiotic and a bandaid on it and thought we'd try again yesterday. My mom and I tried to convince her to sit down and let us take care of it in the morning and she freaked again. Hubs and I tried to get her to let us do it last night and she wouldn't. We ended up pinning her down and taking the minute that was required to get the head out.

It was not the way I wanted to do it. The baby was going apeshit because she freaks out when her sister freaks out. Made my night very icky.

DeleyanLee · May 25, 2010

I am SO glad I've never had to deal with that. Ever. So totally glad.

You have many huggles and comfort food from over here, TJ.

Did you at least get your DQ on the way home?

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

Nope. I wasn't in the mood when I left work. My moods and cravings and how they all work together are so weird right now. It makes my head hurt.

Alpha Echo · May 25, 2010

Well, good news. The doc wants the SO to come back tomorrow, but it appears to be getting better. He says he feels a lot better, and we spent about 5 minutes joking on the phone. He seems a lot more like himself. He still has a fever and the sweats, but he's otherwise feeling much better.

I feel better too. We're not out of the woods just yet, but the meds seem to be working which is good.

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

That's good. I hope it all works out!

Alpha Echo · May 25, 2010

Thanks, me too. I've never been so scared - someone who has such a high pain threshold and never cries, shivering with tears in his eyes from the pain.

I have to die before he does.

DeleyanLee · May 25, 2010

Well, for the second time, my work computer's come down with a horrible virus that demands it be totally reimaged from the boot sector onward. And the site I was visiting at both times? AW.

Now I don't get the virus at home, but I've gotten at work twice. They're going to block the site, I do believe. Can't risk it. For the second time, I'm home early (on my vacation time) because of this mess. *sigh*

I'm not going to be able to come and play here during work hours anymore, 'tis sad to say. I'm gonna miss all you guys.

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

Del, you need to use the contact form at the very bottom of the page (Direct Link: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/sendmessage.php ) and let Mac and the Admins know about this.

What sort of antivirus are they using, out of my curiosity?

DeleyanLee · May 25, 2010

They're using MacAfee.

It's very frustrating 'cause they just totally wiped the entire thing not a month ago. Just can't risk the interference.

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

We use McAfee here, but I've not been having any issues. A lot of the ads are blocked, though, so I don't see most of them.

DeleyanLee · May 25, 2010

None of the ads are blocked. Don't know how to do it, honestly. What's scariest is that >I< am a computer guru at work. LOL!

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

They are really, really heavy handed with the lockdown around here. All sorts of weird things are blocked.

Still, it's odd. I hope someone can figure something out.

Deleted member 42 · May 25, 2010

DeleyanLee said:
Well, for the second time, my work computer's come down with a horrible virus that demands it be totally reimaged from the boot sector onward. And the site I was visiting at both times? AW.

1. That doesn't mean you got it here.

2. There isn't malware on the AW server. It sounds like you've got a Windows rootkit--and it is in fact far more likely that you got it from a disk or computer on the same network at work.

3. Windows viruses, and malware that target Windows machines *can't run on the AW server* because it isn't running Windows. There are less than ten pieces of malware of any sort that can run on the AW server; none are running, and of those few instances, they don't attack Windows computers. They attack other servers. And there aren't any on AW's server.

I'm sorry for your frustration, but seriously, your IT department is clueless if you're running a box that can be infected--they need to install antivirus software on the box, and no end-user should have Admin access.

Finally--I don't normally even read this thread; please people, if you have a problem or think you have a problem with AW:

Please for the Love of Chocolate:

Use the Contact Us link at the bottom of every single forum page. It goes right to MacAllister.

tjwriter · May 25, 2010

Medievalist said:
Finally--I don't normally even read this thread; please people, if you have a problem or think you have a problem with AW:

[B]Please for the Love of Chocolate:

Use the Contact Us link at the bottom of every single forum page. It goes right to MacAllister. [/B]

No worries, Lisa. I remembered and that was where I directed her to right off the bat. I just saw you were in the other thread and posted there as well.

DeleyanLee · May 26, 2010

I was actually just grumping. I know AW wasn't the problem, but the IS department aren't the brightest crayons in the box, so this is the site they're blaming it on. I'll just have to deal with it until they figure out that that's not it. I was just explaining why I wouldn't be around much during the day.

Except for days like today, when I'm sick and at home.

People tend to wonder about others when they go missing without any explanation, after all. I was just grumping and giving people a heads-up.

Synonym · May 26, 2010

Yes we do. Wonder that is. Sometimes my grouching has been misinterpreted as criticism that wasn't intended.

Work--the place you can't say what you really think.

milly · May 26, 2010

or...work, the place you can't slap the people you want to slap

DeleyanLee · May 26, 2010

Or the place that never offers enough options for hiding the bodies.

tjwriter · May 26, 2010

Work sucks! Down with work!

ETA: You could point out that you've spoken with the administrators of the site and since the server is not even Windows-based, there's no way it could have infected your machine.

You know, just to subtlely point out how stipid they are.

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