This collection of entries is from May 20, 2005.
We've seen a new rug store open up in the area. I'm always leery about these places. Then we got a flyer in the mail and it looked like it had promise. Tonight, we went shopping at the store - Capel Rugs - and we were really surprised. The store was huge, the selection was huge, and the prices were damn affordable. We wound-up coming home with not one but two rugs, identical except for size, for the dining room and living room. (How the hell we got the big rug home in my car was a damn miracle - my car has a small pass-through hatch from the trunk into the back seat and the rug was tightly wound enough to fit through the hole, with the rug resting just 6 inches short of the stick!)
Spent most of the day making sure things run OK while I'm gone.
Gone? Yeah. Starting Monday I will be out of work. Without pay. For a week.
I'm being furloughed. Actually, all of the contractors are being furloughed for a total of two weeks sometime in the first quarter to help the company make some numbers. My first week is next week - the week before Memorial Day. The second week will be the week before 4th of July.
Quite frankly - I'm REALLY looking forward to this!