Well, the weatherpersons were right on target. The rain started last night and shows no signs of letting up. The photo from the rooftop may as well have been taken in black and white (remember black and white film??) because practically everything is rendered in shades of grey. I had been holding out some hope of getting in a few miles this morning, but when the alarm went off I could hear the rain on the street outside, and a quick glance at the temperature was all it took for me to pull the covers over my head for another hour and write this one up as a "rest day." I had even checked out the full-fendered Pennine last night, just in case a sloppy ride was feasible. It wasn't. Tomorrow will be much better. Even Scarlett knew that, "after all..... tomorrow is another day."
One thing about rainy rest days like this is that I drive in to the office with The Wife, arriving well over an hour earlier than usual. So although I get a lot of stuff done during that extra time, my stomach remains on its regular schedule. It isn't quite 11 a.m. yet and I'm already hungry. No doubt the extra morning coffee, a result of my usual cold weather caffeine craving, didn't help either. I've been working on ordering a new laptop for someone in the office, and we selected one of the sleek Dell XPS models. It was kind of surprising to find that although Tulane has a special "Premier" website and a special arrangement with Dell, our "Higher Education" Dell rep. couldn't really come within about $250 of the price we could get by going through the regular "home and home business" Dell website because they don't offer the same configurations and won't give them the same special promotions (in this case an instant savings of around $600 on this model). We'll probably still order it through the Higher Ed site because of some service, shipping, and warranty perks, and a much simplified method of dealing with our tax exemption, but it's a shame that Dell is basically screwing its own salespeople like that.
One thing about rainy rest days like this is that I drive in to the office with The Wife, arriving well over an hour earlier than usual. So although I get a lot of stuff done during that extra time, my stomach remains on its regular schedule. It isn't quite 11 a.m. yet and I'm already hungry. No doubt the extra morning coffee, a result of my usual cold weather caffeine craving, didn't help either. I've been working on ordering a new laptop for someone in the office, and we selected one of the sleek Dell XPS models. It was kind of surprising to find that although Tulane has a special "Premier" website and a special arrangement with Dell, our "Higher Education" Dell rep. couldn't really come within about $250 of the price we could get by going through the regular "home and home business" Dell website because they don't offer the same configurations and won't give them the same special promotions (in this case an instant savings of around $600 on this model). We'll probably still order it through the Higher Ed site because of some service, shipping, and warranty perks, and a much simplified method of dealing with our tax exemption, but it's a shame that Dell is basically screwing its own salespeople like that.
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