We have a bathroom floor!

The guys came today to install the bathroom floor. They did a good job. The only thing is that the floor appears pink. It's beige with butterscotch and black flecks under most lights. I'll try replacing the bathroom light bulb, but I'm stumped as why the floor is pink. Anyway, that's the floor that I've got. The plumber is coming by on Monday to install the new toilet.

They also installed hinges on a couple of cabinet doors. I've had the doors off for so long that it seems weird to see them on.

He charged me less than the estimate. The price was quite reasonable. Maybe he gave me a low price to encourage me to call them again. He was advocating that they paint the place, but he didn't give me an estimate.

Harlee seems to have had enough with the parade of workmen. After the guys had left and Harlee came out of hiding, she paraded around meowing. Nima was brave and stayed out of hiding in the office with me. Occasionally she went towards the living room to see what was going on, but I chased her back into the office to keep her out of the way.

A recruiter called, but I missed the call because of all the chaos.

I also had a screen replaced. It's a little smaller than the window, but it matched the old screen that the window had. It should work. One of the owners came over, picked up the screen, and brought it over to a nearby site at which they were working so that I wouldn't be charged for the service call. That was nice.

Zits Comic

I was going through old papers and found this comic:

Well, this sucks

A while back, I reapplied for unemployment payments. At first, the unemployment office sent me a note stating that I was not eligible because I didn't work last year. Then I received a Notice of Unemployment Claim Award. Then I received a note stating that I needed to attend an interview at a local employment office.

The interview was really a demo of some online tools. When I told the interviewer that I hadn't received any unemployment checks yet, he called an office in Sacramento to check on the status of my claim. They said that I wasn't eligible because I didn't work last year. When I asked why I received the Notice of Unemployment Award, they said that the system was sending out false awards. (My tax dollars at work.) When I asked why I received the note stating that I needed to attend the interview, they said that the computer picks Social Security numbers at random. Bah.

The interview wasn't a total loss. The interviewer showed us a tool that lists all the companies in the area that employ people with a certain job title. The information includes a telephone number and street address. That tool was worth the price of admission (in this case, aggravation). He also told me that all the resources in the employment office were available to me even if my unemployment claim is invalid. I might go there for some extra interview practice, although I've had plenty of interviews.

I left to find that a bird had shit all over my car. Clearly not my day -;)