Flabbergasted!

Would you believe my work computer's finally been upgraded to windows XP? I can't believe it. Sure the upgrade took our techs two days, who cares, my computer has actually stopped crashing. I don't receive numerous Run Time errors when visiting web sites. My programs no longer hang indefinitely. No more Windows 98 - my God, I thought I'd never exit 98ville. It's the same old computer, which means I still do not have USB ports, but I can cope. I am elated - elated - to have Win XP. I actually hugged the shy tech who quipped, "Ohh, a .... very satisfied customer" as he adjusted his glasses. All the gals laughed and the poor guy skidaddled out of my cube. My bad! But you know what, so what?! LOL

While eating breakfast I rose and went to Twi's cube. She was quietly sipping coffee and downloading new photos from webshots. I invited her to join us, without asking the others, and she declined. Now, I'm very good at keeping a poker face, just ask Boo, but I think I failed miserably today, because Twi responded strangely to my "Okay" as I walked away. As if she'd read something in my body language, tone or facial expression. She probably saw my disappointment and yea I'll admit, I felt a little hurt.

She showed up a minute or so later and said, "Okay, I guess I'll join you." There was a brief awkwardness when the others realized what I'd done. I filled Twi in on our discussion, offered an egg and toast and she participated. The others listened for the longest time before participating. I was undeterred. I don't know where my stubborness came from. I wasn't going to be discouraged or defeated. Twi's staying and they need to deal with it. About ten minutes later, they fell into line and all was forgotten. I felt very happy when Twi told me "that was fun!"