So I made it through my first holiday in Texas. It actually wasn't that bad. Jason and I joined Eric, his wife, Colin, and Henry went to see the Houston Dynamo soccer game. Apparently this group of people tends to talk about tailgating prior to events and it normally fizzles. Well...they invited two Wisconsinites, and two Badgers at that, to come with. I get the feeling that we will be helping with their tailgating efforts for quite a while. Well, the Dynamo tied the game and as we were getting ready to watch the fireworks it started to rain. On the way home, we managed to catch a few different towns and their shows. It was pretty cool to watch. Other than that, there hasn't been too much going on. Oh yeah, apparently I have a sign on my head that says "Jerk me around." I had some stuff that was supposed to be delivered on Sunday because one part was backordered until then, and another part was backordered until June 26. So Sunday rolls around and no one calls me to confirm delivery time. Then when the delivery people show up, they tell me that something in missing. Not a huge deal, but annoying. So today I get a call from the people to tell me that the delivery is supposed to take place tomorrow between 2 and 4. I ask to talk to a manager to see if there is anything that they can do for me since they failed to deliver. Only as I am talking with the manager, she tells me that my piece isn't in and most likely has been canceled. She says that it looks as though the item has been canceled for several months. At this point, my question becomes one borne of incredulity. How is it possible that I ordered something less than a month ago (June 10) that has been canceled for several months? She tells me that she will check on things and call me back later to let me know what is going to happen. I decide to start calling people to figure out exactly what is going on. Basically, I get told that the woman is crazy because each store that I talked to had several units in their stores. Additionally, they tell me that there is nothing that they can do unless my part doesn't show up tomorrow. Fine, that makes sense. Only problem is that I get a phone call around 430 from the "crazy" woman. She tells me that she is right, my piece never showed up and most likely never will. So now I get to wait and see if she is just out of touch with reality and my piece is going to show up tomorrow, or if I have to go in and talk to a manager at the store and tell them that since I have been promised delivery twice and both times have failed due to not having the piece in stock (keeping in mind that the order was placed on June 10) that I am getting the piece for free and perhaps they will pay me for the trouble they have put me through. Well, I am done venting for now. Hopefully after my shift tomorrow I will have something more interesting to tell you. I get to sit on console tomorrow and see what is happening with the station and shuttle.