dilemmas.

dilemma number one.
james took my car key + house keys to work with him today.
i have a spare car key, but not a spare house key. i needed to leave, so i tried to run underneath the garage doors. yes. i tried them both. multiple times. but our garage doors took up the habit of randomly popping up when you are trying to put them down. yes. both of them. eventually i just went out the back door, which is easy to lock yourself out of because of the type of lock.
so yeah. i locked myself out of the house today.
as a result, i went shopping. :]

dilemma number two.
i had lunch with my friend mike today. at peg's, of course. :]
[this was the main reason i had to lock myself out of the house.]
anyway. we talked about how sometimes friendships can be more difficult than relationships.
the thing is... friendships shouldn't be frustrating.
and that fact makes it even more frustrating when things go awry.
it's hard to lose a friend. yes. but it's also hard when a friend stops acting like a friend.
so what's the solution?
who knows.

interestingly, garrett sent me a text tonight.
how very apropos after the lunch conversation.

dilemma number three.
i've had a scrapbook page in my mind for a while now. i know the photo i want to use, and i know one other element.
right now i'm in the phase where i just imagine this awesome page. i know it looks sooo good. but the truth is... i don't really *know* what it looks like. it's just this foggy abstract image in my mind. this happens a lot. and generally, my pages don't live up to that amazing expectation in my mind. ha.
when i got out the element i want to use on the page the other night... i realized it's so much larger than i've been thinking. so this page that is so awesome [although i don't actually know what it looks like] in my mind just might need to be a two page layout. yes. that's a dilemma for me. i don't really do two page layouts.
we'll see. maybe i can still make it work with one page. but the image in my mind is definitely not happening.

dilemma number four.
the red ink cartridge of the photo printer is causing major problems since i replaced it a little while ago.
this is usually the sequence of events when i try to print:
error message number 1: missing ink cartridge. there is no red ink installed.
umm. yes. actually there is a red ink cartridge installed you crazy printer. so i take out the red ink and put it back in.
error message number 2: you have two red ink cartridges installed.
umm. no. there is one red ink cartridge installed you crazy printer. so i take out the red ink and put it back in.
generally, one page will print at this point, then the process repeats itself.
but last time, two pages printed in a row. woot. i was thinking the red ink woes were over.
UNTIL I NOTICED RED DOTS OF INK IN VARYING SIZES ALL OVER THE SECOND PAGE. whaaaaat? and it happened to be photos of my niece, which makes me even more angry than the wasted ink and paper.
so. i don't know what to do. i guess i have to call the company or something, but i just don't feel like dealing with it. i've been so happy with the printer until this whole red ink ordeal. sigh.