August 17, 2004 started out like any other.  I was rudely blasted into consciousness by my beeping Emu box at the butt crack of 6:45 AM.  I stumbled into the bathroom, stepped onto the scale (still fat), wandered into the shower, cleansed my various crevices, dried off, got dressed, combed my teeth and brushed my hair.

When I arrived at work, I had tasks to complete at several of our school buildings.  These projects took most of the day to complete; as a result I did not visit my office until late in the workday.

When I arrived at my office, I turned on my computer and opened Microsoft Outlook to see what was going on in my ordinary “same-as-every-other” day life.  Up jumped a pop up window accompanied by the Microsoft reminder sound.

Reminder:

It is Kevin C. Gerhart’s Birthday today!

[Dismiss] [Snooze]

There I sat, staring at my monitor in disbelief.  “Gee whiz,” I said out loud to my empty office.  “It’s my 26^th birthday today.  La Dee Frickin Da!  I completely forgot about that.”  Then I spent the next few minutes wondering why I used the retarded term, “Gee whiz.”  Good thing for technology or I would have completly forgot to renew my license plates!!

Technology saves the day again!!!