Thursday, September 09, 2004
Officially…
Officially...I am officially having a bad day.
I thought perhaps it was only going to be a partially bad day, that there would be this issue and that would be it and I could get over it and move on.
The issue has since grown into a problem that will no longer allow me to work in the manner I have become accustomed to.
Hence, I am having a bad day.
All I can say is "crap"
My outlook will no longer work. I can no longer access my calendar. When I get an email, my whole PC is wont to shut down completely. Do you know how many emails I get? Yeah - it's a problem.
I called it in - I called about 3 hours ago. Said - oh yeah - I can no longer do my job - do you mind helping me out? Yeah - nothing. Big black hole.
Maybe this is a message from the universe that I should not have entered the office today...
Thursday already?
Yeah - so I took the GMAT yesterday - I didn't do the best so I will have to re-take it. That's okay though, I was hoping to do well, but I think I knew deep down that this was more of a practice test. I'm not being to hard on myself. Especially considering how long it has been since I have done any of the crap they ask you to do. Sometimes life just works that way.Story Time....
Rick (mom's boyfriend) has a little sister. She's probably 12 or 13 now, maybe older but I don't really keep track of her. Anyway, she had decided at some point that she would collect beanie babies, which is all fine and dandy until she outgrew them. Rick was making a trip home and stopped by to see his dad and she handed him two large bags of beanie babies to deliver to her nephew and niece.
When mom saw these, she decided to pick out a few for family and friends.
She decided upon the Dragon for my brother -
She picked this really cool lizard named "Dragon Slayer" for my sister-in-law...
For me she picked:
Yup - a buzzard. Now she said when she gave it to me that when she saw it it just made her think of me...
tell me that you see the funniness in this...
(side note, she gets upset when I point out the fact that the beanie she picked for me is a carrion eating creature that is not known for its good qualities. She really picked it out because its has neat coloring and is soft. And it does have great coloring and is really soft, but it is still a buzzard and that makes me laugh.)
So - this morning I get into work and I get this message from my friend Erin:
"I thought you'd find this funny. You know, since your representative
animal is a buzzard for whatever reason
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/09/06/fat.buzzards.reut/index.html"HAHAHAHAHA! That story just makes me laugh!
Cleo Update:
I think my cat is stupid. I wasn't sure before, but yesterday she proved to me that intelligence is not her strong suit. I had a candle lit, it was sitting on my kitchen table. Cleo proceeded to go up to the candle and sniff it (she tried to lick the flame as well.) As she was trying to sniff it she burned some of her whiskers. Now, you would think that burning off her whiskers would tell her that fire is hot and not to go near it. Not my kitty! She kept going back to the flames trying to figure them out. I had to yell at her several times to STAY AWAY from the open flames. Just thinking about having to take her to the vet again because she burned off all of the hair on her face... can you imagine what they would think? First I go in because she jumped off my balcony and then I'm in again (in less than 2 weeks) because my cat decided to burn the hair off her face... somehow I don't think they would look upon me with kind eyes...
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Urg… Tuesday….
Urg... Tuesday....There is something to be said about long 3 day weekends. There is something to be said about spending an ENTIRE day doing as little as possible. It was great. Remind me again why I can't do that every day?
The weekend was fairly uneventful - which was great. I need all the down-time I can get. I have the strange feeling that the next - I dunno - few months will be CRAZY. So much is happening and I'm not sure that I am at all prepared. Of course all of this revolves around work. Cause my personal life is not that exciting at the moment... well not since the cat jumped off the balcony.
Cleo update: The chicken wire is up and she is allowed outside again. She was not happy about the chicken wire. I am VERY happy about the chicken wire. I'm sure it doesn't look that great - but if it keeps the cat where she belongs... The limp is gone and she is jumping almost as well as she was a week ago, so I'm going to claim that she is recovered!
And that is about all I have to write at the moment. I'm at work and don't wanna be - I'd rather be at home reading my book. But I can't have everything, so I guess it's back to work with me!
Friday, September 03, 2004
Ahhh… Friday…
Ahhh... Friday...No longer feeling like doing the work on my desk, I now feel like goofing off.
In doing so I have enlightened myself in some of the political commentary that is going on in the blog world. I really enjoy this guy: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ - "Joshua Micah Marshall is a writer living in Washington, DC. He is a Contributing Writer for the Washington Monthly and a columnist for The Hill. "
I know - you really don't care about all the bio stuff - but his writing is pretty interesting to me. He is definitely a democrat - but an intelligent one. He makes some very good points and observations.
I also went in search of a squishy head toy at the University Bookstore. They didn't have the squishy head I was hoping for - but instead I got this great book Darkside Zodiac by Stella Hyde. It cracks me up! It's pretty true to the title - it's all the bad things about a sign. Take Capricorn for instance - it states, "On the Darkside, this makes you a cold, cruel, petty-minded slave driver with unsuspected yet unquenchable ambition and an addiction to tight-fisted penny pinching." And that is only a taste - it's pretty funny (and also a little true.)
Cleo Update:
She's making quick progress - she jumped into her usual position between the shower curtains as I was taking a shower this morning. She is also limping a lot less. She also made her way to the screen door this morning (a place she has been avoiding since her flight.) I need to get chicken wire this weekend and put that up so she can go back outside. Until I have the wire firmly in place she is NOT allowed outside.
Horoscope for Scorpio today:
Horoscope for Scorpio today:Everyone will be in the mood to take care of business now -- everyone but you. You'll want to immerse yourself in sensory pleasures. Fortunately, it won't be too hard for you to persuade someone to become your equally hedonistic companion.
How do they know these things????
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
