Today at work? Spent 4 hours attempting to find $107.58 worth of expenses that weren’t paid for my on corporate card. Found $31.58 in denied breakfasts (three days worth) because I forgot to mark ‘international’ in my report. Apparently the fact that charge was in euros and the name of the report was “Amsterdam” and the charge came from “The Hotel Pulitzer” didn’t matter. Sigh. For the other $76? I have no fuckin’ clue. All of my $76 car service charges seem to have cleared okay. I went all the way back to January 2000.

My choices are to either

• Pay up, bitch! Meaning I write a personal check to pay off the $76 that obviously was a recurring amount between January 2000 and um, last month - and 927 of them were approved, but one apparently wasn’t - or
• Ignore it for right now since I have so many expenses and payments that cross each other on this card it’s always got a running balance (although never delinquent). Eventually, they’ll walk my ass out of this place and at that point? They can either dock my severance check for $76 big ones or write. it. off. - or
• Scam through 2 expenses that total $76 (becuase I have to have a receipt for anything over $75).

Now, after 4 hours of going through expense reports back 7 years for a lousy $76 - time which I will never, ever get back, (and for which they pay me WAY MORE than $76) which option do you think I intend to select?

See, you all know me too well already!

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Tonight there is nothing planned in the Hotfessional household. Monday was pick up the car and go to the grocery store [yawn], Tuesday was the Gin Blossoms, and last night was Shortman’s final baseball game of the very long season. They lost. They lost every. single. game. Three games they did NOT get mercied. It was, by far, the worst team Shortman ever played for. He was a city All-Star every year (9 of them! no shit.) in our old league.

Last night? He ended up pitching 6 innings of a 6 inning game - with no second baseman. The left fielder dropped 2 fly balls (they hit his glove! unfortunately, it was closed at the time). The first baseman? He dropped 4.

Shortman ddddrrrraaaggggeeedd his big self (he’s 6′2″, 210 lbs) to the car after playing in that heat…and said “Worst. Season. Ever. ” We told him that he did fine, couldn’t expect to strike out everyone, every time, and unfortunately, they were playing shorthanded, and he didn’t have a lot of defense behind him. Poor baby.

Of course, we didn’t mention his strikeout or his popup to the first baseman. Or the fact that he refuses (refuses!) to wear his glasses to play. Which he needs. Can you say it with me? Blind. As. A. Bat. Because, he’s now bigger than us we are nice parents - we just glossed over those things. No use getting hurt making him feel worse.

So, tonight I’m going to go home, sit on the back porch with my cranberry and vodka (ooooh, remember to call Mr. Hot and make sure we still have some!) and read more of “The Kite Runner.” I’m only up to Chapter 8 (they’re short chapters), but Kristabella recommended it after this post, and she was right.

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Now I have a favor to ask of you other Blogger users. You know who you are! So, I’d like to answer your comments personally, or at least send you thanks, but as far as I can tell, the only way to respond is either back in comments (which means you have to go back to the post you already responded to, and see if I acknowledged your comment….how many times does that happen?) or I have to go to your site and comment. But! I get emails directly from some people I comment to. Is there some sort of special setting thingie in blogger?

If you can help me out with this little thing, let me know. You can put it in comments. I’ll thank you - personally - if I can make it work. You can even tell me if I’m an idiot (probably) and it’s staring me right in the face (like the pickle jar in front of Mr. Hot last night).

—- The power in our building was finally restored at 7 am today - after the tree trimmers took us and half the area out yesterday morning around 10. It was 97 degrees out there yesterday, and the air conditioning is just now making this office tolerable. I bet they saved at least $76 in electricity. —-

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