Feb 11 2010
Brain Dump Part 26,362
Oh mah holy hell, y’all. Thank gawd this week is almost over. Between endless meetings (I’ve been in my office a total of 90 minutes in the past three days) and sleep interrupted by dreams of spreadsheets, I’m beat.
I know I complain, but I really do enjoy my work. The people, for the most part, are fun to be around, they laugh at my jokes (the way to get into my good graces {wink}), and are working just as hard as I am. It makes for a great team and days that, while long and exhausting, fly by. It’s not until I’m packing up to head “home” that I realize I’ve been going for 15 or 16 hours.
I wish I could tell you more about what I do and where I am, but…y’know…then I’d have to kill you. And neither of us would like that much.
So…annyyyyywayyyyyy.
*****lalalalala*****
In the randomness of non-work stuff in my mind lately – I decided to complain about other shit. Like…
- Shrink wrap. I mean, really. Why is it necessary to shrink wrap stuff without providing some way of removing said plastic without a sharp object?
- Unshoveled sidewalks. I wear snow boots. I can walk through snow up to my shins. But after all of the train passengers have walked on the uncleared pavement, it’s less like walking through snow and more like walking on shifting boulders.
- Pens that go missing. I just get used to writing with a certain pen and then wham! it’s gone. Why is it that the one I pick up to replace it never, EVER, writes as nice as the one I lost?
- Cold feet. When my feet are cold, it’s all I think about.
- Having to switch glasses to read. Yes, I’ve tried bifocals. No, they don’t help. I need trifocals, but I don’t want the size lenses that I would need to have them. Yes, I am vain, thankyouverymuch.
Okay, I feel better now. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
*****lalalalala*****
Oh, wait. Why are there not more:
- Hugs.
- Tootsie Rolls.
- Meeting cancellation notices.
- Naps.
- Handwritten letters from far-away friends.
???
Just asking.
*****lalalalala*****
Mr. Hot and Shortman texted back and forth today:
Woo Hoo! Campus is closed!
Great! I’ll come pick you up and you can help me shovel.
Woo Hoo! They just re-opened campus!
*****lalalalala*****
Finding a package from Alice.com on my doorstep ranks right up there with total awesomeness at the end of a long day. It’s so much easier than lugging home laundry detergent.
—- I think I’ve proven that I need to get to bed now. —-
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I was hoping my office would’ve closed yesterday. No luck. Today, it’s cold and sunny. W00t!
Alice.com, where have you BEEN all my life?
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Shrink wrap. I hate it.
At least some of your meetings are getting canceled–but the bigger question is: will they be re-scheduled or is this a free pass?
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No kidding, getting a book from amazon and removing the packaging is like opening a vault now.
Get home tonight, fiingers crossed for no issues!
Even worse than the shrink wrap is the stuff that has the hard, hard molded plastic around it that has to be cut off with scissors while nearly impaling yourself with them and then slicing you fingers open on the sharp edge the plastic left while trying to lever your object from the packaging.
Can you tell I have a grudge, too?
I didn’t know about Alice.com . It looks like a great possibility! Thanks!
OH! And is there no way you eye dr. guy/gal could let you try a far away lens in one eye and a close up one in the other? Have you asked about that?
The dreams about spreadsheets are the best ones. My whole life revolves around spreadsheets after all…
I wish our neighbors would comply with city rules that dictate shoveling snow within 24 hours. Sigh.
Hot, you may be tired but you really hit some ironic points with this post. We can survive our jobs somehow, but shrink wrap drives us insane.
In our family at Christmas time it took 4 adults almost 30 minutes to free 2 Barbies from shrink wrap, molded plastic, flexible plastic ties, rubber bands, etc. At least at work I can curse, moan, and scream at my spreadsheets and databases(although mostly under my breath), but I can’t do that in front of the grandkids.
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Hey Hot…my newest favorite? Trifocal contact lenses. To.Die.For. Really. OK, really, they’re called “multi” focal and not trifocal but they cover reading, mid-distance and far so why not trifocal? I put them in and went striaght to Fabric Land and bought a sewing machine because I could finally, again, see to thread a sewing machine needle without having 4 pair of glasses in tow.
Have you ever tried contacts?
Nadine (from very snowy NJ!)
Did you know they cancel everything along the I-5 corridor in WA state for… 2 inches of snow? Seriously. 2 inches of snow.
But in other news I ordered a new pair of rain boots from REI. STOKED!
Also, I am seriously considering bifocals. Tired of looking for reading glasses when I need them. even tho I have at least 4 pair in my house.
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I love your random posts. And I agree – when my feet are cold, it’s all I can think about, too. And replacement pens always suck.
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I finally got smart. Instead of leaving my boots in the garage all night, I bring them inside, so they are not ICE COLD when I put them on in the morning. Otherwise, I can’t think of anything else for HOURS.
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