The last day of the week...

Finally we've made it to Friday, and even better I'm working from home... (see Wednesday). Pups are happily napping as the gentle breeze of the fan keeps the sweat at bay and I've been busy all morning working... right after I drove to Bubba's office and back. Let's start at the beginning shall we?

Hubby managed to drive himself into work for several reasons, not the least of which he's staying after school to play with his friends, which involve drinking a beer, enjoying a movie and maybe another post movie drink. No he won't drink and drive he's smart enough to know that move is beyond stupid. Anyway.... since he drove to work, he left via the garage door and not the front door as is our usual morning routine, as such his laptop and bag were sitting by the front door and was forgotten until he arrived at work and realized it was going to be a long day with just the blackberry all day... I got the phone call. The cranky, grumpy unhappy phone call and me being the Saint of suburban Maryland offered to drive down to his place of employment and drop off his computer. Didn't he just get all kinds of lucky I was up, showered and dressed when he called eh?

So thankfully it's Friday morning in the summer so traffic was light, I dropped off said computer and apparently Bubba had 30 minutes to think about just how mad I might be from cranky phone call and the offer to come and deliver his computer he was VERY nice when we met up. Apology accepted sweetie...

What I don't get is for such an anal attentive pain in the backside he manages to forget his COMPUTER! I've done it but I don't bring my laptop home every night (he does) plus mornings are not the best time of day for me.

Ok so new dress arrived from JC Penny, it fits but the zipper is close to impossible to work alone.. what would a person do if they lived alone? I got it zipped enough to make sure it fit in my problem fitting area... but I couldn't reach around to get it all the way up... I guess if I lived alone I wouldn't own clothes with zippers up the back. Of course new clothes are always a good reminder to stop stuffing things in my pie-hole that aren't good for me. Always easier said than done... but I've got to and fast!

I know me, I need a method of accountability to get me stick to things, so I've got to come up with a way to face a scale on an at least weekly basis. Then there is that whole exercise thing, I hate being the chubby chick in the back of the aerobics class , and the treadmill is boring. Of course I do have two big dogs who love to walk but unless its mid summer their walks generally don't break a sweat. I'll think on it today I've got to come up with a plan...

Is this week over yet?

Ok so apparently on a daily basis there is going to be new drama with the bus-drop-off-get-out-my car morning routine. Just shoot me. Today we watched the bus go by before I could turn and drop him off... check your watch dear it arrives at 7:45 AM each morning if we leave the house about 10 minutes earlier we will NEVER EVER have to do the same stupid thing we did today... chase the bus. Yes you heard me chase the freaking bus

There is another stop before he hits the interstate... I floor it to the bus which stopped to pick up people who wear their watches... then hubby races out and has to run (literally) to catch THAT bus. Did I mention there will be another one in about 15 minutes? I have had enough of this - or maybe not or I would have nothing to talk about.

Ok so I now know I've got about a month to find a new job. Did I mention how much I hate interviewing? As my afternoon meeting has been postponed until next week; its back to resume and searching I feel so under qualified for anything. And would it kill someone to get me a poly so I can work in MD? Of course if I got into Biology it would be a cake walk to work in Biotech in MD... but ick.

I did manage to get all my stuff mailed last night and from the big post office so it's on it's way quick like a bunny or as fast as the postal service does it.... Not fair all my stuff has made it without issues and frankly when I have to go to the post office it's not the workers who are the problem it's the people who walk in with a soggy box, no tape, no address and need to send it to some exotic land like Kansas. Of course there was that one morning when there were only 3 people in line and 2 of the 3 postal workers left their station for 15 minutes (the line didn't move thanks to another exotic Kansas mailing) and when they finally returned the line was out the door. I like that machine, no muss no fuss, hit the button on the screen give me my postage and off I go. But then again I miss the grunt-greeting of a human being now and again.

Oh Steelers Training Camp start tomorrow!!! Sing it with me now... "and we're climbing on the stairway to 7...." (7 Superbowls that is!)

Found a reason for Wednesday

Had to print out 35 pages of a document the type is small hard to read on screen and off. So it's done, 35 pages later my brain is dead and my eyes want to close.

I have the gift for the niece, and I still have to go the post office today... I'll go to the big one so the gift will arrive on time... not that anyone will notice.

I have got to find something to do to get rid of this 3:00 PM sugar craving... I'm reading the book on changing your eating habits- and I'm in trouble. I don't do veggies much, but I'm trying. Still not eating sardines I don't care how good for me they are... who could even think about eating something that slimy and stinky.

I spent 100 bucks at JCPenny on line, interview clothes plus they sent me a free shipping code. Figured it was a good investment, now to go home and see if my dress still fits that I plan to wear next month, now that Mom has informed me all her friends are coming to DC to see me go into her organization. I wonder if Bubba and I will fight about this again... those odds are good.

Going for a walk to wake up...zzzzz

I wasted the gas why?

I have come to love Wednesdays... I work from home on Wednesdays. Commute is fab, dress code is grand, the puppies aren't caged but happily sleeping in my office then following me when I go from computer to kitchen for coffee then to computer to bathroom... and then more sleeping.

Except for this Wednesday, after a scheduled doctor appointment I had to rush to my car dial into the "all hands" meeting stating that more cut backs are coming and of course it's on my project so I've got about a month to find a new job. I hate interviewing... I digress. So the boss deemed that my 'bright and shining' face be here on site this Wednesday we spoke for 5 minutes when I got in then... he's had his door shut to deal with upper management and how many of his people will suddenly looking for work. And I drove in why? I've got a home phone, a company provided blackberry and a personal cell phone, my laptop can virtual network into our stuff without a problem (as I do it EVERY OTHER Wednesday) so why am I here?

I took small dark delight in the doc having a bumble today. He walks in, starts to look at my ears then remembers he has to take my blood pressure. His nurse thinks I'm dead as she can never find it... and yet there I sat. Blood pressure is fine Mom... all is well. Goes to look in my ears, trying to cover the "ear light" which he already covered... checks everything all is well... but... the Nagging Pain In the A$$ cough is still there he wants a chest x-ray and codeine... fun but I ask is it possible this a reaction to the drug you gave me 60 days ago? He flips over my chart and says why yes that could be it... had I read this I would have thought of that too... he said "I'm going to step out and try this appointment again!" LOL

So happy story a months worth of samples of new drug, no need to deal with 'script and easy to follow instructions and its off to work... at work... instead of home.

So my plan for the day? Update the resume, search the inter-company want ads call a few people I know and try and line up work for August with any luck it will be something interesting and closer to home! that is all for today... maybe.

Its just Tuesday?

Today has not started well... I'm still not sure how I got drafted into carting hubby's backside to the bus stop in the morning but off we go. I dump him off as his bus drives by and doesn't stop... I almost laughed - well I did on the inside.

So - I took him to the other bus stop to wait for the next one at a stop he knows the bus will indeed stop and carry his lily white fanny to work. So -- I dump his butt and begin my day... and waited and waited to turn RIGHT finally the lady went and the light changed. Made it to the bank, forgot to do that last night as my cleaning person is coming today... on a side note I know it sounds spoiled and pampered but I work 40 plus hours a week I make a decent living and I LOVE coming home to a clean house. (side note over)

So, bank, home, grab a book that paperbackswap(.com) says someone wants, off to the lab to get blood work...wait.... wait... wait... glad I brought a book... 2 minute blood draw.... head to work. And here is where life in the "DC Metro Area" sucks. There was an accident on a bridge at 6:30 AM, then another on the interstate south at 8:00 AM so when I get on these roads at 9:10... still crawling along at (no lie) 15 miles per hour. I get almost to the bridge to see.... A LARGE TRUCK DEAD IN THE RIGHT LANE. As soon as we pass that last trial I am back in the land of 65 mph and on my way to work... only 2 hours late instead of the 40 minutes I had planned on. thank goodness for blackberries and telecons... just don't blow your car horn and yell at the a-hole that cut you off... no mute button on a cell phone...

There goes employee of the month again... would it be wrong to drink lunch today?

Ah - Mondays...

Good weekend; hazy, hot and humid. I love summer.

Had a great Friday night with old friends, good meal and good conversation. Tried a new recipe which turned out pretty good. Hubby said I've made better dips but I liked it. We'll hang on to that one just in case.

Facing another week without much due; but I do have some projects that require my attention so I will get those done and hopefully not die of boredom at my desk. I doubt anything interesting will come from our weekly staff meeting. Are staff meetings generally good for anything? Depends on the people and the project.

Am I wrong to worry about a kid, whom I have no control? He's 4 and he's on drugs to "calm" him down... I must hold my tongue knowing that all this kid needs is a steady home, a strong hand and a lot of loving. for someone who is such a reproductive failure to see people have such a gift and muck it up so badly just makes me crazy. Not my kid.. not my family.

Speaking of family, my brother had to bury his beloved Dog Shady this weekend. She was laid to rest at her favorite place where sticks were plentiful and the water always ran cool. Her hips are new and young again and there is a little kid taken away too soon there to play with her throw stick after ball after stick in the warm glowing sunshine. RIP Shady you were a great dog.

I want to go home for my niece's birthday party and I don't as it will be a zoo and not a lot of fun. Hubby probably won't want to travel. I better get shopping and get a gift up there so I'm not in trouble again sent her sister's present late. She's 2 so I doubt she'll remember her aunt sent it late. Now when she's 12 I'd better have my act together.

Let's get the day started! Oh and the Steelers report to training camp on Friday!! Yeah Football.

First post

Well if you're reading this you are probably as bored as I am. Life in general is good but there days I make head-sized dent in my desk just a bit bigger.

Its a Friday in the summer, not bad considering... there will be traffic all the way home no matter what time I leave work. Nature of the city in which I live.

Am I brave enough to think about uprooting my entire life? I could move back to Pittsburgh and find a way to have a life. closer to family, reconnect with some friends, but lose good friends here, great house, good job... perhaps I'll make a list. Of course there is the hubby - he won't be too keen on the idea. He wants to move West -I think because it's so far away from all our family. I like my family - heck most days I don't mind his... to him it's a ripple in his smooth pattern of life.

We're having company for dinner tonight, should be fun, good folks good steaks trying out a couple of new recipes. No wine with dinner tonight, new babies and non drinkers tend to halt that. No biggie.

I'll post more later...

I debate with myself while listening to Pittsburgh sports radio is QB Ben Roethlisberger guilty? did the hotel help him? Doubtful on both counts this kid has his head screwed on straight and too many hands to grease to cover things up that well for a year. Bus? Go talk to your buddy he's got a title to defend. (so says the yinzer in DC)

Later