The Job and other amusing anecdotes

Ha - of course, the a'holes at the office say "we can't really get back to you by Dec. 1..." so now it's looking like mid-December at the EARLIEST. Honestly, what is wrong with these people? How can it take over a year and a half to come up with half a dozen things I can do to make myself more money at this job? I work for morons.

So if anyone has any pull with the Smithsonian in DC or the National Aquarium in Baltimore, put in a good word for me, will ya?

In the meantime, saw Bridget Jones 2 with the girls yesterday - was every bit as good as the first, the only objection I have is that to me, it seemed they made Bridget a little goofier than she was in the first movie, and it got irritating at times. But other than that, very good - I highly recommend. Arguably the funniest part was the fight scene between Colin Firth and Hugh Grant set to "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by the Darkness. Friggin hilarious.

In closing, I must say I love Mondays that fly by real fast because you're really busy catching up from a 4 day weekend. It's already 1:35pm, I haven't had lunch, which I will be sure to make last at least 45 minutes, so then the day will be past the halfway point and I can look forward to going home!!!

Oh yes, I almost forgot...Matt WILL be able to go to the Christmas party with me after all!!! He called me on Friday because he was "bored" and gave me the scoop. Which turned into a 45 minute conversation...I don't think I've ever talked to him on the phone that long...but anyways - back to my point; stay tuned for lots of amusing pictures of a drunken office party on the Odyssey...

http://odyssey-cruises.com/dc/group/

Progress

So I seem to have made progress in a few areas lately...

Saturday - I was down another 4 pounds, which makes a grand total of 13 in 4 weeks...not too bad...

And in the workplace (or hell as I like to refer to it) the powers that be again decided to say 'screw you' and even after ANOTHER 30 day deadline to come up with my incentive program (this is after they've already had a year and a half, you realize), they haven't done anything. Nothing. Nothing at all. So I decided to state my feelings in a brief email saying I wanted this wrapped up by Dec. 1. Will it happen? Probably not. But in the meantime, I have decided that I either want to work for the Smithsonian, or the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Yes, I realize working at the Aquarium means I have to move to Baltimore, and I don't know that I'm quite ready for that yet, but it would be an ideal job...I would just HAVE to go if the perfect job became available there. But one of my coworkers knows the wife of the general who is in charge of the Air and Space Museum in Chantilly...and I'm going to give her my resume today...

We shall see...

Some days, it really doesn't pay to get up and come to work. Next time, can someone please tell me to just call in sick?!?

Re-evaluate

I think it's time to re-evaluate things in my life...when you have to pay for groceries with your credit card, you know you're doing something wrong...

So today, I'm making it my mission to learn about Home Equity loans in the hopes I will qualify for one to get back on my feet again.

Things haven't changed much since the last post; I did lose another pound last week though, which I consider almost qualifies for "miracle" status considering the crap I ate last week. This brings my average loss per week to 3 pounds. Not too bad...this means I will definitely have lost over 10 in a month. Just think - if I could keep that up, I could conceivably lose 120 pounds in a year...although it gets harder the thinner you get, but still....it gives me hope and motivation, and that's all I ask for right now. Well, that and a little willpower...

Sometimes, you just gotta cry

Matt's not going to be able to go the Christmas party with me :( He has a final on the 10th, which makes going out to a party which could last who knows how long the night before is just out of the question. I'm so disappointed, though. Now I wonder if I should make up another story like I did a couple of years ago and stay home...I shall have to ponder it for a while...

My ipod

So...I think my ipod is either possessed or just simply has a mind of its own. I love it to death, but it's starting to reveal a personality.

When I got it a few months ago, everything was fine; until I went on vacation. It worked the first couple of days, but then I got it out one day and it had just mysteriously erased itself. There had been a ton of music on there, and then POOF - suddenly it was as if I had just taken it out of the box - no music at all on it. So I put it away for the rest of my vacation, irritated, and figured I'd deal with it when I got home. When I got home from vacation, I took it out, and there it was, perfectly normal as if nothing had gone wrong.

So last night, I was listening to some of my new age crap that helps me sleep sometimes, ipod working perfectly. I get to work today and plug it into the computer...and nothing happens. Doesn't even register that I had anything connected. So I check the cable, all the connections; they're fine. The evil ipod strikes again. So, irritated again, I bring it home, where I take it out and it's still not working. So maybe the battery is dead, but isn't it supposed to be recharged when you plug it into the computer?!?! I feel as though maybe it's like the music version of Chucky...and instead of a doll coming alive and killing people, my ipod is going to like sprout limbs and go crawling over to the kitchen and get like a spatula or something and come after me. What did I ever do to you ipod?!??!?!

Paranoia

Do you ever worry that reality is like the end of the first Men in Black movie, where our universe is just some cloudy stuff in some alien's marble that they only take out once in a while to play with some other alien?

Results

Well, it wasn't as good as I'd hoped, but still...8 pounds in 2 weeks isn't too shabby.

Bush wins the election, causing mayhem in my office where I'm possibly the only Bush supporter...safer to keep my mouth shut...

Today - nothing but laundry, laundry, laundry - it never seems to end......