You could feel the anticipation in the air this morning because it was Thanksgiving potluck day. Everyone was just biding their time before they could eat with gusto. And eat we did. You would too if you had these options. Damn! Good thing my new jeans have a little wiggle room.
Category: Work
My Tuesday
Today was a very stressful day at work; when I got home, I worked out on the elliptical for a half hour while watching 24 and felt better. Still on Season 1, but nearing the end. Two more seasons to go before we’re all caught up! Surfed some blogs for awhile, then went for a walk with Joey. Had leftover pizza for dinner and cheesecake, then cleaned Peanut’s cage. This will test whether her last full-cage cleaning was the cause of her antisocial behavior. I hope not – she can’t live in filth!
Spent far too much time creating a master grocery list in Excel. Found a template online but tweaked it to my specifications. Ordered it according to the layout of the Super Target since we do the majority of our shopping there. I’m so tired of coming home only to realize I forget something important because I can’t seem to keep track of what we’re running out of. With this list I hope to check off things as we need them so we only have to make one trip to the store weekly to get everything we need. I’m sure I’ll be adding more items as I go but I think it’s fairly complete with all the typical items we buy in the course of a month.
Massage
My employer invited a company to our office that offered 15-minute massages today for $13.50. Since I’ve never had a professional massage before (yes, you’re not the only one who was shocked to learn that), I decided to give it a try. The masseuse had this funky chair that I sat (kneeled on?) while she gave my neck and shoulders a beating. It was painful! Does that mean I’m too tense, or she sucked? Don’t know. I enjoyed the lower back rub, as well as her massaging my hands, but my neck still hurts a bit. Overall, I felt pretty good after the fact. I’d consider doing it again, although I think I’d prefer it more if the person wasn’t so rough and also if they were a man named Nick. (Inside joke.)
Gimmee some of that!
Thanks to a two hour conference call that should have only been a half hour, I didn’t get to take a lunch today and I am starving! But Joe is on his way home with orange chicken from Panda Express, so all is right with the world. Plus My Name Is Earl and The Office are on tonight. So a horrible day will still end nicely, and at this point, that’s about as much as I can ask for lest I piss off whomever has dealt me my current fate and they decide to test my perseverance even more.
Pukey poo
Nothing like starting off your day dry-heaving into the kitchen sink because you ate White Castle the night before that did a number on your acid reflux and then you accidentally swallowed some face soap in the shower that morning that instantly burned your throat and made you feel like you were burping up bubbles. Then you end up late to work and spend all day printing stuff that saps the last remaining virtual memory on your machine rendering it incapable of even sending e-mail. Good times.