Tuesday, you are doing well so far, don’t you make me sad

The good news: The sun has COME OUT! It has been a beautiful day, one that just cries out for soaking by the pool, with a drink full of alcohol and pretty umbrella on top, while your skin smells of coconut suntan lotion and your iPod plays your favorite song over and over again.

The bad news: Instead of above scenario. I’m at work, inside a poor lighted office, with 4 more ours of work ahead of me and fighting a bit of indigestion from the Crab Rangoon that I had for lunch.

The very bad news: I probably just jinx myself and the rain will be imminent by the time I’m out of here.

Just.you.watch.

Batting 2 for 2 today

I have been, since Noon today, trying to come up with a good (and acceptable) excuse to take off from work early. I started with some tried-and-true excuses…

“My sister had a nervous breakdown – Got.to.go!” (Actually, this one is going to happen soon if she does not get a handle on her stress level)

“I think my lunch gave me food poisoning”

“I have a headache” and the 10 pills that I have taken are not helping.

“My mother just called, there is a family emergency” (but, then my co-workers are noisy and they will start asking questions, which then I will have to lie some more and I’m not very good a lying.)

Then I went wild and came up with some that are just wayyyy out there!

“I blew my nose so hard, my back gave out” – figure that with my cold it would fly – no?

“While getting my lunch, a bee flew in my car and attacked me!”

“I can’t seem to finish work today because of eye trouble…. I can’t see working today.”

“I have womanly concerns”

“I’m stuck in the blood pressure machine down at Wal-Mart”

Moral of the story?

I should do this more often, since it works.  Because, while I was thinking of these, the rest of the afternoon flew by.

I just took a look at the clock and realized that I only have 20 minutes left of work before I get out of here.

Oh and I got a post out of it too!

So I’m 2 for 2 today!

Landed

I’m in Phoenix.. and barely alive.. the 4 hour flight has taken its toll…Observations thus far:

I’m seriously thinking about not having kids.. the ration of kids to adults in the plane? 10 to 1.. and all under the age of 5!  4 hours, on a plane with that ratio.. seriously, I fought my way OUT of there as soon as we landed

Florida is hot.. Phoenix HOTTER.. its 102 degrees over here… ONE HUNDERD AND TWO!  Do I need to say more?  I don’t think so… since I pretty sure that just the shock of it will melt me.

Cactus and palm trees.. weird combination.. sort of like peanut butter and bananas.. I could never get use to that odd paring… I doubt that I could get use to the cactus and palm trees… it just seems off somehow.

Time difference.. HATE.IT

The hotel has a casino… can you say a bit of gambling will be done in this trip? I may win and go back rich.  For those shaking your head… its Ok to DREAM BIG!

Mountains.. beautiful.. no grass.. sad.. everything is gravel around here, the theme seems to be rocks everywhere… I’m betting tomorrow its going to look much better, for now it just looks draggy and just plain sad.

7:30 check in at the conference.. NOT DIGGING IT.

Room service, a shower and bed… totally digging that.

More later.

Its here… about time, since I was ready to call in the reinforcements

Oh my GOD.. Friday.. how I have missed you so.  You are finally here and I fully intend to use you and abuse you…specially both of your other two friends, Saturday and Sunday you are not too far behind.

This week has been nuts.  Off work and at work.  So much so, that yesterday I was ready to call for reinforcements:

The people at work better watch out… since I have lots of pins and I know how to use them.

Good times!