Before I get random, allow me to blow off some steam from a most stressful day. Why do I need the water turned on?
(Buckle up, I feel a rant coming on)
Because I spent the ENTIRE day putting out fires! One after another. Luckily, I was able to stomp them out before they engulfed the entire building, but these fires were like the Whack-A-Mole game at the arcade. Once you smacked one down, another one popped right up. I needed two mallets.
Part of the 'House Rules' of this blog is not to delve into work details, but this week is pure chaos. A bonafide hot mess. Stress turned-all-the-way-up-and-blowing-out-the-speakers- if you needed a visual.
I thought by waking at 5:30am to the blaring sound of Outkast's 'Hey Ya', the day was destined to be great (alrightalrightalrightalrightalrightalright) That's really putting the glass half full. The week before school starts is a notorious landmine of problems and last minute people coming out of the woodwork wanting everything done at the snap of a finger. Not gonna haaaaapppen.
Last time I checked, Hogwarts wasn't on my resume and I don't possess any powers of wizardry. So when myself and the rest of the staff deliver the harsh reality that when you wait until the last minute and- your procrastination does not make it our emergency- people react with the biggest shocked face of their life.
I seriously looked up at the ceiling in my office a few times today, looking for the hidden camera in the corner, swearing I must be being taped for some prank show. No cameras to be found. Some of the phone calls that came in- I swore someone was creating a 2011 Jerky Boys edition of me at work. Un-be-lieve-able. I wish I could go into details but in a public forum, I must make the wise choice. If you really want to know, call me. I'd be happy to reenact some of the happenings of my day- complete with voices, accents, hand gestures- everything. This performance would be Oscar worthy, I promise.
I do love my job. 90% of the time it's smooth sailing, but that 10% that happens certain times of year, oh boy, do I get hammered from all sides. I got home from work and Brian Williams and Nightly were just ending... sigh... couldn't even watch my fav news show. So I ate a few cookies and started blogging like mad. Because that solves everything, right? : )
Oh and that vacation... it can't come soon enough!
Okay, time to shut off the water and pay respect to the greatest day of the week known for its randomness- Wednesday!
- Got myself and my friend at work some fancy chocolate cupcakes from Whole Foods. I'm more of a salty snack person, but who can resist a delicious cupcake with a crazy mountain of chocolate frosting on top? Not I
- Do cookies and french toast count as dinner? They did tonight.
- Can anyone explain why a supposedly rational person would drive their car through rushing flood waters in the middle of a hurricane? Don't ever underestimate mother nature, like those few unfortunate people did this past weekend.
- Still not sure how I feel about the whole Michael Vick situation, with his fat pockets and $100 million deal. I'm pretty close to the biggest animal lover you can find (well, one who still eats minimal meat, but whatever), but he went to prison, and while it's debatable how truly remorseful he is, how long will everyone continue to vilify him? Should we judge him simply for the job for which he was hired? Professional athlete and role model pretty much go hand in hand, so now he has to lie in the bed he made. I don't agree with what he did one bit, but how many times can something be rehashed? I'd be anxious to see how forgiving the masses would be if the Eagles won the Superbowl with him at the helm...
- US Open tennis #loveit
- This is the cutest!!! Take a look at that link and tell me that's not the cutest thing ever.
- One of my neighbors (someone I really don't know) has OCD. Like, crazy OCD you'd see featured on some A&E show. It's fascinating to watch. It all about rituals and repetitive actions with this person. What I've witnessed is 5-10 trips walking back to a car that was parked and locked- only to check the doors again and again to make sure it's locked. Scary.
- Fall is in the air! When I have to turn the heat on in the car for a minute in the morning, I know the festive fall season is right around the corner. Once school starts (and I'm again battling the school buses on the road), it's a fast downhill ride right to Halloween, Thanksgiving, and my favorite... Christmas!!! I won't get all Christmasy on you the last day of August, but the minute that turkey dinner is cleaned up and over with, it's 100% Christmas excitement for me!
Bonus W.R. Question:
Think of the last person who you really knew that died. You have the chance to give them 1 hour of life back, but you have to give one year of your life. Do you?
I'm going to play selfish on this one and say nope. 1 hour is nothing.
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| I need two mallets, please |
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