How are you today?

[tdn]

Are you in a good mood? Bad mood? Neutral mood?

I'm doing great today. Saturday was awesome. I realized that I love this city and the people who live here.

Sunday sucked ass. I had laundry troubles, I got stood up on a date, a bird pooped on me, and the zipper on my favorite jacket broke. But it's all fixed now. My laundry is dry and folded, my date managed to see a doctor, the bird poop is cleaned up, and I know where I can get my zipper fixed. I found some dumbass's lost ATM card and returned it to his bank. (Not sure, but I think he live in Autolycus's building.) So I did a good deed.

Today is a new day. The sun is out, my situation is full of hope, and I'm feeling fantastic.

How are you?

[Bayard]

I'm doing OK, thanks for asking. I'm at work, where I am, as usual, bored out of my damned skull. Today is a big day because my wife should get the results from the Really Big Test she took last week which will chart the course of the next several years of her career. So, it figures to be either a really good day, or a catastrophically bad day.

[tdn]

Today is a big day because my wife should get the results from the Really Big Test she took last week which will chart the course of the next several years of her career.
Hey, best of luck to her. What's the test?

[Sigmagirl]

Doing OK, a little sleepy. Had to get up early to take Mr. Sigma to the rental car place for his business trip (he'll be back Wednesday night) and then come in to work. It'll be a long day, but at least the sun is shining now. Thanks for asking.

[pbbth]

Today is shaping up to be pretty good. I had a fantastic weekend (I had three dates in two days, which is a new record for me :)) and I slept really well last night. Generally on Sunday nights I toss and turn and wake up several times during the night but last night was pretty good, sleep-wise.

[Bayard]

Hey, best of luck to her. What's the test?
It's a Board Exam - to become a Board Certified Reproductive Endocrinologist (physician specializing in infertility). She passes -- Woo-hoo! Celebrate! She fails -- she has to spend the few years preparing to take it again.

[NajaNivea]

I did a vendor event on Saturday for the first time in several months, then spent Sunday dragging my ass around and trying to re-motivate and get some work done. I got a few things accomplished, but not nearly as much as I'd have liked to. Today I have to go to my day job and that makes me want to shoot myself in the head.

[Phlosphr]

Comme ci, comme ça - I'm OK. My career is taking a change, I may be going off on my own in private business and to be honest it scares the hell out of me. It's an up and coming field and anything up and coming has it's drawbacks. By in large I'm doing well. My health is good, my marriage is great, my wife is wonderful and I feel pretty ok.
Thanks for asking!

[Dung Beetle]

I expect this day to turn out well. It's just going to be me and my kids at the house tonight, which is a very rare event. We're going to eat stuff we like that nobody else does (Morningstar "chicken", creamed spinach, and Kraft macaroni & cheese, should you wonder) and I'm going to force the kids to watch The Shawshank Redemption with me. Then I may go to bed early, or I may read with the TV off. Heaven!

tdn, I'm glad to hear you're doing well. You deserve it, baby.

[tdn]

tdn, I'm glad to hear you're doing well. You deserve it, baby.
Thank you, sweetheart.

Sunday's date was a basketful of stoopid, but Saturday's was wonderful. I hope to spend a lot more time with her. Even if I don't, the time we spent was fantastic.

[Risha]

Eh. Mixed, though thanks for asking!

Pros:

- My husband is currently flying back from Chicago, where he spent the last week working at KBIS (http://www.kbis.com/). (He met Ty Pennington!)

- It's a nice day, if a tad cold.

- The dogs didn't destroy anything last night, and the puppy hasn't made an overnight pee mess in three days now. In fact, other than the disembowled (Beanie Baby) dragon three nights ago and the pillow that was eaten two nights ago, the dogs have been suspiciously well behaved this week.

- I've had mono for the last several weeks, but I don't feel sick today.

- I farmed a lot of rep in WoW this weekend, and I'm half way through level 62. I'm in Zangermarsh, which I'm really enjoying; I've loved ALL of the marsh zones.

Cons:

- I have an appointment at 6:30 tonight, so I won't get to see my husband until after 7:30 tonight.

- Dear Spring: Warm up already! I was so cold last night that I got up to check that all of the windows were closed.

- I've had mono for the last several weeks, and I'm feeling exhausted as usual today.

- Between my major depression this winter, my father's death in February, and the mono, I've been really out of it and are literally a month overdue on a project that should have only taken a few weeks. I really need to finish it today but I'm feeling very unfocused.

- We have no meals in the house, and more importantly, nothing to drink other than filtered water. (I hate the taste of water.) So I'll need to hit the store tonight before going home.

[TroubleAgain]

Eh, it's Monday. I have a headache. We have auditors.

But overall, not bad.

[mnemosyne]

I'm alright. Quite tired, as I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping for the past several weeks, and it's really beginning to take its toll! I had a Calculus exam today, and it was a lot harder than the midterm and I felt I ran out of time, so I may or may not have done well. I just really don't know how to feel about it.

I need to study for another exam tomorrow morning; computers. I hate that course, but thanks to the help from my fantastic husband I have perfect assignments plus the bonus marks, so even if all I do is pass the final (50%) I will still get a 70% in the course. And there is practically a guaranteed curve on it, so I'm not too worried, but I still need to get going on some of the material. I'm just procrastinating (though in my defense, I've only taken an hour of "break"!)

I think I'll be feeling much more cheerful tomorrow around noon, when I'll have a whole week to study for my last 2 finals, which are both for courses that I like.

And we will be having home-made (well, our own toppings!) pizza tonight, which is always yummy, and I'm looking forward to it!

[Khadaji]

I just got a job interview - so I'm feeling great!

[Omegaman]

Fuckin crappy. Or if you prefer the standard version, Fine, and you?

[Queen Bruin]

I was down all weekend, but I feel loads better today. I'm still a little depressed 'cause I'm almost through with UCLA - how did these two years go by so quickly? And how the hell did I get here? I'm still not sure.

[Linty Fresh]

I'm actually doing pretty well. This morning kind of sucked, because my regular coworker, whom I got along with pretty well, got sick, and it looked like I was going to be paired with this total jerk-off at noon. I mean, we fucking hate each other, and I was looking forward to five hours of hell. At the very last minute, another kid walked through the door and announced that she was the replacement for the replacement, and this kid and I really get along. So the rest of the day was awesome. It was the special kind of awesome that happens when you expect suckage and are pleasantly surprised. You know how sunlight is a little brighter than usual right after a thunderstorm? It was sort of like that.

Generally, things are OK. I hate my job, but it's not like I'm sitting around doing nothing. I'm looking forward to this cool summer course, and I'm actually making plans to go back to school next year to get my second masters, so it's not like I'm going to be stuck here for the rest of whenever. I'm studying on my own, too, which is always fun. Life has been quite a bit more fun since I came out of the geek closet all those years ago.

And tdn, I'm glad you like it here. I like the Boston vibe too, and I love the people, especially my patrons. Yes, the weather was awesome today, and I got off work just in time to enjoy the best part of it. Sadly, however, we are planning to move as soon as possible, and while we haven't entirely narrowed our choices down, we'd like a place where winter doesn't last until April.

[black rabbit]

Partially due to my predecessor's lack of foresight, Big Customer's data feed to my company's EDI systems shat the bed today and their users circumvented our help desk and contacted me directly, meaning I had to come down on some of my folks not for screwing up the root issue, but for being so unhelpful in the past that the users felt it necessary to complain directly to management.

On the up side, I smoothed things over rather adroitly with Big Customer's management, including mention of an impending initiative I've developed that should resolve the issue, so it's a win for me, personally, though probably (on another down side) not for the company as a whole.

On another down side, I put in 11 straight hours in the office today, when I intended to put in 6.5.

On another upside, I'm now at home drinking beer.

On another down side, I'm still thinking about work, and the postmortem I have do with my people in the morning.

[TroubleAgain]

Partially due to my predecessor's lack of foresight, Big Customer's data feed to my company's EDI systems shat the bed today and their users circumvented our help desk and contacted me directly, meaning I had to come down on some of my folks not for screwing up the root issue, but for being so unhelpful in the past that the users felt it necessary to complain directly to management.

On the up side, I smoothed things over rather adroitly with Big Customer's management, including mention of an impending initiative I've developed that should resolve the issue, so it's a win for me, personally, though probably (on another down side) not for the company as a whole.

On another down side, I put in 11 straight hours in the office today, when I intended to put in 6.5.

On another upside, I'm now at home drinking beer.

On another down side, I'm still thinking about work, and the postmortem I have do with my people in the morning.

You have my most heart-felt sympathies.

I ended up having to facilitate an Operational Readiness meeting because my boss was working with the SA team to determine why we were having Exchange issues.

[Kythereia]

Today is my first day of vacation from classes, and I finally got some time to clean up and watch DVDs, so I'm fantastic--and tomorrow is looking even better. :D

[ToeJam]

I'm feeling a wee bit nervous. Exams coming up and all that for the next two weeks. And each day just gets me more and more glum (I hate being wait listed for medical schools).

[blondebear]

Doin' good, thanks. At work, I handed off the off-hours pager-- I won't be on-call again until May 7th, yippee!. I finished doing my taxes an hour ago. I knew I had to pay; now the uncertainly is over. If I get the $600 "stimulus" check, I'll be a happy camper.

[Siam Sam]

I'm doing great, thank you. But then, I always do. Even on my few bad days, I think: "No matter how bad today is, I still get to wake up in Southeast Asia tomorrow." Because it is never ever boring here. Plus in just about 2 1/2 weeks, we'll be wandering around northern Thailand. :)

[MadPansy64]

Up and down.

This morning was good. The omelet was fluffy, the asparagus turned out perfectly tender-crisp for once, and I finally figured out the foolproof sandtrap escape.

Mid-day sucked big time. Hubby's employer is suddenly engaging in a massive HR wankfest, I reread two sent emails and realized I was an off-topic surly bitch, Costco was a zoo *and* out of generic benadryl.

This afternoon has been just ducky. I found a GQ thread about downloading Youtube, the DVD player decided to work again, the iron is irrepairbly dead, but the little green carpetcleaner machine is not, and Greg the North Dakota Realtor is teetering on the verge of sainthood.

Uhm, I mean,

I'm well, thanks and you?

[Autolycus]

Today was OK I guess. Class went fine. Came home and played some videogames with my apartment-mates. Created a new level for that videogame which is pretty sweet. Then I met some friends for ice cream, but only one showed up, but it's ok since they were more like acquaintances anyway. After that I went to karate practice, which was great because I haven't been in a month or so. Now I'm staying up too late posting here. And tomorrow's a Dope Fest! (sorry tdn).

[Ice Wolf]

I'm in a good mood, just busy much of today with thoughts going a mile a minute (which makes me frown slightly, so I had folk ask if I was okay 'cause I looked sad or out of sorts). Generally feel good -- just bone tired right now.

[tdn]

And tomorrow's a Dope Fest! (sorry tdn).
Hey, don't be. I plan on enjoying my night. And if she cancels, then I'll crash the 'fest. It's all good.

[VanillaGorilla]

For some weird reason, I'm ridiculously tired today. So shitty day, in other words. :mad:

[tdn]

Fuckin crappy. Or if you prefer the standard version, Fine, and you?
Today is a new day. I hope it's a good one for you.

[Sigmagirl]

Nursing a migraine now. Hope it improves.

[freckafree]

Bouncing up and down happy! My jewelry got accepted into a very competitive juried show!

[Cluricaun]

I randomly decided to quit smoking after 15 years and haven't had a cigarette in three days, which in turn makes me feel like shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die. And I finally had to pay my taxes today, so there goes $200 in cash right out the window too.

And you know what? I feel out-fucking-standing.

[Dunderman]

Not bad. I worked last night and didn't get much sleep today, but I feel okay and tonight should be pretty soft, so that's good. I'm seeing my best friend for the first time in ages Thursday, going to a family dinner Friday and hopefully to a party Saturday, containing plenty of intoxicated singles. I got a lot of editing done today, on a bit of writing I really like, and the illness whose blossoming I've been fearing seems to have disappeared.

Yep, life is good.

[Missy2U]

I'm tired, I'm cranky, and I've got to finish a paper for school. I couldn't get on line all weekend, (Dave, check your PM's) I was sick yesterday, and I'm broke.

Sucks to be me.

Cluricaun, congrats on quitting, dude! Good on you!!

[Cluricaun]

Cluricaun, congrats on quitting, dude! Good on you!!

Thanks dear! And it was totally out of the blue, just one of those things where I decided that the first step was not going to the store and buying more cigaretttes so I didn't. And haven't. And if I try reeeeealy hard I can not think about cigarettes for almost 10 whole seconds. But it's going to work.

[tdn]

I'm tired, I'm cranky, and I've got to finish a paper for school. I couldn't get on line all weekend, (Dave, check your PM's) I was sick yesterday, and I'm broke.

Sucks to be me.
Sorry you're having a bad day. Better ones are coming, I promise. Here, I got you these (http://www.bloomeryweddings.com/blog/content/binary/lavendar_bouquet.jpg).

Clurican, that's great. Here, I got you this (http://inventorspot.com/files/images/gun.jpg).

[Cluricaun]

Clurican, that's great. Here, I got you this (http://inventorspot.com/files/images/gun.jpg).

Schwanky. I love it. Blam blam blam!!!

[Sigmagirl]

Can somebody send me some Imitrex? Already took the Vicodin.

[msmith537]

Bored mostly.

I lost my job which is bad...
Except that I hated that job anyway so that's good...
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of companies hiring right now which is bad...
Bud I have a good chance of getting hired by at least one of the two companies I interviewed which is good...
Except they seem worse than my last job which is bad...
And I have enough money that I don't really need to work for a year if I don't feel like it which is good...
Except I got hit with a big tax burden this year which is bad...
But I finally finished my taxes which is good...
Which would have been done this weekend but my computer caught a virus which is bad...
But I finally reinstalled most of the software which is good...
Except for Quicken 2007 which I can't remember if I owned the disk or stole a copy which is bad...

So since it's a nice day out, I will probably go to the post office, drop off my taxes, get some food and wander around by the water for a bit. Which actually is a lot better than sitting in a cubicle working for a bunch of jerks.

[tdn]

Can somebody send me some Imitrex? Already took the Vicodin.
Sure (http://www.healthcentral.com/common/images/g/GLX04501_126904_5.JPG).

[Antigen]

Miserable.

The happy pills are becoming less effective, or I'm just getting more depressed, or something, because I can't shake it. I can't really focus on anything for more than a few seconds, I feel like I'm staring through things and I'm on a slightly different plane of reality. I'd start making calls for therapists but it's just too big of a mountain to climb right now.

The QC on one of the lab analyzers fucked up yesterday, to a huge degree, and I couldn't get it back to normal, so I had to set up our backup analyzer and repeat a bunch of patient specimens to make sure the instrument problem hadn't screwed up results (it hadn't, thank goodness). I was fighting with it from 7:30 to 11:30, trying everything I could think of, and calling the hotline and walking through every step they suggested. Nothing. So when I get there today the day shift coag tech will inform me about what I fucked up and just how stupid I was and how easy it would have been to fix it if I'd just tried X first. Because the day shift knows all, and we evening shifters are "just generalists" and can't be expected to find our own asses without help.

My boyfriend's brother is getting married and I'm a bridesmaid, and the bride wants me to go look for wedding dresses with her. While I'm touched, it's just going to remind me that my boyfriend is still about a million miles from deciding whether I'm the one.

And I have allergies.

So yeah, I'm in a shit mood today. Glad some of you are happy today, though. Maybe you're contagious.

[Creaky]

I'm well, thanks.

It's Tuesday and I'm doing laundry and basking in the warm glow of a nice dinner I made last night for my friend and me:

Apps: Olive cheese nuggets, hot; and slices of Colby Jack cheese.

Salad: Romaine lettuce, crumbled Danish Blue Cheese, toasted pecan halves, thinly sliced Bosc Pear and Black Mission Figs with raspberry vinagrette.

Main: Inch-thick Porterhouse steaks, rare.

Side: Mini French bread loaf, thinly sliced with butter for him and EVVO for me.

It's a good meal for me because it's pretty low-carb. I didn't eat any apps, and had one small slice of bread with the olive oil. My buddy ate everything plus Dollar General cookies for dessert. I am really getting into this cooking stuff.

Anyhow, the rest of today I have to go to Target and get a door hook, some plain beige pantyhose and a greeting card. Then I have to go to the liquor store and get a big-ass bottle each of Concha y Toro red and white wine. This stuff is really great for the price, by the way. I've also recently discovered, via my sister, Prosecco sparkling Italian wine. Nothing like nasty gross Asti spumante.This stuff is gently carbonated and fruity without being sweet. Awesome.

Dinner tonight is hominy and fried hamburgers. That is for my friend. Tasty but not on my diet. I'll be having two grilled burgers, no rolls, and the rest of last night's salad. Maybe a glass of the Prosecco, if I find it today, for dessert.

Okay, that's probably way more than you all really care to know, but I'm putting off folding the laundry.

[Lissla Lissar]

Okay. A little tired, because the baby wanted to eat four times during the night. My back's a little sore from carting him around. Tonight Mr. Lissar will be home, not at the dojo, so there'll be four sets of hands around this evening, one baby, and a chance to see my husband, which is nice.

It's the kidlet's three-month birthday today, so we'll probably have a little three person party, which might involve wine for the adults.

On the down side, we have ants. I hate ants.

[TroubleAgain]

Can somebody send me some Imitrex? Already took the Vicodin.

::tries to find a way to fit an imitrex into the network connection::

Poor baby. :(

[Omegaman]

Today is a new day. I hope it's a good one for you.

Your kind regards are a good start towards one. :)

[fessie]

Cheery, bright, happy, larkish.

Glad that my depression lifted, and sorry that one has settled over at my Mom's.

[tdn]

Your kind regards are a good start towards one. :)
I'm happy to help. It's free and I've got plenty to give away.

[BlueKangaroo]

I'm really not sure. My life is both very normal and quite topsy-turvy right now, so there's a certain amount of waiting around to see how I'm going to be affected by the actions of people I don't know. Hopefully, it will all go well.

I'm debating calling my father now, or waiting until next week to talk some stuff over with him. The weekend is going to be a big one for him, so part of me wants to wait until that's over, but I also just want to touch base with him quickly. I think it doesn't really matter either way.

The puppy I take care of during the day has been horridly sick the last few days. She's a golden retriever, and she most certainly ate something. She's been doing better - yesterday she was happy about food again and today she's actually drinking water, but it's still worrisome. However, we went on a half-hour or so walk today, and she was better behaved than she ever has been. Hopefully this trend is real, and not just that she's not feeling 100%. Since she wasn't good, I think the trend is real, and we will soon be at good (note, she isn't really bad, she's just not where I'd like to see her in terms of walking on a leash).

I invited a person who will probably eventually be a friend and his girlfriend out last Friday to dollar burger night at a bar near our respective homes for tonight. He said maybe, depending on his workload. He and she normally go every week, but he leaves for South Africa a week from today (for four months, even), and he has a lot to get done before then. If they don't go, I'm not sure I want to go alone. I'm not normally against eating on my own, but somehow dollar burger night feels like it should be a social thing. Whatever. It's on my menu to go, so I probably will, especially since my roommate is having a work-type meeting at our house tonight.

I need local friends. I have some fellow dopers that I think I am working toward friends with, but there's not a lot of chance to hang out. I like them a lot, though.

Finally, I've got to figure out employment. That's always a pain.

[Sigmagirl]

::tries to find a way to fit an imitrex into the network connection::
Thank you. Not sure I could keep it down anyway, but a virtual drug may be the best kind.

[tdn]

Thank you. Not sure I could keep it down anyway, but a virtual drug may be the best kind.
{{{{drugs}}}}

[Open Your Eyes]

Meh. I feel kinda negative; big family troubles, sister moving out, mom is depressed. Parents won't talk. Feel like shit after I slept less than six hours last night and my stomach is somewhat upset. Future doesn't seem too nice. It's cold out but sunny. I feel better than before, though.

Yesterday was great: went to Barnes & Nobles for an amazing magazine interview with a band, but came home to see sister and mom get into big fight. Had to go out and look for run-away mom. A beautiful Monday ruined.

Now I'm ok. Mom went to sleep. The only good I'm getting out of this is that I finally get my own room ( other texting, chatting sister is now in another room :D )

Being on the computer is waay relaxing; especially on the SDMB.

[overlyverbose]

I'm tired but relieved. I've been managing positioning, training and coordination of several new products in my field and it all just culminated last night and today. Unfortunately, I had to get to work at 6 a.m. this morning after working from 7 a.m. to about 11 p.m. last night with a couple of hours' break in the middle (time with my son and husband is still sacrosanct). Apparently things went well since I don't have people calling me and yelling, so I'm somewhat satisfied, but expect to be even moreso this time tomorrow. And I got to take off my business suit, so I'm physically comfortable for the first time today.

I can't wait to: see my kid, see my husband, eat dinner with both of 'em, run on the treadmill and then pass out in exhaustion, maybe after vegetating in front of the tube for a while. I'd skip the workout, but I had a great record of five times last week and I haven't worked out since Friday even though I've been eating Cheezits and other not-so-good-for-you stuff.

[Khadaji]

I'm coming down with something. I can feel it in my chest. :mad: The office had a bout of pnumonia, so I'm hoping this is just a chest cold!