I went home and put Blaze in the smallest t-shirt I could find. A shrunken, large US Marine Corps shirt! He’s my little wounded soldier. I think it will work just fine. Thanks for the suggestion!
They’re building new tennis courts for the high school right outside of our little building here. The heavy equipment moving all the dirt is making the whole place feel like someone slipped a quarter into the vibrating building thing.
Hello everyone! I earned a scolding for all the GA’s at Archivin’ Work this morning! I was talking to Negative Lady, which is a rare occurrence, when the usual morning bottleneck was happening outside of Unofficially In Charge Lady’s office when the department head walked in. Everyone in the department got an email about how we should be working and not talking. 
Oh the joys of having the big boss walk in at the exact wrong time.
And then I got another Huge Mess of a Collection dropped on me. I have been doing preliminary inventories of recent donations and additions to collections. (Get an envelope full of stuff, sort it out, write down what’s in it in an Excel file, put it in acid-free folders in an acid free box with a little post-it note on the outside and leave it for the Final Processing which could be years from now.) Since my boss was taking a vacation day today, I had nothing after I finished the last box up this morning. So I spoke to Unofficially In Charge Lady and her henchman and ended up with the job of processing an addition to a former state politician’s collection that’s been sitting there for twenty-three years. With paperclips and staples in it. Rusting paperclips and staples.
Boy I’m glad my tetanus shot is up to date. Most of the paper was thin carbon copies which meant I had to pull the staples out with my fingernails. :eek:
Related note: I found the senator’s membership card in the Chitterling Eater’s Society. I’ve had the Bill Cosby routine about chitlin’s running through my head ever since.
I am home from round 2 of running errands. Now I’m hot and grumpy. I hate that my library doesn’t have this one book I want. Grrr. Of course, the more unavailable it is, the more I want it. Stoopit me.
I’m staying in the rest of the day–too hot out. The house is nice and cool. I like early summer because the house stays cool w/o air conditioning. I got my bike looked at and a minor adjustment on the front brake. Now I can ride all my weight away AND save $ on gas. yay!
Daughter is asleep on my bed–she got in a 4 a.m. She won a jackpot at the arcade: 1600 tickets! She wants the disco ball for 4000 tix, though. Good luck is what I say. Good luck and use your own money.
#1 son had his first day of finals today. And he hasn’t called me to tell me where he is, even though I saw him walking down the street with 3 of his buddies. He’ll catch it hot when he gets home.
You and Haze are on my list. I specifically said “no mocking”.
Still feeling queasy, but doing better but will have to be off to my son’s sports banquet soon.
See ya’
Joinin’ up with the MMP crew.
I am sleepy and this thread made me want cupcakes with home-made buttercream frosting.
Damn you all!
Tonight I plan to view a great film entitled “Zombie Strippers” with some friends. That’ll help kick these Monday blahs.
You should try “Orgy Of the Dead”
Amazing! It could be a double feature!
I love a cheesy horror movie.
:: waves to Elysium :: Welcome to the MMP!
Oh, and you can come over for a cupcake if you want. I’ve got lots more than two people can reasonable eat. I made two dozen mini-cupcakes; Hawkeyeop and I each took a dozen of them to work today. That still leaves me with a dozen cupcakes and two people to eat them.
Thanks!
Don’t tempt me Ms. Mouse, I’m working on NOT eating a dozen cupcakes in a sitting. Last night I wanted ice cream but instead I had some raisins and a small handful of semi-sweet chocolate morsels.
Almost as good, right?
Pass the cupcakes.
I do not like taking the kid for shots, but Driving husband’s right- he’s so tragically, horribly cute when he’s crying.
Still waiting for OQD and husband. I think they’re generally late because they never take Toronto traffic into consideration. I’m having an afternoon snack and listening to my kid say, “I’m not tired! I’m not tired!”
Congrats on the almost-job, Mahna!
:Passes out more kleenex:
soak’em in milk first… (I know, ewww! :p)
So where’s the photographic proof, huh? Huh? And how does he like it?
I’m still sitting here waiting for AC Repairman. He’s supposed to call half an hour before he gets here, so I’ve been taking the phone everywhere with me. No call yet, alas. But at least it’s a good excuse to stay home and not go run a pile of errands.
I guess I should get back to work. My life is such a thrillsville. :rolleyes:
Did someone say cupcakes? With buttercream icing?
YUM!
I’ve been all over the downtown core in search of a purse for tonight, as stupid me forgot to bring one to work. I’ve never seen so many overpriced, gadawful gaudy pieces of crap in my life - needless to say, I’m still purse-less, though I did somehow manage to pick up a scarf, a headband and a dress along the way.*
The neverending saga of job-hunting continues. Now it turns out that my home department is desperate for staff and are backlogged to kingdom come, so they want me back at all costs. Sigh. Because nothing makes more sense than to take a highly-trained specialised employee and making them do a job any trained monkey could do.
*I wasn’t too happy with the outfit I had originally planned out, so these count as appropriate purchases, albeit not as essential as the purse. So there.
strawberries + mascarpone cheese = bliss, pure bliss
Boingboing.net just linked to a live webcam of a bird’s nest filled with baby finches.
My cute meter just exploded.
I forgot to welcome our newbies! So what can we nickname you, Elysium? You can’t be a Mumper without a nickname!
We have air conditioning. For not that much money, and it only took the guy a few minutes. And you want to hear something truly amazing? We have a really, REALLY nice landlord – he said that if we couldn’t get it fixed quickly, he’d pay to put us up in a hotel! :eek: :eek:
Needless to say, we wouldn’t have taken him up on it, but it’s nice to know that he’s that nice! Not that we didn’t already think he was a good guy, but that’s definitely going above and beyond.
That’s a tough one- Elly? SeeUm?
I got nuttin.
After looking Elysium up, I suggest something like Nirvana. Close enough but also obscure enough for the MMP!
Whatever you like! I have so many nicknames IRL- I’m always up for a new one!