Hope today is a better day, ButtercupSmith.
So far today, the suckitude just keeps on giving.
What began as a cold, dark, rainy morning became a cold, dark, rainy morning awaiting an officer of the law 1.5 miles from home. I swapped paint with a Tahoe at a 4Way stop. No one was injured, I lost about two square inches of paint off my front bumper and she lost the same along with a dent on her passenger door.
Once I got to irk, we had a meeting to announce possible departmental downsizing after the first of the year. If it ain’t one thing, it’s another. 
Back from a run (OK, a long drive) to Annapolis and back. I’ve got a loaf of bread going in the bread machine, and I chopped up some cabbage and carrots and onions to create some cole slaw (sauce was added, so it’s a proper slaw.) Now I’m having a lunch of ham-n-swiss on rye with a side of a leftover twice-baked N.O.T., washing it all down with purple. (grape drink, for those who don’t get it.) I also pulled out some ground beef for a meatloaf for tomorrow’s supper.
It’s rainy still, and 37°, dark and dreary inside. Once I finish lunch, I think I’ll curl up with a book for a while because I can. I was originally planning to do laundry today, but I think I’ll hold that till tomorrow, because I can. 
{{{red}}} first, glad you’re ok. Second that sucks about the wreck. Here’s hopin’ all remains well for ya on the irkfront.
loo I think I meant Michael. Really does not matter because whoever I put becomes instantly immortal.
Email is still up. I’m close to buildin’ a shrine to the miracle.
Ima make some chikin alfredo from the box (don’t judge!) with the chikin I grilled Sunday for dindin. I envision succotash as the vegetative matter because I got me a hankerin’ for some succotash.
Thanks Filbert! 
Happy to be here. I cleverly concealed my craving for brains as we perused the Jika-Jika menu… I’m crafty that way.
If the Architeuthis keeps its tentacles to itself, I shall certainly keep my tentacles to myself as well. 
Just remembered that I needed to change the remaining chickie from yesterday into a chickie salad for today, so I just finished building that. Plus I gave the cole slaw a shake so the dressing would coat everything again. The bread needs a bit over an hour to be done. Supper will be chickie salad and cole slaw for my sweetie, leftover soup for me, and fresh bread for both of us. Yum!!
The rain has stopped, but it’s still overcast and cold and dreary and wet and nasty out there. I’ve been reading, and I’m about to get back to it.
Lurves me a lazy day!
Oh and Red, so sorry about the accident! Glad you’re (mostly) okay.
What a day everyone is having. Let’s all have a couple of drinks and fast-forward to Wednesday!
Today has been phone call day.
I haven’t started cussing yet but it’s getting close.
Somebody should start a service to make those annoying phones calls for other people, or to at least sit on hold listening to crap music for them.
I have to turn the volume down low for the music then high again to hear the customer service rep whose native language is not English.
I have to choose a health plan and I have too many to choose from
{{{Red}}} and anybody else who needs one
Early dindin has been ingested. OYKW had to eat and run cause he has a meetin’ tonight poor thing. 'Tis a balmy 75 Amurrkin out thus I have opened da cave windows for some fresh air. So nice!
I’s tahrd, so I shall fritter away on teh intartoobz for a bit.
Our random supper was yum! My leftover soup has had 3 days to get more flavorful!! Freshly baked bread made it that much yummier! **FCD **approved of the chickie salad and slaw and he’s still eating bread. I love it when and easy meal comes together!
Ice cream later.
I think I shall recline the night away. Be good!
MWAH!
Random oddness of the day- I went to one of the local villages today, supposedly to present shop, but plainly really because there’s a good garden centre there and I wanted to look at plants.
There’s a really good second hand bookshop there, so of course I went in, only to note they had three Straight Dope books. I then exited (sans books, I’m feeling exceptionally poor today and I’d just bought an unnecessary plant), only to see a sign advertising a ‘Mumper Night’. What this involves was not made clear by the poster. It may feature a woman with a knitted jumper and a slice of cake, but that’s as far as it was willing to clarify.
I have no idea what’s going on.
Think I’m finally recovered from a three day weekend in our facsimile of London. So much tea…
Well, the day did get better. 
I submitted my resume for an internal posting further up the finance food chain. Then, I pulled a Mooom, and picked up a mini Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby. Ice cream, nom!
Class was cancelled tonight (instructor is ill), and the commute home was terrible.
I have plans to go to sleep early and stay there late. Plans don’t always work but its worth a shot.
Was actually up early-ish and feeling productive this morning (whaaaa … ?) at least enough to mix up a sweet/spicy marinade which is currently bathing a hunk of tuna for mah din-din. Not sure what I might have with it. I’m feeling canned corn, for some reason.
Speaking of hunks I futzed around with my profile on an online dating site tonight. Lotta guys in my area. (I live in a big metro area, so this should surprise exactly nobody.) Going out tomorrow night to a comedy place with my galpal – it’s free open mic night, so ya get what ya paid for, but it’s fun. And free – did I mention free? It’s free.
Supposed to warm up a touch the next couple of days, then rain over the weekend.
The boots [del] I whored myself out for [/[del] my mom bought me are really really comfortable.
I just realized after typing that - was about to click “post” - that the above two sentences, while mundane, are also related. My mom also wants to buy me galoshes. I’ve wanted a pair of cute colorful rain boots for years and just never spent the money on myself.
My phone just buzzed. Neighbor texting me. Apparently he was napping earlier this evening and hinted broadly that this cut into his hanging out with me time. It’s official. Crushy-poo. And before anyone goes linking that to the above part about the dating site, he’s 157% in the “aw hell no” category.
Worked, napped, went to hockey. Canes won.
(((red)))
And a Feline Overlord. Need Bella pix.
Today was a tad bit better as I arrived to a busy staff.
I have around 40 hours I must use or lose by jan 8th. Not gonna lose them so I have carte Blanche to come and go as I see fit in order to not lose those hours. I have to burn them the by Jan 8th. So, since it is 305am ET I think I shall be absent tomorrow just cause I can. or not. Or let them know I won’t be there and show up unplanned:eek: I abhor being a manager.
I also get some perverse pleasure in enforcing the Fucking Rules. I may (do) have a funny GA accent and am all demure and ladylike and subservient and condescending. I am a total bitch when I need to be, take no shit and have no filter about speaking my mind. I think that defines a bitch.
The older I get the less crappola I am willing yo put up with. Bunch of slackers b