It's June 29

I'm gonna go ahead and tell you what that means...

possibly against my better judgement...

lest I be judged.

Today is the release of Lego Harry Potter for PS3.

For some ridiculous reason, I set my alarm clock back a half hour (based on a discussion Jerry and I had last night and not because of Lego Harry Potter). So on a day where I could afford to be running a bit later than usual, I was running a half hour early. I quickly showered, ate breakfast, and styled my hair with more than just mousse (an easy hair fix for days when I have to wash my hair but have no time/energy to style it). By 7:28, I was ready to walk out the door.

I decided that I would take Ridge today to kill some time. It is easily the slowest way to work because of the plethora of stop lights, stop signs,a nd construction. Except today. When I could afford to be running a little later, I hit every green light and I typically rolled right up to each stop sign instead of waiting for the 40 cars before me to stop and go. No construction at Ridge/Highland. And after the railroad tracks, everyone was in the right lane - meaning the left lane (that I would be taking) was wide open. So a drive that normally took 20 minutes, today only took 10.

Target doesn't open until 8:00 (gift cards!).

Meijer was open, so I did some quick pricing of the things I need to make cupcakes on Friday and perused the KitchenAid attachments (I <3 my KitchenAid). Then I hopped in my car and moved it over to the Target parking lot, watching for the guy to come around and unlock the doors.

I should have been able to pick up the game and go, but they hadn't put them out yet. Seven minutes later they finally got one out of the back and I was out the door.

By the time that I arrived at work, parked the car, gathered my things, and gott settled into the office, it was 8:19. Typically, I get to work no later than 8. This gives me time to settle in for the day and knock out a few things before my co-workers begin showing up at 8:25ish. So today, I had a mere 5 minutes to myself before the AAe showed up to falsify her time. My boss even showed up on time. And he was immediately in my office requesting that I make the exact changes on a project that the client and I have already discussed.

This is going to be a slow day since the game will sit in my car until I can get home and have dinner. Why can't I win the lottery, quit my job, and play PS3 all day? Huh? Why?

Tax time

Somebody's tax return FINALLY came this past week! Yay for finally being able to finish some projects around the house!!!

No offense to Dadu, but I think that it's time to start working with a pro so as to avoid missing paperwork.

Yay... money!

(Or rather, yay return of money that the IRS has held hostage for at least 6 months! Yes-hostage because the money wanted to be with me all along!)

Right now...

Things that are bugging me:

I am ridiculously tired. I had plenty of sleep last night and tons of coffee this morning. Ok, maybe not tons. I am so close to napping on my desk right now.

My co-worker is a big-ol' lying liar. I just don't understand how you can clock 45 minutes for a conference call when everyone else on the call clocked 30. Or how you can go home sick from work but manage to go out for pizza, a reds game, and a night of bar-hopping. Or how you can work from home without the convenience of your work computer (not having an exchange server means that you cannot remotely check your email from a home computer).

Why is the "H" key on my keyboard temperamental?

How does "I actually needed that yesterday, so can you please get it completed as soon as possible" lead you to believe that "I will try to get to it today" is an acceptable response?

Why has it taken over 4 hours to get a file converted to a PDF? If I had the ability to convert your design file (that my computer can't even read) into a PDF (a plug-in option that my computer never wants to recognize when Ineed it most), I would have done it in 5 minutes.

"I had a kid, what's your excuse?" loses it's validity as an argument when your kid is 7 years old and you still weigh at least 50 pounds more than before the kid. By the way, just how much did you gain during that pregnancy?!?! Also, not argument friendly: when the "you" of your question refers to someone who has recently become very ill and lost over 30 lbs.

Illegally copying a proof of your graduation photo and posting it on Facebook with the word "Proof" and the photog's name watermarked on it is tacky.