Cooler Sunday

A cool breeze accompanied Cabal and me as we walked the complex. No other souls were walking around at 7:00am. There were a few cars driving about but essentially it was an AGOL and her beautiful beast surveying the dawn. Thankfully the water sprinklers were not on anywhere; however, the birds' songs were filtering through the branches from above.

Received an update from my old school friend Sheila. She's a design editor at a local paper in Colorado. The poor girl has been having a time of it with her supervisor quitting and her cat causing her to injure her foot.

(For those close to me, you know my cat rule: Only one pussy cat per household: Me! Sheila would not have had that problem had she followed that rule for herself. Yes, I do like cats, but I tend to be allergic to them and the little things love to rub and purr themselves silly all over me. Weirdos.)

And then...Sheila also had to call 911 on her neighbor's visitors who were causing a ruckus by her home last night. I told her she needed some martinis as soon as possible. It would be a start.

I called Myrna near noon and had her laughing for almost 30 minutes straight. At some point she started to cough and choke and I had to let up. It started with me bragging that I passed an online survey that invited me in as a member. She and husband were both rejected when they took it years ago. I played with that for a while and moved on to other subjects. I can make anything ridiculously funny. I have the Filipino side of my family to thank for that skill.

My nails were filled in by my regular gal Mary's brother Jimmy. She was busy air brushing some tacky design on a hookerella's nails that took a very long time. I skipped the pedicure and will come back on Saturday.

I wrote a slightly scathing note to my bank. I am having an ATM/debit card replaced due to age and the magnetic stripe wearing off so I put the order in online late Friday. The representative responded on Saturday said that my current card would still be valid until I received the new one next week. Imagine my surprise at attempting to withdraw some cash at two of their locations (just to make sure). The machine informed me that my card was invalid. I'm expecting a call by 10am before my first meeting tomorrow. Grrr.

Next week will be H-E-double hockey sticks...My temp will be on vacation from Tuesday through Friday. I will be doing her job while she is gone and Bridget gets to be both of us during the same time. I am not relishing splitting my time between her cube and mine. Sigh. I need to put a positive spin on the thing. Please feel free to chime in with ideas. Really. Anything at all. I mean it.

...Going to watch an episode of Doctor Who now.

Cooler Sunday

Aggravated AGOL

Maintaining control can be elevated to an art form with enough focus. You may have ascertained that this month, my efforts have not been stellar which brings us today where aggravation reigned.

Within 10 minutes of reading my e-mails at work, I was fully aggravated especially when my e-mails were returned undeliverable thanks to my too full mailbox. Moved some e-mails with large attachments to my Personal Folders in Outlook to buy me some room to send several small e-mails. OMG. My boss sends me some files that take it back up within minutes. Can you friggin believe it?!

My cohort Bridget was in rare form, too, but feeling better from yesterday. She was ready to nuke the Accounts Payable department. We split two projects and she got the worse end of the deal, I think. She volunteered. Who am I stop her? She didn't want my project either. If you wanted a compliment from either of us, you would have been directed to this Compliment Link for some love. Just refresh the screen to get a new one.

Tawny almost killed me at lunch because I was so...pleasant. Two more people joined us and got to watch us volley (friendly) barbs back and forth. The others were astounded she would speak to me in such a manner. Believe me, she's earned it. When someone asked a question that was not to my liking, my standard answer would be this question, "Did I mention I was aggravated?" It brought chuckles. I felt bad at my behavior even though they were amused by it and bought each of them each a candy bar from the vending machine. Giggles went around again while we scarfed them down.

My boss announced that he is moving to an office closer to us which is good because his office is the bad juju office. There is some serious funk shui going on there; he is the third occupant in 10 months. If you want to leave the company soon, keep that office. Easy decision no thanks to me. Ha!

Went to the store for Cabal's food and other sundry items on the way home. After dinner and a short playtime with my Pretty Boy Dog, I began laundry starting with towels and then sheets. Tried to work out of my residual aggravation with chores and bleach. First bleach today then ammonia tomorrow. Don't have to explain that piece of chemistry to you.

Not doing The Saturday Four because Kim's daughter is driving in from college to celebrate her 21st birthday with her parents...Oh! One piece of great news. I received an e-mail from one of my closest friends in high school. Not sure what happened and why we were disconnected for so long. Tried searching for Sheila on the many social sites to no avail. I had joined classmates.com years ago, but no one was on there yet so I gave up. I rejoined last night on a whim, saw her name and immediately sent her a note. She is the only person I wanted to really talk to from that part of my life.

It's funny, I have now reconnected with a person from each era of my life so to speak. (Eras because I've moved a lot.) It's wild. All of them together could probably tell stories. Okay, decision made: they will never get to meet each other. Two of them from before my 30s are friends on my myspace account. I found one and another found me there. The Internet gods have been kind. Damn, the buzzer from the dryer just went off. Gotta switch laundry around. How aggravating.

Aggravated AGOL