Send me voicemail, please....

Don't you just love when people leave witty comments to your blog postings? I sure do. Yeah, I'd love to have 750+ voicemails instead of emails... and you know why? Because my voicemail can only hold 20 messages at a time! Muwhahahahahahaha...

Work is still evil.

But the thrill of the moment this morning is hanging out in a little cafe, drinking an incredibly strong latte, waiting for my new tire to be put on my car. I can see it across the street -- so it may very well be done, but I'm not finished with my latte yet.

Look! Kittehs!!!!


Katja and Keiko in armchair repose. Katja's all, like, "I'm so chill." And Keiko is, like, "Hey, what are you doing with that iPhone!? You better not be taking a picture! If you are, I'll so slice you up with my ginsu-sharp claws."

Work is Evil! Oh, tell me something new, puhleeeeze!

Okay, I know, nothing new in this world when someone says work is evil. Sheesh, where is my originality? It's in the gutter, that's where! Sucked out after a day of back to back meetings and, in the few in between moments, "blah blah this" and "blah blah that" and "can you blah blah?" and "what should I blah blah about this?" I have finally gotten to the point where I have to schedule time in my day to prep for meetings or do email! And don't even get me started on email. How is it that of the 1,079 emails in my inbox 750+ are not yet read? How could I let myself get to such a state? And that's after several hours everyday doing email wherever and whenever I can! Shocking. Truly shocking.

But I have some things to look forward to this week... dinner at my my friend's house Thursday, movies Friday, Humphries Household Saturday, birthday party Sunday. There is hope in my social life and in my friends.

And now I must prepare for American Idols. The girls are up tonight. I feel now shame.

Peace!

Oh, the Weekend

Woo Hoo! Snuck out of work a few hours early today and am now down in Sunnyvale hanging with SP, Gabe-ish and chilling out until the evening when we shall be social.

Yesterday was the day of babies at work. GL bought in Daniel, who I snuggled with for a while and then at the end of the day Gina came in with John. What a little cuteness she is. She decided, however, that I needed something done with my hair and I spent a considerable amount of effort attempting to keep her from pulling out all my hair. I think she was just disgusted with its unkept appearance and terrible split ends. All in all, it was much fun because kids in general just make you feel better (provided they are not screaming their heads of and being cranky).

In the evening I went to see Weimar New York, which was great fun. Even though we left around midnight, the show was still going on and looked like it would go on for quite a while longer.

I shall attempt to rest this weekend, but will work with Linda on Monday (which is actually a work holiday). We have a lot to catch up on and with it just being the two of us in the office we should be able to get a lot done.

I finally broke down at got my Atomica bag, which I have been coveting for many moons now. Shanalogic just has the cutest stuff. While the design of the bag is great, I'm not thrilled with the bag structure... the straps are too short (though SP and I shall experiment with some solutions that that particular problem) and the bag itself is too big and I'm not sure I can live with having just one big inside space. I long for a bag that actually has inside pockets that make organizing and separating of items neater, as opposed to the bottomless-pit-of-a-purse situation. My kingdom for the perfect purse.

I haven't seen JH and Suie for a while, so I hope next weekend I'll be able to make it to Martinez for a visit. I miss them.

I haven't posted any pictures lately, so today I shall spice up my posting with one from my collection.


This is a picture from inside a Starbucks, which just so happens to be right across the street (a little street at that) from the British Museum in London. Who's not to say that one day, thousands of years in the future, the Starbucks coffee culture won't be enshrined in that very same museum as a cultural or historical landmark?

Nag Nag Nag

I'm being nagged again at the delay between blog posts, so I am here to provide another update to my friends who never see me anymore.

I confess it; I'm working too much. In fact, I'm at work right now, even though I promised myself I would leave by 5:30 today. But since moving into my new position, I feel a greater sense of responsibility about some of the tasks at hand and I am anxious to get some items off my plate, even if it means I have to work some weekends or late nights. It isn't all the time, afterall.

Got to meet my friend's new daughter today. She came by work for a visit and boy is this little Gina just the cutest thing around. And, seeing that it was Valentine's Day, she was all decked out in pink. Ah, to be a baby. I got to hold her for quite a while, which was very satisfying -- met my baby-cuddling quota for at least the next several months.

Tonight I'm going out with friends of mine to see Weimar New York. I'm really looking forward to the show, not to mention the time with MH, et al, over dinner.

As to the iPhone... well, I just love it love it love it! If only I could get the PocketMac Meeting Maker Go Between to actually synch Meeting Maker to my iCal, then it would be pretty much perfect. But that isn't the iPhone's fault. She goes with me everywhere, is very dependable, and I still get sighs when people see her. I wonder how long that will go on for. Not that I'm bragging, or anything. Heh.

Finally iPhone

Thanks to my cool Slacker Bro and my friend Sharzie Pie I'm now in possession of my new iPhone. And boy am I just so cool! As only a dork can be. Heh. And here I am updating my blog from the cute little device

Never a Dull Moment

Life just never stops throwing things your way, good and bad. Right now it's more of the latter. My step-grandmother went into the hospital just before Christmas, but I didn't check my voicemail for a week and didn't learn about it until the Sunday after Christmas. So, this week I've come up each day to see her (about an hour drive north from SF). She's doing much better and is now home recuperating. She had to have some major surgery, but thankfully the problem that caused the necessity of the surgery is cleared up and now she just has to heal.

I stayed over last night so her first night at home she would have someone she knew taking care of her. My plan was to go back to work this morning. The California Storm of the Decade, however, got in my way. And, despite all the warning signs telling me to stay here (my car keys had gone missing, my grandmother's car battery was dead, requiring a jump start) I still got on 101 and headed south. When I got to Novato traffic came to a complete stop and then crawled for the next few miles -- oh, just about an hour or so. Ugh. I got off in San Rafael in dire need of a toilet and food. While loitering in Starbucks dreading the rest of the trip back to the city, I learned that the Richmond Bridge was closed, part of 101 closed just south of San Rafael and that there were problems with one of the routes through the city once you crossed the GG Bride.

So, I shrugged my shoulders and headed back north to my grandmothers. I'll spend tonight and go home tomorrow. Guess the Universe just wanted me to stay with Lucy another night, which is fine. It's better for her.

Back to the Salt Mines

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2008 is here and will be for a while, so let's make the most of the next 365 days!

But in the real world... Argh, back to work tomorrow after a nice long weekend. Whoever thought working for a living was a good idea was a sick f*ck*r.

New Year's Eve was very nice. Went down to Ocean Beach to watch the sunset and to give an offering to a pagan goddess (goddess of the New Year and the ocean). It was a beautiful sunset and we enjoyed the bonfire, the company of friends and strangers, and several cups of champagne.

Then I headed to the German's house for the evening. Only a handful of us were there, so we had a relaxing evening eating, drinking and playing poker. While I was consistently giving up my chips, at the very end of the night I called a pot in Acey-Ducey which put me in the green and ahead $6.

And now I must go sleep so I can be rested for our first day back at work. Blech.