I had a boring post scheduled to run today about my personal spending getting out of control and how I find a way to spend money everyday. And also about how my laptop took a nosedive off of my countertop on Friday morning, so I was afraid I was going to have to shell out some funds for PC repair but everything seems okay except the sleeve I carry my laptop in has a broken zipper, and my power supply cable is frayed and I have to renew the tabs on my car and I was freaking out about it all (see Queen of Overreaction).

But I thought that post was boring so I trashed it. Aren’t you glad I didn’t post that?

Today is Tuesday, a day I jokingly call Fun Tuesday because it kind of isn’t. Tuesday is the day we have our weekly  staff conference call. All of the execs from our various centers call in and give a status on how things are going in their respective areas. I actually like the Tuesday call, I like even better the Quarterly Staff meetings, but the preparation sort of drives me insane. I usually just have a few hours to make my rounds with the staff, particularly a lovable curmudgeon of a Sales Manager who can’t use a computer to save his life, compile the reports, send them out and then prep for the meeting, which I run here in Atlanta from my laptop. I am a lowly cog in the wheel of this organization but when I am not here people act like they don’t know whether to scratch their watches or wind their butts. SIGH. Did I mention I love my job? :) My boss is pretty much the best, ever. Sometimes.

I had some random thoughts rolling through my head on the way to work, so in my “me time” before I start Fun Tuesday,  I jotted them down:

My dad leaves town tomorrow. It hasn’t been the hell I thought it would be, but I am ready for him to go. He called on Sunday with some nonense and ruined my good vibes. Sometimes he makes me want to throw things but the only items I have of value are my electronics and nooooo, not my babies!

I am glad I reconnected with my cousins and I am going to be spending some time with them in the near future. And my aunt is not doing well anyway so it’s important to be close and help out where needed. And my lil 2nd cousins are 16 yr old twins and oh so cute.

Is Daylight Savings this weekend? I thought I heard that. I’m sad about losing an hour of sleep (I freaking love sleeping) but I am so happy to be one step closer to my favorite time of year. Perhaps I will celebrate by brunching outdoors… after it stops raining.

Got some great news over the weekend! My sister-in-law (Big Mike’s wife) is pregnant and they found out on Friday that they are having a girl! I have two nephews, 8 and 2 (2 is Joe’s son, born a few months before he died. Except for the skin color, 2 looks exactly like him!). This is the first girl. I am so. excited. I now have to plan a strategory trip home so I can be there to meet my niece!

Got to get my hair done this weekend. And I want to shop, but I have tons of cute clothing in this size in my closet. So, no. But me and my pink trench? 2 Peas 1Pod. I’m just saying. It’s uber cute and it’s getting me lots of compliments. Some days in the office, I never take it off.

On March 15th I am going to try to get back into my New Life Friday groove. I want to be social and such this summer. I can’t do that when I feel like… meh I am not even going to go there. You know? Tired of saying bad things about myself.

This weekend on the way back to the south side, my dad and I passed the Hooters on Cobb Pkwy. I randomly laugh because he suggested we go there. Did I mention my dad is a Minister? I do so hope he was joking. Though, it reminds me of being back in Podunk– there is a store called Erotique Boutique across from the mall near our house. My mom drives by one day and says “That store has a drive thru window and it’s open 24 hours. What kind of erotic emergency could a person be having a 4am and need to go through the drive thru? What do you order there? A McVibrator and a Side of Lube?”

My mom, Ladies and Gentlemen.

With that, I have to get to work. Sales Dude will be calling in a few minutes and I need about 30 seconds of deep breathing to deal with him.

You’ll see a new banner over in my sidebar there—-> about the Red Pump Project. It is a movement to bring awareness to HIV/AIDS among women and young girls.  The Red Pump Project recently launched 500 in 50, a campaign to get 500 blogs to rock the red pump badge, so I joined in the effort and I invite my readers to do it too!

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I was so hoping for snow this morning. Not because I really like snow, but because I could stay home and snuggle under the covers and flip through daytime TV and be nice and warm in my comfies. I have so much other writing I could be doing. I have books on my Kindle I could be reading. I am annoyed that I will get up, shower, dress, drive down the street to work and sit there and wait for it to start snowing, and then drive home.

People always laugh when I tell them how close I live to work. I don’t like a commute! It’s not as easy as people think it is, though. It’s not like I roll out of bed and get in the car. I still have to shower, dress, and drive to work, just like anyone else. I just don’t have to drive far.  I’m still late 4 out of 5 mornings.

Of course, there is a chance that it won’t snow at all. In fact, I am banking on nothing of the sort. According to the morning news, it will be mostly rain by the time it hits North Fulton County. I’m in Cobb, just above Fulton. I am guessing it will just be rain. BoooHiss. If we’re going to get bad weather, it should be bad weather for all, so we can all stay home! The boss is out today, there is no Tuesday meeting today, several members of the Exec staff (whom I work for) are traveling today. It would be a perfect day to stay home. With a big cup of coffee and something sweet from StarBucks.

I won’t, though. Because I always feel guilty about taking days off, even when I’m sick. I took last Monday off and spent half the day worried my boss was mad. So, I’ll get up and go to work and sit there and watch the window for the first hint of flakes. Just my luck, they won’t come.

Again I say, BoooHisssss.  Watching Weather.com like a hawk,

Edit: Yep, guess who is back home?  Totally doing the ‘at home in the middle of the day, dance’!

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First I have to give a shout out to everyone who was so supportive yesterday. I feared a lot of ‘be thankful you even HAVE a dad!’ and ‘at least your dad wants to see you’, kinds of comments, which, I suppose would be fair to leave but I still wouldn’t want to see/read/deal with them. So thanks for sensing the kind of support I needed and givin’ it to me!

Second, yesterday sucked. I got out of work early on the premise that I was going to see my dad. I went to the salon instead. Well, I tried to go to the salon. It seems like everytime I go, I get lost. I take the wrong exit every fricken time. There are 2 exits to Highway5 in Canton. I always take the first and it’s the wrong one. Or I completely drive past it and end up in freaking Chattanooga. Not really, it’s Woodstock but may as well be Tennessee! View the rest of this entry…