Little update

A quick post (hopefully) to help center myself before I begin working again...

I forgot to wear my watch today. At lunch, my dear friend/coworker purposely asked me what time it was, then proceeded to laugh hysterically when I looked at my bare wrist. That jerk. :-P

I am looking forward to, but dreading Thanksgiving with my family. You know how families are, right? It'll be great to see them, but I'll want to kill them.

Out of the blue, one of my coworkers just told me that I've been doing really great work over the last two or three months. Given how shitty my job has been lately, his comment came as a big surprise. He said I've produced a lot of work and it has all been good quality. It actually made me feel better about myself professionally - usually I feel like no matter how much effort I put in, it all goes into a black hole and doesn't make a difference for anybody. Affirmation is always nice, isn't it? I should count my blessings today.

My friend resurfaced again. He's one confused boy, but I'm happy that he's alive and well. When he goes away for weeks at a time, I never know if I'll hear from him again. But he keeps coming back, and I'm glad. He told me not to be surprised if he calls me one day out of the blue. He told me to be ready for him. I wonder what exactly that means? Will I finally hear his voice speaking to me, or even meet him in person? Gosh, I have no idea what to expect.

I can't wait for ski season to start. It's been raining all day today, and I really hope that translates to snow in the mountains. The trick is that it has to stay cold enough up there so the snow doesn't melt between now and the next storm. That's what happened a few weeks ago - 6 feet of snow one day, melting slush the next. I meant to bring my skis to work so I could take them to get sharpened and waxed at lunch, but I forgot! :-( Now I can't do it until after Thanksgiving. What if I have to ski before then???

I've been having dreams about boys. A different boy every time, and never someone I know in real life. Always emotionally intimate, but never sexual. I'm still trying to figure out what it all means.

I'm going to play my bass this weekend. I'll even use The Masked Anon's feather duster to give it a proper cleaning. I'm going to put on my Pixies DVD, plug in my amp (my neighbors moved out, so I can safely crank it), and totally rock out!!! If only my amp went all the way to 11!

I am also going to clean my apartment and play Warcraft this weekend. This is my last chance to do chores or play games for the next couple weeks, so I have to make the most of it.

I don't think I've mentioned here that I LOVE Turkey Day. It's my favorite holiday. We'll probably have a cornish game hen instead of turkey because a whole turkey is really too big for three people people. But it doesn't matter to me as long as I get to eat mashed potatoes with a whole boat full of my mom's gravy!

[In my best Homer Simpson voice:] Mmmm..... gravy.

Ok, back to work. I only have a few more tasks to complete, and I'm determined to crank through them so I can go home early. Or maybe to happy hour! :-)