iThis and iThat and this lurking business

This will be quick or else I’ll be late. And we all know how I do well with being on time (I slipped a few times this week as far as being on time for work goes).

So, a couple of things:

The iPhone came up an alarmingly crazy number of times yesterday. I’m all for a cool phone, but sometimes you have to remember that hey, it’s a phone! Make calls and go to your computer when you want to be a media maniac.

Second, I got a shuffle for Christmas and as daily editor knows, I love it. It’s perfect. It makes me move at the gym (although I’m not sure I’ll have time to make it there today. The excuses never end!) But I have yet to download a number of items. So so far, I’ve just bought some new stuff. So, little cyberspace buddies, please recommend your favorite song to work out to here! I really want a fun and different repertoire of tunes.

Happy Weekend!
RFR

i pulled into the parking lot at exactly 9:03 this morning. i looked at the clock on my phone at my desk and it said 9:07. this is my exact arrival time, but there’s a slight possibility that i arrived one minute earlier (9:06) seeing as how i did not look at the phone clock at the exact moment i got to my desk. no, i took off my rain slick coat, put down my bags, including lunch, and proceeded to open my laptop bag.

i’m going to forgive myself for being a little tardy because it’s raining in a psycho manner outside.

we had our christmas gift exchange with my family yesterday. i got this yummy tea i was hoping santa would purchase for me. it’s heaven, really. we also got a new dvd player as ours died and it was very difficult watching episodes of Six Feet Under on a small computer screen and not being able to pop in your wedding video to check out the way people looked as bub and i declared our love for one another.

the other day, i discovered a cool ’shared blog’: Indie Bloggers. they’re actually looking for creative pieces to post and they can be posts you’ve already posted in your blog. the thing is, there might 1 or 2 pieces only out of my entire blog, which was started in the fall of 05 that might get a read, but might get tossed to the general posts page–or looked over completely.

the thing is, i need to get more creative. but it’s been a struggle to do so here. sometimes it’s forced. sometimes i just want to bitch and moan. sometimes i just want to be me, and making sure i have no spelling mistakes and decent grammar is all i can handle.

so one of my resolutions is to take it up a notch. i’m not sure how, but maybe you’ll let me know when i have.

On Time

There is hardly a soul here at the office. However, my boss is as present as ever. This is my only day of work this week and I’m happy to have that to think about for the remainder of the day!

I just wanted to share that I was on time today! I even had enough time to hit Starbucks before getting here, too. Now if I was only this motivated (knowing this is my only day of work) all the time so that I wasn’t ever “late” again…

More later.

Thursday morning news

Today is my “Friday”–and here are a few things to share:

-Bub wrapped my gifts last night. For the first time ever I’m being SO good and keeping away so that I do not know what the heck he is up to. However, there was most certainly a Tiffany’s box with a red ribbon amongst the packages. I was squealing this morning. I was also moaning because I have major cramps. So not fun.

-I am never quite on time for work. You see we have flex time, but most people are in here around 9. If you’re an engineer, I’ve noticed, feel free to stroll in around noon. That’s a bit much if you ask me. Anyway, ever since I was younger I’ve been pushed, rushed, prodded along to hurry up. Work is an extension of this eh, bad habit. I stroll in around 9:20 at times. Today was 9:22. Don’t worry. I skip lunch or I stay late, no problem. But when that alarm goes off (we all know it’s a bitch to make it to the gym in the morning, but even if I do, that still assists me in being tardy). So please, people. Help me be on time in 2007. How am I ever going to be a good Mom when I’m the one holding people up??

-As I said, I have cramps and hate the first day. I hate it. I feel nauseous, fat, bloated, you name it. I so wanted to stay home.

-I’m 1 gift and 2 stocking stuffers away from being done with gifts. I swear. I said this yesterday. I really am serious. I need to hit a bookstore, Dunkins, and then I am really done. I always question if I got people enough. When is enough? Ugh! But our tree looks great. So many wrapped gifts and no more shopping bags lying around. We also have a bunch of grapefruits, courtesy of one of Peter’s co-workers. Yay. Grapefruit!

-Since I was late–again–I am off to get stuff done. Yes, I will be productive today. I’ll try to post again tonight because tomorrow we’ll be in a car all day. Yikes.