so i was all excited when i woke up this morning because it's friday! yay! last day of the workweek. aside from the fact that i didn't get much sleep because we hit barnes and noble last night and of course i had to read at least part of one book before nodding off 6 hours ago, life should be dandy.
then after a minute or two you recall why life is not so dandy. yesterday as i was leaving work my muffler, which serena will recall that same episode from last june in which the muffler started out sounding like an irish tenor underwater and slowly but surely developed a nice, rich, deep bass sound, has sprung a hole somewhere and is apparently in the tryout process again. this is in addition to needing a serpentine belt for the car, which screeches when i start it ONLY when i'm either at work or at my sister's house in south minneapolis. why? who the hell knows.
i can put this to the side because since dan's not working hopefully it'll be easier to work out something to get the car fixed. hopefully. i can also put this aside because tonight after work there's a book signing by maryjanice davidson up at uncle hugo's. the downside is that i'm feeling guilty because laurell k hamilton will be there too but there is no way in blankety blank that i'm purchasing her newest anita blake, vampire humper, book--from the reviews it's about 682 pages, 80 pages of plot, the rest is soft core porn, and not very well done, either.
so ye olde catholic guilt is kind of catching up to me. i really want to meet maryjanice--her books are fun and fresh and set in mpls, and she's from around here--but i'll no doubt have to walk past lkh and that's kind of an affront. which i suppose is what i'm looking to do at this point. *sigh* i think.
on an up note, i did finish first rider's call by kristen britain, so s, it should be on the way shortly when i have cleaned up the house. also that book by diana pharoah francis, path of honor, is out i think dec 4th...and the new kelly armstrong book, industrial magic, is out oct 26th.
so that's all uplifting and kind of counters the whole my-car-sounds-horrible feeling.
and then i remember that tomorrow morning i'll be at work right now for two hours of training. *really BIG sigh* just when i need a weekend off when i'm not sicker than a dog and sleeping or helping with something all weekend...and i know it's just for 2 hours but 2 hours is more than no no hours and i would really, really, really, really, really like to sleep in at some point...and not just three days of the next three weeks! (training is three weekends straight...) to top things off on wednesday we have to stay late after work and discuss a personality profile we took that will apparently help everyone deal with everyone else better. garg!
well i've got 45 minutes...which isn't much at the moment...my pigtails from yesterday are kind of messy and not where they were before, in fact one has migrated nearly to the top of my head. i really need to strip some paint off my toes and do the whole girly pedicure thing, and there's the whole shower issue too...and after mentioning that i feel the need to point out to myself that i did open up the blinds, to my left, on the sliding glass patio doors...so everyone else in the neighborhood is presently basking in the radiant glow of my grumpy mood and frumpwear.
i'moff to create humanity with soap and makeup...houdini, eat your heart out.
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Yeah books! And YAH FRIDAY!!!! One more day this week would kill me!
Sorry you have training on the weekends. That blows. We're doing all of ours as Centra classes, over the phone, next week. Yeah. Not like it's changed all that much from last year, I'd think. Oh well.
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