Comments fixed, and: Today Was A Good Day

First, let me say, anonymous comments are turned on (I didn't even know they were off), so feel free to comment away in total anonymity. Hell, I don't even have that stat counter thing on this new blog, but I never checked it anyway, so you can pretty much rest assured that unless you completely flame my ass, I'm never going to know who you are when you comment anonymously, and if you do flame my ass, or any other part of me, I'll try to figure it out and get frustrated when I can't and that will make me crazy, so...Yay?

Moving on to more uneventful updates, Today Was A Good Day. Now, in case you don't recall, that was the refrain of an Ice Cube song from Boyz N Tha Hood. Remember that movie? After I saw it, I was pretty convinced that I could have survived on the mean streets of Compton. Now I don't even like to run to the Qwik-E-Mart after dark. How far I've come.

Since yesterday's post was all about how miserable (but ridiculous, and funny!) my evening was, and because today was a better day, I thought I'd share a happier note about today/tonight.

First of all, I spent the day at work being ridiculously busy. If I haven't had a chance to tell you this, I got a promotion at work and I'm now the Managing Editor for 2 magazines, in addition to covering the magazine for the ME who's on maternity leave and (for now, at least) still doing my directories. Now, it's weird to say this is a promotion because we've had a lot of cost-cutting measures at work, and I don't want to get into the details, but let's say that, for now and thanks very much to the stupid economee, I did not get a raise with my promotion. :( But, I am making the best of the opportunity I've been handed and I am actually really excited about what the future holds for me with these magazines and the company overall.

Today, I had to do a press check for the 480-page directory that took over my life for the past 3-4 weeks. Luckily, someone else was driving the van down to the printer, which is located in the Louisville area. I set the precedent when I first started my job that I don't ride well, so everyone at work knows, if we're driving, I'm taking Dramamine(tm) and passing out in the back seat, and that's just what happened today. So I not only got to spend my day out in the sunshine but shielded by the air-conditioned comfort of the minivan, but also got paid to take 2 separate naps. Also, the printer sales rep bought us lunch at a Mexican place, making today the second day in a row that I had Mexican for lunch and someone else picked up the tab. And I love when someone else picks up the tab!

When I got home, which was around 6, I decided to do fewer things tonight but I think the problem with me is, I have to constantly be doing something. I tried to just lie around and watch Arrested Development on hulu but after a couple of episodes, I got up to go to the basement and then I ended up sorting and organizing a few things that I want to return to the store to get a credit to use to get the wire netting I need for the compost bin. And I got those things sorted out, and then I went up to the 3rd floor to get the receipts for them, and that's when I got sucked in to the sewing to finish the pencil roll I'm working on for Tommy. And this is exactly how it goes: I just go around working on thing to thing until someone specifically makes me stop. So now that I've identified that problem, I'm going to keep working on making it better.

I have a million more things to write but sleep is calling me. Really calling, like I'm actually asleep as I'm typing.