I think at this point I am Wyle E. Coyote and work is the roadrunner. Seriously.
Kind of a weird day. Within, quite literally, seconds of saying good night and trying to go to bed last night I ended up feeling horrible and was up for a fair while longer basically feeling very sorry for myself, and as a result woke up this morning both tired and feeling very disinclined to, well, do anything, most especially a) move or b) eat. So I called in not-well-coming-in-late to work, and went back to sleep a bit, woke up with a worse headache but then hauled ass in to get there at 11am (so, you know. only four hours late. /o\) because my stupid Catholic guilt ganged up with the dozy remains of my work ethic and pointed out I definitely wasn't sick enough to stay home all day. And then I got there to find my manager was MIA, and so I had to try and do a bunch of stuff, and even though he turned up around two hours later (seriously, this business where we don't know where people are meant to be? OVER IT. it's going to come up again at the next meeting, damnit, because I will still be here for that.) it meant that I was basically runningtrudging around like a chicken with its head cut off, and my list of stuff that I absolutely have to do before I go away (as well as all the, you know, day to day stuff, oh god) has not decreased one iota. PS Chris, since dad was also feeling unwell yesterday, we kind of suspect it was dinner on Saturday night. I am so, so sorry. :/
On the upside, my boss told me it wasn't worth filling out a leave form since they don't do half day and I've done a bunch of unpaid overtime, but on the other hand this makes my cunning plan to leave super super early before my flight on Wednesday slightly more unattainable. WAH. /is whiny, probably deserves smacking
In much more cheerful news, I put together a bit of an HCT prep file (with bonus Cobra Starship because, well. Cobras for Kat - so if anyone else reading this wants to try and get to know some of the bands a little better, I have made CD rips of Goodbye Blues (the Hush Sound), I am the Movie (Motion City Soundtrack), Even If It Kills Me (Motion City Soundtrack) and the two Cobra Starship albums, and they're all zipped up nicely here: hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=GBSHXXLE If you download and like these tracks, please do support the artists as and when you can.
And, on that note, I have to go do some more stuff off my to do list, so. I am aiming to have a sticky post up shortly with my itinerary (oh god so soon nerves eeeeeeeee/k), so I'll try to get on that next. Prod me if I've missed anything, people. Also, this is your- well, not last call, but definitely your best chance to request Made In New Zealand type goodies if I'm seeing you - I'm aiming to bring the usual assortment, but if you want anything in particular, sing out now. (Izzy, I'm pretty sure I can take a solid stab at what you'll want. ;) ) I realise there is some potential that I will have an entire bag full of junk food, but as long as US Customs is not averse to this plan, it's doable. :D
ETA: Sticky post is up. Let me know if I missed something, or if I included info people would rather I not share.
On the upside, my boss told me it wasn't worth filling out a leave form since they don't do half day and I've done a bunch of unpaid overtime, but on the other hand this makes my cunning plan to leave super super early before my flight on Wednesday slightly more unattainable. WAH. /is whiny, probably deserves smacking
In much more cheerful news, I put together a bit of an HCT prep file (with bonus Cobra Starship because, well. Cobras for Kat - so if anyone else reading this wants to try and get to know some of the bands a little better, I have made CD rips of Goodbye Blues (the Hush Sound), I am the Movie (Motion City Soundtrack), Even If It Kills Me (Motion City Soundtrack) and the two Cobra Starship albums, and they're all zipped up nicely here: hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=GBSHXXLE If you download and like these tracks, please do support the artists as and when you can.
And, on that note, I have to go do some more stuff off my to do list, so. I am aiming to have a sticky post up shortly with my itinerary (oh god so soon nerves eeeeeeeee/k), so I'll try to get on that next. Prod me if I've missed anything, people. Also, this is your- well, not last call, but definitely your best chance to request Made In New Zealand type goodies if I'm seeing you - I'm aiming to bring the usual assortment, but if you want anything in particular, sing out now. (Izzy, I'm pretty sure I can take a solid stab at what you'll want. ;) ) I realise there is some potential that I will have an entire bag full of junk food, but as long as US Customs is not averse to this plan, it's doable. :D
ETA: Sticky post is up. Let me know if I missed something, or if I included info people would rather I not share.