Lying in bed talking to a cheap tape recorder instead of my friends
Bonnie, of Pam and Bonnie, went to the doctor today for a check up since she's due in four weeks and they said the baby didn't have enough fluid. I have no idea what that means, but they're thinking they're going to have to take him by next Friday at the very latest. He's only four pounds at the moment, so we're all pretty nervous. To top things off Pam pointed out that next Friday is Friday the 13th. I recommended changing his name to Jason and buying him a tiny hockey mask. Sure he'll be a preemie, but intimidating as hell.
They're actually going to name him Skeet, which is hilarious and sad at the same time. It makes me think of clay disk shooting and those nerdy kids on 80's family comedies who were too uncool to have actual names and were known only as "Skip". Brandie, our receptionist is also pregnant and started talking about baby names today. Her son is named Zane and she was thinking that Zyliphia would be a good matching name for a girl. I kid you not, I think that's what she said. It sounds like a medication for anxiety. She's all about the strange spellings, which is evident in the "ie" in her name.
Hero of the Day: Chuck the phone guy as evidenced by this following incident.
Chuck: Hey, I'm Chuck the phone guy. I'm here to fix everyone's voice mail.
Me: Hi, Chuck. Feel free to erase my mailbox completely. I hate returning calls. Though, actually, not as much as I hate handwriting messages. Nevermind, carry on.
Alison: Who took this phone message?
Brandie: I did.
Alison: Well, it's all well and good, except MY NAME IS SPELLED WITH ONE L NOT TWO. How many times do I have to tell people? ONE L.
Brandie: ...
Me: ...
Alison: There, I barely raised my voice this time. Please remember in the future. Thanks for the messages, this is all good news.
Me: Good thing it wasn't bad news.
Brandie: Can you believe how anal she is over her name?
Chuck: Where'd Alison go?
Me: I guess she went to break.
Chuck: Right then, so when I type her name into the system it should be Alison with TWO L'S.
Brandie: Ha, yes! Hey! You haven't gotten to me yet, have you Make sure you spell my name without a Y. It's IE. BRANDIE.
Chuck: Right, okay. And you?
Me: Me? I just go by the @ sign now.
Chuck: Risky, but memorable.
I'm thinking about applying for the District Manager position. I'd basically be doing everything I'm doing now except entering payments and I'd have an excuse to get out of the office more. On business of course. I don't think it pays more, but I would get my own office. I wonder if people would look down on me if I put up a poster of Brad Pitt on my office wall.
For morale!
They're actually going to name him Skeet, which is hilarious and sad at the same time. It makes me think of clay disk shooting and those nerdy kids on 80's family comedies who were too uncool to have actual names and were known only as "Skip". Brandie, our receptionist is also pregnant and started talking about baby names today. Her son is named Zane and she was thinking that Zyliphia would be a good matching name for a girl. I kid you not, I think that's what she said. It sounds like a medication for anxiety. She's all about the strange spellings, which is evident in the "ie" in her name.
Hero of the Day: Chuck the phone guy as evidenced by this following incident.
Chuck: Hey, I'm Chuck the phone guy. I'm here to fix everyone's voice mail.
Me: Hi, Chuck. Feel free to erase my mailbox completely. I hate returning calls. Though, actually, not as much as I hate handwriting messages. Nevermind, carry on.
Alison: Who took this phone message?
Brandie: I did.
Alison: Well, it's all well and good, except MY NAME IS SPELLED WITH ONE L NOT TWO. How many times do I have to tell people? ONE L.
Brandie: ...
Me: ...
Alison: There, I barely raised my voice this time. Please remember in the future. Thanks for the messages, this is all good news.
Me: Good thing it wasn't bad news.
Brandie: Can you believe how anal she is over her name?
Chuck: Where'd Alison go?
Me: I guess she went to break.
Chuck: Right then, so when I type her name into the system it should be Alison with TWO L'S.
Brandie: Ha, yes! Hey! You haven't gotten to me yet, have you Make sure you spell my name without a Y. It's IE. BRANDIE.
Chuck: Right, okay. And you?
Me: Me? I just go by the @ sign now.
Chuck: Risky, but memorable.
I'm thinking about applying for the District Manager position. I'd basically be doing everything I'm doing now except entering payments and I'd have an excuse to get out of the office more. On business of course. I don't think it pays more, but I would get my own office. I wonder if people would look down on me if I put up a poster of Brad Pitt on my office wall.
For morale!