Did you hear the Redskins were playing some big game or other against the Seahawks or something? This was a bigger game than usual, I guess. Employees at the Big Orange Box were allowed to wear Redskins paraphenalia. Kendra spent an hour making an apron with the Redskins logo on it for Tommy. She painted HTTR on the pockets, which I figured out ( Read more... )

I had to text the OM about something to do with the Partner, and discovered that I had a missed call from a George Mason number. I had absolutely no idea why anyone at George Mason would call me, so after I finished the text, I returned the call ( Read more... )

Man. I've been meaning to update since Wednesday and I haven't been able to until now. Life just be crazy, ye chickens.

On Wednesday I got pulled over for speeding. Again. In the same place I was caught last time. This time I tried to talk my way out of it, but it didn't work. I wonder if wearing a low-cut shirt really does help. Of course ( Read more... )

Kelsey: Oh, hey, do we have Memorial Day off ( Read more... )

Okay, the senior manager and the staff accountant have left for the day, the office manager and the managing partner are both on vacation...all that's left is the junior partner, locked in his office. He's been here since 6:00 this morning. He will probably leave around 4:00. When he is securely away, I will leave. I don't care that I'm on four ( Read more... )

I accidentally referred to a client by the wrong name, which brought me no end of teasing. Eventually the client said that I could call him by his first name, which, you know, totally solved that problem. He chatted with the junior partner and with the staff accountant, and then said this when he was preparing to leave:

I feel like I should ( Read more... )

I got bored during work...

( Comic under the cut )

I was..I was tempted multiple times to write an entry consisting entirely of the words:

*dies iz ded*

You always think that you're ready for the final weeks of tax season but you're not. You're not. All I had to look forward to was James coming over on Monday night, and then we'd sleep in together, snuggled up and happy.

( How Tuesday ended up: me stopping myself from crying )

( Sitch with James, in case anyone's concerned )

Aha! Here I am, finally, where I wanted to be on Saturday night. My plans for Saturday night weren't that exciting -- they involved buying Five Guys, feeding Sonja, vacuuming under my desk, and playing City of Heroes -- but they were plans, dammit, and they were all I had to look forward to after a long day of processing tax data ( Read more... )