Thanksgiving was great, despite another shitty overnight bus ride. But my brother picked me up at Union Station at 6am instead of making me take the El or a cab. We went back to his place and slept! He, Miss, and I got up around 9-ish to get ready to go to the 'ville for Thanksgiving. We left at 11 and got there around 12:30, which isn't bad. ( Read more... )

I went to Chicago to surprise my dad for his 60th birthday. Actually rode the Megabus at 1:20 Saturday morning and arrived in Chicago at 6! Crazy! Needless to say, I got no sleep. My sister picked me up near Union Station and we went for breakfast. Mmm... french toast. Went and crashed at her place for a bit before meeting our parents at ( Read more... )

I won the office football pool! After almost winning the weekend before, I win today! Yay! Fifty four dollars, which covers my initial entry fee and gives me a couple of lunches or coffees for NaNo. Sweet ( Read more... )

Poopie. Whatever. People leaving sucks. And I know I've been a leaver, but it still sucks ( Read more... )

I've been at work for almost 12 hours. But that's okay. I get to sleep in tomorrow and go in at 2-ish for the nightshift. This week has been good except for a few frustrating moments that are outside my department. But oh, well ( Read more... )

I need to buy a new computer. I have a borrowed laptop that doesn't have internet, but at least it has a USB port. I'm going to bring up my old beast of a computer to see if that has a port, because I would at least be able to get on the net with that. I could live for a while without a new laptop if that was the case ( Read more... )

My parents are here, but I'll write more about that later, except to say we had some yummy fish today and went to an author reading ( Read more... )

Paisley is sitting in my lap while I type, purring away. I love her! Now she's sitting on the couch next to me. If I stop petting her, she'll find other ways to get my attention ( Read more... )

Today has been a nice day off. And I've treated it like a day off. I was going to work on job crap, and I started, but you know what? I wanted a day off. I have all the info I need to send out tomorrow. So, yeah. That's what I'm doing. Besides, I wonder if it's weird for companies/potential employers to get an e-mail from a prospective ( Read more... )

I didn't really take part in it. I watched the Derby race on TV, but other than that, Derby is done and over with. A big part of me really wanted to go. But I really couldn't afford it. I went geocaching with Adri which was still fun. We found 3 of the 4 we were looking for ( Read more... )