Saturday Workfest

Soooo... I got to work this morning at 0830.  Basically, we are getting a new server installed, and there was a botched attempt to install it yesterday morning.  Long story short, the tech guy ran into some difficulties, although our test run went spectacular.  Soooo, I'll be here for as long as it takes to get this thing installed and up and running for GOOD because I am the IT guru as far as our system is concerned here.  That also means that during this LONG day, there will be no internet to browse.  BOO.  I can't believe how dependent I have become on having the internet...at work no less.  Not that I don't get all my work done that I should, but for that 2 minute break away from the madness, I need the internet.  I need 2o2p.  So, while you are getting your Saturday chores and errands done, think of me sitting in my office.. at my desk... with no internet all day.   My boss was kind enough to leave me some files to work on that I can work off of my hard driver- woo hoo!  I figured I'd use my last few minutes of internet to say-- have a great Saturday!!! I'll be drinking hardcore and playing Halo til the wee hours of the morning tonight!! Unless of course I crash from being up early on a Saturday.

Government Health "Warning"

DO NOT SWALLOW BUBBLE GUM!!!



Oh well- at least it's Friday!!

Rules of Life

Reflection About Old Age

Well, I can't take credit for this, as it was sent to me by a friend. But I must say it has a very good message, and worth the read.

Old Age, I decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometimes despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long. I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, or my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avant-garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60's & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love... I will. I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old. I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things. Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect. I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver. As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong. So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be.

And I shall eat dessert every single day.

Fun things to do at work

(to brighten up a dull day and worry your coworkers.)

Just a little humor to pass the time... Happy HUMP Day!

1. Totally ignore the first five people who say "Good Morning" to you.

2. Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and say, "just called to say I can't talk right now. Bye".

3. To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and grimace.

4. When someone hands you a piece of paper, finger it, and whisper huskily, "mmmmmm that feels soooo good!"

5. Leave your fly's open for one hour. If anyone points it out say, "Sorry I really prefer it this way, it lets the smell out".

6. In the middle of a meeting, suddenly shout out YAHTZEE".

7. Walk sideways to the photocopier, crab style.

8. Say to your manager, "I like your style" and shoot him with double-barreled fingers.

9. Babble incoherently at a fellow employee then ask, "Did you get all that, cause I don't want to repeat it".

10. Press the "no cup option" on the coffee machine, kneel down and drink directly from the nozzle.

11. At the end of a meeting, suggest that for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the National Anthem (extra respect if you actually launch into it yourself).

12.Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch off & on 10 times.

13. For an hour, refer to everyone you speak with as "Barbara"

14. After every sentence, say 'Mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in, "the report's on your desk, Mon". Keep this up for 1 hour.

15.In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and mutter, "Shut up dammit, all of you just shut up".

16. At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce, "As God as my witness, I will never go hungry again".

17.In a colleague's diary, write in 10:00 am; "see how I look in tights".

18.Carry your keyboard over to your colleague, and ask, "do you want to trade?"

19.Come to work in army camouflage and when asked why, say,” II can't talk about it".

20. Hang a 2 foot long piece of toilet paper from the back of your trousers and act genuinely surprised when someone points it out.

21. Disappear into the toilets and emerge with your trousers over your head, then commence a 2 minute sprint around the office whilst holding your hands out to your side and making airplane noises. Return back to the toilets, get dressed again and return quietly to your seat as if nothing had happened.