You have just won one million dollars: Who do you call first? My boss. I quit! Then – my travel agent. Then – my stock broker. In that order. What is the first thing you buy for yourself? I would plan a 3 – 6 month tour of all the top ski resorts in the country – for my family and I. What is the first thing you buy for someone else? For Mom and …
Archive for January, 2004
Blooming
I find I’m having an unhealthy obsession about this guy. He’s only 9 years younger than me. Hey, it could happen.
Failed policy
“It’s not right to make my son carry the burden of your dissatisfaction of the failed policies of this school”. That’s how my parent/teacher conference went today. Sound like fun? Oh, yea – – just a hoot, let me tell ya. They called a conference today because of some trouble that Ben got into yesterday. Ben is in “ED” because he’s argumentative and has ADD. He’s a relatively bright kid – – sharp as a …
Today's Brrrr
It’s that “Feels Like” part that has icicles hanging off my nose! Damn that wind chill! I’ve caught up on my sleep, finally – I think. Boss gave me the day off work yesterday and I slept the day away – mostly. Between the day and night time, I got a total of 14 hours. Yike – nothing like missing a day. I hate that. This morning is my ‘late start day’ – which is …
Seriously tired
On-call again. I got roped into it at the last minute. Monday – I slept the entire day away because I was on call on Sunday and up all night. Tonight (this morning?) it’s 2:34am – and I’m up again. Tired and grumpy. Luckily, however – I’m not having to go out. I’m just sitting here waiting for the doc to return my page. I’ve paged him twice in the last hour – – how …
socially, me