Thursday, January 19, 2012

a new nickname?

Just got an email to: "Hell Ms. Marie."  I like it.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Peppermint Lip Balm + Mocha =

Peppermint Mocha!  

(No, I did not eat my chapstick.  Maybe I would sneak a taste back in the days of Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers, but that was the whole point of those glosses.  Lip Smacking.  And luring in middle-school boys with the oh-so-subtle scent of strawberry.  Actually, most boys were afraid of me at that time, and maybe some of them now - 98 pounds of intimidation right here!)

This was just such an important revelation that I had to share it with someone.  I'm not sure my coworkers would have been amused.  You let this girl negotiate contracts on behalf of the University?  

Incidentally, for me, Sugar + Caffeine = BAD IDEA.  Weeeee!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Sometimes, I put on my headphones but forget to play the music

This happens on a regular basis.  When I remember to press play, it's generally either a mix of Glee covers and songs with a good catwalk beat or something epic, like Josh Groban love songs in languages I don't understand (although I think my accuracy for lyrics in Italian and English are about even.  Anyone else sing along to "Secret Asian Man" as a kid?).  Contracting never seemed so possible.

The saddest part of the holidays being over is that other people are back in their offices.  I enjoyed getting out-of-office messages.  Now, people actually expect me to do things for them, and they want them done FIVE MINUTES AGO.  This is complicated by the fact that I had 4 hours worth of meetings today in which I contributed very little besides affirming nods and the occasional ever-so-slightly raised eyebrow.

I lost the other half of my sandwich for about 15 minutes today.  I checked the fridge, the trash (don't look at me like that - it was double-wrapped), and finally found it sitting on the driver's seat of my truck.  I'm not sure how it got there.

I'm still a little woozy from having to take Prednisone.  I was going to answer an email this afternoon, but I needed a file from the top drawer of my filing cabinet as a reference.  It was a big file.  It was a heavy file.  I ignored the email.

Happy Monday, y'all!