It's snowing in Denver. Huge surprise. I hope the roads aren't too bad in the morning. Good thing I remembered the whole hat/scarf/gloves routine this time.

Have I mentioned how much this travel sucks?

And today we worked from 8:30am to 8pm. And I likely will not get any comp time, because despite the regulations clearly saying we're owed it, our head honcho doesn't believe in giving it for people on travel status. Because, you know, traveling is reward enough. I get to see the world! No, I get to see the inside of several boring conference rooms and sit in extremely uncomfortable chairs for nearly 9-12 hours/day.

I miss my rat so much. I hate sleeping without him. He can't hold me as I fall asleep. When I wake up, I can't feel his body next to mine. Without him around, I feel like I'm spiraling into disaster.

Two more days this week - then a brief respite before I'm back to Denver again.

1. Watching Jon & Kate + 8 one time only almost gave me an anxiety attack. What is she thinking, talking to him like that? Does she want him to be her friend, lover, life partner? Because she treats him like the 9th child. In public too! All the time. She acts so superior to him, it made me horribly uncomfortable to watch. So I never did again.

2. Hey, my dancing sisters! Both classes sound challenging.

DP, sore but in a good way, is cool. I'm glad you're liking the class. I don't know how I'd feel if other dancers got so frustrated they cried, but as long as you're liking it -- go you!

The bruise doesn't sound so great though, ToriBear.

3. Prudence, I am so sorry to hear you're missing your rat and Denver is cold and lonely.

Isn't the that the truth? Well, I lived, (more or less, Lol) but I'm going to be pretty sore tomorrow..

Ding dong the fan is dead!

Finally figured out how the effing thing was attached. Two flanges, accessible only from the attic space, and almost impossible to see if you don't know what you're looking for. And to top it off, it was nailed in, not screwed or bolted. So it took a whole lot of prying, cutting and swearing, but the blasted thing is down! Photos of the mangled wreck are forthcoming.

Tomorrow is the install of the new one. It looks theoretically straight forward, the most difficult part being resizing the hole in the ceiling. But I know better than to expect it to go well.

Fan-Tastic, GD !!

You totally stole that from me!

I spent the evening with 4 cute Czech violinists. Sigh.
:)

were any of them a bouncing czech?

Four?! Slut! ;)

I paid off 1 credit card today, mailed the final payment. The card is cut up and account closed. One little piece of fiscal folly gone from my life.

If I can keep to the budget, I will be cc debt free by May 2010. Yay! In the mess that is my fiscal life these days, this is a good thing and a real bright spot in an otherwise dreary reality. Progress! I will overcome this!