Mid Afternoon Slump

It's the middle of the afternoon, say around 2pm, I look at the clock on my computer screen for about the 23456569th time. I did everything right in order to make this day go by fast. I came in lateish, I waited until after 12:30 to eat lunch, I ate lunch NOT at my desk, I worked on all the projects I haven't had time for in between looking at the time. It's STILL only 2pm.

Usually I have more shit to do than I really know what to do with, and I am all stressy. Today that is not the case. I have hit the mid afternoon slump, and the most exciting thing to happen in the last 2 hours was that I ate the mini yogurt with crunchy granola bits I suddenly remembered I had in the kitchen.

I think adults should get mid afternoon nap time. I could easily set up a mat under the desk in my cubicle and just sleep for 20 minutes or 3 hours. My job usually isn't boring, well the dynamics around the office usually aren't boring, my actual job is quite mind numbing.

We have recently hit the calm before the storm, the storm being tomorrow's greatly anticipated staff meeting. Big thing are happening, and all I can think is that I really should be at home preparing by watching my DVR and wearing really warm, fuzzy socks.

care to wager on your boss' future

Does it say more about the staff, or more about our boss when we take bets on when he/she will leave?

I'm not sure, but I know it will be both a weight lifted off my shoulders and also a big fat question mark if and when the boss leaves. Will there be a replacement? Will I have to report to someone I have absolutely zero confidence in, not that that would be a change.

At what point does someone become such a loser of a supervisor that you actually bet on the demise of their career? I mean I may be taking it a bit far with that statement, but that's what it feels like. I really hope that if I ever scramble my way up the ladder, that I am not so disconnected from my staff that they loathe me. I almost feel bad for this person, but in a I feel bad for you because you are SO clueless kind of way.

And thus my dilemma over whether to leave or not becomes more complicated. Sometimes a senior management change means a company wide change, and sometimes it's just more of the same bullshit.

I am technologically stunted...

I really would like to move to WordPress. I want to do more with my blog and really take it seriously as a project instead of piddling around with it. Blogger has been good to me, and I don't want to delete the account but I need a big change!


I know my bff who has has a great blog at www.thelovelypennylayne.com and I have talked about the switch. She is more technologically savvy than I am especially what with the grad program she is in right now. Lovely Penny we should switch to WordPress and also as a side note, we should be online workout buddies! You are doing so well on your 40 day plan.. I'm envious!

WordPress.. that's what I was talking about before. I can't decide if I should go with the free format and a lame preset theme/layout or pay for having a hosted blog that can be customized more. It's a small investment, but I haven't a clue how to design my own layout. If you have any advice on which way to go PLEASE share it with me!

My love affair with dental hygiene

If you know me at all, you may know that I am religious about brushing my teeth. I take my dental hygiene religion very seriously. I went to Episcopalian school growing up, and this is MUCH more serious and important than all those silly religion classes. I brush my teeth before and after breakfast.

There is nothing scarier than the thought of losing my teeth. I saw a woman on the Metro the other day who didn't have any teeth and I wanted to cry and scream and run away all at the same time. I also sort of wanted to hug her, but she clearly hadn't brushed her teeth in years, let alone showered in the past week so I had to let it go.

I'm not exactly sure when this torrid love affair started, but it has become a problem of sorts. After we moved in together FSU convinced me to try the sonic, claiming it was so much better and so on. At first it just made me giggle and spray toothpaste all over the mirror. I have very ticklish gums. After awhile I got used to it, and soon I converted completely.

Well. Let me tell you something. It is NOT better. I recently visited the dentist, where he politely told me that if coming to the dentist is relaxing for me it's time to get a new job, and then continued to crush my spirits by telling me I had some plaque buildup. This has never happened. I was struck with emotions, first fear of evil cavities and then sadness for the impending loss of all of my teeth, and then anger. Damn sonic toothbrush. Now I realize FSU only loves it because it appeals to his mechanical engineeriness, it can be taken apart, it uses energy, etc. I have since reverted to my old ways. Traditional toothbrush, and I have always been a traditional floss kind of girl. You are crazy if you think I am going to torture myself with those pronged devices pre-strung with a minuscule amount of floss. FSU has taken to asking me if I am "jumping rope" when I floss. In fact, the other day when I got home from the dentists, I snuck away to re-floss my teeth. I got a new dental hygienist and I'm not sure she is going to make the cut.