My fourth cup of tea is whistling away in the kettle, my second load of laundry is tumbling lazily in the dryer, the heat is rumbling gently through the vents for the first time of the season, and my cat is snoozing in my lap with her legs wrapped around my fingers (well they were,…
Gillian’s Top Five
I’m stealing a leaf from Bob’s book (see Bob’s Top Five here) and doing a list. In honor of this lovely, lazy Saturday morning . . . Gillian’s Top Five Saturday Morning Cartoons 1. Voltron Ahh, I wanted to be the pink one. She was blond, she wore her hair in braids, but…
Cake or Death?
This morning when my coworker walked the mail to the mailbox, she found a beautiful female deer dying in our grass. It must have been hit by a car on the nearby highway – there was no visible blood or wound, but she was thrashing and trying to get up. My instinct was to stroke her head and…
Take Me Out Back
. . . and shoot me. Is this week over yet?? In two days I have trained a new employee, handled an employee’s fender bender (in a company car, sooo much paperwork), did all my coworker’s sales orders and mine, helped an employee with her taxes, drove a stranger to the dentist (his car broke down and I saw…
Things to Do Today
My coworker is out of town this whole week – and I know her job – so I’m covering for her. Also, we are into rehearsal big-style – two weeks left to get this mammoth off the ground (musicals are always so much harder to manage than straight plays). Ergo, I will be busier than…