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Oh yay, it's Friday, I can not express how glad I am that it's Friday. EXCEPT! It's already one of those days!

I walked out into my garage and guess what? A mouse streaked across from under my car and towards the opposite side of the garage. A mouse! At least, I think it was a mouse. It was a small, moving grey blur with what appeared to be a tail. And ok, I don't actually MIND the mouse living in my garage. It's very cold outside, there's a huge field behind my house that's covered in frost-tipped grasses, the mouse was probably wandering around and somehow found his way in. And that's fine. In the garage. However, I think it's probably a lot easier for mousey (you didn't tell Samuel he could bunk with me after you moved, DID you Circe?! Because you should clear that kinda thing) to get into the house from the garage than it is from the outside into the garage. Because if I were a mouse, I already know several access points I would use. *sigh*

I needs a cat. A nice purring cat. *plots*

So, mouse in the garage was the first issue. Although really just the most dramatic, because the real first issue would be when I put my lipstick on and realized why I don't normally wewar that particular one. Because the color only looks good on me if I put a violet lipgloss over it, which I did, but it's a very glossy lipgloss and it makes my lips shining and HUGE! I EEK at it. And I feel like I'm currently reflecting the office lights. People can see themselves in my lips. Come, come closer...you will SEE! *tackles and kisses you* HAH! Gotcha. Now you've got a incriminating evidence on your cheek.

And then there's a third issue. And this one is the one that I realized when I got to work, grabbed my purse and then remembered...I took my wallet out last night for Christmas shopping. Which means I have only the change in the bottom of my purse and no ID. I'd better not get pulled over! But it also means no lunch money, and no going to the bank to make them fix my debit card because it's not working even though I checked (because last time was when the mortgage was accidently taken out twice) and there IS money in the account. No, it just wants to harass me. So I guess I'm going home over lunch!

And then there's the reason (and this is no longer a list of grievances with the WORLD) my wallet was out and that's that I did an enormous amount of Christmas shopping last night and I think my credit card exploded. And singed my fingers. I'm pretty sure it'd be cheaper to HATE EVERYBODY and have no friends. Damn it. Apparently I went the wrong route. Anyway, there was a point behind that. And that is - damn, Amazon is freaking amazingly fast. They must be staffed out the wazoo. I bought something and then, I swear, forty-five minutes later I was like "argh, I should just add to the order" - and it had already been sent for processing. And this was last NIGHT - if not after 5 on the West Coast, damn fast. And some of the stuff I ordered last night has already shipped. They're seriously staffed and organized...it's kind of a beautiful thing. Except for the fact I had to ship the item separate, but still. Man. So, man, keep that in mind.

It's funny, every time I think that I'm even CLOSE to caught up on my Christmas shopping I'm like...and then there's ....

I haven't even bought stuff for the Nephbo yet!! I think *sulks* that he's gonna have to wait until next paycheck. Because at least he's local and thus that is doable. The Nephbo and the Swmsis are the two main holdouts on my list. Because gah, the swmsis is impossible to shop for. Unless I can find her a cool pair of boots...with JUST the right kind of heel and grr. She is so difficult. SO DIFFICULT! *cough* Sorry, shopping issues :p

But despite the fact that the morning was filled with alarm and excitement, it is Friday and thus a glorious day! I'm drinking my second cup of coffee after having terrorized Coworker R slightly by implying I might see her as an obstacle between me and coffee, flailed about the fact that there's a cow on the Wisconsin quarter (coworker N: It's the dairy state. swm: I know! But I don't care! It has a COW! and cheese. AND CORN!! Coworker N: I can't explain the corn), had one string on the barricade of lights fall as Coworker S was walking by (swm: Stop making our lights fall with the POWER OF YOUR MIND! Coworker S: I can't help it! It's this new medication! swm: *grumbles and fixes lights* coworker S: You should use duct tape. My psychic powers don't work on duct tape swm: Now THAT is useful information, thanks!) and realized that it's only 8 and a half hours drive to Chicago.

How has YOUR day been so far? Happy Friday!

GIP!

Ok, wait, who am I kidding? You guys know me. You know that I can't do a post without talking a fair amount!

The day takes a glorious turn! An email goes out from the receptionisty saying the first two dozen people to get to the front desk and sign up get a free chair massage.

swmbo is one of those people! swmbo gets a chair massage. swmbo is happy - but also greedy, and wants another.

But it was nice, gloriously nice and if I could just have a personal minion to just massage me all the time? I would take it. AND LIKE IT!

You know what I DO hate, though? I hate when you're in a meeting and towards the end of it you really, really need to use the restroom and it seems like ANY minute they'll get to item 5 on the agenda "Questions? Concerns? Anybody out next week"...and yet JUST as the person running the meeting gets to it, somebody will bring up something else and the entire time you're like, trying not to DIE.

Gah.

Ok, I feel better.

Also, yay! Kovsky watched life and LIKED it. Which also made me happy, cause the first time she watched it she didn't. BUt now she is being slowly lured in. And she loves Ben best, which is good cause I felt bad that he wasn't getting enough love.

Ok, back to the beginning ... the GIP!

dakinigrl made me some absolutely fabulous icons based on my interests, one of which is the one in this post and which I ADORE. And then she made me four others as well, which are also absolutely hysterical, yay! Wishlist wishes being granted make me squeak with joy, if it's me for somebody else or somebody else for me!

Also, omg, why can we not have 100 icons? *sniffs* Because these and then the ones calendae made me a couple weeks ago and then the other ones that I've seen or have been made for me individually and !!!!

( iconses!! )