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  • On Friday afternoon, Mr. S and I were working on writing a letter when Joe called. He’s left early and thought he’d forgotten his glasses. I went to his office to check, and when I came back, Mr. S was sitting there with…

  • On Thursday the stars—or, as it turns out, the Mylar balloons—were apparently aligned in my favor, and I got to leave work at 3 p.m. At about 2:45 I was sitting at my desk, going through he tedious process of updati…

  • Last night I was talking to my friend on the phone, the one who told me my voice mail is nicer than I am. We were chatting about work, weekends and stuff, and she asked me if I wanted to get together for dinner this week…

  • On why I don't say "no" to Mr. S very often (thanks, notagoose and incrediblequirk, for bringing it up): It's kind of impossible to explain what he's like. "Persuasive" isn't quite the word, "persistent" is closer, but …

  • The dog kept me up most of the night. She threw up about once an hour. Saw the vet today. She (the dog, not the vet, [though she's looking svelte these days, too]) has lost 7 pounds in the last two months. They did lots …

  • Came home to a voice mail from a friend of mine: “You know, your outgoing message makes you sound so much nicer than you really are.” What the hell is that? I got my hair cut today. My hair had grown pretty long,…

  • So begins my first real photo blog. Such as it is. Sorry to those of you on dial-up, there are several photos. Our trip to the coast was great, as expected. My fatal mistake was listening to that dork weatherman …

  • Never let it be said that I don’t give credit where credit is due. Mr. S gave me a beach weekend as a bonus. He paid for an oceanfront suite for the kids and me, gave me some spending money, and paid to board my dog fo…

  • I stopped at the grocery to get a bagel this morning, and I saw this sign on the bulletin board near the entrance: HOUSE CLEANING. $8 PER HOUR. IN YOUR HOME. EXPERIENCED. REFERENCES. CALL RACHEL. I'm glad Rachel pointe…

  • By the way, I was really happy with the results of The Amazing Race last night! I think that's my favorite of all the reality shows, and for once, the team I was rooting for from the first day managed to win.

  • Mr. S is very technically challenged. He doesn’t understand how anything works. Since he’s kind of embarrassed about this, he had Mrs. S call me first thing this morning to tell me that she had some problems last night w…

  • Today Mr. S said he wanted to write a letter. Mr. S has absolutely no writing skills. It’s incredible. And he’s always talking about he’s going to “craft” a letter or he’s been busy “wordsmithing.” Uh, OK. I used to argu…

  • I hurt my foot last night. The kids and I went to the tennis courts at the high school and were just kinda screwing around and my foot started hurting a little bit. It actually had been hurting for a while, but only when…

  • I’m not too sure what happened last night, but I don’t think I got a lot of sleep. I was in bed reading until I turned off the light at about 12:30. A lot of times I fall asleep with the light on, but I remember turning …

  • Stories like this one absolutely fascinate me.

  • Things have become so difficult and bizarre at work that it's not even fun to write about it anymore. I used to think Mr. S was just kind of a well-meaning guy whose paranoia and lack of social skill made him very odd an…

  • Xanga's back! I wanted to update my blog tonight, but what I really want to do is take off my shoes and sit on the couch.More tomorrow.

  • I came close to completing most of the things on my to-do list over the weekend. I can’t even begin to think about cleaning my desk, and I didn’t achieve all my writing goals for the weekend, but other than that, I did p…

  • Dear Ted, I'm Sorry! I owe the Unabomber an apology. A while ago I wrote an entry about some notes Mr. S had left for me. In that entry, I commented that the notes resembled something the Unabomber would write. Well, I …

  • I’m just back from the post office. There were more nitwits in there than usual. There was this lady who wanted to mail something, let’s say it was going to France. She seemed like the kind of person who would be sen…

  • It rained last night and everything has cooled considerably. It’s kind of half gray, half sunny today. I actually like the rain, and it’s a good thing since I live in a pretty rainy spot. I only dislike rain when it’s re…

  • I had to go to the grocery last night for ketchup and band-aids. Having a whole eight minutes to myself gave me a chance to think about Yardenxanthe’s entry from yesterday, about how a small act of kindness can change s…

  • Here’s the funniest thing written so far about the debacle that is Gigli. I just watched the episode of Malcolm in the Middle when Bea Arthur babysits Dewey. That is such a good episode, especially when they dance to “F…

  • The baseball game yesterday was fun, mostly. I don’t know if I mentioned it, but ut was a benefit called “Bark in the Park,” and dogs were allowed at the game. My dog happily squirmed under our four seats, ate all manner…

  • I’ve been a pretty undependable blogger lately. I have two words for you: Pain pills. My leg has been hurting a lot, and it hurts to sit in this (or any) chair. I went to the doctor yesterday, and she gently cleaned…