Long Day

So you ever notice how some days just seem longer than others? Today was one of those for me. Up and at 'em at 430am for some reason. I'm stressed out a bit I am sure. There are days that I am just waiting for that other shoe to drop and then I am effed or will be effed.

For lack of a better example in symbolism I get that vision of a hamster on that wheel that you often see in their cage. I upgraded that vision to a hamster as there is no way I'm a rat.

So I was up way too early on too little sleep trying to play catch up on work stuff. I really suck at using my time effectively. Okay that isn't the nicest verbage but on 4.5 hours of sleep I just don't think I am too verbose.

I knew I had chauffeur duties for H at 715am, 11am and 10pm today plus a full day's work and trying to meet my objectives for my weekly one on one. Just too many things that I had to do. Fortunately my one on one was pushed back to the end of the day which allowed me to be better prepared and take care of some other work things.

I pass by one of my banks and realize darn I didn't bring my chequebook and car payment thingee. Just another thing I need to remember for tomorrow. I know I will now as I put all of that next to my money stash. Okay it isn't quite a stash. LOL. I found the car payment thingee. Now I need to find my chequebook. I am a walking lost and lost and found department. Yes I meant to double up on the lost part.

I need to set up the time to get myself to an optometrist. I definitely need a new prescription. Everything is blurry it seems with these glasses. Schlewings tend to be tall as a rule which is a good thing but our vision absolutely sucks.

Dang, effed, effed, sucks and sucks; I'm thinking that a Nobel Prize for Literature is not in my near future!

Cool song. Frankie Goes to Hollywood on a mix CD with "Welcome To The Pleasure Dome". I love this song. No clue what it means. "The animals are winding up". WTF are they watches? Are they pitching off a mound? "Shooting stars never stop even when they reach the top". Top of what? Hill? Bill? Window Sill? Someone help me and explain this song to me. Please pretty please. LOL. Okay I know it makes no sense. That's okay it has a great beat!

So what else happened today? Our governor Nikki Haley admitted she was wrong. LOL. That should be a daily occurence actually amd twice on Sundays! What was she wrong about? Well a little while back she stated that half of the applicants for jobs at a nuclear plant facility failed their drug tests. What can one say about that statement without being sued for slanderous commentary? Actually whatever I would type could not be considered slanderous given the total lack of intelligence that was used in uttering that statement. Her defense was someone on her team told her this. Well it must be fact then. Effin Einstein. I am so proud that she is there in the corridors of power defending my interests. Can you detect sarcasm there? Gawd I sure hope so.

On a more pleasant note my Expos / Nats won in the first game of revenue-grab doubleheader by scoring a run in the top of the 10th. Drew Storen picked up his 39th save. Roger Bernandina hit a 3-run homer. I would love to see what this guy could do in a full year of ABs. His numbers aren't terrible. .245 BA, .307 OBP. 16SB 2CS. Pretty solid numbers as a 4th outfielder. He does need to cut down on the KOs though. After all who do we have in the outfield? The Beast (Morse) and the Rich Dude (Werth). Roger Dodger fits there perhaps if the rich man is in CF. At least until Bryce Harper is ready for the show in 2013. Why the heck not?

Okay enough typing for now. Time for din-din. Penne Pasta with hot Italian sausage in a white sauce. Yum.

A Tale of Two Rickards...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Oops wrong reference. This blog isn't about the Dickens classic. This is about my first day in Toronto on my recently completed business trip.

As some may know I was very recently in the Toronto area visiting customer accounts on a trip that I should have done a long, long time ago. There always seemed to be something that would come up that would prevent me from doing this trip. Finally I planned it out, got the necessary permissions from my higher ups and off I was to the Toronto area.

One positive note right off the bat was knowing that I was heading to cooler climes. It has been over 90F for the last three months it seems to me. I checked the day before I left and I saw highs in the low 80s and lows right around 60. It seems to me that all that we've had here in the Upstate is highs of 100F and lows of 95F. LOL. Okay I am exaggerating somewhat but it really has been effing hot.

So the night before at around 9pm I leave I get into an absolute panic state because I can't find my traveling documentation (passport, green card) and I am supposed to be leaving at at 445am. LOL. I go through this on every trip. Totally ridiculous to be stressing myself this way but I do it every dang time. And everytime I do this I say to myself that I will put H's and my documentation in the same place so that I don't have to panic. Fortunately for me, H found my stuff in a place that I had supposedly already searched. I swear I will put the documentation in a safe place!

So paperwork found and off I am to J's place as her flight leaves GSP at 6am and mine leaves at 730am. So she is organized and packed and all that and ready to leave at some ungodly hour. As for me not quite. So I drop her off at the airport no issues and head back home to pack my suitcase. Nothing like waiting to the last minute.
More to come.