I wish I had more entertaining news to report (and I will be quite happy once these hollidailies are over…just a few days to go now). But alas, I am still quite down and out, which totally sucks! I hate feeling like a whiner in these posts, and otherwise would not post on a day like today, but I am trying to fulfill my commitment.

Ok, so what is less fun than going to work on Dec. 26? How about staying home from work because you are sick on Dec. 27! Sure there’s not much going on at the office, so I’m not missing anything. But I’m not supposed to be grungy during the ‘holidays’. Ugh!

(Lucky for me Butterfly is an excellent Florence Nightingale.)

Few things can compare with the long droning monotony of going to work in a corporate office on Dec. 26. Egad. I received a total of three work related e-mails (not counting spam) and one phone call (from Butterfly) all day. The good news is that my bejeweled score just keeps getting better and better.

If only it were as easy as just ‘these three words’ but no, it needs to be so many more words. But all it seems that I have to offer right now is pounds and pounds of phlegm. The grunge isn’t keeping me down and out of the game, but it is keeping me a couple of seconds slower than everyone else. I guess that puts me at the average speed for a change. (tee hee)

I made it to Orlando and Fly and I checked out a couple of spots last night. Nothing too crazy, just getting the lay of the land really. Unfortunately for me, I’ve been trying to outmaneuver some funky grunge for the past couple of days, but now I fear that it has me firmly in its grip.

Sometimes you just power through it!

Ok, so maybe that title is a bit much, but right now I do feel like I have the weight of one blank computer screen and nothing in mind to write about. It is not that there is nothing to write about (work is going good very busy, I won an iPod shuffle, we had our Christmas party, which was REALLY fun …and not JUST “for a work party” kinda fun…etc.), personal life is good (could use more “real/physical” social time, friend time, lover time, etc. because it seems like all my people contact outside of work is just e-mail, phone and IM right now) and overall I feel emotionally, spiritually and physically good (could stand to loose a few extra pounds….but whatever…that’s what New Year’s are for, right?)….

Whew…well, there. That was easier than I thought.

One of my favorite jokes involves a hitchhiker with a racing dog and a guy with a sports car. Long joke short, the dog runs beside the car, never losing pace then the car stops suddenly. Guy thinks, that sure is a funny collar on your dog. Punchline: Hitchhiker says, “That’s not his collar that is his asshole, he’s not used to stopping that fast.” (Alright…I first heard it when i was in the 4th grade which makes it HYsterical…and its really all in the build up.)

Anyway…I’ve been running like crazy for the past couple of weeks mostly work stuff, but also quite a bit of personal hectic-ness and this week WHAM!!!! I feel like I’ve suddenly gotten a pretty odd looking new collar. What, with it being a pre-holiday, short week and most of my coworkers seem to already be on vacation, the last TWO days have gone at a S……..N……..A……..I……..L……..S……………P……..A……..C……..E.

But tomorrow I’m heading out to lovely San Fran to see the even more lovely Butterfly.

I hope she doesn’t notice/mind the new collar.

Do you ever feel like you are just TOO connected…like one more voice mail, text message, e-mail, chat, phone call, conversation, etc would just put you over the edge?

I really feel like totally unplugging right now and being SOLO for a bit. No offense to anyone, I just feel SOOO done.

I have a lot of great things going on in my life right now. And for that I am very grateful, but I am also just feeling downright tired right now. Some of the tired is external, some of it is just plain old internal stuff…but I just can’t seem to shake the tired, drained feeling that is nagging at me.

So, for most of my life ‘Saturday’ has meant ‘chores’. Overall that is no big deal, most of the time I find them rather enjoyable and kind of relaxing. In particular I enjoy doing laundry, vacuuming and 90% of the time I’d prefer to do my dishes by hand rather than use the machine. Of course all the elements of bathroom cleaning are merely a neutral sort of necessary evil.

However I have a real problem with dusting and I despise making my bed. Part of the bed thing is the actual act, but mostly it’s the fact that I hate sleeping in a tidy bed. I much prefer the balled up blanket, half-tucked sheet, and scattered pillows nesting sort of sleeping style. The trade-off is, I like the looks of a made up bed. Quel problème. So making the bed is a nuisance I have to undo and redo on an (almost) daily basis.

In other news, I’m teaching myself how to eat with chopsticks with my left hand because (1) I’m eating more stir-fry type meals lately (2) I prefer eating some things with chopsticks (3) I like eating at my desk while I read/surf the Web (4) I don’t like switching my right hand from rollerball to chopsticks to rollerball.

So there you have it.