"Ugly naked guy is having Thanksgiving dinner with....ugly naked girl!!"

The quote in the title will make sense when you get to the end of the entry. Or, if you're really good, you already know what it's from.



Things with work are getting busier, but somehow I'm feeling more organized and put together. If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: being crazy busy and stressed just makes me get more serious about whatever the issue may be. I'm in the office early so I can sort through all the emails from the evening before and then in between appointments and meetings I'm returning calls and emails and keeping up on everything. Some days are really long, but other days (like today!) end up being fairly short and easy to deal with.

My frustrations with my staff are starting to even out. I think they could sense my restlessness about the issues and are starting to become more productive. Things are happening in and around the hall that are positive, and this helps me feel like I'm doing something right with my job and staff.

We've also been dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ike - something that I wasn't expecting to have to encounter where I work. Between debris and power outages and kids gone crazy, it's been a hell of a week. I can't wait until I have some sort of normalcy restored.

All the news about the economy has me thinking about big picture issues that I never thought I'd have to worry about yet. I've already been faced with picking a retirement plan (hmm....something I should probably decide on rather soon...) and I've been thinking about annuities (which still don't completely make sense to me) and one of my friends was telling me that she has a CD (which seems cool and interesting but I'm not quite sure I understand all about it) and this same friend yelled at me when she found out that I didn't have a savings account (which doesn't mean I don't have a savings....necessarily....it just doesn't have it's own account yet. I've been BUSY!). I need a financial manager or something. Or at least someone who can explain all of this to me. Being a grown-up is rather difficult business.

Meanwhile, here I am watching reruns of Friends because it's a Thursday evening and I have nothing to do :) Plus, this seems better than planning my future. This episode is from the first season and it's the Thanksgiving episode. Now I can't stop thinking about going home for Thanksgiving and eating until I want to vomit. Black Friday shopping with my mom (if she's brave enough to handle it!)....taking naps on my parents' couch....spending countless hours with my best friend. All squeezed into a few days. Wonderful happy thoughts to get me through the rest of the week.