- Made a get well card for a Greyhound whose tail accidentally got lopped off in a slamming door (rrrouch!)
- Solved a URL redirection glitch that stumped six IT guys
- Ordered my Maid of Honor dress for Jill’s wedding
- Met a camp friend, who I hadn’t seen in more than five years, for a drink; it was the first time he’d seen me in the winter coat and the first time I’d seen him in a business suit
- Brought my pillow on a mattress shopping trip to Macy’s
Notable Events
Highly Notable Events in November 2008
- Traveled to the land of my birth
- Celebrated Election Night with my mom, my dad, and The New York Times
- Went to the mall on Black Friday
- Met a friend from the internet in real life
- Became an Ugg-wearer
I scheduled the last of my vacation days for 2008 today. Yes, today. On the first day of the last month of the year.
There are thirty-one days in December. Eight of those days are weekends. Five of them are company holidays. Major seasonal meetings take up most of four of them. Our department bonding activity is scheduled on another day. That left twelve days eligible for the Vacation Day stamp. Oh, and I was already in the office by the time I tried to sort this all out, so forget about December 1.
I have to take five of those eleven days off. Am I going to get any actual work done before the end of the year?
Highly Notable Events in October 2008
- voted Barack Obama for President via absentee ballot
- decided not to get an iPhone
- lost my pink cell phone; replaced it with a purple one
- resolved, with moderate success, to get to work earlier
- saw Christopher Meloni and Ice-T filming an episode of SVU a block away from my office
“That’s Ice-T, man. That’s Ice TEE.”
Highly Notable Events in September 2008
- Met, spoke to, and was hugged by Mariska Hargitay.
- Bought a semi-formal dress for which I have no use besides to love.
- Went to see Lisa Loeb perform songs from her kids’ album and got her autograph.
- Finished two mailings in one week at work.
- Went to Ikea with Al.
- Hung artwork in my office.
