The problem with catching up with work from the vacation is that now I have time to contemplate the vacation. Annoying. Trying not to do that. Trying to just let it go. It was passive-aggressive bullshit anyway.

Oooh, I can go pick up the cat from the vets' shortly!

Jilli should absolutely, positively not read this: this morning, as I was backing my car out of the parking area, I saw something move out of the corner of my eye, and turned to see a spider dangling from the ceiling of my car. I don't normally mind spiders, and this one was really small, so I parked the car and grabbed some paper I had in the back seat and scooped up the spider, intending to drop it outside the car. I made it almost all the way to the door when the spider went sprong (I guess it was still attached via web to the top of the car) and disappeared. I looked and looked, and couldn't find it. To make matters worse, just as I parked the car, the version of Spider Man that Teppy put on one of her buffista mixes came on.

This morning's drive= very jumpy.

Congrats to CV!

I am with bon bon on the cursing of DeBeer's.

Yay for free stuff, ita. I want free stuff. I mean, additional free stuff.

I'll see brother and immediate company at some other time of year.

That seems perfectly reasonable. If you're going to see people a couple of times a year or less, why not pick good times?

Can the next thread be called "Why Do I Highlight Perkins' Whitefont?"

I immediately sent the link of the jumping lillybean off to DH ... damn, ded.

and I thought Perkin's story was really funny.

Perkins, you know that creature was just bopping along somewhere in the backseat going wheeeeeeee!

And since I really don't have any work to do yet, not only did I come over here, I'm obsessively checking to see if my grades are in yet, which they are not. Bah!

Is it too early to drink? Alcohol is the only thing that kills this kind of RSI pain. Which sucks because even though I'm taking the only painkiller that works for me, I'd get in trouble with HR for drinking. Grrr. No like pain. Glad I have an appointment with the CMT tonight.

Sarameg's "joyous" holiday reminds me of the Creature Comforts "12 Days of Christmas" ep that was on BBC America last Friday night. The best part was the (I think) guinea pig talking about the "Christmas Habits:"

Well, there's the big-belly habit, followed by the "I ate too much" habit, followed by the "loud argument" habit, followed by the "slamming doors" habit, followed by the "oh, God, we have to be here four more days?" habit.

To make matters worse, just as I parked the car, the version of Spider Man that Teppy put on one of her buffista mixes came on.

I don't mean to mock your terror, but the synchronicity is too amusing not to laugh.