Today's pluses: Sitting in a corner office. Great view.

Today's minuses: My 9AM meeting, which has moved times several times at this point, is theoretically still on for 9, except my boss guy is trying to get it pushed later in the day. I don't actually care, though 9AM would be more convenient, but I'd like to *know*. Plus, I got up early to make it here on time.

Went to the soda machine to buy something with caffeine. Someone grabbed me and pointed me to a fridge full of soda. Then I got yelled at by the admin for taking the soda designated for a specific purpose, and the guy who'd pointed me at the fridge was of course long gone.

Wow- I am really out of it today. I went home sick yesterday, slept from noon yesterday until 6 this morning and I am at work. And I think I am floating outside of my body. Also, I ripped my down coat on the bus AND I burned/melted a suit jacket morning ironing it. I think maybe I need to go back home and go back to bed.

Laura Amy Schlitz, who won the Newberry medal for "Good Masters, Sweet Ladies" yesterday is about to be on the Today Show. I'm so excited. She is one of the nicest, wisest, most thoughtful, and least like anyone else people I know. Her illustrator is also kick-ass.

Hippo birdies Msbelle!

Then I got yelled at by the admin for taking the soda designated for a specific purpose, and the guy who'd pointed me at the fridge was of course long gone.

Ooh, I hate that. Because there's no way to explain without sounding kind of weird and third-gradey -- "But he told me to!" -- but it's totally not your fault!

Someone grabbed me and pointed me to a fridge full of soda. Then I got yelled at by the admin for taking the soda designated for a specific purpose, and the guy who'd pointed me at the fridge was of course long gone.

I hate that shit.

I think maybe I need to go back home and go back to bed.

That sounds about right.

Thanks everyone. I slept almost none last night due to coughing craziness and then a very upset mac had an accident at 3am.

This morning though, there was in fact, a Transformer gift bag and a SUPERMOM card. Gifts also, but he was mostly proud of the card and bag. he "chose them himself".

So I have a question.

As of January 1, 2006, the Commission on Teacher on Credentialing is no longer printing or mailing Certificates of Clearance. Applications submitted through a recommending agency via the online process are mailed to the applicant. Paper applications submitted through a college or university are mailed to the recommending college or university.

...what?

I think that means, we don't mail certificates to people, just to organizations, but it's a) unclear and b) contradictory.

Oh, and apparently I finally got my CLAD credential. It does me no good in rural Virginia, of course, but I'll be damned if I was going to have paid 300 fucking dollars for the tests and NOT get my credential.

Because there's no way to explain without sounding kind of weird and third-gradey -- "But he told me to!" -- but it's totally not your fault!

Yep! I tried it anyway, because I couldn't really say anything else while standing there with a Coke Zero in my hand, but she kept saying "It's okay," and I would apologize, and she would say, "We just keep this fridge for XXX", and I would apologize, and she would say, "It's fine. But we keep those sodas..."

The entire transaction took way too long. I'd almost rather she had just told me to put it back. But I'm not sorry enough to give up my Coke Zero.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MSBELLE!!!

The Mac supermom stuff and the not allowing himself tv...killing me! so cute!

is a job for lisah. Find the chili cheese bread locally.

I'm on it! I'll make some calls today. I love a challenge!