Matt just made me snort so hard my ears popped.

So it turns out that I'm the kind of mother who keeps her kids home the last day of school so they can sleep in, then lets them play inside in their bathing suits just so long as they keep themselves amused and leave me to my cleaning.

Timelies all!

Tonight, not doing much.

Tomorrow, waiting for our new dining room set to be delivered, and going to the house of a co-worker for a party/dinner. (Mmm, Indian food)

Sunday, packing for Florida and going to G's mom's house for first night of Hannukkah.

Somewhere in there we will wrap gifts to give our friends when we get back from Florida.

I have some Lands End slippers for inside but I'm going to get Uggs for Christmas. It's just fucking cold up here and I want something comfy and easy that I don't have to wear socks with when I go out.

I'm also wearing a fleece turtle neck and inside pants right now AIFG!

My sister got her Christmas present from her favorite vendor--a Flip video camera. This is the same vendor that gave her an ipod nano and a Tom Tom GPS unit. I'm jealous. Although I have a Flip. I'd like the GPS and a Nano.

I am with you on the use-value of Uggs, Cash. If I could find fuzzy red boots I'd totally buy them.

I want a GPS and a nano too. I'm like Cash, minus the flip (and I'd like one of those too.)

Turns out I'm the reason the economy has tanked. I never actually buy anything.

With the unflattering jeans and oversized shirts.

Tapered-leg jeans, right? If I'm remembering the early 90s correctly, boot-cut was nowhere in sight. It was all straight-leg (for the uncool people) or tapered leg for the cool people.

Which leads me to ask WHY? Why wear pants that are cut to deliberately make the top half of your legs look bigger???

Ah, boot-cut jeans. My thunder thighs love you.

Shit. The book I ordered from Amazon as a gift arrived today in really shitty condition. Fuck you, Bezos!

I associate tapered jeans with the 80s, preferably tapered, acid-washed, with a sassy neon over-dye. Oh yeah. Those were lookers.

About 2 years ago tapered jeans tried to make a comeback as "skinny jeans" here in LA. It lasted about 2 minutes.

What kind of day was today? Today was the kind of day that:

• I discovered I forgot to eat lunch when I found my sandwich in my bag when I got home
• 5 minutes before I left, I got a major change request which I cannot honor
• after spending the whole day trying to suss out a solution that I still couldn't get right
• which meant I can't do a certain set of data
• which 2 minutes before I left, was requested that I do those data first, even after I said I couldn't
• which also wouldn't honor even if we could because I need more lead time than that
• not to mention things weren't working to begin with
• discovered the kitty water dump earlier in the week leaked into neighbors'
• I totally forgot to check in online. Number #48A
• I forgot to call fedex about my undelivered package

A week from monday is going to be very ugly.

Operation Santa Claus shut down: [link]

The United States Postal Service abruptly shut down public participation in all the Operation Santa programs — in New York and other major cities across the country — at 1 p.m. Wednesday, without offering post offices or letter-seeking citizens any understanding of why.

A Postal Service official in Washington, after an initial, limited acknowledgment of a “privacy breach,” said that at one of the programs, not New York’s, a man whom a letter carrier recognized as a registered sex offender had “adopted” a letter. When postal officials confronted the man, the official said, he said he was sincerely trying to do a good deed, but postal inspectors nonetheless retrieved the letter and notified the family of the child.

sara, your day is in serious need of improvement! Enjoy the weekend, and don't worry about work until Monday.

But, if anyone goes shoe shopping, you might consider your choice of style in light of this critic.