I had banana bread. With some sugar-coated peanut situation for a snack.

I had steak and eggs for breakfast. Because I promised myself steak and eggs on New Years Day, but didn't go out then.

Because video phones are a nightmare!

Sing it! About 3, 3 1/2 years ago my minion at the time got a new video cam for his workstation and our president got all gung ho about wanting everyone to participate in video chats for meetings. Luckily, she listened to reason (and grousing) before we had to stage a mutiny and start living out The Crimson Permanent Assurance.

It's a good thing hardly anyone is here today, because I just said some cursewords rather loudly once I was able to breathe.

Managed to whang my ankle on the corner of my desk. You know, when you manage to hit it just right and for a good two minutes your entire universe is your screaming ankle? Ahrg.

A coworker just posted on Facebook that's she's one of 3 people (out of like 25) in the office where she is.

There's only 3 of us here today (out of 9 though). I think I'll be going to lunch with boss and other co-worker in a bit. My dream is that boss says I can go early and then I can go and see a movie this afternoon. I want hot chocolate and popcorn.

I'm not at work. I'm hunkered down at home on a rainy day. JZ is trying to match flea for tedious adult responsibilities by going down to the requisite city dept. to get a neighborhood parking sticker for the new car.

Might be a good day to have JZ and Emmett go ice skating.

OW, sara.

I guess I shouldn't be that surprised by how little work email I have gotten while I've been gone, but I am relieved! I am also relieved that the office closed at 2 on NYE, like I assured my minion it would. We don't have a formal policy about closing early, so you can never be 100% sure.

I'm not at work (since Fridays are the "off" days due to the 4 10-hour day schedule), but I have an ambitious list of Stuff To Do today. Honestly, I like to start the year by weeding out my closet and dresser and trunk o' shirts. Paring down feels like a good way to start the year. (And makes more room for the clothes I just bought.)

Of course, I'm still on the couch with coffee, but soon I will:

• sweep floors (with broom, followed by dustbuster to suck up the piles of pet hair; this is a new tactic that may fail miserably);
  
• wash stinky dog bed covers and put dog beds outside to air out;
  
• clean bathroom (including mop the floor);
  
• go to gym;
  
• aforementioned purging of closet/dresser/trunk;
  
• take sweaters out of underbed boxes and swap them for the purses sitting on the closet shelf, so I can get to sweaters more easily (adding a second closet shelf is on the intermediate-term to-do list);
  
• conquer known world.

I'm going to start with the last one first.

I'm going to start with the last one first.

Good plan - if you succeed, you can probably summon minions to do itemss 1-6 for you!

Teppy's list made me tired.

I have to sweep the floors, too. And figure out lunch. The gym is a great idea, too.

Hec, insent.