OK, sorted out. Arcane password rule that they don't tell you anywhere. SERIOUSLY.

So, after all of that morning-routine talk, I went to bed earlish, but still slept through my alarm until 7:20! Am now late for work.

I forgot one part of my "routine" which is usually having to get up sometime in the night (about 5 this morning) to take the dog out and then going back to sleep. He'd actually been sleeping through the night pretty well recently but I THOUGHT about that good luck too much I guess and jinxed it. Anyway, I fell asleep again, only hit the snooze alarm once and was actually here a 1/2 hour early today. A miracle. Of course nobody else was here for another hour so my miracle went unwitnessed.

bt, sorry for the layoff but it sounds like it actually might be a a positive thing for you. More time with baby! Awesome.

Grrr. Apparently my DVD recorder decided that no, I really didn't need to see Due East yesterday after all. Weird that it wasn't due to a power surge knocking out the date/time or anything like that - there was just a little exlamation point telling me the program hadn't recorded.

For as many complaints as I have about Comcast, I'll have to say that I've had relatively few problems with my dvr.

I just took a break from my work and filed my state taxes, since I couldn't get into the system to file last night. It really sucks to own money--I'm thinking about upping my withholding by about $20 per paycheck to make up most of it.

I did make up some time on my commute this morning, so while I left the house about 10 minutes late, I was only 5 minutes late getting here, so not too bad. This is the first job I've ever had where anyone cared about 9:00 -- generally I've gotten to work at like 10 past and been one of the first people in.

and finally found my Dad's old basketball programs from the 40s--one when he's playing the US Coast Guard Surf Riders at Kezar Pavillion!

Way cool! For those keeping score at home, Kezar Pavilion is the local sports complex that's practically across the street from me. It's where I've taken Emmett to see Roller Derby.

I also get up at some point and feed the cats, but I usually just go back to sleep.

I missed the last of three buses that gets me to work relatively on time, so I had to walk a whole two blocks in the other direction to get another bus that got me to work 20 minutes late. Okay, I would have been ten minutes late had I not stopped for coffee, but I'm no good without caffeine. It's worth the extra 10 minutes.

Gotta go get ready for my interview. For some reason, my stomach will not calm the fuck down. Okay everyone, at 10:30, universal "do not throw up on HR" thoughts will be appreciated.

Good luck Allyson!

It really sucks to own money--I'm thinking about upping my withholding by about $20 per paycheck to make up most of it.

I do the same thing--I think right now I'm putting an extra $60 per paycheck into state withholding, because the last time I didn't I ended up owing the state something like $400.

No throwing up, Allyson! And tons and tons of luck and ~ma. Not that you need it; you're brilliant, experienced, probably overqualified, and they already all know you and are fond of you (and if they aren't completely heartless, they're as appalled as the rest of us at the way your other might've-been employer dicked you over).