I kept having flashbacks to HS. Both Castro twins had a similar speaking style to a friend of mine (who was student body prez, went to Harvard and Yale.) It was uncanny.

My god, my work phone rag at 6:49, and the first thing out of my mouth was "Why in hell are you calling me at work at this time?"

And the next thing was "Uh, never mind why I answered."

Turns out they were pretty much looking for the co-worker I'd been talking to for the past 90 minutes, and since the conversation had turned to socialised health care, probably a good time for a random ten minutes to seven phone call.

One of the members of that guy's team fainted out at lunch, and the sad thing is no one is surprised. Concerned, yes. Surprised, no. Also grateful that he put in the half day of work first, because this morning was a crucial four hours for them--biggest four hours of the year so far.

Somewhat luckily, my boss is socialised to us probably having one or two emergencies a day until further notice. He's frustrated, we're frustrated, but no fingers are being pointed at innocent people.

A million things are happening at work right now, and there's this free-flowing river of anxiety that gets redirected in direction after direction, and it's pretty hard to dodge, so the best thing to do is be prepared.

But, thank god, at least I haven't fainted.

The highlight will be his expletive-filled tirade directed at an empty chair representing Clint Eastwood.

OMG, I would pay cash money to see that.

I am on a diet. And seriously, how can it be so hard to get through ONE DAMN DAY of a diet?

I was pretty pissy on my Day One, I'll tell you what. But you can do it.

I find this helpful: [link]

I really wish Michelle O hadn't just said "Mom in Chief." She totally had me!

OMG -- I'm watching ABC, and Stephanopoulous is doing GMA, too?? Did he do that all last week, too? He must be dying. Or a champion napper.

I'm watching on PBS and seem to be on tape delay. We have Castro now.

For whatever reason K-Bug started saying ObamaObamaObamaObama and it sounded like a running engine. Then it moved on to RomneyRomneyRomneyRomney and that sounds like an engine that won't start. Ok, it doesn't work in type, but our family is cracking up.

Thanks for the diet encouragement! I ate some extra roasted veggies, which are delicious, and am happier than I was earlier today. ...now to do it again tomorrow.

OK, is Michelle wearing GRAY nail polish? That's kind of awesome in a "screw only being allowed to wear neutral or pink, I"m going trendy!" way.

I had to choose between a Muppets and a bacon bandaid (well, I narrowed it down to those two) for the cut on my toe. I went with Muppets, because I didn't know which one I'd get.

I felt like I needed something random.

I have Kermit on my toe! That worked out well.

I'm trying to work out the proper term for the style of dress I wore today. When I image search house dress, the skirt is too narrow, and when I image search swing dress, too many of them are halters--most of mine have short sleeves, and this particular one has cap sleeves. Today's dress is too fancy for house dress, I think--it's pink, wide skirt, with a white eyelet insert down the center (I have to wear a slip with it, even if I wear crinolines).

Anyway, I was pink and pouffy today--one co-worker said it must be laundry day (that was the reason, but I wore it because I'd done laundry, not because I needed to) and made snarky comments about it being out of character. I got some compliments and one "a lot of pink" (my inside reply to that was "You have two siblings named 'Chris' don't talk to me about 'a lot'"), but even he conceded that on a day when you need to force a little joy in, you wear what you have to.

Speaking of dresses (we were, weren't we?) I'm trying to work out how to accessorise the one for M's wedding. I want to wear tulle around the neckline, like, tucked in. I was thinking I'd wear a choker with it, and it might be a place for colour--I only have one choker, I can't decide if I should or not...thoughts?

I will probably go with my mid-height granny boots over fishnets (maybe fishnets over hose) for temperature considerations, and I will wear crinolines under it--I only have white, but I like how the black looks in the auction picture--I can't decide on that either.