I'm in my indoor pants or I'd be out the door seeking ice cream. I settled, if you could say that, for a New Belgium Abbey. I like dubbel ales. Perhaps tomorrow I will swing by the Union terrace and get some Babcock Hall ice cream.

Msbelle, I really hope the day improved.

Scheduled my annual review for Monday and got a gander at my eval. It's... interesting. Covers a ton of the bullshit I dealt with. Rightfully notes the morale impact. Curious to see if it is being spun as leverage on my behalf or a caution. I did tell every one of my supervisors if I started crossing line with my bitterness on my sleeve to please pull me aside and let me know, and no one said a word. So I'm hoping leverage, but we'll see. I'm not worried, but I'm pretty sure it's going to refresh all the rage.

I am not having candy, nor am I having booze. But H had to go get superglue for a gutter injury, and on the way back he's bringing burgers from the good place, with piles of lettuce, and a shake made with Actual Strawberries, so I am appeased.

We've been working our way through the season of Face Off this week--six more eps to go. So there's that on tonight's agenda, plus the last ep of Justified (if we don't watch it, it won't ever be over, right? Right?). So exciting, our life.

I just got home after THE MOST BORING DAY I have had in a while.

Now I'm having a glass of wine while I pay bills, because Friday, even though I'm going out to dinner with a pal in an hour.

The rest of the weekend will involve freelancing, and the theater, and somewhere in there hanging with Dad.

I figured that since I'm only walking a 5K tomorrow, rather than running a marathon, I have no justification to carb-load tonight. But we did have stir-fry* with crispy tofu over rice, and that rice is plenty carby.

I'm going to try to go to bed early, since I'm getting up tomorrow WAY earlier than I normally get up, but I doubt I'll actually fall asleep early. The weather is going to be gorgeous tomorrow, and I'm still not thrilled with the fact that we have to walk a wooded trail, but at least it'll be a pretty day.

I'm slightly nervous about it, but mostly excited, with a LARGE dash of appalled at needing to get up so early. I am going to sleep in SO LONG on Sunday.

*(Archer fans: Stir Friday.)

So I finally made it to dinner, and while we were at the restaurant, the power went out. Fortunately, we already had our food, so we finished eating and scurried out to the car in the rain.

Then we got to make the drive home of a few miles in flooded streets. Not fun. Obviously I should have listened to the universe and stayed home.

Stir Friday! Totally should be a thing.

Oh my goodness, Dana. Glad you made it home okay, anyway.

Hooray for beer and cupcakes and ice cream and burgers and shakes and wine!

My brain kinda wants to drink and drink, but my body is all "wanna see how fast I can go to sleep?" Not sure how this'll play out.

I remembered to buy cat food on the way home, so now I won't run out after I feed them tomorrow morning, so I celebrated by buying ginger molasses cookie ice cream.

I may put the bourbon on the ice cream.

I may put the bourbon on the ice cream.

Report back if you do this. For science!

Well now I have to, since it is for science.

brb