omg. Flight arrived around midnight. Got home a little after 1. Checked email and my work wants me to attend a 9:30 meeting. Got to sleep some time after 2. 5:30, big heavy piece of furniture falls in bedroom, waking me, husband, and the dog we're dog-sitting for. Dog is scared of noise, so it takes forever for him to calm down. No idea what time I got back to bed. Despise the whole world.

Oh dear, Dana. That is terrible.

Yeah, that's a tough problem. I tried it once and that's why I had to change my last name to Anderson and move to Idaho.

I KNEW IT.

And of course NO ONE is in the 9:30 meeting yet.

Fuckers.

My office recently switched to a new tech support company. There have been, shall we say, issues. This morning everyone arrived to find that, due to some changes the tech support people made, we have no office email. Which has brought most of us to a standstill.

We have someone on-site working on it ... hopefully, we'll be up and running before COB today.

Yep, looks like no meeting. This is the price I pay for having fun at con, isn't it.

Jesus, Toddson. I guess you all just sit there and twiddle your thumbs all day?

Wow, no email is bad.

Dana, that is pure evil.

if the rest of your hair is dark, any semi-permanent dye (Manic Panic, Splat!, Special Effects, etc.) will dye your gray and leave a "gloss" of sheer color over the rest. If you're blonde (or pale ash brown, as I apparently am), the semi-perm will visibly stain your hair.

My office recently switched to a new tech support company. There have been, shall we say, issues. This morning everyone arrived to find that, due to some changes the tech support people made, we have no office email. Which has brought most of us to a standstill.

This also sucks. I suppose you can't just read a book until it comes back up, can you?

Thanks, Jilli! My natural hair color is very dark. I don't think anything will take to it without bleaching it first, but I didn't know if the semi-permanents would cover gray.

Today is TCG's first day back to work after our vacation to Cape Cod. I have made one onerous phone call, and I'm trying to figure out what I should be feeding a 1 year old. Every book has a different answer. Fun.

I'm feeling like a period of time with no email would be a blessing. Not productive, but a nice respite.

Booze? Dinner cruise or similar "experience"?

My parents don't drink and they booked themselves a cruise to all the Hawaiian islands. I've been giving tickets to concert or theatre events for gifts but I feel like I should step it up a little for this.

Hec, stripes would look amazing!

Ooh! They have rotating lunch stands at my office, and I don't know if these are new or if I just haven't checked it out on a Monday, but today's choices were Jamaican or Ethiopian! I went with Ethiopian and am pretty happy about it.