"there's been a rape up there!!! i've got his attention. get.their.attention. okay?"

Other than the very rough start (No coffee. It was partly my choice and partly this stupid town's fault there isn't a stinkin' Starbucks on every corner) this has been a most excellent day thus far:

• The pathology report came back a-ok! No sign of cancer for my Dad and he'll be back out running in 2 weeks!
• I had some very yummy Greek food for lunch!
• A job I really really want is open and the in-house posting went up today!
• My cd player randomly started working again allowing me the opportunity to listen to the Rushmore soundtrack at my desk. Work accompanied by Cat Stevens and John Lennon is delightful!

I suspect things are going to take a big downturn post-work. Highly unusual for a Friday afternoon but there is a plumbing situation downstairs I became aware of late last night after having consumed 2 martinis and a glass of wine. I managed to pretend it didn't exist in order to hang out with me friend Eric, but the gravity of the situation in the daylight is going to force me to take action. I'm optimistic I'll be able to handle it. I just wish I didn't have to handle it. Which I do as technically I haven't "cleaned" the downstairs yet. And have been allowing people to use the facilities. It's time to rid myself of that wretched space once and for all.

Which brings me to tomorrow: Clean the downstairs and rid myself of that wretched space once and for all. It's supposed to be freeeezing this weekend so when I'm not cleaning I have a feeling I'll be huddled under blankets reading Anna Karenina. Or huddled under blankets watching the second half of Season 1 of Project Runway. Or huddled under blankets watching a movie.

I have the misfortune of having to work on Sunday. I tried to get someone to switch with me but the minute they found out I "needed" the day off in order to watch the Patriots' game no one would be nice. I work with a bunch of anti-Patriot fans. Big ones. I myself spent the first half of the season as a Lions fan but honestly people they didn't even make the playoffs. Let's move on, shall we? So Sunday afternoon I'll be here from 1:45-5pm. After that I think I'm watching that really painful episode of The Office (The british Office, btw, not that substandard americanized version) where they have to endure a staff inservice day. Because Monday the library is closing for an all-staff inservice day! I can't wait. It's gonna be great. An hour and a half on customer service (this should be the most fun part of the day as it's being run by Zingerman's and if you volunteer you get one of their insanely killer magic brownies), an hour on the "Future of Libraries" (which, in theory, could be very interesting, but I'm not so sure of the speaker) an hour and a half of department meetings (where people won't say what needs to be said for fear of being ignored) and then an hour where all the departments get back together and...talk about our meetings, maybe?

I think hearing Ricky Gervais sing "Freelove Freeway" will put me in the proper mood for such a Monday.