Updates

A very dear friend of mine replied to my post yesterday via email, and helped me to put all of my complaints into perspective, which was most cool. As usually happens, today is a better day, and quite a few things from that list are no longer issues, so here's a real-true update:

I have gray hair, which is new.
Fixed: I re-dyed my hair this morning.

It's cold outside.
Not fixed, but by tomorrow, it's supposed to warm up.

It's cold inside.
I think it's a little warmer in here. :)

My car's Maintenance Required light won't go away.
Well, yeah, that's not fixed yet either, but if I move the little turtle totem that rides on my dash, just-so, he hides the light so I don't have to look at it.

I have a roast sitting in my fridge at this very moment which I don't have time to cook, and which is too big to fit in the crockpot.
I cut off one end of the roast, and it's now simmering happily with some potatoes, for dining on tonight.

My house is a mess.
I cleaned when I got home last night.

The kids are home today, adding even more to the mess.
The kids played in the snow while I cleaned, and they're going to school today.

I'm out of cat food.
I bought cat food yesterday at lunch.

My coffee is cold.
I have new coffee.

Work sucks.
We go live today, so it shouldn't suck so badly after that.

People are demanding things from me that I can't deliver.
Other people worked all night long to deliver the things the other people were asking me for.

Development isn't done and we go live tomorrow.
I'm to the point where I don't care anymore.

There's not enough time in the day.
Tomorrow will bring 24 more hours.

There's not enough money in my wallet.
STAR-102 is coming to my building today, and there will be $1.02 and $2.02 lunch specials today.

My daughter has a weird rash on her arm that also won't go away.
The rash is still there, but seems to be improving. If it's not decidedly better by the end of the weekend, I'll take her to the doctor. The ask-a-nurse lady said to just treat it like a regular rash. I think she's stupid, but I'll play along.

The neighbor kid came over and added to the noise and to the mess for FIVE hours yesterday.
The neighbor kid stayed at his house yesterday.

I worked 12+ hours yesterday from home, all to the tune of assorted GameCube games and dumb sitcoms.
I went to work the last 2 days, and last night, I played soothing music while I continued with the work I'd brought home.

I need some quiet time.
The soothing music helped.

I want to crawl into a fleece-lined cave and hide, only there isn't a fleece-lined cave anywhere to be seen.
I got to sleep in 2 shifts of 2 hours a-piece last night, so that was close.

I am grumpy.
I am not so grumpy anymore.

And I think there might be champagne to drink (or maybe a keg?) here at work by the end of the afternoon, in celebration.

One can only hope.

*chirps*