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For some reason, Milwaukee has it's big fireworks display on July 3. Yeah, I don't know either.
Last night, fortified by a gigantic pitcher of margaritas and a scrumptious Mexican dinner, we wandered down to one of the lakefront parks with a blanket and a few hundred other residents to watch the show.
It was awesome, except for the fact that the fireworks were completely hidden from view by a curve of the lake and forest of gigantic trees. D'oh! Honestly, this was one of the funniest things I've ever witnessed. All of us gathered on a grassy hillside, a half dozen grills serving up tasty BBQ treats, music pumping from portable stereos, children laughing and dancing, eyes turned expectantly towards the sky for... nothing.
The first couple of booms reached us with no attending visuals, and after about a 5 second lag to process this info, everyone realized at once that we were in the completely wrong place. Most people jumped up and started trotting down the street in search of a better vantage point. But the show was actually a looong ways away and required hiking down (and more importantly, back up) a steep incline. So we bagged it and went home, where we could still hear the booms for almost an hour.
Epic! Fireworks! FAIL!
We'll give it another shot tonight with our local village show.
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Today I decided to inject a little variety in my lunchtime routine, which apparently translated into "ooh, I'm gonna have bacon bits on my salad today!" I do know how to live dangerously, don't I?
I've only been working at New Job for a little over a month, and I'm already sick of the cafeteria cuisine. The salad bar is good, but the rest of the lunchtime fare is borderline inedible. And there are few other options because (A) the neighborhood is scary and not somewhere you want to be walking... or eating, (B) there are no fridges to store home-packed lunches, and (C) THERE'S NO TIME!
I continue to like being paid by the hour, and I am pleased with how accessible the systems are even from my Mac at home (this is the company that's still running Windows 2000, so quite a feat). Last night I worked from home for the first time, and even without a laptop it was easy and productive. And have I mentioned the overtime? I likes me the overtime, even if I'm tired and headachy and crabby the next morning.
Apropos of nothing, why do Blackberries make all the Cisco IP phones buzz when they get near one another? It is annoying as hell.
It's tax day, and as usual I have pushed it to the last minute. Even though I am getting the World's Greatest Refund this year (hooray for being unemployed and the owner of a money-losing small business for most of the year!), I still waited to the last second to give everything over to our accountant and only picked up the finished return last night. I coulda had my refund months ago, if only I were a bit more on the ball. Story of my life, I guess.
Back to work!
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I'm still struggling with the reality of working 7 days/week, and figuring out when exactly I get to read, knit, watch TV, sleep, etc.
I came straight home from the store at 4pm yesterday, and laid down for a short nap at 6pm. But I didn't wake up until 9:30 when I was all in a lather over missing the dog's insulin at 7pm. It took me about an hour to calm down, after which I... went back to sleep. Then I got up at about 5am to let the dog out, get a beverage, check email, and then I... went back to sleep. I hadn't set my alarm, as I didn't fathom having trouble waking up, which of course means I slept until 8:35am when I was due to open the store at 9am. I was only 15 minutes late in the end, but didn't have time to get change (the register is out of quarters) or have any breakfast. Not a good start to the day.
And the worst part is, I'm still exhausted. I'm so tired I even concentrate enough to make a list of things that need doing; instead I sit here and zone out and wait for the clock hands to crawl forward.
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