Archive for August, 2005

Wha… ???

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Last weekend was the second weekend of my August & September Travel-athon.  It works great because I get Mondays off, so long weekends are easy to plan.  This time I was in Charleston, South Carolina, with 5 of my girl friends from high school.  The weekend was fantastic — relaxing, fun, much eating, drinking, and […]

EW!

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005

One of our clients just called my co-worker "hon."  Let it be known that I hate it when strangers call me pet names, especially "sweetheart."  If you are my relative, boyfriend, or good friend, you are welcome to call me whatever you want (with a few exceptions, of course).  If you don’t know me, don’t […]

A Typical Workday Conversation

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

marcymint23 (5:15:36 PM): you know what i just remembered?
Erin2000 (5:15:49 PM): hm?

marcymint23 (5:15:50 PM): remember how cabbage patch kids came with names and adoption papers?

Erin2000 (5:15:57 PM): yes

marcymint23 (5:16:26 PM): i had a doll whose name was Meryl, which I didn’t like, so I actually got an official name change from the Cabbage Patch company […]

This stuff really happens in real life!

Friday, August 5th, 2005

So my sister, who lives in North Carolina, recently received in the mail a letter from her dentist.  Figuring it was some type of bill, she ignored it.  UNTIL, a friend of hers who goes to the same dentist asked if she had read it… indicating that she really should.  So she did.  And this […]

I MUST HAVE THEM

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

Today I was so hungry that in the middle of some piece of work I was doing, I was forced to stop and write, "I need some Rice Krispy treats!!!" on a post-it note.  You can tell by the frantic handwriting and triple exclamation point that I meant business.  Honestly, I could not continue […]