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So, the cleaning folks call this morning, say they need to come tomorrow as the car broke down - no biggie, this would only be the second time in over two years of using them that they have had to reschedule. I don’t think anything more of it, a little while ago I hear some crashing and banging about downstairs and think “Damn, WTF are those cats getting into??!?” Then I hear a “Hello?” which scared the crap out of me - seems the crew got the car started again.

In the “someone at the office has finally gotten a clue” department - this is cleanup week. Which translates to “don’t take any new calls and ignore everyone and just get your crap cleared out.” Granted, we can’t actually stop incoming calls, so we each get a blissful day to ourselves to do this. Me? I get two days… Possibly something to do with the fact that there are 128 calls in our queue, 97 are assigned, and 37 of those happen to be mine. Tuesday and Thursday are my days. :-D

In other work related news, I have actually put in for a day OFF so I can have a long weekend next weekend. Now if my manager would just email me back and say “Yes, of course, because we really would rather your head NOT explode” that would be good.

I have discovered that when I work 9 to 6, it doesn’t really get light early enough to run and be ready to work on time, nor is it still light enough when I get off work… So, looks like outside running is going to be limited to 11-8 days and the weekends. This means I get to go learn how to use the treadmill at the gym without killing myself…that should be some good entertainment. Managed to swim 550 meters last night *after* doing 30 minutes on the LifeCycles. WOOT!

Thank god for hockey and the gym right now - work has been just so downright screwy lately it’s good to have stuff I want to focus on outside the office, otherwise, I really think I would lose my mind.