Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Had an odd day at work in that my boss called me because the truck he had taken had broken down. I arranged for a tow truck and then had to go out there because it was in a spot where the county would tow it if they got there before our tow. The boss had arranged one of my former-soon-to-be-future techs to pick him up because they were going to lunch and didn't want to abandon the car. By the time I got there, our guy had it pretty well on the truck. Boss called and asked if I wanted him to get me something from the place they were having lunch. I said no, I'd just go back to the office. And his response was- "But you're my ride!" Alrighty then.

So I had a nice lunch, caught up with our former/future tech, and got to spend roughly two hours out of the office. Not too shabby.

I spent a bit of the morning re-arranging the schedule because one of my tech's mom passed away so he wasn't coming in. So we currently have one tech to run service. Whee. Lucky for me, it's cool out.

Spent most of tonight watching the Cardinals-Pirates game. Cardinals won on a walk-off home run. One of these days the Pirates will beat them.

My sister sent me a card for my nephew's high school graduation. I think I should be okay during it. I am dreading the college send-off though. He's going to be 18 in 2 days. He's the one that's going to the NHL draft with me and his mom. Just a great all-around kid.

I found out there was a reptile house near where we're staying outside of Toronto and I want to go.

That's all I've got for now. See you all tomorrow!

Just thought I'd drop a quick 'hello' to my f-list before I'm pulled under the depths of NaNo. The briefest of updates:

Happy about the Cardinals winning the World Series.
Still employed.
Thrilled about the request I'm writing for Oz Magi.
7K words into my novel and I want to get another 1000 at least by the end of the night.
Looking forward to seeing my beloved Blackhawks in St Louis next week.

TTFN

But since I haven't declared it here on LJ, let me just say that I love Lance Berkman.

That is all.

Saw "X-Men: First Class" today. Loved it. It's the best movie I've seen in the theaters in a while and well worth getting out to see it.

Updated my resume finally. I've been talking about it for ages and have gotten it into working order. I sent it over to my temp place and told them to keep an eye out for anything long term for me.

Went to the ballgame last night. We had some really good seats that came available, so we took advantage of them (instead of sitting in our usual section). Twenty two rows behind home plate under cover is a heck of a lot better than heat central in the top section over in right field. It was fun and the Cardinals wound up winning. (I wouldn't have minded being there the night before to see Pujols hit his 2000th, but 2001 wasn't too shabby).

I get to spend a good portion of my workday tomorrow arranging file folders. Yippee. Actually, it's a nice busy-work project that if we go through everything will probably take another month, maybe two to complete. Until they find something else for us to do.

Rachel Maddow did a spot about the Chinese nuclear sub fleet on her show this week. Rachel Maddow talking about submarines. Jeez. The only thing better would be if she'd be the commentator on one of the Blackhawks playoff games (particularly one on television).

I was up until 1AM working on my BtVS fic for lgbtfest and then was awake to edit it at 6:15 this morning. I'm a wee bit sleepy now.

trillingstar has written an incredible McManus/Murphy story for me. If you haven't had a chance to look at it yet, it's here.

Went to the Cards-Cubs game today. I hate it when bad pitching combines with bad managing. They all but gave up the game in the second inning when they left the pitcher in. It should be like hockey - give up 4 points and you're outta there.

On that note, I fully expect Keenan to pull his goalie at the 10:00 mark of the 3rd if Calgary is behind by a goal. That's my kind of coach. Unfortunately, I will be unable to follow the game since WGN-Radio is in bed with the Cubs (so the Hawks get shoved to a station which doesn't reach St. Louis) and Versus does not believe that teams exist between either coast (with the exception of Detroit) & has booked Anaheim/San Jose (which actually has been a very entertaining series - I'm not that bitter about having to watch it). I hope my beloved Blackhawks clinch anyway, because I'd rather have four more games assured than the possibility of one and out.

A few interesting gems from lgbtfest for those interested:

The Princess & The Shadow by bitterfig - Batwoman fic!

Making Your Bed in the Prison of your Mind by merle_p - Leverage - Nate/Eliot

To Have & To Hold by helenkacan - Boston Legal - Denny/Alan

Signing off now. Going to veg for a while before heading to bed.