8/31/07---Back in Black

Nag, nag nag.  Yeah, I know...its been a few days.  I'm currently living the life of a bachelor, as Kim and the kids are in Ohio for a family wedding.  That means the dogs are pretty much running the house--know what I mean?

So naturally, this means I'm (cough, cough) responsible for getting myself up and ready for work today.  I got the alarm set for 5:45am, which gives me plenty of time to get up, shower...take the dogs out...pack my lunch....and still get to work in time to read the paper. 

Well....in theory.  But, just to make double sure....I have Kim give me a call from Ohio when she wakes up around 6am to make sure I'm up.

Again....in theory.
 

I say "in theory" because....ya know...the theory works best when your backup doesn't oversleep ALSO.  Cough.

So when I blew through my alarm this morning.....and got the phone call from Kim--ahem, at 6:55am...she said to me:

"Please tell me that you are already up."

Ha!  That's a good one.
DOH!  Of course, what she failed to realize of course is that even if I had been up, I would've been running late----and now by God I certainly was.

"I gotta go!"  I yelled.  I scooted the dogs out the backdoor for their respective business and jumped into the shower---the cold shower.
Yikes.
It was the proverbial whore's bath...and by that I mean....it was, by definition a "shower", but it wasn't exactly a relaxing leisurely type, ya know?  I'm out of the shower and dressing, looking in the mirror and figuring that if anyone at work was in the habit of checking me out (doubtful), they were going to be sadly disappointed today.  I was not my usual "10", if ya get my drift and I think ya do.

Luckily the dogs still have food....I'm out the door....(its 7:10ish)....and unbelieveably....
I still get to work on time.

I was, at best....frazzled.

Thank God for holiday weekends---and the start of college football.

Later,
Jeff