Vortexia's Secret

my relationship with target is truly love/hate. i love the store and (for the most part) the prices, but i hate how my "quick trip" for a couple things can quickly create an expensive bill. damn that new dollar section. ok, i take it back. i got lots of little decorative things, all for only $1. i know you can't beat that... it's just that getting 20 of them still means you're spending an extra $20. the only other reason i was upset with my target today was that i had my little heart set on getting the garden state soundtrack, which they had according to target.com, but it was not carried at that store. so phooey on them.

so the rest of the day...
i guess it really started last night. as i was falling asleep, i bolted upright as i realized that i had forgotten to type up something for work the next day (today). awwwww crap. so i debated if i should get up even though i had already stayed up way past my bedtime or if i should get up early and type like a freaking fiend as i got ready for work. since that sort of allowed me more sleep and allowed me to be lazy at that moment, i decided i'd get up with the first alarm and get at least 20 minutes-ish to type it up. fell asleep and was woken up around 4:30 in the morning by what i thought was a knock on the door. freaked the hell out of me! so i started breathing again and said a quick prayer that nobody was there and checked. thankfully, i didn't see anyone out of the peephole. took awhile to fall back asleep, though, because my body was all worked up. slept past the first alarm all the way to the third alarm. when i normally get up to hustle off to work. first reaction of the morning? "shit!" ...flew out of bed, threw on a decent hopefully professional enough outfit and ran out to turn on the computer. then ran back into the bathroom to put on a little makeup. ran back to the computer and pulled up a word document as i poured some cereal. holy cow i was on a tight shift. i had about 4 minutes to eat a full bowl of cereal and drink a glass of milk by the time i got to it. yeesh.

made it to work just in time, and took a deep breath as a pulled open the door. entered calm and collected. i'm grateful that i can pull things together like that. off to meetings, finally giving some input, and gave in to the call of the coffee pot. it was either fall asleep as my boss talked and disrespect her or get thee to some coffee. as i mentioned, i actually contributed when we were discussing possible options, and they actually ran with a couple of my thoughts for awhile! that's big considering that they have quite a bit of experience and i have none. the idea behind that meeting is also kind of nice because the point is to relate a problem that you're having to the others and get their feedback to help you resolve the issue. it's a good reminder that even the experts get stuck, and it gives a perfect "in" for me as the novice to ask for help without criticism of my skills. plus if i can contribute to solving their problems, then they can see that i can think on my feet.

anyway, i was pleased with that. and after lunch i was supposed to get down to business with my first real task. but it didn't happen. things came up and we'll have to try again next thursday. but i am pretty positive that i'll get thrown in next week the way i was supposed to yesterday. they already have it set up. and i got my office looking a little more presentable in the suddenly-free time i had. so that'll be nice that i have a decent office environment for the big week. i may use some of the stuff i got at target, but i kind of doubt it. i know most of it will be used in the apartment and have tentative locations for the stuff, but there are a couple things that could be cute in the office. so we'll see.

on the way home from work is when i stopped by target. on the way home from target i zoned and missed my exit. i considered cutting through the hashed off section to get onto the exit ramp, but figured with my luck it would be littered with nails and that little maneuver would cost me $100-some bucks. so i took the next exit, got turned around, and decided to drop some paperwork off at school since i was already on the way at that point. it was a big pain in the butt full of stupid drivers, sun blinding me, bad traffic light timings, and offices already being closed, etc. but long story... well, long i guess, i got it all done and got back home.

overall, this was a good day, and i felt like i was effective at my job today. how nice! plus i am not wearing really comfortable clothing that makes me go mmmmm! ok, off to make a couple phone calls. later!

P.S. Keep them in your prayers.