a fun thing i just found

hot as hades

so, on the way out of work today, i waived 'bye to my co-worker, and she yelled "it's hot as hell out here!" now, i'm usually upset at people who use words like "hell" or "ass" out of their proper contexts. (fyi, i was an english ed. major in college, and i probably would have studied linguistics if i knew myself better in high school.) anyway, "hot as hell" seems pretty appropriate. hell may very well be 102*F with 29% humidity.

also, please use "ass load" properly. my well-meaning (usually Christian) friends say "butt load" and just look like fools. i promise, it's "ass load" -- as in, a donkey can carry a lot of stuff.

punching bag

so, my manager keeps a punching bag in his office. well, it's not really a bag... it's a focus mitt and it helps us get our aggression out without yelling at the customers we talk to all day.

just now, a supervisor from another department was frustrated and walked over to our department to ask, "where is the punching bag?" i mean, you have to know her for it to be really funny, because she is tall, slender, and pretty much should be a model instead of working in an insurance company. yes, she punched the focus mitt, while i was holding it. and then Bob from Accounting walked in and looked very confused. i was laughing so hard, it was hard to hold up the mitt.

also, my manager isn't in today. luckily, the key to my office is also the key to his office. we're a team like that.

siesta

i get tired at 2:00 every single day at work.

here is my work day routine:

8:00 clock in for work
11:30 i feel hungry so i eat a snack, usually involving sunflower seeds and Yogi Breathe Deep tea.
12:30 clock out for lunch, eat, browse the internet, sometimes knit
1:30 clock in from lunch
2:00 crash
2:30 try not to fall asleep
3:00 ask people to repeat themselves when they talk to me
5:00 clock out and thank God that the day is over so i can go home

here is my new lunch routine:

12:30 clock out for lunch, eat food (outside when the weather is nice)
12:50 clean up
1:00 naptime in my office (not even kidding)
1:20 alarm goes off, get up, do a little sun salutation to wake up, drink water, eat a Hershey's kiss
1:30 clock back in and work productively

today was Day 1 of my new lunch routine. it went rather well, except that i took some time falling asleep. i didn't turn off the light in my office, and i think the darkness will help induce sleep better. i also slept with my shoes on (what was i thinking?) but i won't do that again.

acknowledgements: thank you to siestaawareness.org and wikipedia for helping me understand that my body temp drops and i make more melatonin in the middle of the day, so it's perfectly natural that i want a nap after lunch. i'd also like to thank the people involved in giving me a one-hour lunch break.most of all, i'd like to thank God for giving us the gift of sleep.

urban dictionary word of the day: pop off

more reasons to enjoy my office

today, i realized that my manager has a girlfriend named Holly.



word of the day: superfluous