Today we experience an event so rare it occurs only once per annum. This year, Cinco de Mayo happens on May 5th. Why this isn’t a Monday holiday is beyond me, and I look forward to our future Hispanic overlords turning it into one once they’re in the majority. I’ve mentioned before that any excuse for a day off is fine by me, but if we have to ditch another holiday to make room, might I suggest Columbus Day? I mean, by October we’ve just had Labor Day and are looking forward to Veterans’ Day and then Thanksgiving. But right now we’ve haven’t had a holiday since February and it’s still a long way ’til Memorial Day. Plus, by all accounts, Columbus was a dick.<\/p>\n
Here’s a question for you dog owners out there. If you were to leave a big-ass block of cheese sitting out – uncovered – on the kitchen counter and then leave the house, would be be surprised if<\/strike> if one of your more-or-less counter-height dogs absconded with said block of cheese? No? Me neither. <\/p>\n
I never want to hear anybody diss the Postal Service again. I ordered something that’s supposed to arrive today (a pair of mechanical pencils – yeah, that’s how exciting I am), and have been following the always extensive USPS tracking. My package left Rochester at 06:26 this morning, and arrives at the PO in my town at 06:40. By my reckoning, it traveled at roughly 342 mph on that leg of the journey. Pretty impressive (even if it did take another 52 minutes to get through sorting).<\/p>\n
Despite the holiday (and the new pencils), today is shaping up to be a difficult day for me. First, they closed my on-ramp for paving this morning (WTF, don’t they know it’s a holiday?), forcing me to detour around. This added, like, 5-7 minutes to my morning commute. Such an inconvenience! <\/p>\n
Then when I finally did get to work, I realized that I forgot my water bottle (I had that nagging feeling I forgot something when I was leaving – now I know why my backpack felt so light). How I’ll make it through the day w\/o water is beyond me. I might have to go to the store to get some, ‘cuz I’ve become way too hoity-toity to drink water fountain water. <\/p>\n
Plus it turns out I have the stupid on-call duty this week AND it’s Stupid Meeting Week, so I have to worry about going to that on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Sucks.<\/p>\n