12 of 12 April 07

7:15 AM - Flannel takes his protective duties seriously. Even though the spy hole he chewed in the last set of blinds has been replaced by sturdy aluminum slats, he makes a habit of parking lot surveillance. Get him a trench coat and he could be McGruff, Jr. Except he's a cat.



7:37 AM - Not even the Lorax would speak for this tree in my parking lot. It needs an advocate, though, because the building has made the decision to take out all the trees in our parking lot. They're really not doing well.



10:47 AM- A morning snack while I read yesterday's Food section. They have a new editor for the Food section and he seems to be taking the "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?" approach to food journalism. Reduce wine coverage while increasing beer coverage. Man-catcher brownie recipes and "Bistro dining comes to DC!" features. Bo-ring!



12:22 AM - I'm in the middle of constructing a timeline for a follow up memo I have to write to a vendor. Sounds like the WaPo Food section (boring), but I have fun with it.



3:22 PM - On the phone with GMiller. Our first 12 of 12 that we're in each other's photo line up, even if it is only telephonic.



3:44 PM- I'm leaving work now because after suffering with the flu for three days, I only have energy reserves for seven hours. The predicted rain showers are rolling in making the sky look really dramatic.



3:45 PM - I wonder why it smells so sweet in my car, then I realize that I took this bottle I got on the flight home from Savannah out of my purse and put it in the drinks holder in my car to remind me to bring it in the house and not drive or walk around with booze anymore. Savannah is in Georgia, not Maryland, Drunky!



3:58 PM- The rain hits while I'm driving by the Watergate. I wonder what happens now in the offices that Nixon had broken into.



4:26 PM- Ask not for whom the chipper chips, tree. It chips for THEE!



5:44 PM- Flannel completes his afternoon surveillance by monitoring my vital signs with his super sensitive Medi-paws. A tricorder has nothin' on this cat.



7:30 PM- Pepper comes to sound the Suppertime Claxon Horn of Lateness in my ear. I guess his staring and whimpering isn't getting the job done.



8:54 PM- I take my evening Tamiflu dose. It feels like it helped even if maybe it didn't.



BONUS PIC: Chad's random word generator came up with "office" for me. We are moving our OFFICE and here's a floorplan of our proposed OFFICE space in the new building.

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