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i’m so tired. i think i could fall asleep right here at my desk. i’m sure i’ll fall asleep on the train. today has been one of the most grueling days since i started here last fall. the new asst. director started today.. so, i thought it would be nice to make muffins for this morning. well, i got up at 5am… finished the muffins… went to sleep for another hour… got up and came to work. i haven’t stopped since then. my desk is covered with a billion post-it notes full with phone and social security numbers…. i’m so tired i’m not even going to clean my desk before i leave for the day.

i think i’m happy tonight for the premiere of scrubs and another episode of amazing race… some study from cnn says that they found that republicans are more likely to watch amazing race than other reality shows… interesting…. that doesn’t account that i voted for bill clinton twice. YES FOLKS it is true…. i voted for clinton… don’t really regret those votes either.

some wise man once said that there are two things people can’t do alone… be a christian and be married. well, i’ve discovered the married one a long, long time ago. currently, i’m finding out how hard it is going it alone in the christianity front… i don’t feel alone..but i’m alone in making this decision of where to attend church. the hardest part about not attending a vineyard anymore is that i feel so associated with the denomination (or the non-denomination…if you will)… gosh, i just said more out loud than i really wanted to… so, i will stop now.

time to go home, pay the rent, eat the dinner (i think shrimp fried rice from TJ), watch the TV, and collapse on the sofa.

ta-ta for now.

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I never thought the soda machine in the cafeteria was sooo hard to use. Today was the second time in as many days that someone needed help in getting the ice out of the machine. They didn’t understand that they needed to press the red button for the ice to dispense… They thought that it just magically appeared. Hmmmm…. It’s very interesting to watch.

I just was jogging in my office. Ooooo… another body is coming for a hearse. Exciting stuff. The undertakers are always so serious. When they look into my window… I usually wave.

That’s it for now.

Oh…V. glad that the Olympics are finally over. Didn’t even watch the closing ceremonies..except for the China introduction at the very end. I got caught up in 7 rerun episodes of “Dr. 90210″ on the E! channel (and I was talking on the phone with a friend from Ohio).

Scrubs premiere tomorrow!!!!

Ireland Countdown: 18 DAYS!!!!!

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Happy TENTH Anniversary to David & Tara Montgomery!

Ten years ago, on August 27, 1994, David and Tara… two crazy kids from Northwestern tied the knot and they have been madly and deeply in love ever since.

Top five things I remember about their wedding events:

5. The pig roast on the Lakefill. My first one. I remember that morning helping to hold the pig as Tara’s dad jammed the stake up the backside of the pig. Not pretty.

4. All the bridesmaids sleeping at my house the night before the wedding. We watched “Father of the Bride” & “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”

3. The slate blue bridesmaid dresses. Later, it would be discoverd (by yours truly!) that this same fabric was being used for drapes at a house in Cleveland, Ohio.

2. The heat. the heat. the heat. the heat. the heat. the heat. We were in an old church in Evanston, IL and there was no a/c.

1. Seeing two friends married. Nothing can be better.

In other news: I went last night to see Slade Gorton and Bob Kerrey speak at the National Constitution Center. These two men & former senators were members of the 9/11 Commission. Very interesting evening. I came away from the evening with a new respect for the flashy Bob Kerrey… yes, a Democrat… but he had more common sense things to say than I originally thought he would.

Bye for now. Work calls.

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Just a quick thought. After that helicopter dropped on top of Dr. Rocket Romano towards the end of last’s season ER, I’ve had a distaste for hospital helicopters. I was walking back from the main building w/ the Jeff copter circling overhead. All I thought was “Please don’t drop on top of me! Please don’t drop on top of me.” It would make for a very messy death (plus, I’m wearing my favorite white t-shirt–found it in the dirty laundry basket… wasn’t even dirty!!).

Only 57 more minutes to go. I’m getting a little batty.

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That was interesting… I just wrote a post and a date published… but nothing else…

Anyway, to summarize.

1. The week has been tough. Just ventured out once after work… to go to Target… the rest of the week watching Olympic Commentators say “Oooooh… that’s going to cost her!” one too many times.
2. The receptionist is almost gone. Resigned. Two weeks left.
3. Looking forward to the weekend.
4. I love Trader Joes.
5. Going to Columbus next weekend for a great wedding.
6. Parents are coming to Philly for Thanksgiving. Thinking of spending the holiday at Longwood Gardens.
7. Can’t wait until the World Series.

That’s it.

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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO:

Erica Daily! Erica lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Evan and son Liam. I love visiting her house…because she always seems to have the latest in kitchen gadgets. My last visit I was introduced to a cool juicer. We had fresh squeezed OJ for breakfast that day. She’s fun to be around because she loves all the same television shows that I do… especially ER!

Nothing else too exciting to report about. Today is Monday…. just another Monday.

Countdown to Ireland: 25 days!!!

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I FOUND THE PAGER!!!!!!!

All is well with the world. Now, I may sleep.

Oh…the pager fell inside the lazy boy that I have been sleeping on.

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It’s 3.50am. Do you know where you pager is?

I’m either delirious or sleep-deprived. I had it on my shoulder (b/c I’m always afraid that it’s going to go off and I won’t hear it)… Well, I just woke up… and I can’t find it now.

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The pager saga continues….

So…. I get lost again and end up in the Main building (not the main building.. it’s a building called “Main”) and not the Thompson Building. Finally, find the correct set of elevators to take… and walk up my flight of stairs… go the the Operator’s Room (which, I have to say, has one of the coolest views of the city!!) and pick up the long rang pager. So, she wants me to leave my in house pager behind.. I say that I need this because I actually was receiving some calls on it… she said that her supervisor wants me to leave it behind. I said “Ok… but are you going to call me if I get a page on that one?” She says… “No, I’m going to turn the thing off.” UGH. So…. I am without a pager that works sometimes…. and a long range pager that no one knows the number of. I did stop in the ED on my way back to the office to tell them my new number… I feel a little bit better that they have it if they need to call.

I can’t believe it’s only 9.10pm…. This night has gone by sooo slowly.

More later.

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Ok…it’s 8.31pm now… Still haven’t had a page. I’m kinda worried. It’s never this quiet before midnight. NEVER!!!!!!

I ordered my favorite pizza from Top Tomato… just a red top….I’ve grown to love this pizza…especially because of the sauce that TT uses. YUMMY.

I’m scared of homeless people… people who know me already know this little fact. During the day I’m a little more bold and will help some out with food and/or money. But at night, it’s a whole different story. I was walking back from getting my pizza and a guy I passed on the way to TT asked for some money…. I said no and continued walking..well, on the way back I deliberately crossed the street so I wouldn’t have to walk by them again (there was 2)….well, he crossed the street at exactly the same time and was walking about 10 paces behind me …. I kinda got freaked out and almost ran back to the hospital lobby.

As I was eating my pizza I was watching a very fascinating episode of “COPS!” (from Philadelphia). Unfortunately, the TV only gets the local Fox channel… so, unless I get called.. I think I’m in for an evening of COPS reruns. Oh joy.

I just called the second in command here… she said I should give the page operator a call to check to see if any pages have come in for me… Well, I just did… and one did at 7.04pm. Didn’t get it! UGH!!!!!

Got off the phone with the Adminstrator on call. She suggested to get the long range pager and use that. So… I am off again… through empty hospital corridors… kinda scary at night. like a bad horror movie.

I’ll keep you posted.