aim low, very low

so as you may remember i posted a challenge for myself yesterday... to get to work on time since i had an 8 am meeting... yeah not so much, ooops!

my alarm went off at 6:45am and as usual i pushed snooze, alarm again, snooze again. at some point i just shut it off. next thing i know i look at the clock and it says 7:59, so i have a minute to shower, get ready and get to work, stop by my cubicle and grab the things i need and get to the room where the meeting is being held, f*ck w/a capital f (though i never write in capitals so in this case a lower case f, which is just as bad as a capital, if not worse). i proceed to run and turn on the shower as well as check the other clocks in the apartment to assure myself that yes, indeed i am screwed, and to my dismay they answer w/ 8:00 on their faces, mocking me, clocks are bastards.

i proceed to shower at the speed of light, still groggy and not quite completely clear as to what is going on. a 2 minute shower, that must be some sort of record, right? then a 30 second dry-off, which by the way, i do not recommend, friction was not my friend today. i brush my teeth and grab an outfit along w/ shoes, ever the multi-tasker. this is where the one good thing comes in, in my two-minute shower i decided upon a monochromatic look today (also in part because i read that ml was doing it on her blog, and if the cool kids do it...) so i was goiong to wear all black, someting that which i have not done before. this however is not the good part, enter the shoes (again i was influenced by a blog, peer pressure - i just cave, as y (between naps on the right) had talked of a pair of shoes she bought but doesn't have much to wear them with, i wore those shoes today as they are black w/ two white stripes, though mine don't cause me pain when i wear them. so now even though i will be late, at least i'll be stylish! out of the door at 8:20 (i know pretty good huh?) and to work by 8:40, though i would have been there quicker had i not hit every single red light on the way, of course. (i don't have to get onto the freeway to go to work, haha. not that it causes me to ever be to work on time, that's right i can hear you haha me, i deserve it)

while in the car i call ahead to see what's happening, see the meeting starts at 8, but several groups have to go through their items before getting to mine, so far i think i'm okay. i get kq to take my stuff down to the room so that i can head straight there (genius, i know, thanks kq, without you my plan never would have worked). so i park my car and run to the meeting room. luckily people are coming in and out all through the meeting so it won't look odd that i am entering. also of luck is that the room has a tiny little hallway w/ a table, i drop my bag and jacket off here (people can see me, but not the important ones!) and proceed forward and stand in the back to see where the meeting is at. i stand there for about thirty seconds and boom i'm on... i kick ass (of course) and no one is the wiser.

so while i may have technically failed at my challenge, in reality i sorta did even better since i surprised even myself w/ my speed and resourcefullness to cover my ass and come off as being completely on top of things. go me.

the rest of the day blandly marched on, though today was ka's moving day to a different department, things just won't be the same w/o her. we miss you already, though i'm sure you'll be much happier in your new locale ;) and we are holding you to those thursday lunches! and don't worry we'll caw caw by soon.

in other news i went in search for fantastic four movie figures with no such luck (in the previous post we've already established i'm sad, i'm just continuing to prove the point). i did however buy 3 cd's: fannypack: their 2nd cd titled, see you next tuesday. i love them, ridiculous and fun! elkland, who i had never heard of, but they were at the listening station and i quite enjoyed what i heard and last and certainly most embarrassing is: jim verraros, that's right the same jv that was on american idol. his cd is actually pretty good, i was pleasantly surprised. however the largest part of the "yes" to purchasing his cd: someone had a makeover, had he looked like that on idol, i would have voted for him.

i also went over my alotted points for the day... i'm allowed a bad day (and i still hadn't used my flexpoints, so i'm still good.), i just couldn't resist the donettes at the office and a candy bar at toys r us... again, already gone over this.

and that concludes today's post: go banana, go!

oh and calling the gym, yeah didn't happen.

and my goal for tomorrow: just make it to work at some point. the more general i am the more likely i am to succeed!