* I’m officially no longer employed at The Workplace. I know you’re all DYING to know the sitch, but I’m afraid it’s going to be pretty anticlimactic for you. Long and incredibly boring story short: There was a reorg and my position was eliminated. I was put back on the phones which is the job I started out in four years ago. I hate the phones. And it was such a slap in the face that every promotion I’d earned over the course of four years was wiped out in one fell swoop. Add a batshit crazy senior manager and it was a recipe for disaster. I tried my best to make it work, but it just wasn’t happening. I tried to negotiate with the batshit crazy manager but her batshit craziness sort of got in the way and I ended up having to resign. The day after I resigned I got a job waiting tables at a local restaurant. I’ve gotten some strange looks from folks when I tell them I’m giving up being a stockbroker in favor of being a waitress, but you know what? I’m so excited about it. I’m so ready to get out of the finance industry and learn something new. I don’t need to work, but I’m no good at being poor. I just need some spending money and no drama.

* Maddie’s spending the night with my dad and his wife tonight. Gerald and I are going on a real live date and sleeping in late tomorrow. WOO HOO!

* Sunday, Maddie and I are going to visit Gerald’s family down south. I’m going to stay until Wednesday and then come home and Maddie’s going to stay with her Nana and Papa until Saturday. That way Gerald has some free time while I’m in Chicago.

* Speaking of Chicago, BlogHer is in six days. I’ve gotten my hair cut, eyebrows waxed and a pedicure. I’m mentally packing and repacking trying to decide what to wear. I’m rehearsing my pick up lines and party banter. I’m loading my Kindle with books for the flight there and back. I think I’m ready for this.

* I threw myself a happy hour shindig on Wednesday night to say goodbye to my coworkers and friends. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. I got shitfaced and embarrassed the hell out of myself. If I hadn’t already resigned I would have had to after that. There was no way I could face those people again. I’m told there was a lot of eye-contact avoidance at work the next morning. AWKWARD.

Confidentially, tomorrow is really my last day. I can say with 100% certainty that I will be doing  as close to nothing as I can get away with for the next three days. I mean, what are they going to do? Fire me?

Of course, a big shout out to my geeky man. Thank you for all your help, babe. Just one more thing… which key is “enter?”

Anyhow, so there’s no real post tonight. Excuses, excuses.

Oh! And the news that I had my first bi-annual exam with the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment High-Risk team. I’ve got the all-clear for the next six months and then we’ll do it again. The program consists of a clinical exam, mammo, and mri every six months. I’m feeling pretty good about my odds of having anything suspicious identified early on.

Anyhow, tomorrow will be filled with searching for new themes and editing of html. See you on the flip side.

Sorry if you tried to comment today and couldn’t. It’s all fixed now, so please feel free to comment on the below post. I’m still looking for answers. And comment again to tell me what you think about the new look. kthnxbai

I’ve got some good pictures of Maddie to share with you, but damned if I can figure out how to load them in this program. Stay tuned for further developments.

Speaking of Maddie, tonight, I heard her really laugh for the first time. That full-on, crazy-assed baby laugh. She was in the tub, and I waggled my hand in the water and it splashed her; much laughter ensued. So, of course, I did it for like 10 minutes. They need to figure out a way to bottle that laugh. I’m pretty sure it could cure cancer.

We tried to call Gerald’s parents so that they could hear the laugh, but it wasn’t meant to be. His dad? Yeah, totally deaf and couldn’t hear it over the phone. I think I’ll ask Gerald to video it next time and we’ll send it to them. A grandparent hasn’t lived until they’ve heard their grand kid laughing like a loon.

WordPress has some nifty themes and I’ve got five or six that I’m playing around with. Yay or nay on this one? I didn’t ask about the comfy chair theme because I really like it and plan to use it no matter what you think. Lest you think me heartless, I’ll ask your opinion on the rest of them

Seriously, though, you’re going to have to be a little patient with me. I’m a complete novice with WordPress, so things may get a bit wonky around here as I stumble around in the dark. Just consider this place a construction zone… if you’re lucky, you might get a catcall or two.

Secondly, thank you to all of you that link me and have to endure the pain in your ass known as changing the URL in your template. Luckily, all you have to do is delete the “.blogspot” and add some w’s. Your efforts will not go unrewarded. Wait, that sounds like I’m going to pay you or something for linking me. And you know I’m broke, right? So you’d better be looking elsewhere for a handout, got it?