Random Thoughts For the Beginning of the Weekend

Mood: WTF!?*
Song: Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Units of Caffeine: 2, and counting
Days Until Vacation: 92

*Yes, it can be a mood.

Today has been a slow morning; it's Friday and I can't seem to get motivated to do anything. I am normally one to wake up sans problems. I hate saying that I'm a "morning person," because I think of a person who jumps out of bed with a huge, obnoxious smile, wanting nothing more than to greet the world with glee.

I am not that person.

I wake up without really feeling all that tired. Other than that, I am not a morning person. All I want to do is sit; drink my coffee; and read the news without anyone talking to me or bothering me. This is why I need to wake up two hours before I go to work. If I were to wake up 30 minutes prior to work and just jump into things, I would probably kill the first person who said "good morning" to me. But this morning was different. I woke up at my normal time and still felt the weight of fatigue, heavy on my eye-lids. Perhaps there was something in the air - Even my cats were curled up, like fluffy pillows, on the bed. (Usually my older cat is sitting in the office, staring out the window while the younger one sits by the sink while I take a shower and helps me make my morning coffee by walking between my legs and telling me what to do with her squeaky meow.) But such was not the case this morning. It was as if I had woken up at 1 in the morning and someone had played some dirty trick on me by setting my clock ahead several hours. But no... it was the normal time.

So, I make my coffee and as I turn the coffee maker on, I realize that I'm out of Splenda. Now, I have read and taken note of the thoughts of sucralose, but I don't care: Splenda is nothing less than fabulous for me right now. I'm on Weight Watchers and allergic to many of the other artificial sweeteners, such as Nutrasweet and Equal; (I'm also not very fond of the common after taste of those sweeteners). Splenda still has a little after taste, but I don't think it's as bad. So, Splenda is a very good thing for me right now. But, I had to resort to good ol' sugar this morning. Ugh! For those of you who are not familiar with how Weight Watchers works, all food is given a point value based on a calculation of fiber, caloric and fat content, and you are given a certain number of points you can eat within a day, based on your weight. A tablespoon of sugar is 1 point, whereas Splenda has 0 points. Since I can get the sweetness I want without spending any points, I look at sugar as wasted points. I mean, imagine if you could buy something you wanted for a dollar or get something similar for free. Which would you take?

That started my Friday morning. I get to work and my office suite smells like a yeti came in and took a dump in each office and smeared it on the walls. However, the rest of the building smells of cinnamon and belgian waffles. (Can anyone explain this to me?)

About ten minutes into my work day, I go to the men's room; open the door to the public rest room; and there sits a man on a knocked over garbage can with his pants down to his ankles, tying his shoes. I quickly retreat into my office and decide to wait for a little while before returning.

Happy Friday everyone.