It's Friday, and I Invented Post-Its

Hey Friday. I’ve been waiting for you.

• I didn’t invent Post-its. The title is a nod to Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, which is a movie I love and was recently reminded of (thanks to Filmspotting). That’s one I need for my collection.

• I warned you that when I got cable (for the first time in 7 years!) that I might disappear off the face of the blogging world for a while. You thought I was joking. I thought I was joking. But, it’s true. That’s where I’ve been since Tuesday: watching TV. Not really, of course. I’ve been working and all that normal stuff, but for some reason I haven’t been blogging. I’ve written several posts to about the 3/4 length, but they always get more tedious and serious than I intended or am in the mood for, so I abandon them.

• Speaking of cable, it is so awesome! Yeah, there’s a lot of crap, but can I tell you how much I love HGTV? And watching Countdown when it actually airs. I forgot how much I love Forensic Files, though I wish it wasn’t on right before I go to bed. In other TV news, I’ve been watching my DVDs of The Big Bang Theory, and I forgot how much I love that show. I didn’t see any of season 2, since it was on when I was working and CBS doesn’t put it online. I’m looking forward to when it’s released to DVD.  Oh, and who’s watching Big Brother with me this summer?  Yeah, it’s kind of trashy, but I always get sucked in.

• I like working and I like my job, but I had a total case of the Mondays this week and things haven’t improved since then. I usually don’t think anything about getting up every morning and spending my whole day pushing books around, but this week I’ve been staring at the clock a lot and counting down the minutes.  Like, right now, it’s 4:12 pm on Thursday and I cannot wait until I get off at 5:15.

• I was so excited this week, because my favorite Fanilow Mandy had a contest and I won. Me! I did. I know I sound like a big walking, makeup wearing cliche when I say this, but I never win anything. This is awesome.

• I’m still enjoying the new apartment so much. One night I had dream after dream about having to move again, but then there was something wrong with every new place and then I was attacked by a giant butterfly (I’m scared of butterflies) that turned out to be a peacock. I was so relieved to wake up in my nice and bug-free apartment. It’s weird, but I find that just being in a new space has thrown off some of my old habits. That’s what I like about new spaces.

• It’s been nice to have a break from my novel. I actually wrote the first few sentences of my next novel this week, and while they’re not good and will have to be rewritten, it was nice just to take that step. The protagonist is a male this time, and I freaked out for a second thinking that I don’t know anything about guys, but then I realized that I don’t know anything about girls either and that hasn’t stopped me before.

• Of course it wouldn’t be a normal week if I didn’t make an idiot of myself with a certain Adorable Boy. Or maybe I haven’t made a bit enough idiot of myself and that’s the problem.

• I haven’t bought any makeup or nail polish in the last two weeks. I haven’t even been tempted to accidentally drive miles out of my way to stop at Ulta. This is progress, though I worry about Ulta staying in business without me.

• I have to confess that I’m a little jealous of you bloggers out there who are traveling this summer, especially those of you who’ve had the opportunity to meet each other.  My lack of disposable income and vacation time is keeping me here in California.  I guess there are worse places to spend a summer, but I hope to meet you all eventually!

Have a great weekend everyone!