Gobble Up The Day

Hooray for American Turkey Day!! I guess I'm giving thanks for the Americans for taking this holiday and shutting down the EDGAR server at the SEC, so I can have this luxurious day off. Ha ha Lee... have fun at work!!

Yesterday was a pretty know nothing day. The pace at work was pretty slow... I got all of my billing done for my clients, finished off pretty much all my files that'll be filed for Friday except for my arch-nemesis client, who has now decided to come back with a vengeful (yet, rather stupid) set of changes for two of their smaller filings that probably should have been filed last Friday, but have taken their sweet time to give me this hell. This proof that they had sent me had me grrrr'ing and moaning for a good hour, 'cuz it was so frustrating. I even showed it all to my boss and said... 'we should start charging them for this shit.' I agree.

Anyhoo... I'm not at work today, so that'll be the last of my worries for the next 22 hours.

Last night, Dad got a ticket to the Flames/Sharks game with Gord (Team Lowes Racing) from work, so Mom and I were left to our own devices for dinner. 'Let's go out!' So I called Rob, told him to come down so we could antagonize some more Flames fans when the game is on TV and Mom and I went ahead for a bite to eat.

Got down there... and there was no game. Still ate though... and Rob showed up. Mom stayed for a couple, which was good... good to get her out of the house from time to time. Actually, Mom and I had a really good chat about certain things... a really good debate or discussion about Mom's fascination with other people's success and how they achieved it. Somehow, those sorts of things don't interest me... so we made a discussion from that.

Theresa was in, sitting with Benny & AJ at one of the tables in there as well... they came in shortly after we had arrived. She had come over to the table and was telling me that she was so excited that she was getting all sorts of nights off between Wednesday and Sunday for the next couple weeks. You know, I just couldn't get excited for her... I wanted to, but if only she had ever picked up the phone. She then proceeded to tell me that most of the gang were gonna be down at the Riverbend Station Pub tonight and that I should come down and meet them. I said that I might, but it was highly unlikely due to floor hockey and "possibly other plans." I wasn't gonna tell her right then and there about Barbara... "time and a place," my friends.

I actually had a good chat with Benny after Mom had gone and Rob and I were playing some pool. Benny and AJ slowly made their way over and Benny and I were chatting about Theresa a bit. It turns out, he's had pretty much the exact same problems as I... not really believing a word she says. Apparently she's stood him up a couple times as well... so we're in complete agreement about everything. The whole topic of 'not picking up the phone' had been a pretty good conversation piece for me and a few people. Everyone has had it happened... and it's a good way to get a few people to agree for a few minutes anyways.

After finishing up at the pub, Rob and I headed back to his place to play a little PlayStation for a bit... he'd been dying to do that for quite a while. A litle Medal of Honor: Rising Sun and Hot Shots Golf 3 and that was it for me... the beer wasn't going down so well and it was clocking over 1am... so it was about that time to go.

This morning, I'm up and Blogging... catching up a bit this morning. I have the New Pornographers on the stereo, "Mass Romantic," their first album. A good little pick-me-up to get going this morning. Gonna go get my second cup of coffee soon... okay, right now. Alright... now I'm good again.

On today's agenda: update the stats of the pool, help Rob with getting his Pontiac Sunbird up and running, maybe head into town this afternoon for some banking, hang out when I'm in town until floor hockey, floor hockey, then call up Barbara and see where she'd like to go for a drink today.

Yup, that'll be my day... it looks like the stats will take a little while. NHL Game Notes isn't updating them as quickly as I'd like them to... so it'll be a lot of manual entry this morning. Fun for me!! Good thing I have all day!!