Having a Ball Breaking the Chain

Casual Friday

Well, I missed posting yesterday. I got home from work, read a few blogs and then ate dinner. My daughter and I watched a show and.... well, the rest is a blank. I fell asleep on the couch and woke up sometime around 1 a.m. just long enough to set my alarm clock and fall back into slumber land. So I had a chance to get a pretty good night's sleep. Except that I decided to go in early and set the alarm for 5:30.

Good idea, but it didn't really work. I left a hour earlier but only arrived 30 minutes before my previous day's start time. So leaving early only gained me an extra dose of traffic.

I'm not a road-rager. I figure that no amount of foul language and finger salutes are going to make the commute any better, so I like to turn the music up and the air conditioning to high and just zone out behind the wheel. I get home (or to work) at the same time and in a lot better mood. But the trip home the last three days has been a major pain in the ass.

San Diego county has some major traffic issues anyway, but with the heat and the road construction (they're making major changes to I-15) it really sucks worse than usual. Plus, my van (yes, I drive a van - left over from the days when we rarely went anywhere with less than 8 people at a time) is getting old, and the a/c has a little trouble keeping up with 100 degree heat and bumper to bumper 10 mph traffic five lanes across.

Enough complaining. I have a job. I LIKE the job. So far. And tomorrow's Friday. We were informed today that Fridays are considered "casual" dress days. Considering the clothing I've seen the rest of the week, I'm expecting either pajamas or shorts, t-shirts and flip flops. We'll see. I'm wearing blue jeans. And a smile.

posted by Sheryl @ 8:20 PM