Case of the ... Fridays?

I think a case of the Fridays happens when you're hung over from drinking on a Thursday night. To try and ward them odd, I'm going to try and list some things that I am THANKFUL for right now, because I am more pissed off this morning than hung over. Meh.

• I am thankful my cat is adorable, and likes to sleep on my head (I just wish he'd SHUT UP in the morning when he ALREADY HAS FOOD. SHEESH CAT SHUTTUP.)
• I am thankful I have a computer, even though I am currently stealing my internet from someone in the building since I have NO CLUE what happened to our wireless.
• I am thankful I have legs, and that M has legs, for a few reasons really - so that M has pants (even though they need to be hemmed) and so that I can run after his car this morning (in my robe, like a crazy) with the aforementioned pants in my hands.
• I'm thankful my mom came down and stayed with us the other day - and cleaned our place from head to toe - even though she unplugged the coffee maker and we have to reset it...with it's wonky-won't-work button.
  
• I am thankful I have a job in these nutty-ass times - even though that job makes me work when ALL of my friends are NOT working, and so I have to make friends with the peeps that WORK at the restaurant...who aren't bad people, they just have different kinds of LIVES...and get excited about SERVING FOOD (management) or act like dicks (certain managers...and servers...)
• Lastly, I am thankful I have time to volunteer. I can learn about the hospital and patient care in a small way... but let's just be honest. I'm tired and it's 8:30 a.m. on a Friday and I DON'T WANT TO GO.

Sigh. Sorry for being a whiny bee-yotch. But, sometimes you just gotta throw it all out there, even if it's ugly and awful and inconsiderate and mean and ungrateful.

Because hey, we all get a case of the Fridays every once in a while - right?

Freebies

Sorry I didn't get to this last night. The Office + football game + constant CNN + NEW Twilight trailer = very distracted Doris.

So. Freebies. I LOVE FREEBIES. Whether is's leftovers from one of mom's killer meals, or just those little bottles of shampoo in the hotel, I CANNOT resist.

PS - when I was little, I would look under my dad's sink and see rows of little bottles - when I asked mom what they were, she told me (with a roll of her eyes) that they were mini shampoo and conditioner bottles. She acted like this was a BAD thing. To me, it was magic. That feeling has never left me! Teensy bottles of perfume, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, deodorant, etc. are AWESOME - and even more so now that the airlines are crazy about their 3 oz. rule.

Anyway. In my quest for freebies, I consistently troll shampoo Web sites and sign up for free samples. Not only do I get to try all sorts of delish hair products, but they are perfect for the plane! Recently I discovered that Walmart.com has a whole sample section! You can get everything from lotions to tampons for free on there - and you don't have to sign up with an e-mail address (praise the Lord). Right now, Kashi is telling you to "Steal a Cookie" - and you should. Sign up and get a free (and healthy) cookie in the mail!! It's really yummy too.

With all the Green talk out there now, I have actually thought about how my Freebie obsession might be killing the earth (extra packaging, extra cargo weight, ginormous carbon footprint)...but I still do it through the mail...sorry.

We have a couple street festivals every year downtown, and they ALWAYS give away Freebies - literally I will eat lunch by grabbing Go-gurt, cereal and candy Freebies. Not so healthy, but tres free! Until I moved into an apartment, I would take ANY Freebie handed to me - koozies, lanyards, key chains...anything. However, I realized I was accumulating a HUGE amount of crap and I stopped.

If you want to enrich your MIND with Freebies, look no further than iTunesU. The iTunes store offers college courses on everything under the SUN for free! Many are audio lectures but there are some video lectures as well - M and I watched an hour-long lecture on post-partum care...with a birth scene MUCH much graphic than "Knocked Up." I think M was scarred. Anyway, you literally can listen to an entire Stanford history course for free. Which is AMAZING if you're a dork like me.

Also check out iTunes' podcasts for free audiobooks and other random lectures. Those things REALLY make the time fly in the car.

Does anyone have a fave Freebie site? Are you slightly obsessed with free stuff like me?

Waiting

So...it's 5:15 p.m. on a Friday, and I am still at work. Yup. I'm waiting for a press proof to arrive so I can grab it and then hand-deliver said proof to my boss. Who left for the day.

I now know how my friend feels who works at an advertising firm...only she is there until the wee hours of the morning! Not cool.

Anyways...I am very excited about this whole blog thing, even though my friend K. says that "Blogs are so 2002" - I am not amused. My significant other was wondering if the Blog's name would be "Dani Dorko" - also not cool!!! Sheesh. Give a sistah a break here.

::cough::

I HATE COLDS! Even when they get you out of work for a day ... and you get to stay home and wander around in a Sudafed delirium...wear your robe all day...and talk to the cat. I like my cat.

BUT, back to waiting. I do not like to wait. For anything. Patience is not a virtue I've mastered...which could be the reason why I got married at 23. I always want the next thing...to get over that next hurdle. On Monday, I always wish it was the end of the day, so I can get home to M and D. Actually, I just want it to be Friday!

Even though today is Friday, I'm thinking about Tuesday - I have a test in Anatomy class on Tuesday and I haven't started studying yet. Blech!

Yuppers...Still waiting for that proof...

Maybe I'll go play a puzzle until it comes...hopefully soon.

BTW, Happy Pi Day!!