For Emily

I'm tired, frustrated and feeling super hot,

My face is all shiny and my hair's in a knot.

We were on the same plane

But it boggles my brain

That I'm here in the terminal and my luggage is not!

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Something About You

I've got the chills and a case of goosebumps,

An icy cold sweat that's not measles or mumps.

Oh why can't you see

Just what you do to me?!

Ah the thought of those perky lovely lady lumps!

Dedicated to RC, his Snuggie, and his three fantastically wonderful accomplices.  And a shout out to Fergie for coining the phrase that has given today's limerick such class. 

Good Advice

That means YOU!  and you and you and, ooooh I know you...especially you!  Go'won...get out there. 

Weekend Bliss Causes Memory Lapse

I get home from work Thursday, hang my hat on the shelf,

And think of hot pancakes and Buddy the Elf.

And my brain fails to log

That I should update my blog,

And for that, my dear friends, I am firing myself. 

picture credit:  all time favorite Christmas movie and Donald Trump.  Really?  I should get a prize for somehow managing to combine those two in one post. 

Trip to the Dentist

A sharp pointy thing, swooshy sucker, a file;

I open my mouth, you dig 'round for awhile.

Mama always said gain

Only comes with some pain...

I submit for the sake of my pearly white smile.

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Humpy Patrick's Saint Day

What?!

I'm sick and totally delusional and I've lit'rally been staring at my computer screen for the past 10 (or one thousand and ten) minutes and not actually DOING anything. And that's bad I suppose because, you see, they're paying me to stare at my computer screen and not do anything. I've been doing this: shuffle shuffle shuffle papers, open e-mail, answer e-mail, bathroom. Shuffle papers, bathroom. Sniffle, sneeze. Need more water! Woooohooo! That means another trip to the water cooler (yes...we have a water cooler. And I'm part of the water club. And no, we don't stand around the water cooler and gossip. Gossip travels quicker via e-mail, duh!). And then, inevitably, the bathroom...again.

Also involved in my day:

1 e-mail to my boss telling him I was going to stay in bed for a few more hours because I felt like crap

1 phone call to maintenance in which I made them listen to the stream of water leaking from my bathroom ceiling over the phone

1 very nice maintenance man who promised to fix my ceiling once and for all (ha!)

18 unread emails sitting in my inbox...that I have been ignoring for several hours

5 unnecessary, yet quite delicious cookies

28 minutes until I can leave here and go back to my bed

 And one last thing. It's Wednesday, March 17th, and that can only mean one thing:

HAPPY HUMPY PATRICK'S SAINT DAY!!! Go find yourself a damn leprechaun.

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AAAAAhmmm Nam Nam Nam Nmmmmm

Hello Little Girl in your stockings of green,

With your badges a plenty and shoes shined to a sheen.

Oh please show me your wares,

The answer to my prayers!

Tagalongs and Samoas and all things in between!

One box just won't cut it so I'll order eleven!

By the time the week's out, I'll have eaten 'least seven!

Little girl with the beanie,

Darling mini pre-teenie,

You call them Girl Scouts, but they're Angels from Heaven. 

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Be Careful What You Wish For

Raw emotion, news stories, or eating in bed,
Those are the things I should cover instead.
But your wish, my command;
I'll write what you demand,
So this Friday I limerick about "pumpkin bread"!

What!?  That's it.  Go home. 

Hey, Wanna Go Shopping?

I need to go shopping, it's been quite awhile.
My sweaters are threadbare, my pants out of style.
I'll pay what it's worth
For a fashion re-birth,
A bad ass new getup will sure make me smile!

Houston, We Have a Problem

....and I can't really go report it. 

Here in the good old U S of A, all sorts of employees in all sorts of organizations are given the finest treatment, the best resources, and the statest of the state of the art equipment with which to perform their jobs.  The rest of us have to make due with what we have. 

Which brings me to my dilemma: 

Thanks Google. 

But here's the deal, the catch, the rub, if you will...many of the applications within our network don't work in IE 8.  So I can't just upgrade.  But I can't really report the problem...because, well, I mean, do I really need to access Google Docs at work?  No.  Not one bit actually.  But maaaaaah!!!!  Someone fix it!   

Giggly

He normally lies there without so much as a peep,
He catches Zzz's quick and he catches them deep,
But a smile last night
On my face did alight,
For my quiet dear snoozer was laughing in his sleep.


True story.  It was cute. 

Happy Friday!

Things About this Hump Day

SNOOOOOOOW! 

• I jumped out of bed and ran to my computer to check our office status while repeating quietly with every fiber of my being "snow day snow day snow day snow day snow day..." 
• The offices were OPEN for business.  Coworkers beware:  I'm emitting very bad vibes today.  Must pull myself out of this.  Probably with hot chocolate.  mmmmm
• I'm still wearing my awesomely comfy hiking socks...and sitting cross legged in my chair at my desk...with no shoes on.  According to me, today is not a day for workplace etiquette. 
• My walk to the metro was surprisingly pleasant.  I wish I could have stayed outside taking pictures all day.  I would have spent more time making dirty slush look artsy!
• And my final thought for the morning:  key lime yogurt does NOTHING to squash the craving for something full of carbs and chocolate.  Or something full of carbs and salt.  Or some McDonald's french fries.  Vending machine, here I come.   

Fer-EYE-day!

Got up and got dressed, dragged my sorry self in,
Spilled my tea on my desk, dribbled right down my chin.
I'm just waitin' for five
When I'll feel more alive;
It's Friday biznitches!  Let the countdown begin!

I've been waiting for this day all week!  We made it!  :)  Luke gets back from the hinterlands of the Midwest at 10 pm, and we have an exciting weekend of lying around watching Disney movies all planned out.  And brunch with the girls on Sunday.  And at some point, there will be barrels of wine.  Happy Friday lovers!

I Owe My Existence To....

Craigslist, you've driven the things in my life,
You have furnished my world on a dime without strife.
Got my dresser, my mirror,
Sold game tix without fear!
Even met my dear Luke through my once Craigslist wife*

Here's my room!  Er, a wall of it, at least.  With my awesome $220 dresser and my THIRTY DOLLAR mirror.  And the cute tree paintings that came from Luke's old house and prove that we can totally consolidate our crap.  Sigh.  I love our room.

*I pride myself on not having to explain my limericks.  It's all out there in the words.  Well, my friends, today I failed.  Unless you know me and know what I mean when I say "Craigslist wife".  Which you all do, so maybe I didn't fail.  But in case I failed, my Craigslist wife refers to my dear wifey Megan.  My roommate of 3 years who moved out to California in July.  She responded to my Craigslist plea, "I need a place to live and an awesome new roommate.  Please take me in."  We met.  It was love at first site.  We were wed I moved in one week later.  The rest is history.  Oh!  And she just happened to work with this cutie of a mountain man who just happened to be looking to fall in love with me. 

Tomorrow is FRIDAY!

The End.

The Sunlight...It Burns!

I took leave from work, but not for a vacation;
I went to the eye doctor at Farragut station.
If you looked me in the eye
You would think I were high
Cause he checked out my eyes through dilation!



And this is almost 2 hours after they were dilated. 
They were way worse before. 

Fun with Old Plumbing

The water is flowing through ceiling, down wall,

A path that was never intended at all!

Had to clean out the room

With a mop, not a broom,

To accomodate my new bathroom wall waterfall.

Coming soon

Shots of the actual bathroom disaster

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Missing You

I'm guilty, I think, of a terrible crime:

Missed two months' worth of Fridays without reason or rhyme.

So today I will start

To get back to my art

With a week's worth of limericks to make up for lost time.

See you tomorrow! And in the meantime, here's a llama from Peru.

Raindrops and smooches,

Leanne

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