8:00 am Cat’s meow outside bedroom door wakes me up.
8:30 am Shuffle to kitchen to make coffee and breakfast.
8:35 am Feed cat who is still making un-Godly howling noises.
8:45 am Eat breakfast, inhale coffee quickly. The sooner the better with the coffee. It takes about 45 minutes to really kick in.
9:00 am Shuffle to office, still wearing sweats. Most likely I wore the same sweat pants yesterday.
9:02 am Open email, read top 5 blogs, save rest of blogs for a break later.
9:20 am Start “to-do” list.
10:00 am Cat is back, he wants to sit in my lap. That’s good, when it’s cold, he’s like a hot water bottle.
10:00 am My coffee didn’t kick in yet, read more blogs, catch up on twitter on iPhone.
10:30 am Cat is making my legs go numb. Walk downstairs, get more coffee.
11:00 am Mutter expletives….I have a meeting today, outside of the house. I can’t wear sweat pants! Shit!@
11:05 am Race to laundry room. What is clean? What is vaguely clean? Throw pants and blouse in dryer with fabric softener sheet to “freshen”.
11:10 am Zip to shower and begin “get ready” tasks. At least now I’ve got adrenaline pumping & I’m wound up!
11:45 am Grab “clean” clothes, find shoes & briefcase. Eat lunch standing in kitchen.
12:00 pm Leave for meeting, hoping traffic is decent. Not exactly sure where meeting is. Somewhere in 5th circle of hell around Case Western Campus.
12:49 pm Arrive early because the universe is so good to me.
12:57 pm Find office on 13th floor. Spit in face of evil doers, I am on the 13th floor, M-effers! Come find me.
1:00 pm Client arrives, flustered. She’s probably also wearing clothing from the “freshen” setting on her dryer.
##No one would know the difference though. We have an adult meeting. We exchange ideas & decide next steps. We decide to reconvene in 1 week.##
1:50 pm Depart office building, dodging traffic. Starving again, make a quick side trip to favorite diner for club sandwich.
3:00 pm Arrive home to office. Work for another client. Cat wants in lap again.
5:45 pm Order Chinese, lamenting lack of food in house.
6:00 pm Pick up food, then to grocery for Resolve (cat puked on rug) and beers.
6:30 pm Dinner with DrunkDude69 and JayFro. Engaging conversation and funny stories ensue.
8:00 pm Work 2 more hours, write 1 really lame blog post. You’ll forgive me, won’t you?
10:00 pm Television that I don’t really remember watching. VH1? TBS? Who knows.
1:00 am Night all!
RE: 11:05 — A friend I used to work with had a theory: heat = clean. Freshening clothes in the dryer is an absolutely valid way to get ready for the work day.