Dinner with the big kahuna!

So today has been another one of those work days from home that is filled with boredom. Even the news wasn't all that exciting. I mean, the only thing of any importance {to me personally} is the massive protest across the nation on the subject of immigration reform, while Congress decided to go into a two week recess last Friday without reaching any sort of progress or agreement between the two parties {how typical}. Other than that, CNN pretty much reported on some parents being upset about some school somewhere giving students credits if they participate in a protest where a teacher was present, some fire at a bus depot in New York City, and another fire somewhere else in Texas; all of which qualified as local news to me.

This is the third week in a row where I am not traveling for work, and I think I am starting to feel a little bit of the traveling withdrawal. So what did I do? I added more content to MySpace and did a good survey/bulletin that actually was not written by a high school kid! Imagine that! The one positive thing about not traveling this week in particular is the fact that I will be able to go to the Filing Frenzy Fun Run hosted by Momentum with a few other friends this Wednesday. And the weather is finally getting warmer, unlike this past weekend when it was frigid at night!

Oh, I got an email from my manager today, and it turns out that he is in town working at one of our clients, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Since I'm not traveling, he wanted to meet tomorrow night for dinner. Hmm... I hope this is really just for dinner, because I don't feel like listening to any bad news. ;-) Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to be laid off, since I can look forward to the nice fat severance package, and perhaps that will finally get me to look for a local job? If only I'm not too picky. I need to learn to suck it up, go for the higher pay in exchange for some crappy company, instead of working at a good company for less pay {and occasionally having to work through weekends without comp time}. Ha ha ha.

Speaking of the nice weather, it's 66 degrees out there right now. I think I should go stretch and do a short five mile run. That would be lots of fun. And I hope that the chill is finally gone for good, cos it is a big demotivation to my spirit to run. The exception, of course, being the Shamrock Shuffle last weekend, where I paid $30 for a bottle of beer at Grant Park! Come rain, sleet or snow, I am having that $30 cheap beer! LOL