Tuesday Has No Phones

I have a surprising amount of scheduled social outings this month. Which, let us be frank, typically means any but seriously, lots! I have no idea how this happened!

Possibly as a way of restoring the natural order of things, today there was - still is - a big snowstorm. It's scheduled to end tomorrow morning, but it may impact my ability to go over to someone's house for tea tomorrow afternoon. But I am optimistic, so I made currant scones anyway. I figure worst case scenario is that I bring them into work on Monday. Plus baking on snowy days is fun :D

After that I worked on making cards. I'm still trying to figure out my style, but I'm pleased with what I ended up with. I'll take pictures when I have better light.

After that I worked on my Spanish. And after that I worked on a scarf. Sadly the yarn in question is pure muppet fur and it sheds like a mofo. It's also just slipipery enough that it's literally a pain for me to handle. This project may end up getting frogged and forgotten.

I am now sitting and relaxing. I have not yet gotten tired of having a wireless printer. The cats still refuse to fetch the papers for me, but I remain hopeful. Or deluded. It's a fine line.

One of many reasons why my job is awesome? Three words: Work. From. Home.

I woke up today with my head hurting but not full-on migraine. If it was a normal work day I would've probably gone in. However damn near the entire office, my dept included, is away at a conference. I realized it was stupid to make myself worse by going out in sunlight and driving and spending the day under bad lighting and bleh. So I emailed the boss to ask if I could work from home so that I could close my eyes in cold darkness as needed and he said yes.

\o/ New job for the win! (Also remote log-in for the win!)

In other news, watching commercials in Spanish is a great way to go "Hey! I actually know what they're saying!" though Olive Garden commercials in Spanish are just disturbing. Mind you Olive Garden commercials in English aren't much better...

And I have no idea where the 3-way Petrellicest vaguely Apacolyptic crack bunny came from, but it scares me.

Hola! ¿Cómo estás? Estoy muy bien, gracias.

As you can see, I'm coming along with my Spanish lessons. It's just little bit by little bit, but my hope is that over time it will add up. I don't know that I'll ever be fluent but hopefully I'll get enough under my belt to muddle through when talking with Spanish speakers. Since many of you appreciated the link to Livemocha I'll add in Coffee Break Spanish which has free podcasts of Spanish lessons. They're about 15 minutes long, which makes them perfect for listening to on my way to and from work. I've heard three lessons so far. I need to listen to them a few times because there's always something I forget, but they say you'll need to do that anyway. So at least in this respect I am normal ;)

Thanks for those who offered their help with my work-related question. I still need to do the thing but the advice was very helpful. I shall be making use of it once I get started.

Hey, could I be more vague? Possibly.