my sad little adventures, LOL

So this is a five-day weekend - you'd think I would get sooo much accomplished, right?... Sadly, the more time I THINK I have, the faster it disappears with barely a trace of its passing. Yesterday was Thanksgiving, obviously, which means I spent most of the day at my parents' house, stuffing my face with food. And today I had to take a trip to the city, because next Tuesday I am supposed to go to this one-day training course taking place at a hotel downtown. So I needed to make sure I know where exactly the hotel is and how long it might take me to get there. I always do that when I am expected to show up at some unfamiliar location at a certain time - I actually go there beforehand to get a "feel" of the area and the "logistics" of finding my way around it. Otherwise I am extremely anxious and afraid of getting lost and never actually making it there, or arriving ridiculously late (which has actually happened on a number of occasions). So anyway... this took far longer than expected due to a number of circumstances. ( Read more... )