Spanksgiving

It's starting out to be a bit of a crap holiday. And the day needs to get spanked.

My car wouldn't start this morning. I've poured so much $$ into it lately I'm beginning to think a new car is the best route to take. It's becoming a money pit. SO my car is on the way to Dobbs via tow, and my fingers are crossed for a cheap diagnosis, perhaps in the way of a dead battery or a fuse. I don't want to hear words like "starter" or "alternator" or "transmission".

Also, family, friends and I are scheduled to run in the Turkey Trot tomorrow, but the weather is calling for a "wintry mix". WTF.

AND I didn't get my second batch of gooeys made last night because I got too busy. So that it what I will be doing after work today.

In a word....argh.

BTW, the photo is of a half-eaten gooey.

Happy (Black) Friday

Crimeny - I am still full from yesterday.

Can't really take a deep breath.

And that, I feel, is a testament to how incredible the food was, and not my ability to stuff my face.

Some highlights:

- mile-high apple pie

- three kinds of Jello concoctions

- green bean casserole...delish

- Stove Top...yup, I go for the boxed creation

- I lost at cards, but whistled my favorite holiday tunes throughout because I was in such a good mood. I also called my grandma a bad name because she tried to set me, but she just laughed and called me the same thing. Awesomeness.

- my brother Jeff, cousin James and I debated on goofy names for Mandy's immenent bundle of joy. So far, Trixie is in the lead. James liked Ginger, Jasmine and Daisy, which fit with Trixie as they are ALL stripper names. Clint is the frontrunner for a boy, followed by Seamus, Ulysses, and Chebbi, which is what Mandy's Tae Kwon Do master yells at her during sparing.

So, I am at work on this post-Thanksgiving day, but that's okay. I have already visited the Hybrid OR with my colleague Laura to shoot fisheye stills for an eventual 360 for our new website. I am now getting ready to organize some media for our FB and YT, and have a meeting after lunch to discuss a medical breakthroughs initiative for the website. Yup...I dig my job. A lot. Enough to be okay with working on Black Friday.

My Pandora is cranked, and I am listening to Long View - it's a good day.