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it is monday morning again. w00t! hacky called our 800 line this morning, and announced that she would not be in until noon. she had some "business" to take care of. she didn't even have enough nerve to call our supervisor directly (which is proper procedure) and tell her. she expects us to do the dirty work. i took the call, listened to her lame excuse, and promptly hung up the phone. when i entered my supervisor's office to give her the news, i am pretty sure she already knew what was coming. it's really quite ridiculous. when i told her, she just rolled her eyes and said ok. "why doesn't she fire her?", you ask? well, my company went through an acquisition about 3 months ago. the company split, and part of the contract said that each company would keep their employees on for at least 6 months -- regardless. so, i'm hoping that in 3 months she gets canned. probably not going to happen, though. my department boss used to get it on with her sister, and that pretty much secures her job. aaugh. at least my monday mornings are never filled with the disgusting hacking noises, and the loud talker voice. yeah, in addition to the hacking, she has the dreaded 'loud talker phone voice.' there are times i can't hear myself think because she is so old, she thinks she still has to scream through the phone to be heard. we are not using 2 cans and a string, lady. this is 2004. everyone can hear your man/smoker voice just fine. AARRGGHH!

in other news, bob and i are taking a trip this weekend to his home town - toledo, OH. i am actually looking forward to getting away from here for a while. the only big thing we have planned is going to cedar point amusement park. it was ranked number 3 in the US, so it should be a pretty fun time. we are driving, and it's a 14 hour trip one-way. ee-gads. we have made the drive before, but we were in the goo-goo ga-ga stage of our relationship. we have been arguing a bit the last couple of weeks, so you guys might need to say a prayer to whomever you pray to that we don't kill each other.

speaking of prayer, keep my 'good friend' dooce in yours, too. she is in a bad place right now, and needs all the positive vibes she can get.

this weekend was pretty uneventful. friday, we took my mother out to eat in a continuation of her birthday celebration. her actual birthday was saturday 8/28. she is now officially 50. you remember last weekend, we had her surprise party... but she would not let us forget about it if we didn't do something on her actual birthday. she loves her birthday more than she loves Christmas. it's kinda weird. anyway, sunday was spent in church, and then laying around trying to rejuvinate for the upcoming week.

in other news, my troublesome ankles, which i will post about in depth sometime, are back to normal. short explanation - the valves in my veins are too short. blood/water doesn't circulate properly sometimes, and they get all swollen. it's not anything serious, because it can be controlled with proper elevation and daily water pills -- but when i don't take care of them.... all hell breaks loose. my legs look like i'm 9 months pregnant i've retained so much fluid. it's so weird and even cardio-vascular specialists i've gone to have no other treatment method available. i am pretty thin, so it's weird to have this skinny body, and on rare occasions have these "cankles." anyway, all is well in that area, and i'm back to my stilletos and skirts! w00t!

i am purchasing my camera this week before the trip, so i should have some cool pics to post next week. w00t w00t! hope you have a good monday!