Just one of those days

Do any of you ever come home from work, exhausted, and yet wonder what you did all day? That was my day today. Nothing crossed off the ol' to-do list. Stuff added to the list, but nothing accomplished rather than meetings, meetings, meetings. And today was my extra special work-from-home day. How did that happen?

Granted, part of my tasks today included getting a pedicure and tanning, but still.. I did work stuff, too. I suppose I was getting too used to accomplishing things, so I needed to meet with some people to add to my list.

As part of my new look fabulous everyday campaign lest I run into anyone I need to impress, I have now started keeping my outfits in an Excel spreadsheet so that I don't repeat anything too often. Yeah, I'm so out of control, but when I changed offices, the chances of my running into someone and needing to look good increased exponentially. This morning I had to make friends with the tailor at my dry cleaners' (another personal errand... oops!) because none of my work clothes fit. Oh, I know... boo hoo. But this weight loss is getting expensive. And my belly fat remains, no matter how many crunches I do.

On a happier note, happy 37th anniversary to Memaw and Peep! Hope you enjoyed your anniversary cereal. Here's to 37th more years of wedded bliss!

Further proof that my dad really needs a hobby

So my dad retired last year and he really has too much time on his hands. Proof? Consider the following email that I received this morning.

As you know, I have noticed the excessive number of meetings you attend with your new job;"{I send him my schedule so that he doesn't ask excessive questions}. It got me to thinking...what is the greatest number of meetings attended by someone during their lifetime? I checked in Guinness Book of Records and found out that some guy by the name of Homer Snodgrass has the record with 11,782 meetings attended.

Do you realize you have a chance to break this record? If you work at your present job for 20 more years, work an average of 235 days per year and attend 3 meetings per day, you will have attended 14,100 meetings, which would smash Mr. Snodgrass' present record!!!

Two thoughts: (a) yes, my dad really needs something to do in his spare time; and (b) if I do attend 14,100 meetings in the next 20 years, and the average meeting is an hour, I will have wasted approximately 14,000 hours of my life sitting in meetings. Scary!