I was in elementary school when I first came across this condiment, mustard. I’d seen other children put it on their burgers and hot dogs but I just couldn’t bring myself to try it. It looked sort of poopy yellow. One day, maybe in third grade, I decided to try it. I pocketed a packet of mustard from my lunch tray, and took it home. I went to the bathroom (because that’s where anything poopy-looking belongs) opened it, and took a small taste. It was odd but I sort of liked it. And now, I think it may be one of my favorite condiments.

We lost Internet for 3 days! On Monday night, we thought it was a fluke, maybe weather related but when Tuesday night came and we still had no Internet, we called Verizon. First, it was a challenge trying to even find their customer support number. They bury it in their website. Next, the first woman we talked to got disconnected, we think she conveniently hung up on us. Even though she had our phone number, she never called back. When we called back and got another lady, she couldn’t help us so we asked to speak to her supervisor. 30 minutes on hold later, said supervisor transferred us to another department saying she couldn’t help us. The transferred office had a recording saying they were closed for the day. Shouldn’t this supervisor have known that? Yet a less clever ploy to hang up on customers. They must have a manual on how to hang up on us. So tonight (obviously, since I’m posting) we finally got Internet. For a while there I felt like Wilma Flintstone.

I have job-ennui. A case of ADHD for work. I am grateful for having a job especially in this economic environment, but lately, it’s been feeling pretty empty. Unrewarding. Uninteresting. I wish I could take more pride in my work but I just feel indifferent. It’s so process-oriented and after learning the process I’m left wanting something more. I have thought about what I would do if I could do whatever I wanted, and I have no clue. A gardener? An animal rescue worker? A hand model? I don’t know. I don’t think it’s this though.

I am fully aware that this whining entry is on par with those yuppie women who complain to their therapists how awful their lives are because their housekeeper ironed their table napkins all wrong. Not belittling their complaint, nor mine, but I think I need something to snap me out of this. Maybe a new job.

Everyday, our usual routine goes like this:

• Wake up
• Get ready for work
• Mull through the day at the office
• Come home
• Make dinner
• Shovel food in face while watching TV
• Watch more TV
• Play with Marco and Gina a bit sometimes
• Get ready for bed
• ZZZzz

This week, to break the routine, we went out for dinner on Wednesday and shared a hummus sandwich and cheese platter then came home to watch TV and go to bed.  Just that little break in the routine was nice.  Surprisingly, a good number of people were out on Wednesday and the restaurant was full.   Yesterday, we had dinner at home but then instead of staying in to watch more Law & Order, we went walking about and ended up at Whole Foods.  We got bacon chocolate and cheese.  What more could we ask for?  Lessee, pizza dough, pizza sauce, spaghetti, and fruit sodas.  We should just make it a habit of carrying grocery bags whenever we go out for a walk because more often than not, we’re gonna end up at the grocery store.  Just going out on Wednesday and Thursday nights make for a better week.  I love that the sun doesn’t set until after 8!  This is what we wait for all winter long… these gloriously long days.

Ok, this may not be geeky at all for some of yous but for me, it just seems so geeky fun! We hooked up our PC to the TV! Or I should say he did, last night. I am merely the lucky bum who gets to enjoy the fruits of his geekiness. So now I’m sitting in front of the couch in front of a 54″ high def TV blogging and listening to online radio. Last night, I was playing Sims 2 and Plants vs. Zombies where the peas were gimongo! I don’t think I should ever need a computer monitor bigger than this. Besides the cool factor, it also just makes better sense for us. The computer station took up a sizeable chunk of our chinchilla room and for a small place, we haven’t the luxury of wasting space like that. Plus, we could cancel cable tv and watch Hulu for Glee or foodnetwork online.