Erin go bragh!

Faith and begorrah, 'tis that time o' year once again when all good Irish folk celebrate the blessed birth of Saint Padraig! So hoist high your flagon of Guinness draught stout and toast the fair Emerald Isle!!

Random hearts

Happy Valentine's Day!! Have a sweet time, everyone. ;-)

Thursday night owl

And once again it's the start of my weekend, my Friday night. :-) My work schedule often feels like a parallel universe. For example, my paid holiday is always the day before everyone else. At Thanksgiving, my holiday is on Wednesday because there is no paper published on Thursday. But I have to work on Thanksgiving Day because there is a paper on Friday. Christmas and New Year's work the same way. It's disorienting, to tell you the truth.
In addition, the typical workday ends at 5 p.m. when most people are home making dinner, getting on the Internet, watching TV, etc. In my world, anywhere from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. is my 5 p.m., which means I usually stay up pretty damn late, like 3-4 a.m., every night. (Thank God for adult swim, which has become my nightly companion. LOL Venture Brothers is a trip and I adore The Mighty Boosh!)
I am also going through "the change of life" as my mom always referred to it and am seeing an acceleration in symptoms, such as much bigger hot flashes and major trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, etc. Consequently, I feel tired all the damn time.
My job is pretty stressful anyway, but when you factor in all of the changes and cutbacks that have occurred over the past year, plus the pending switch to a paid Internet site (which is definitely going to impact my workload!) and the hits we have taken in advertising, resulting in a much smaller and tighter paper -- not to mention my own personal bullshit and baggage of nigh on 50 years, it does tend to wear one down a mite.
Hmmm, where am I going with all of this, eh? Well, as I posted on Facebook the other day, I feel as though I am becoming a sleep vampire. :+= And I thirst...

Happy 2010!

Well, another year lies before us, folks. Let's try to make it a good one! Things are certainly bad all over in so many ways right now, but in spite of it all, there are also wonderful things happening every day. And no matter what is wrong in our lives, we all know each of us has a lot for which to be thankful. I think we should make an effort to be grateful every day for the blessings we enjoy.

(And if that's no use, there's always self-medication.)

Happy, happy, joy, joy to the world!

Meowy Christmas, peeps!! ;-)

I have this for my desktop wallpaper at work and my avatar on Facebook. LOL

Season's eatings

Hope the holidays bring you many delicious gifts under the yum-yum tree!