Stop the Insanity!

By the way - Whatever did happen to that Susan Powder chick? Maybe she gained all the weight back, let her hair grow long, and took up a management position at K-Mart. I really don't know, but I'm pretty sure her talk show was canceled :-P

I'm still loopy after spending too much time in the office lately. Last week was Hell. Let's see... I left at 9:30pm on Monday, Tuesday was fine, Wednesday and Thursday at 10:30pm, and Friday at 11:30pm. My group had to prepare for a big presentation tomorrow for the Board. So my hope is that the worst of it is over. We shall see.

The week didn't end on a very positive note. On Thursday night, my laptop seemingly died. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful. After moving through the stages of denial, and then acceptance, I was still grieving on Saturday when I decided to pull out the defibrilator and try a few more times. Who knew - I was able to get the thing to start up - and then stay on - for long enough to transfer the last remaining files which weren't backed up on my PC. So, while the laptop is still giving me major problems and still fails to start up, I am content in knowing that I haven't lost any of my files. Although it's still a bit sad. This laptop has been right there with me over the past 5 years, including two relocations overseas and a move to Chicago and back. It got me through grad school, and it found me my current job, not to mention the number of people it kept me in touch with as well as put me in touch with. It is a sad day indeed.