Today is my Friday, I have tomorrow off, I'm going to go buy books.

My office party was pretty fun. We do that game where everyone gets a $10 gift and we take numbers and pick a gift to open, but someone with a higher number can steal it. There are relatively few duds and everyone is good spirited about it (a women without pierced ears opened earrings, and someone promptly stole them from her). I work with nice people.

just all the disruptions to routine

I think that's it. My apartment is completely upside-down, I keep suffering insomnia so can't focus, and my book issues make me feel sort of embarrassed and failed every day. Which, you know, I'm totally keeping in mind is very first world.

Still, I've reached the point of irritation with it all now that I need to punch someone in the face.

sarameg, fb is blank for me too, but I'm on my iPhone and that app craps out all the time.

Good stuff - my new bras arrived, and because of the weather I was home to get them and didn't have to make an annoying trip out to UPS.

Fb blank for anyone else?

That would explain my coworker asking if it was blocked just now...

I had free eggnog earlier! That was good. But now I have to go to a holiday party at my boss's house.

Ugh, Allyson--insomnia can definitely take a toll.

Happy news? I'm going to Europe on Monday!!!

Good stuff: My office is having a movie day on Tuesday because there are no events scheduled in our building and no one does any work the week before Christmas anyway. Our four multi-purpose rooms are being turned into a mini-multiplex with two showings. Movies include Toy Story 3, Up, Wall-E, and one of the Shrek movies. There will be free popcorn.

My firm? A very button-down financial services company.

OK people, tell me good stuff that happened to you. Even if it's just that you ate really good curry for lunch.

Ryan not only supplies kisses on request, but has taken to blowing kisses. With, I like to think, a certain degree of debonair exuberance.

Aside from that, the week's been a bit sucky. Nothing major, just bits and pieces. Missed a day off work with a stuffed neck. Finances have gone backwards the last couple of months with some significant expenses (at least one of which was unexpected). Got faffed around getting a replacement car key (which was itself not cheap). Nothing major, just wading through molasses territory.

I think you will agree, though, that Ryan kisses work out to give a net positive.

Here's to not falling on my ass in the next 15 minutes or so!

I am in the midst of massive insomnia, but last night was plagued with visions of Christina Hendricks in this corsetty top thingummy.

Which was a net positive quite unlike Ryan kisses.