Man, I need to start paying more attention. Twice in two days someone has come up and greeted me and I have had no idea who they were.

(In my defense, "are you Darby's mom?" is not what I expect to hear in the hallway of my office. Of course, that just means I see this person both in the office and in the neighborhood. So, not really much of a defense.)

Has anyone tried arnica gel or cream?

Arnica seems to help bruises heal better on me. For muscle pain, I like Biofreeze, which my chiropractor recommends. It's menthol based. The capsaicin creams demonstrably work, particularly on arthritis, but I seem to always manage to get them in my eye.

Yeah, the capsaicin was effective, except after a while it felt like my joints were on fire. Which, not so pleasant. And I couldn't get it off my fingers no matter how many times I washed, which made taking out my contacts really really painful.

Biofreeze, huh? I'll look it up.

ARGH. Am trying to resign, and my boss is (a) on the East Coast and (b) out of the office tomorrow.

oh, argh, meara. My last job, I had to resign on the phone because the offer from this job didn't come in until Saturday and I was traveling the next week. It was a bit uncomfortable.

Okay, I have talked myself down from the ledge with My Nemesis, mostly through spending too much on a nice lunch (goat cheese and pomegranite salad). But I'm still pissed off, and I know that when my boss comes back, he's going to put this little squabble on me.

And it's fair: I got nasty first, but only because she's been giving me this shit for four years. And quite possibly I'm PMSing. (Not that I would tell my boss that!)

Cats as fonts! [link]

Huh. On the way home I was fretting about the wisdom of spending extra money on prosecco when Hec already got us some nice cheeses and we have a huge car repair in progress, and... the ATM outside the corner store had a $20 in it. No other humans on the sidewalk in either direction, nobody in the corner store but the counter guy. I took it to mean that the universe wants us to have prosecco.

Arnica seems to help bruises heal better on me.

Ditto. I use the little under-the-tongue thingies.

Consuela, do you have any long train trips coming up where you could commiserate with an uninvolved party about your respective work frustrations?

Consuela, do you have any long train trips coming up where you could commiserate with an uninvolved party about your respective work frustrations

I see what you did there.

The problem is that I have to be perfect, whereas she can apparently say anything and do anything and nobody cares. She is not held accountable.

I hate work nemesis stuff. I had a work nemesis once, that I freaking hired. And I was so oblivious that I had to have a friend (former Pacer) tell me that she wasn't my friend and I should watch out for her. They really can make things miserable for you.

The SO & Seabiscuit just went out snow hiking. The Biscuit thinks this is the best thing that's ever happened to him and is romping around like a puppy.

I have done jack all all day and I'm good with that. It has not quit snowing since 11:00 when I declared it wasn't ever going to snow. I've been out to feed the birds and clear the birdbath twice already, and have swept off the steps of the entry and the deck, and it was probably a good 3 inches already on the deck steps alone, and is supposed to keep snowing until midnight.

Which means tomorrow may be a snow day, too, even though that school is much closer. If it is, I swear I will be some productive, but it has been super great just having the day to while away with the SO. We sat in the sunroom and watched the birds and the snow. He sat in the rocker and puttered on the internet and I curled up on the seat he built and read books. A rabbit came and ate from the birdfeeder. Now I am drinking cocoa sitting by the fire. And he is out there marching around, but he's kooky like that.