Playing Hookie... when you need face time

By the time the alarm went off this morning, no one in my house wanted to wake up - not even the dogs. One of my kids comes into my room around 6:15 and flops down on the bed - resting before he jumped in the shower 45 minutes later.... My other kid slpet until 8:15 or so.... My husband also couldn't get going, with many failed attempts at picking out something to wear, and actually brushing his teeth, he decided to just bag it and call in with a "mental day"... At some point, he rolled over onto my pillow and whispered "do you wanna play hookie?"

All of these factors caused me to loligag around the house, and debate wether or not I could afford a hookie day. It would be a perfect day - my boss is in NY on business, our admin is on vacation - I don't really have all that much work to do! . Literally, there is no one in the office to know wether or not I am in....but that's the problem- there's no one there to cover in case something happens! Damn!

So, I decide to play half hookie... got in around 10:00 - planning on leaving at 1:30 - show up, put in enough face time, and then let everyone know after the fact that I took a half day. I'll still keep an eye on emails, and maybe check my voicemails (Blecccchhhh), and if somebody needs me, I'll respond. But, otherwise, I'll be sitting my butt on the couch, watching some stupid movie with my husband this afternoon.... and not feeling the least guilty about it!

Good thing my coworkers don't read this blog - I'd be completely busted!

Java Haiku

Mahogany slides
Down my throat, bitter and smooth
My soul awakens




(this one is for Brian who didn't get coffee this AM!)

A Midsummer morning fantasy

Chirp, tweet, little birds say
“pick me, pick me.”

The sweet morning breeze
Is the nightclub for my backyard friends.

All a-tweet and a-twitter,
They attract their soulmate.

Some brash, some melodic,
They all sing the right tune

Many elaborate rituals,
With all the give and take.

A proud display of plumage,
An intricate song of love.

Others are simple fly-bys,
“Hey chick, whatcha got going on?”

I find my avian friends,
Are not so different than us.

Bee Balm

There’s a lovely flower in my garden,
by the name of Bee Balm.

Soft spiky flowers and leaves,
Fragrant Red blossoms

Yet the bees that fly through it
Are never calm or soothed

They’re still as busy as ever
Buzzing from bloom to bloom

Gathering their nectar and pollen
With their nimble limbs

With a blossom so divine
And ripe for the picking

How could a bee relax,
Take his time and wait?

Jazzy Blue

Why is blue the color of sad and low?
Of heartbreak and sorrow,
Of melancholy and tears,
I only feel happy when I’m around it

Blue are my children’s eyes
Bright sparkly and full of mischief

Blue are the Johnny-jump-ups
Smiling from our window box in the midday sun

Blue fills the space between the clouds
That we track from the hammock’s swing

Blue is the Mediterranean sea
Waves, café au lait and you

Blue are the berries
In the muffins I baked this morning

Blue is the flower cart
From grandma’s house, full of love and blooms

Blue is the topaz necklace
A present from my adoring you

Blue is not the color and sad and low
Blue is the uptick in the tempo
Blue is the pluck of the bass in a solo
Blue is the shabadoooooo as you close your eyes and smile

Brace yourself.... It's poetry week

I wrote some stuff over the weekend that seems, well not completely crappy - please, I'm soliciting honest feedback.....

Here's the first in the next post

call me eeyore today

I feel like Eeyore today.... all gloomy and rainy... and I'm usually more like Tigger!

Politics at work are kicking me in the ass today, in the fashion of 2002-2003 (and all of you who worked with me then know WHO I am talking about).. No, not my boss; her new boss reminds me of that one guy... So, I think I want to change my answer to the questions onthe Employee survey:

1. Do you have the tools needed to do your job? Today, I would say "Strongly disagree".
2. Does your management team support your efforts? today I would say "strongly disagree"
3. Do you believe the company supports our communities through charitable activities: Today I would say....... "Strongly Disagree"

Sorry - had to vent.... I'll be back to my usual Tigger self tomorrow... but I still want to change my answers...