Work has been SO bad lately... And by bad I mean that the entire day I just constantly feel like I'm being pulled in SO many directions (my phone rings endlessly, trades are all on the wrong forms, and there are just so many problems that need fixing). :P We're right in the midst of conversion and it's absolute chaos in our office! It's so bad that each night when I get home I'm just too exhausted to do anything. :P The only bright spot in all of our days has been the lunches that we've had to order - since no one can leave the office. Oh well, so much for not stress-eating. :P

In MUCH happier news, this weekend, Mark & I are planning to go out to dinner with Susan and Fredrick! :) It's been so long since I've seen them and I really miss talking with Susan. :( We're both always so busy that it's rare when we're able to spend some time together. And though I enjoy it when the four of us get together, I do miss our girls' night out - just because we can talk about things (like our men) more openly... I really should start scheduling our monthly dinner nights again - I miss Susan a lot! :(

Spent the better half of the evening listening to Kevin's CD. :) The cover, BTW is my new icon. :) Justin did the artwork on the cover and it's just incredible!

Little happy things about Kevin's CD that I love:

• When he calls out his band members names for solos in "It Don't Mean A Thing" - just the way he growls out "Michael!" - it's just too cute!
  
  
• His little "du-wah, du-wah, du-wahs" - Haha! :D
  
  
• Those little belty notes he hits in "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." *SIGH*
  
  
• The ending of "Fly Me to the Moon." *DOUBLE SIGH* :)

Speaking of the Earley's - I'm so excited that Julie Ann's show "Commander In Chief" will be premiering on ABC on the 27th! If any of you aren't doing anything that night, please tune in to see her. I can't wait! :D

Before I head off to bed, I was tagged by vsprtn :D. List 20 random facts about yourself then tag as many people as it takes minutes to write them down.

1. I'm addicted to Sudoku and crosswords and have to do both from the morning paper each day. :)
   
   
2. I never drank alcohol before and I really don't plan to start. :P
   
   
3. When I was four, I named my cat Hush - because she was always so quiet (and she lived to be almost 17 years old!) :)
   
   
4. I've loved Shelties all my life, though Sydney is the first dog that I've ever owned.
   
   
5. My first real job was working at Mrs. Field's Cookies in the mall near my house and to this day I just can't look at a Mrs. Field's cookie in quite the same way. :P
   
   
6. I got a speeding ticket once in California. I tried to drive from Santa Barbara to Manzanar and back all in one day. :P Yes, I was young and foolish at the time... :P
   
   
7. I rarely watch TV these days, but one of my favorite shows is "Sokoga Shiritai" which is a Japanese documentary type show about the interesting people, places, and food in Japan.
   
   
8. I fear public speaking - the only time it got better was the year I was President of my Jaycee chapter and was basically forced to speak in front of large groups all the time.
   
   
9. I'm not much of a reader - I rarely read books for pleasure (only out of necessity) - which is odd considering my mother is a retired librarian.
   
   
10. The thing I find most attractive about a man is his sense of humor (a killer baritone doesn't hurt either, however) ;)
    
    
11. One of the first things I trained Sydney to do was stretch on command (and she's pretty good at it) :)
    
    
12. My first celebrity crush was on Dwight Clark of the San Francisco 49ers. I was completely in love with him from the time I was 11 to when I was about 15. :P
    
    
13. I wrecked my lower back taking gymnastics when I was younger and because of it will always have awful lower back pain. :P
    
    
14. The show that I've seen the most times on Broadway is "Thoroughly Modern Millie" - which I've seen 12 times.
    
    
15. I used to be a diehard soap fan (and I even used to be so hardcore that I'd use nicknames for soap couples made up of both characters names... like ZEm and Manny.) :)
    
    
16. I'm an incessant worrier and can stay up all night worrying about something trivial.
    
    
17. Which brings me to the fact that I've had a problem with insomnia for most of my life. :P I'm also a very light sleeper and I can never go right back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night.
    
    
18. I have a degree in photography which I don't use at all.
    
    
19. All through school I hated math - in fact, I took Logic in college so I wouldn't have to take a college math course. :P
    
    
20. I collect ticket stubs and playbills of all the shows I've ever attended. They're all in a file cabinet near my desk, but I think I have to find a new place for them soon because the cabinet is getting too small.

And I'm supposed to tag people based on how long it took me to do this... But I won't because I stopped in here to take a shower, play with the dog, etc... It's taken me such a long time to finish this that I'd have to tag everyone on my friends' list...

Hope you all have a nice evening. I'm off to crawl into bed and get ready for another "fun filled" day tomorrow. :P