Domestic Geek

Saw a great bumper sticker on a car today that read:

Give Snape a Chance

Made me smile.

So begins the perks of the new job:

I'm off today. For the whole day. WITH PAY!!! This doesn't even count as a sick day. How cool is that? My boss doesn't want his designers to burn out, so once every eight week cycle we're to take a day or two off to relieve the stress of getting the magazines to press. Each of us four designers is taking a different day this week. Mine was today. It's a good thing, too, after what happened yesterday.

When I let Skippy in from pottying when I got home from work yesterday, he proceeded to bleed all over my house. I panicked because I didn't know why he was bleeding. He wouldn't stop running because of the pain and I was freaking out thinking he was going to die from blood loss. I called Marcus to calm myself down because I was getting hysterical. I felt bad because I knew there was nothing he could do from work. I tried calling Dad as well, but he wasn't home. I finally cornered him back in the laundry room and held a towel around the foot I figured out was bleeding. I wasn't sure at first because all four paws were drenched in blood from running through it. I guess he lost a toenail, but I don't know where because I couldn't find it outside. Weird. At least he hadn't sliced it open. I was afraid we'd have to take him to the vet for stitches or something. After the bleeding let up, I went to the store to get Neosporin and bandages, but then he wouldn't let me wrap his foot. Dork. I spend an hour steam cleaning blood out of the carpets while Marcus mopped up what was on the linoleum.

Today I get to finish that task. I'm sure in the daylight I'll see blood that I missed, plus now my carpets have clean spots. I'd better get them all cleaned while the weather is mild.

First, though, I'm going to grab some breakfast and go read a couple of chapters in The Chronicles of Narnia. One and a half books left of the series left.

I did want to mention one thing today. The Steelers' charter busses and their State Patrol escort passed me on I-70 today on their way to DIA as I was heading to WalMart. Part of me wanted to hate them for beating the Broncos in the AFC Championship game today, but another part of me recognizes that they outplayed the Broncos and deserve to go on to the Super Bowl. *sigh*

I saw this meme over at Gina's and since I don't feel like posting anything of substance, here goes:

Four Jobs You’ve Had
1. Pizza Delivery Driver
2. Music Teacher
3. Merchandiser and Cashier at auto parts store
4. Graphic Designer

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My co-worker (is that hyphenated?) asked my opinion of an ad on which he was working. I stood up, glanced out the window and what did I see?

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