12:35 p.m. - 2006-09-05
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Hola, amigos. I know it's been a while since I rapped at ya. I'm back, and I'm still pregnant, which is a good thing, considering I'm not quite 34 weeks along.
I'm back after a delightful long holiday weekend, which was sorely needed after my Week from Hell last week. Two evil forces, both work-related, combined to create a gigantic monster that tried my patience to the bitter end. Force One was my "day job": my coworker departed for an almost-two-week vacation, and it seemed like every one of her gyms decided to have drama in the wake of her absence. Like, serious drama, that potentially carried some legal ramifications. That was in addition to Force Two, a behemoth of a pet sitting assignment involving visiting two large dogs, 6 indoor cats, and numerous strays (all for one household) three times a day, complete with a list of instructions that started with the feeding and medication schedules of almost all the animals (do you have any idea how much fun it is to give a cat a pill?), and ended with auxiliary, "in case you have time" instructions that included, and I am not making this up, spreading peanut butter on the tree trunks for the squirrels.
This is why you didn't hear much from me last week.
But I am back, renewed from having had four days off in which I did nothing but lay on the sofa, brunch with friends, obsess about what it means to be a parent, and crikey! -- mourn the untimely death of my beloved Crocodile Hunter.
I have plenty more to update y'all on, but am totally, completely swamped with gym work for now... will rap at ya later, amigos.
