“Hello, this is So-and-so, my number is blah blah blah, yadda yadda, extension such-and-such. It’s very important that you call me back. This is not a sales or solicitation call.”

Here’s a clue, people. If you don’t tell me either who you represent or what the call is about, preferably both, you are not getting a call back from me. Period. Have a nice day. (And by “nice” I mean something else entirely.)

Now, you expect things like:

• Being called into work around midnight
• Having hardware go mysteriously missing
• Only to have the whole thing end up being a misunderstanding
• Missing not one but two buses in a row
• Having trouble administering email… again
• Being stuck in a conference call with nothing to contribute
• Forgetting to take the allergy meds, and
• Having a network problem at work that directly affects your girlfriend

…to be the sort of accumulated stressors you’d deal with on a Monday. But no, that was today. Yesterday was a much more relaxing day, for the most part.

Let us make this clear, to whoever’s in charge of this sort of thing: Tuesday is not the new Monday. Thank you.

So what kind of idiot packs for a two-day trip and includes toothpaste, toothbrush, hairbrush, electric shaver, socks, shirts, handkerchiefs, phone charger, portable-stereo charger, gifts for his girlfriend, book to read, sweater, deodorant, umbrella and camera… and forgets to pack underwear?

Not that you need two guesses, but, yes indeed I am that kind of idiot.

Well, it was a good weekend with Dawn… and we were planning on doing some clothes shopping anyway, so it all worked out in the end. We ate well, we played games, we shopped ‘til we dropped (no kidding, we slept most of the last half of Saturday away), and generally enjoyed the heck out of our too-brief time together. Yay!