"Now I'm sad and tired..."

Well, mostly tired at the moment and playing the humble supplicant at the temple of caffeine. The cats decided 3:30 this morning was a great time to start acting like complete shits. Kage sat outside my door clawing the bottom of it repeatedly. She's very persistent. Finally I got up and opened it, though had she tried, she could've just pushed it open herself. She came in and lay down with me and I thought, "OK, I can still get 3 hours of sleep."

An hour later I heard Pye do...something. Sounded like he'd knocked something over or onto the floor. With a resigned sigh I walked into the kitchen and found him playing the "Wasn't me!" game, but was too tired for more than a cursory examination of the area for obvious problems. Found none so I fed both the cats and went back to bed. "OK, I can still get two hours of sleep."

An hour later I actually dropped back off again. So I'm kinda running on empty today which exacerbates the already crampy, testy, slightly depressed mood I was already in. If I could get an IV caffeine drip right now I'd happily do it.

But, on the positive side, while I may not make it to class tonight (refer back to the "crampy" statement above), I got in a little dance time last night. Had to tear myself away from "Aliens" to do it, but I think I timed it well and still got to see all the scenes I like the most. Managed to get through Tic, Tic and PoC rather easily and even played with the veils for a bit which felt damn good. Starting next week I'm back in class Mondays and Wednesdays and I want to talk to Alyne about a veil refresher course as I feel hideously rusty.

I've already begun my Xmas shopping and crafting and I still feel incredibly far behind. This year's just going so damn fast!

Oh and I got to see our new office building yesterday. Man is it ever swank! The grounds are absolutely gorgeous, water features everywhere, tons of trees and green grass, and oh gods the ample parking made me salivate. And get this, I get an honest to grod office at last! I share it with the production manager, but my department has its own space for the first time ever. I about died of bliss right then and there. And we have a window with a lovely view too. I'm suddenly feeling a lot more positive about work. I mean if they reserved office space for me that surely means they're not planning to ax me any time soon. And all my Tarot readings on the subject have been pretty positive so I feel like I can relax a little on that front.

I have an office. I may have to use that as my new "happy place" mantra for a bit...

PSA- please read

I just found out from my sis what happened to our cousin. It wasn't a heart attack as we'd first thought, rather a condition I'd never even heard of before called ketoacidosis. What it basically means is that she poisoned herself to death by taking in way too much protein. For a detailed description of the condition check out:

Ketoacidosis ...
The Menace Of The High Protein Low Carbohydrate Diet

Please, anyone even considering doing the Atkins diet, read this information and take it to heart. There is no diet in the world worth losing your life over.