In Case You Were Wondering

You know, it’s really kind of hard to act like I really care about anything that goes on in this stupid office now that I know I have exactly 52½ days left of employment. 50½, really, if you take out the two vacation days I am using to visit my friend in DC next weekend. Oh, that’s right – I didn’t tell you. Well, that’s ok, cause Satan hasn’t told me either. So basically, I am just counting my severance days until he does. Ha!

I can’t figure out why exactly he hasn’t told me that he has already told the management of the building he is vacating the office as of March 31st, the Satan I know wouldn’t pay out severance so easily unless he absolutely HAD to. Of course, my other thinking is that the Satan I know is also extremely paranoid about me leaving him high and dry before he can tie up loose ends… OR not really giving a shit about the clients or my work – which is happening anyway, since I know what he thinks I don’t.

You following me here?

Nice attorney can’t afford to keep me on, which I kind of figured anyway, but at least he told me that up front. Satan just has me in a kind of “employment limbo,” and like I said, I don’t want to ask him anything for fear he will say, “Oh, yes, March 31st is it” leaving me losing out on any additional severance. So I just keep pretending like everything is normal and acting like I am working hard (not) until he finally admits that the end is near. Because I ain’t going nowhere until he closes shop. I want my severance. And at this rate, I just may get the full three month’s worth – who knows, he may wait to tell me until March 30th…

RL is still going very well – tips are good (of course – I am, after all, an AWESOME server) and my coworkers keep me entertained. Although I was pretty offended while watching “Grease – You’re the One That I Want” last night (on tivo, of course – and I really didn’t enjoy it too much… it’s no “American Idol”) because one of the girls auditioning was getting ready for her “day job” and complained that being a waitress stunk – as she pinned on her RL nametag. OBVIOUSLY she doesn’t work with fun people like I do. Either that or she’s a bitch and nobody likes her. Or maybe she has no people skills and gets crappy tips. In any case, I think it was pretty rude of her to imply that RL stinks. I hope she gets fired for saying that on national tv. Even if I was possibly the only one watching.

Speaking of tv, my viewing habits have taken a drastic hit. Working between 55-65 hours a week leaves me precious little time for my friends in tv land. Don’t get me wrong – this doesn’t stop me from continuing to tivo everything under the sun. As a matter of fact, I just got a NEW tivo which can actually record TWO SHOWS AT ONCE!! Imagine that!! I don’t even have to pick and choose anymore! (Except for Sunday nights. I still can’t record “Desperate Housewives” because I have to record “The Apprentice” and “Beauty and the Geek” – and yes, I know “Beauty and the Geek” is on Wednesdays as well, but then it is on opposite “American Idol” and “Friday Night Lights,” therein leaving me no choice but to record it on Sundays and watch “DH” on the internet. I know. Thank you for your sympathy.) So I put the old tivo in my bedroom – and I can transfer shows from the living room to my bedroom!! How cool is that??? So now I am literally losing sleep because I sit up in bed trying to catch up on my shows… Pathetic really, but you have to admit an addiction to tv is much better than any of the old addictions I had – and it’s legal. Currently, my list of “unwatched shows” is as follows:

· Ellen DeGeneres – 6 episodes
· All My Children – ½ episode
· General Hospital – 1 episode
· Brothers & Sisters – 2 episodes
· What About Brian – 2 episodes
· I Love New York – 1 episode
· White Rapper – 1 episode
· Real Housewives of Orange County – 1 episode
· The Apprentice – 1 episode

And by the end of today, another episode of Ellen and each soap will be on the list, and prime time adds American Idol, Friday Night Lights, and Medium. Oh, snap! The Knights of Prosperity, too! That show is a hoot. Can’t miss that one.

I told you, I have a serious problem. Albiet one I don’t care to do anything about. Life would be too dull without the escapades of the residents of Pine Valley and Port Charles – or those hospital interns at County General and Seattle Grace – or the trailer trash and Dunder Mifflin employees… I could go on forever. And? “Lost” and “Heroes” start again soon! And “Amazing Race – All-Stars!!” And “The Shield!!!” And all the HBO shows!!!! Oh, wait… I gave up HBO, that’s right. Oh well, I’ll just have to wait for the DVDs of “The Sopranos,” “Big Love” and “Entourage” for this coming season.

Ok, so now that you know how pathetic my life really is. And no, I swear, it hasn’t been tv that has kept me from blogging. So don’t blame my boob-tube buddies. “TBOTE” is nearing the end of its hiatus – I came thisclose to actually putting some words on paper the other day. But as quickly as the itch came – it went. But lately it is lurking in the recesses of my mind and I think I may actually accomplish some real writing soon… especially since I could care less about working my nine-to-five that will soon be my ex-nine-to-five… Heh.

Well, if anyone is even reading this anymore, thanks for your continued support and patronage. Dasi out. (Yeah, overload on “American Idol” last night, sorry.)