January 11, 2007

  • I am still alive, just up to my eyeballs in work. We also have a company party at my house this weekend, which I am regretting now. Someone on the board thought it might be a good idea to forgo the normal "Christmas" party for a more politically correct "winter" party, offering that it would be a less stressful time in January. HA! They are not the ones going in at 6 a.m. and coming home at 7 p.m. trying to get bookwork done that we got behind on during our period of being way short-handed on employees. The only reason we are not having this party at a restaurant is because the party fund isn't large enough to pay for it. We pay for these things out of the money earned in the vending machines, of which there is less than $100 at the moment.

    I do plan on taking off work early today, like shortly afternoon, so I can get some of this stuff done.

    I also found the time to call my sister to wish her a happy birthday yesterday. And I have been indulging myself in reading an "O" magazine this week. I would not normally purchase such a thing, but there were a couple of articles about diet and exercise that caught my eye, so I paid the $4.50 price for the thing. I must say that so far, every article I have read has been rewarding and I am impressed with the level of journalistic integrity shown.

    Back to the grindstone.

    Oh, speaking of which, I remember learning where "keep your nose to the grindstone" comes from. If the milstones were set too close together for the grain they are milling, it would begin to burn the flour, so the miller had to keep his nose to the grindstone to be sure to catch the first hint of any burning in order to adjust the stones before the whole batch was ruined.

    My head is full of useless trivia.