Dispatches: The work from home edition

Yep, you read that correctly. I am working from home today. Be jealous. Be very jealous. Then understand that just for the sake of my body being used to it, I got up at the same time as usual and was seated in my 2nd bedroom/office working at 6:45 a.m.

Yep.

That either makes me awesome or lame. I could go either way.

Anyway, let’s get on with this week’s “Dispatches.” You’ve been waiting so patiently until Friday to read these. I know that’s what you’re thinking even if you don’t ever say that. . .

• Muffin is getting a much-needed haircut today. I’m dropping her off at the vet/groomers in a few minutes (730 a.m.) and will come back home and enjoy my day of working at home without barking. She’s also getting shots, so watch out world!

• My high school basketball team (I just say high school basketball team b/c there’s no need to differentiate; there’s only a boys’ team) won the district title last night. They’ll play regionals or something next week, and if they win that game, they’ll play in sectionals or something at Poplar Bluff next Saturday. When I will be in Missouri. And likely at the game.

• My parents are on vacation. But my parents are CRAZY! (I say that in love. And to their faces.) They were planning to go to Florida and leave this past Monday, then they decided to stay in town until after a family friend had a pretty intense surgery on Wednesday. They then started wavering about if they would go or not. Yesterday, I attempted to call their house and got no answer. I called my brother to talk about that and other things. Here’s how that convo went down: Brother: Hey! Me: Hi! What’s up? Where are Mom and Dad? Brother: Oh, they went on vacation. Me: What?! And they didn’t call me. Brother: I think they decided to go on the spur of the moment. Oh, and Dad has no shirts. Me (confused): No shirts? What? How? Brother: Mom told him to pack them. He didn’t. When they were [about 2.5 hours from home], he asked her something about his shirts. She didn’t pack him any. He has no shirts. Me laughing uncontrollably: That’s so Dad! I then called my parents and asked why they left for VACATION without calling me and my mom was like, “Ah, we just thought we’d wait until you called.” Seeing as I hadn’t talked to them for 2-3 days, that could have been awhile.

• I am having lunch with friends at Baja Burrito today. Yesterday, I went out with work friends for someone’s birthday. I’ll go out Sunday after church and then I’m meeting some friends at California Pizza Kitchen on Monday night. I love food.

• Tip: If you have a large container of cinnamon and want to make cinnamon French toast, make sure you open the sprinkle side of the container before turning it upside down over the bowl of eggs and milk. A 1/2 cup of cinnamon doesn’t make your French toast good. It makes it NASTY and you will throw it away and eat cheesecake instead. Um, yeah. Or something healthy.

That’s it for today. Have a good Friday and one amazing weekend!