Battery Power

I somehow managed to not turn off my iPod in my bag last night (or didn't lock it so it cut back on?) and it was totally drained this morning. Which, of course, I discovered only after I was out the door and on my way to the bus. Whee! Thankfully the speakers act as a charger base, too, so it'll be back up shortly and more than ready for the evening commute.

Amazing how dependent one becomes on gadgets, though the commute was not bad without music, as it was not bad without music for years before this. I just hauled out the Palm and read the latest e-book I'd downloaded. ;-)

The nose has calmed down considerably after the past two days of "clog, NOW!" that was going on. Keep your fingers crossed that this was the last gasp of the dying virus.

It appears that soup and bad movie night may be a very small affair this Saturday from the Evite RSVPs. :-/ S'okay, I didn't get the word out that quickly this time, so is understandable (but I still wish people would RSVP, even if it's a no...).

Catching up on phone calls this morning, then reviewing the workload to make sure I've closed stuff out, then it's on to this big project.

Mid-morning

LJ does not seem to be forwarding comments. Strange beastie.

It's the going away party for one of our attorneys today, so not much work is getting done here. I did get a call from the old agency, who does not seem to realize I no longer work there. ;-p One of the budget people told her program person point blank, "I'm not going to approve this unless Moose says we can do it." Um, Moose left there almost two months ago? Talk to the other lawyers instead? The program person is a friend, though, and this is an easy lookup, so I'll zip it over to her.

Too bad I can't turn that into more money. ;)

I'm elligible for my next grade increase next week, but I'm not sure what's happening there, speaking of money. I'm still a tad gun-shy on such issues because of a bad experience two raises ago (I got accused of "demanding" my next increase - which delayed it for a good six months). Considering they wanted to bring me on at the higher grade I think there's a good chance I'll get it without a problem, but I'm not sure how to bring it up. :-/