Almost Wipeout

Before I forget, I must post this link...

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/09/136054170/first-listen-cast-recording-the-book-of-mormon

This is the full (I think) recording of the musical "The Book of Mormon." I heard about this musical on NPR right before it opened--it's from almost the same team that brought you "South Park" and "Avenue Q." It manages to be both horribly irreverent and very sweet; sometimes at the same time. I recommend taking the 68 minutes to listen to it, but if you only have time for a few songs, my favorites are "You and Me (But Mostly Me)," "All-American Profit" and "I Believe." The whole thing is extra funny if you actually know some Mormons, especially ones who are going out on their mission trip.* If you are in a house with children, pretty much all of these are headphones only songs.

Today to work I wore my pants that are too long. When I got these pants they were super on sale and even though I tried them on I failed to notice that they were super long.** I'm guessing that the lenght was why they were so on sale, since I have pretty long legs. I can't imagine what they would be like on a person with shorter legs, although that person may have paid attention while trying them on. To try and make up for my too long pants, I decided to wear heels. I left today with a giant pile of stuff for Kinkos and was digging through my purse for my keys as I walked down the stairs. Because I am one of the world's most graceful people, my heel caught on my too long pants and I almost had a total wipe out. Thankfully I did not, and even more thankfully I didn't drop any of the Kinkos stuff because the pages are not numbered.

I got irritated today when I found out that Mole has been telling people that I'm his assistant. I don't know why this bothers me, since essentially, I am his assistant. It also doesn't bother me at all that Mr. X says the same thing. Mr. X is on vacation this week, so frequently I have been answering the phone "Mr. X's office, this is The Girl Who Works in a Triangle." I think Mole's doing it bothers me because of the presumption behind it. I also have the feeling that Mole is trying to shove off unsavory tasks to me. When Mr. X is there I can run everything through him and he shoves things back on to Mole, but that's not possible this week.

We had big computer problems again this morning, which we seem to have every Monday morning. The server at BCFG only has an 8 minute back up, so if the power goes off for more than 8 minutes, the whole thing gets messed up. There is major construction by the office, which seems to knock out the power a lot. Since I am off in my own little corner, I didn't see what happened, but R came over complaining about K big time. This is furthering my idea to be friends with everyone, or just stay in my corner and out of every one's way.

Oh, for other not so good news, R's husband now has another infection--this one is caused by too many antibiotics, that were used trying to get rid of all the other infections (which are still there). R said that he got really upset over the weekend and they had to give him some Ativan to calm down, but the Ativan ended up knocking him out, so he slept the whole time. I had to remember that no one there knows anything about me, so I couldn't say "oh yeah, I've taken Ativan before-it's a pretty good drug."

I finally got a good night's sleep on Saturday and again last night, so I am feeling like a normal person again.

Enjoy "The Book of Mormon"--you really do have to listen to it!

*I had a good Mormon friend growing up and she actually sent some missionaries to my house on several occasions. My dad always invited them in and he liked talking to them, so I could relate, especially to the first song.

**I still am not sure how this could happen, given that these pants are REALLY long.