“We’d be outraged if we weren’t so exhausted.”

The title quote is from Hossam Bahgat, director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, describing what he calls "the smoothest military coup."  Things in Egypt are terrible, but because I am totally irreverent, when I read that quote on CNN.com this afternoon I wanted to print it out and stick it to my desk.  I didn't though, since it kind of sounds like I have a bad attitude.  Taken out of context, it's awesome on so many levels.  I want to put it on bumper stickers and t-shirts.  It could become the new motto for apathetic people everywhere.*

Things at work are getting easier and I thought that I'd share two big differences between my new Triangle and BCFG

• My chair is really comfortable.  I think that we all have these really expensive Herman Miller Aeron chairs that I hear sponsoring various shows on NPR.  I just Googled them and they cost over $800 a piece.  (I'm sure there was some kind of volume discount.)   As you will remember, the chair in my former Triangle was the most uncomfortable chair on the planet.  (And I managed to destroy one chair simply by sitting on it, which is probably up there in my top ten most embarrassing moments ever.  Chairs should not collapse when you are sitting on them.)  This one may be the best desk chair there is.
• We have real Half and Half.  And real coffee.  And tea.  And hot chocolate.  And even purified water with crushed ice that is the perfect size.  It's like they thought of every one's beverage preferences.  The people at BCFG had serious coffee addictions--much worse than my previous addiction to Diet Coke.  You would think that if you drank that much coffee that it would be good coffee, however, that was not the case.  It was this horrible 50% caffeine, 50% decaf from the grocery store.  They also had powdered creamer.  Powdered cream should be against the law.  The Mothership has really good single-serve coffees and teas and, best of all, real half and half.  As my sister said "real half and half  says 'we appreciate you--now get back to work'."**

The one negative right now is that I'm not so sure about this one person who is marginally in charge of me.    I seem to get on her nerves.  Everyone else likes her, so maybe she has to grow on you, or maybe she just hates me for some unknown reason.  I'll keep you posted. 

I'm tired.  (But thankfully, not outraged.)

*Or for people like me who are just really tired.  Like really tired.  

**No idea where the period was supposed to go in that sentence.