it seems as if for the last few weeks i've had very little of interest to say. (warning - this post may fall into that same category!) life has seemed mundane at best, hectic at least. i've spent a lot of time in mental recovery - shaking off the holiday excess and trying to figure out what i'm doing. perhaps i've left my audience hanging... if so... well? the chorus to nirvana's 'smells like teen spirit' have never meant so much.

today is the 3 month anniversary of starting the new job - the day on which i am released from new-employee probation. the day it becomes just that much harder to fire me. the day on which i really should wear jeans on a tuesday.

the job is good though - an undeniable improvement on the last. i am busier than i have been since the dot-com days, and nearly as challenged. although the result is less interest in the pursuit of geekiness in my off hours, and amazingly less time to catch up on the millions of blogs i used to read on a daily basis.

this week marks a new time in my life though - i have friends penciled into my schedule, a much needed date with the big guy tonight, clean socks in the drawer. i have a camera cable on order so that i can take digi pics, and i am in the midst of planning a trip to visit my favorite brother.

also of note - the sea monkeys are thriving - and i couldn't be happier.

if only i could shake the feeling that it's thursday... despite rampant optimism, it's going to be a long week.