Holiday Weekend

Is it me, or does this weekend not really feel like a holiday weekend?  I’m not sure why, but yesterday felt about like any other Sunday.  Granted, part of my problem is that I just don’t see New Year’s as a big deal anymore.  As an adult in my 30’s, I’m pretty much allowed to stay up past midnight anytime I want to.  And not being exactly a party-going type of guy, I went to bed around 11:30.  I did have the TV on watching some episodes of South Park, but South Park doesn’t exactly scream “Happy New Year”.

The other thing probably playing into this a bit is the fact that I’m going to be doing work a good portion of the day, even with all of the football games that are on.  I need to get some mailings out, get a new company set up in QuickBooks (because the home office changed the chart of accounts, groan), get some supplies ordered, and work on a proposal or two.  I’m in for a pretty busy week, with 3 interviews, 2 proposals, and 3 other prospect meetings scheduled for this week.  Don’t get me wrong, this is the problem I’ve been wanting to have, and it’s a good thing to be busy, but it does put a squeeze on your time.

Speaking of which, the other thing that will complicate things is the fact that my cell phone is acting up.  I’ve got a Treo 650, and it’s started turning itself on.  I can turn it off, but it only stays that way for about 10 seconds, and then it turns itself on again.  Now, I’ve only lived in my house for about 6 years.  It was brand new when I bought it, so I know for a fact that nobody has ever died in here.  Only bugs who’ve gotten in my way have died, and since animals (and insects in particular) don’t have souls, they can’t be haunting the place.  So I’m guessing something is messed up with this thing.  This means another lovely trip to the Sprint store, which is up by South Park Mall.  Not in, just near.  I kind of hate driving up there, so I may just wait until I’m in the neighborhood on Wednesday or Thursday.  Ugh.

Oh, before I forget, apparently Blogger has a thing set up something called Audioblogger where I can record my stuff instead of typing it.  Needless to say, I’m seriously considering it.  I’d probably start this off by just reading what I would normally write.  While this may sound boring, keep in mind that for those of you who don’t know me that well, you’ll be in a better position to know when I’m being sarcastic if you’re listening to me.  If this is something you’d like me to try, post a comment.  If it’s something that will cause you to flee to some impoverished Central American nation, tell me that too.  I’d hate to see you leave the U.S., unless your ultimate dream is to stage a military coup of Costa Rica.  Of course, if that’s the case, I don’t think it’s my blog that would be the final straw.