Oh. Holy. Crap. Somehow my elbow has worked a hole into the sleeve of my shirt. Curses. Same thing happened to a new-ish sweater the other day. Same arm. Have my elbows all of a sudden gotten sharp??? sheesh, feel like Shanty Irish here.

Oh. My. God. There are kids all over Penn Station. I mean they are everywhere! I couldn't even get into my building. Seriously.

Greatest (non-alcoholic) beverage invention ever: Dunkin Donuts Extra-Large Coffee -- fabulous.

Managed a bit of a run tonight in the little annexed park that sits above Forest Park. Some people were there socializing while their dogs played, so I let Lola off her leash so she could join in the fun too. Kind of like an informal dog run. Was rather nice that it was dark as the park was empty of the usual kids and strollers and obnoxious teenagers and such. Except for one kid alone with her father screeching her head off (and most apartment buildings don't like to have dogs because of the noise -- sheesh). I ran a few laps around, ended up being not much in the way of exercise, but it felt good anyway. On the way home ran up this one hill and almost choked after passing man in leather pants doused in a ton of fumey cologne. UGH.

Did anyone catch ER tonight? Holy fuck. I hope I don't have nightmares now.

fuuuuuck! Just dumped an entire bottle of Diet Coke out all over my desk. Typical.

Gaaaah! everyone is running the NYC Marathon this year. I just found out that my former running partner will be running on Sunday. She used to meet me in Central Park on weekday mornings at 6 AM while I was marathon training. Wish I could have returned the favor. Got to get my ass in gear. Was going to go spinning tonight, but think will go run instead. Its a beautiful day, besides I don't have the dog walker today and should get right home to let Lola out.

Chrissy read in the Daily News this morning that H&M plans to launch a line of ("50s inspired") dog clothes and accessories in February. I told her not to mention it to Lola as she likes to spend my money.

Scary rumors flying around the company again. This time about some supposed layoffs that happened yesterday with rumors of an enormous layoff planned for the first quarter of next year. V. unsettling.

Horrible, pouring down rain day. Lola just stood there in the rain with her tail between her legs and wouldn't poop. ARGH! You would think I was torturing her. Announcements at the LIRR station said that all the trains were delayed 15 to 20 mins. This is actually a good sign as once they bother making the announcement, the trains are usually pretty much back on schedule. Sure enough, my train showed up "on schedule" about 3 minutes after it's advertised arrival time.

so tired... can hardly keep eyes open...

Sort of a lame spinning class tonight. I knew it didn't bode well when the instructor (who was a sub) showed up 10 minutes late and wearing ton of pancake makeup. To a spinning class. Sheesh.

What I was saying about the NYC Marathon earlier in the week? Scratch that. It's supposed to be in the 70s on that day! Gaaaaaaah! Gaaaaaah!

Will be great for spectating though. Might even be able to sit outside in a cafe somewhere with Lola the Pug.

Sorry for being such a whinebag all day. I was in a pissy, whiney, grouch-ass mood. AND my workstation was unbelievably hot. Really.

Anyway...

Managed a short workout in the basement gym tonight. Luckily, I had the place to myself. Did 20 minutes on the elliptical machine and 20 minutes running on the treadmill. Yes, running. While running, I had the misfortune of watching part of the Radio Music Awards. Saw a segment with Michael Jackson. He just gets weirder looking everytime I see him. He looks like a marionette. So strange. But I guess I don't have to tell you that.

GUH! like a sauna in here...

I am so hot in this &*$#@ cubicle that I'm about to spontaneously combust! I swear.

so cranky today... need something interesting to do...

Another dreary, bleary Monday. And humid as Hell... GAH! I thought we left this kind of weather on the other side of September?

I need a new project to do at work.

Wine with The Girls last night... argh! why can't I ever remember how drinking (even a little) wine makes me feel the next day??? And I did not have just a little. And somehow we never got around to having dinner.

I'm feeling really special today.

So all the alarms were going off here for awhile earlier. Finally, there was an announcement that the "situation is under control". What situation? You mean like the situation was under "control" in Tower II when Tower I was on fire?

For those who were wondering... Yes, I did make it to Spinning class last night. Also squeezed in an upper-body weights workout. So there.