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	APRIL 07 ARCHIVES 10:16 PM 4/5/2007 delirious rambling time! first things first: 1. i'm sick. i mean, physically sick. with less than TWO weeks to go before april 15th. that right there is what i call crappy timing. 2. florida, you can kiss my ass. 3. florida fans, you too. 4. joakim noah, i'm not even gonna type what i really feel like saying to you. hans, i totally agree. work has been especially painful these past couple of days because of my TB (all right, it's probably just the flu, but i can call my sickness whatever i want because i'm a drama queen). so minimal sleep combined with the stress from busy season has now made me into a walking, talking, breathing live culture for SARS. um, i mean the bird flu. and mad cow disease. i started losing my voice tuesday - by mid afternoon, i could hardly croak out "hello" without my voice cracking (god, i now know what it feels like to be a 14 year old boy). it was so bad i ended up having to whisper on all my phone calls. it was kinda funny/cute how almost everybody automatically started whispering back to me, like we were telling each other secrets. um, boring secrets about tax, that is. now my throat is killing me and my cough is getting worse so i'm gonna attempt to get some sleep tonight...i'm debating not going into the office tomorrow (i'm pretty sure i've ranted in the past about how i can't stand people who miss work during busy season just because they're sick or tired. but now that my tonsils are about fifty times their normal size, being a hypocrite falls to the very bottom of my concerns). ugh. won't somebody put me out of my misery already? xoxo, the sick bastard :( 10:32 PM 4/10/2007 ugh, the sick bastard is still...uh, sick. i took a little break from work last week to meet up with the deputy at philippe's, where i proceeded to cough all over my slice of apple pie. gross. even grosser was the fact that the deputy actually polished off the half i didn't finish. let's see if he comes down with Ebola soon. i didn't go into the office friday because i was feeling so miserable. spent all weekend trying to get better, and then had the day from hell yesterday (woke up late, tried to iron a new $160 shirt from anthropologie and ended up MELTING part of it, had to wear ugly clothes to work instead, burnt my tongue on stupid CPK soup, blah blah blah). so i woke up super tired this morning and dragged myself to the office in a sorry attempt to make up the work i missed last week. after my obligatory trip to starbucks, i started feeling lightheaded, like i was about to pass out. i was busy messaging peter with "man, i don't feel so good..." when something in my brain kicked in and told me to WALK, WALK QUICKLY TO THE BATHROOM, NOW!!!!!!!! 30 seconds later, i was throwing up in the first stall. it was not pretty. i'm really bad at recognizing when i'm about to lose it - i never know until right before the vomiting begins. the last time i threw up was when i turned 21, and the time before that was preschool, when i made the unfortunate mistake of consuming bad mac and cheese. i can say with absolutely certainty i'll never be bulimic, because there is no way in hell you could get me to voluntarily throw up. the burning sensation of stomach acid coming out through my nose is an experience i can happily live without for the rest of my life. okay, onto more pleasant news. april 16th is almost here. in a week, i'll be in phoenix. in two weeks, i'll be in san antonio. in four weeks, i'll be in dallas. i'm excited. in five weeks, i'll be in the middle of busy season, again. huh. that last thought makes me want to throw up again. all right, i gotta get back to work. hope you guys have all gotten your tax returns outta the way. i emailed one of my clients today to remind him to send me info for the company's 3rd quarter estimated payments due monday - his only response was "Oh my God!!" not very reassuring, but kinda funny. of course it probably won't be so funny if (when) i'm scrambling around 3am sunday morning trying to get the freaking return and estimates out the door. okay, have a fabulous week, everybody. and if you're bored, come give this sicko a big warm hug so you can come down with the bubonic plague too. c'mon, it's fun, everybody's doing it. :) pretty, but not as pretty as jack's flowers...:) 8:10 PM 4/15/2007 is it just me or does april 15th come faster and faster every year? left work at 7:45 fri night to check out red white + bluezz in old town pasadena - i was cranky as hell when i left the office but three small glasses of red wine later, i was feeling much better. i guess the bloody filet mignon helped too. i slept around one, and then woke up early sat morning to help lynn shop for a birthday present. stopped by gymboree to buy a baby shower gift for my cousin - she's having a girl so i bought two cute little dresses, which cost me THIRTY DOLLARS EACH. ridiculous. i mean, i know i spend an ungodly amount on my own clothes, but at least i don't outgrow them in three stinking months! lynn was laughing at me because i was having such a cow in the middle of the store. the dresses ARE outrageously adorable though, so i hope one day my soon-to-be niece looks back at her baby pictures and thanks auntie connie for having such excellent taste. ha. we threw my mom a surprise birthday party today (gotta thank my sister for the brilliant timing - who else would plan a family event for two days before a tax filing deadline?). it turned out quite nicely but i'm incredibly exhausted now. not to mention, a little behind in my work. again. so i'm gonna stop writing and just post pictures instead. i'll try to update more after the 17th. be good, kids! :) the little flower arrangements i ordered to match the napkins... me and my sister. and my baby grand. the food! and that was only half of it. the kids. i guess we forgot to tell people to hide their cars... waiting for my mom to come home... my mom, either genuinely surprised or doing an awesome job of faking it. not sure what we're looking at. here's our bad christmas card picture of the year. randy piling on the food. she's turning 1 this year (finally)! okay, and people wonder where i get my immaturity from... richard and sonia, playing the "guess how many toilet paper squares wrap around the pregnant woman's waist" game. 11:54 PM 4/22/2007 happy post april 17th. i've still got work piling up like no other on my desk. fortunately, i'm on my way to san antonio tomorrow (alamo, here i come!) so i guess all the other crap will have to wait. i wish i had more energy to post about the virginia tech tragedy...maybe when i get back i'll write it all out. but until then, be good kids, and i'll catch y'all on the flip side. have a great week! 11:51 PM 4/30/2007 back from texas...it was an awesome trip. ate lots of good mexican food, went to the san antonio fiesta, paid a buck to check out a REAL (!) chupacabra, saw the alamo, learned how to two-step, shot some guns and hooked up with a good lookin' cowboy....basically, the usual work-related stuff. remember the alamo! the riverwalk behind my hotel. i look hot and sweaty here because um, i was hot and sweaty here. perry the llama daisy the cow! making friends with the goats. deer by the side of the road - so cute! all right, that's it for now. i'm swamped at work again. plus i'm still sick with my TB/SARS/Ebola (ONE MONTH!), which is what i get for being perpetually stressed out. damn you, EY. i'm flying out to dallas in next week for training, and then it's five billion other deadlines shortly after that. in the words of vanilla ice (truly one of best rappers ever, in my humble opinion), "will it ever stop? yo, i don't know!" ugh. somewhere above me, 2pac and biggie are cringing. word to your mother! okay, i'm outta here. have a great week, everybody. :)