I had a very quiet morning at work. I had a few projects to do, but I was saving them until after noon, when my trainee arrived. I pretty much just read my book all morning.
My trainee usually arrives at noon, but at 12:30pm she still hadn’t shown up. I called her, but there was no answer. I realized I had sent her a few emails, about the projects we would be working on today, but she never emailed me back. I started to wonder if she was even in.
I asked the boss if he had heard that she wasn’t in today. He said he had not and called her boss. She said she had called in sick and they forgot to let us know. My boss was NOT happy, I can tell you that. I, on the other hand, was! I just did the projects by myself, did a few other things for the boss and some other people on the team, and finished my book by 3:30pm. I am averaging two DICK FRANCIS books a week!
When I got home, Eric had to go down to the laundry room to get two loads of laundry he had done. I went down with him and I did a cold wash of my work clothes, and I put his clothes in the dryer to let the steam remove the wrinkles. I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before, but this is my standard procedure. Eric just hangs everything up straight out of the washing machine, but it ends up looking pretty wrinkled.
If you put the clothes in the dryer for about 5 minutes on “high”, they’re still wet, but all the wrinkles are steamed out and you don’t need to iron them. They look great! I’ve always done it that way, and it’s a great technique which I highly recommend. It’s not long enough to shrink or fade clothing, but it makes them look much better and eliminates the need for ironing (which I abhor).
Everything other than clothing -- like towels, socks, underwear and linens --are put into the dryer and dried all the way.
When his stuff was all “de-wrinkled” I brought it upstairs and we hung everything up on our indoor clothes lines. Then, I went downstairs to do the same with my work clothes, which I mostly hang on hangers to dry.
For dinner, Eric made us steamed broccoli, a NUTRISYSTEM entrée and some more of last night’s salad. I watched SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and it’s now down to the top 20. Then, we watched an episode of MONK that Eric had never seen, where Monk is on a jury. He drives everyone crazy, because they think the defendant is guilty, but he slowly but surely convinces them all he’s innocent. It was great (as usual).
I’m feeling pretty tired, so I’m going to try to get to bed early, but I have to watch LEGALLY BLONDE, THE MUSICAL: THE SEARCH FOR ELLE WOODS, which is on at 10:00pm. So, I guess I’ll go to sleep at 11:00pm. You know how I love my reality TV!
Oh, one more thing. I actually got a letter from TIME WARNER CABLE apologizing for our recent problems and giving us a coupon for a FREE MOVIE ON DEMAND. I thought it was pretty amazing. Imagine -- the cable company apologizing for ANYTHING -- and giving away something -- free? It's a Cable TV Miracle!