My life is really starting to resemble one of those Zen puzzles. You know like, "what is the sound of one hand clapping?" or "if a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it does it make a sound?" I'm just trying to maintain calm in the face of chaos. Which is hard considering that nothing seems to make sense. The more I try to sort things out logically, the more and more confused I become.

And speaking of confusion, remember when I went to see the cows? Well, over the weekend, I finally dropped off the pictures to be developed. When I brought them home later that same day, I eagerly opened the package only to find... they weren't my pictures at all. The package was full of pictures of people I don't know holding anonymous babies or making funny faces at the camera. I was a little shocked to say the least. I went back the next day and explained the situation and luckily my cow pictures were found. The poor overworked photo lady said, "Oh dear, I can't believe this happened." I told her it was no big deal and everyone makes mistakes now and then. She thanked me for being so nice about it. Hopefully that's good work karma for me next time I make a mistake!

Another notable happenstance from the weekend: this woman I work with called me at home no less than five times. I didn't answer, thanks to my trusty caller i.d. and she didn't leave a message. She finally caught up with me this morning at 8:35. The big crisis? She wanted to talk about some guy she's been seeing. It's not like we're good friends, after all, she is 50 years old and lonely. She will talk to anyone who will listen. I feel sorry for her and I'm happy to listen to her tales but not on my vacation when the last thing I want to do is think about anything related to work.

Now it's almost time to go home and see my roommate as she debuts her new nose!   ¶ 4:43 PM