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Oh My! Over the Hill Now!

Today is my birthday. The big three-oh.

I’ve always like the way my birth date writes out: 5/6/78 and if I ever have the urge to play the lottery, those are the numbers I pick. But I’ve never won anything from them – yet.

I’m smack dab in the middle of the Taurus sign, so there’s no fudging my horoscope like my sister does. She was born “on the cusp” which means on the day that the signs change from one to the next, and she reads both horoscopes each morning and believes them both. I read my horoscope once in a while for entertainment – I just don’t take that stuff very seriously.

I know the guys at work know it’s my birthday. Our human resources manager sends out an email to every on the first of every month to wish all employees with birthdays that month a collective “Happy Birthday!” My boss wants to take me out to lunch and I have to pick the restaurant. That’s kinda stresses me out, as I don’t think my favorite restaurants are the kind that he likes to go to. So I have to decide, should I go to one of my actual favorite restaurants? Or should I pick one that I know HE likes?

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Computer Games

Like half the people in America, I have a Nintendo game system at home, hooked up to the TV in my living room. I’ve thought about getting a Wii system, but to be honest, I don’t play game that much and I just can’t see spending that much money on a game system when I have other more important things to take care of with my money.

My favorite Nintendo game is Tetris. I can play that game for hours and hours, so I have to be careful that I budget my time and don’t neglect my other responsibilities in favor of a game. Usually I will play a version of Tetris on a week night if there is nothing interesting on TV. Sometimes I’ll play for a few hours on the weekend, especially if the weather is bad.

There’s something about solving the puzzles, line by line, that is very addictive to me. I keep track of my high scores on each of the different game options and never seem to get tired of it.

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Friday Lunches

Most Fridays we all get together at work and pick a restaurant to go out and eat lunch together. I really like this way of celebrating the end of the work week. I also like the way this forces some of my co-workers to get up off their duffs and go be sociable. It’s so easy to just get to work and hunker down at your desk or cubicle and not get up until 5:00. People need a certain amount of social interaction. Humans are social being by nature. It’s not good to isolate yourself from your co-workers. We are a team and it takes a little effort by everyone to keep the team spirit alive and I think you will find that everyone is more productive if they are emotionally secure. I know you can’t be best friends with everyone, but you need to make an effort to be polite and respectful and it won’t kill you to be pleasant to people that you see every day.

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Breakfast on the Road

Although I love to eat breakfast, I truly hate to have to cook first thing in the morning.

I would much rather enjoy a cup of coffee and something light, like half an English muffin or half of a pop tart to get something on my stomache. Then in a couple hours as I leave the house if I’m hungry I can stop at any of a number of places for an actual meal.

One of my favorite “to go” breakfasts is at the Sonic Drive-in. They do a great job of making a breakfast burrito, with scrambled eggs, sausage and cheese. The burrito is easy to eat out of your hand, whether you are driving or chose to sit in your car and listen to their cool music piped in to all the car stalls while you people watch. They also make a great breakfast smoothie, with orange juice. I can have the whole meal, a burrito and a smoothie, for under $5, including a tip for the car hop.

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Hello world!

Hi. I’ve always wanted to keep a journal and now that I can do it online I have no more excuses. I am always on this computer anyway, so writing a post once in a while should be easy. At least that’s what I’m hoping. We’ll see how it works out.

So, as you see, my name is Vicki. I work for a small company and put in long, strange hours, so most of my friends don’t try to call me because I can’t talk freely at the office – they send me emails, and now hopefully will read my blog, too.