I had today off in observance of the holiday.  I was pretty happy about it.  President’s Day is one of those holidays you don’t want to work, since it’s not a “real” holiday.  Many people are still in the office today, but my employer runs on “holiday staff” during President’s Day.  For that reason, it’s usually just as busy as a regular day, except you have about half the number of people to do the work.

Since I knew I had the day off today, I ended up staying up until about 2:00 in the morning working on stuff.  Exhausted, I flopped into bed next to an already-sleeping Julia and fell asleep, looking forward to waking up whenever I wanted to.

Fast forward four and a half hours later.  I was awakened suddenly by the sound of the fat cow who lives upstairs vacuuming her linoleum at 6:30 in the freakin’ morning.  Seriously… who does that?  I was pissed.  Standing up on the bed, I beat on the ceiling as hard as I could, and the commotion stopped a moment later.  Stupid bitch.

Using my incredible Microsoft Paint abilities, I have created this drawing to express my displeasure. 

I lay back down to attempt to go back to sleep, but it was pointless.  I was wide awake.  Defeated, I got up and wandered into the office.

I piddled around for most of the morning, expecting to become tired again soon.  I figured I’d just take a nap for an hour or two later to make up for my lack of sleep the night before.  To my surprise, I was full of energy… and stayed that way.

Let’s be honest here… I don’t get the urge to be productive on any kind of regular basis.  I figured I should probably take advantage before the effect wore off.

Within a few hours, I had taken a shower, run to Walmart to get a few needed household items, went to the gym and worked out, came home, and cleaned the whole apartment.  In the light of having planned on this being a lazy day, I was most proud of my accomplishments.

Maybe I should stop sleeping so much.  This seems to work out rather well.

I looked outside and saw that it was snowing again earlier.  I wasn’t happy about it.  It had finally stopped snowing earlier this afternoon, and they were just starting to get things cleaned up.

One of my Walmart purchases today was a big ice scraper.  Looking at the weather forecast, it appears that I’m going to be needing it some more.  Let’s face it.  Drinking cup lids aren’t exactly ideal for this type of situation.  That’s why I bought this beast. 

I’m definitely ready to NOT need it, though.  My poor truck, which is ordinarily black, is starting to become this dirty, slate gray color due to all of the salt and grossness on the roads.  I would love to wash it, but it wouldn’t really do any good.  It would look the same as it did within a half hour or so.

I do love my truck.  It’s my baby.  I bought it new last March.  I was a little concerned at the time, though, because if you will observe, there is a decal on the back end of it that says “OFF ROAD.”  That would lead one to think that the truck has four-wheel drive, wouldn’t it?

Well… guess again.  My truck is not four-wheel drive.  In spite of this, though, it’s done remarkably well on the few icy mornings we’ve had so far.

Anyway, I’m still feeling a little more ambition left in me, so I think I’m gonna get off of here and get a few more things done.  I hope you all had a great President’s Day.