what a weird week. let's start at the top and work our way down, shall we? monday - valentine's day. the boy and i have no time for hallmark days, so that took care of that. at the office, the men in charge decided they would take the wimmin out to morning tea to (according to the email invite received the week before) 'show us how much they appreciated us'. well. aren't we spoiled. at the cafe across the street (no kidding), we were greeted with a beautiful sight - a table fit for an anorexic princess. there were five muffins. halved. divided between two plates. i. kid. you. not. oh, and and a strawberry freddo each (my motto in life - if you're not going to do something properly, don't bother doing it at all, and if you have nothing nice to say, say it loud. excuse the attitude today, i have a hangover - but keep the sentiment. half a friggin muffin? come on!). so, half a muffin and a cup of coffee later, we returned to the office feeling, no doubt, 'sufficiently appreciated' (i gave my freddo away). left work early to prepare myself for publishing dinner (read about that at my other blog). so that was monday. tuesday night was spent watching the oc and then catching up on taped desperate housewives. i 'argh!'ed out loud when bree delivered her party-killing one-liner - talk about left field! wednesday at work i was told i was 'no longer required' (i work on an 'as needed' basis anyway, so i was a little mystified at being given 'the talk' - weird), so that night was stay-at-home comfort curry cookup night. thursday day was spent at the verandah offices at deakin, thursday night at a pub in south melbourne toasting (repeatedly) two good friend's engagement. this morning i wake up with a hangover, and do the only thing for it - eat a large bowlful of leftover curry and drink a beer-mugful of tea. then the phone rings. both the receptionist and the relief receptionist are not in today. could i possibly come in to work? i'm in an on again-off again relationship with my employers. at least i know it's not me - it's them.