I ROCK.

Oh yes, I do.

I finished a HUGE chunk of work today and I'm feeling pretty great about myself. I plowed through mounds of data entry like it was nothing. I wrote 25 test cases. I wrote some SOPs. And now, I can sleep tonight.

You win, Facebook.

I finally gave in and now I can't stop. Help me.

Don't really have a whole lot to say tonight, but I'm here anyway.

My brain has nothing left to give after an entire day of writing test cases and standard operating procedures. The good news? There's a light at the end of this very long tunnel. We have a couple of major hurdles to clear this week, and then we get to breathe a little. And by a little, I mean a day, maybe two if we're lucky.

But I'm feeling good. I felt really productive today and had a good groove going while I was writing everything. This is all proving to be a really good learning experience for me and will be an excellent item to add to my resume'.

If I can even remember that I have a resume' by the time this is over.

To take my mind off of all of this: television, of course. My husband and I have been watching Mad Men on DVD for the last couple of weeks. That show blows my mind. The way those people behave at work is shameful (says the HR person). I have always thought that it would be fun to live back in the 50's and early 60's, but after seeing this show, I had second thoughts. Lots of repressed, unhappy people who smoked and drank a lot (even when they were PREGNANT!). But the fashion - oh, the fashion. I love the costumes on this show and I'm always looking forward to seeing what kinds of things the women are wearing. I sometimes wish we could go back to the day when men wore nice suits and hats and women wore fancy dresses on a regular basis. Everyone looked so sophisticated and elegant.

Maybe I could start a new (old) fashion trend?

My favorite TV show is gone.

Tonight was the series finale of Scrubs, and I am so sad right now. I know it's really silly to be so down over the end of a television show, but I got so connected to this show over the last few years that it's going to be hard not seeing any new episodes. Granted, it went a little downhill during the last season and wasn't quite the same show it once was, but I still loved it just the same. It was kind of like eating mediocre pizza: though it wasn't that great, it was still pizza! (I really like pizza, as you can tell.)

Thankfully, I have every season of the show on DVD (with the exception of the current one), so I can still get a good laugh whenever I need it. And be reminded of the fact that I really am a lot like Elliott (those who watch the show will know who I mean).

So I guess I need to find another TV show to be obsessed with. Any suggestions?

A very special Cinco de Mayo.

Today is both of my late great-grandmothers' birthdays. They were both born on May 5th, 1909.

Today is their 100th birthday.

Happy birthday, Great-Grandma and Next-Door-Oma. I miss you both.

A case of the yucks.

I haven't been feeling well since Sunday. I woke up feeling like I weighed a ton - everything I did felt like it took all the energy I had. I wanted to run a bunch of errands that day, but all I ended up doing was going to the grocery store to get food for the week. I thought I was just a little tired, so I laid low and took it easy all day.

But I still felt bad when I woke up yesterday morning. So I stayed home from work because I knew I would be utterly useless, sitting at my desk like a lump just waiting for it to be 3:30. I felt a lot better by the end of the day after napping and again, laying low.

And then I felt bad again when I woke up this morning, which I suspect is because I did not sleep well last night.

It took every ounce of will power I had to get myself out the door this morning. My brain was screaming at me to stop moving already and just lay down. But this software project we're working on at work has a big deadline coming up next week, and I've still got a lot to do before then. So sitting at home for another day was not an option.

It was a tough day. I struggled a lot this morning. Getting up to do anything took a lot of energy. I thought I'd feel better each time I ate something, but it never worked.

I came home and I've been sitting and enjoying the evening, and thankfully, I feel worlds better than I did this morning. I think with a good nights' sleep, I'll be almost back to normal tomorrow morning.

Whatever normal is these days, I have no idea.

It's nice to feel appreciated.

We're installing a new database at work and as a result, have had to do a LOT of data entry over the past two days. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. Our whole department has been doing nothing but data entry since yesterday morning. I don't mind it (it's very zen for me), but when there's that much and it takes away from being able to do other work, it's grinding.

So it was a nice surprise when we got in today and discovered that our manager had left us all fuschia plants to thank us for all the hard work. And then the project manager for this project bought us lunch today as a thank-you for all the data entry.

Even though it's been a tough week, I feel like my efforts are being recognized and appreciated, and that only makes me want to work harder.

It's amazing how great work can be when you have the right manager.