Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? A melody that keeps tormenting you at odd times during the day? Today was one such day for me. And it's been years since I even heard the song.

"Everyone loves Magical Trevor 'Cause the tricks that he does are ever so clever Look at him now, disappearin' the cow Where is the cow heading right now? "

That's the song that I've been humming today. Believe me, you get funny looks when you catch yourself singing "What did he see in the parallel dimension? He saw beans, lots of beans, lots of beans, lots of beans. Oh, beans lots of beans lots of beans lots of beans. Yeah, yeah!" at your desk at work. At least this one is better than Oats, peas, beans and barley grows, The wheels on the bus, or the Elmo's world song. (Can you tell I have a toddler in my life?)

Today was a blah day. Maybe that's why my mind is trying to entertain itself with musical medleys. I had to go sit through a retirement benefit meeting at work. I left it before they finished because it was mind numbingly boring and they had provided all the info into a handy packet for us to read. Complete with phone numbers if we have any questions. And, after and hour and a half, they had only gotten to page 6 of the 11 page document. We've had 2 days of rain, so you can't really do anything interesting out side. There's not even anything good on TV tonight.

I decided to do absolutely nothing this weekend. The last couple weekends have been spent either in the car for multiple hours, babysitting my 2 year old niece, or a combination of the two. I'm going to curl up with a book or 3, take long bubble baths, and take long naps. The weather isn't going to get much better, so its a prefect time for an "Ugly day!" Ugly days are days when I get up late, run a brush over my teeth and through my hair and call it good. No make up, the most comfortable clothes I can find (which are not required to match) and then veg out. I might work on my co-workers baby's auction a little, but other than that and a Wings game tomorrow.. that's about it.

I'm stalling about exercising tonight. I stayed up way way to late last night watching the Wings play the San Jose Sharks. (They won 4-2 complete with a fight in the third period.) But, It must be done... No rest for the weary. I'll get my aerobics in for the night and then crash. You all have a good weekend. Cya later.

What to wear or what not to wear... That is the question!

What to be or what not to be, that is the question. It’s almost time for Halloween and I still need to pick out a costume for the festivities. The best idea that I’ve come up with so far is to wear black underwear with fishnet stockings and boots and go as Britney Spears from the 2007 VMA Awards show. But as it’s October in Michigan and the weather is unpredictable and at least some of the parties I’m invited to are outdoors, I’m more than likely going to want something warmer.

I went to the local costume shop and was disappointed in their selection. It ranged from the classic witch to the sexy bimbo collection. While I’ve lost weight this year, I’m not ready in my own mind for one of the belly baring mini skirted outfits quite yet. The Britney costume listed above shockingly provides more coverage then some of the outfits I found there. Plus, I'm klutzy enough that I'd probably kill myself with those 6 inch spiked heels! And the classics witch is so so so boring.

I’ve looked online and found some interesting ideas. It just comes down to picking out and getting it ready in the next week or so. Here are some of my favorites so far:

Cheap Date - Dress like a date (wear a black trash bag with holes cut for arms and legs). Attach a large price tag, with $1 crossed out and changed to 50 cents, and that crossed out and changed to 25 cents.

Chip-monk - Dress in a monk's robe, rope belt, etc., then hot-glue (empty) potato chip and/or tortilla chip bags all over.

Blind Date - Take a day of the week calendar and tape the days all over your body. Throw on a pair of sunglasses and get a cane and you're all set to go.

Dust Bunny - Wear a dirty old white bunny costume and carry a feather duster, or "dust buster" vacuum.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon - Get an appropriate costume, such as Bullwinkle or Snoopy. Attach long strings all around and then attach tiny plastic clowns at the end of each string. Then walk in slow motion humped over with the clowns just dragging the floor.

Ceiling Fan - Write "Go Ceilings!" on the front of your shirt, carry a foam finger and don’t forget to cheer.

What are you all going to go as for Halloween parties? I might borrow some of ya’lls ideas. I’m sure that there will be at least one costume contest at one of the parties. In the past I’ve dressed up as a bag of trash, a referee (which is both evil and scary,) and the year before last I dressed up in a clown outfit and wore a Hello, my name is Garry Bettman name sticker. I was sick last Halloween, so I stayed home and passed out candy to the 3 or so trick or treaters that came over.

Have a safe and fun Halloween everyone!

Ok, it's been almost 24 hours and I'm still mad at the refs. In case you're wondering, I'm referring to the NHL Referees: Gord Dwyer and Tom Kowal. They were the ones who officiated the Wings/Ducks game last night.

This dynamic duo lost control of the game early in the first period and it went down hill from there as they attempted to regain it. They were calling the most attrocious penalties against both teams. Even the announcers were wondering what in the He double hockey sticks was going on. 13 Wings penalties and 11 Ducks penalties. 24 penalties x 2 = 48 penalty minutes. That's over 2/3 of a game spent in penalties. Only a third of them were deserved by either team.

Work today was rather blah. One co-worker drove me insane. She works at another site but has access to our scheduling grid. (I have access to hers as well.) She called and asked which of my therapists she could schedule a patient on. I told her which therapist treats that diagnosis and told her not to over ride a blocked for ANY circumstances. So what does the twit do? She changed the block to schedule the patient for tomorrow. And then denied it when I called her about it.

Normally scheduling a patient for the following day isn't a big deal. We just call each other and let them know. Blocks are put in place so that the other secretaries know if that therapist has something going on at a specific time that isn't an actual patient appointment. IE.. Dr appt or doing inpatient evaluations up on the floors. I originally had blocked that therapist to do inpatient evaluations from 7 am to noon. There is no way that I would have only scheduled her upstairs until 11 and left her with an hour to twiddle her thumbs until lunch. We're too busy for that. So I know beyond a Shadow of a doubt that Laura changed the block to get that patient in from 11-12 tomorrow. What am I going to do, I can tell my boss, but She's going to deny it. And with blocks, I can't prove that she altered it. But, everyone in my department knows she did. UGH!

Health wise I am doing good. Other than my less than graceful tripping over the copy machine cart yesterday which left a pretty bruise on my knee. I'm ramping up my diet and exercise this week because I haven't lost any weight for the last 5 weeks. (I haven't gained any either though.) I am so so so craving junk food right now. I'm going through my carnival food phase again. I want corn dogs, caramel apples, pretzels, and cotton candy. Ahh... but I want to be skinny more than I want all those things. So I'm sticking to my salads and yogurts (good thing I have a good imagination and can pretend that they taste as good as the others) and increasing my exercise for each night.

Well, I'm off to exercise and then to bed. It's been a busy last couple of days and its going to stay busy for several more. You can tell that the full moon is coming next week. Cya'll later.