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Thursday, February 12, 2004
8:12 AM

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Mark, having also been stuck in Traffic From Hell yesterday, announced last night that he was going to get up earlier today in hopes of avoiding another day of Southern California Traffic Torture. Sounded like a good idea at the time.

But at 5:30 this morning, when the alarm went off, I realized that he is insane (Who knew?). 5:30 is really just too early. For anything. It's still dark. It's cold. Even the cats are smart enough to stay in bed at that hour.

But up we got. (Apparently insanity is contagious. Everyone please take note.)

After stumbling around the cold, dark house (until reaching a light switch that is), I realized a few things. First of all, the lights in my closet are way too dim. They barely create shadows even. It's more like mood lighting that anything useful. I sincerely think that candles would probably throw off more light. The good news on this front is that now I know where to have our romantic Valentines' Day dinner.

After a few moments in the closet, aka the Cave, I realized that it is much harder to pick out clothes when you can't see them (I'm still not sure my outfit even matches today - I'll let you know when I'm actually awake).

Second of all, the lights in my bathroom are way too bright. Why oh why did the builder make it so bright in the bathroom and yet so dim in the closet? First you go nearly blind and then, when you move to adjoining closet, it takes several minutes for you to first, stop seeing spots and second, adjust your eyes to the Cave. These are things you just don't think of when looking at houses. Perhaps this is some sort of bizarre builder humor.

But soon it was time to head out into the still cold but, by this point, much lighter world.

The good news is that traffic was much better (even on the free route). However, just as 5:30 is too early to get up, 7:45 (the time I pulled in to the parking structure) is way too early to arrive at work. Again, it's mostly dark because no one else has really arrived yet and thus, no one has turned on the lights. (Brief sidebar - how is it possible to work in an office for over 5 years and yet not know where the light switches are? I'm not sure, but I am living proof that it happens!). It's cold. And I'm sure that the cats are still in bed. I hate them.

I suppose the good news is that not only do I have time to get a cappuccino this morning, but I had time to post an entry for all my loyal readers.

But I have decided that I really want to be one of my cats. Even for just a day. Like today.

P.S. Re the closet lights: For anyone who is thinking - "Duh! Just put in different bulbs." We tried that. Apparently the closet fixtures are rated for 60 watt bulbs. We changed them to 100 watt and it shorted out the fixtures. We now have 60 watt halogens - at my dad's suggestion - but though they are brighter, it's still quite dim. So the only solution at this point is to replace the fixtures. And how am I supposed to do that in the dark??? (Ok, so there is a window in there, but, for now, we are far to lazy, and tired, to change the fixtures themselves.)

P.P.S. Not sure I can eat any more chili. Need volunteers to come finish it.

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