Hits and misses

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day, but since it will be my first day at the new job, I'll be celebrating this year. It might just be me and the old Magic Wand with a glass of champagne and some Godiva chocolates, both purchased by me, but hell – that's still quite a celebration. Anyway, I might be adding to this over the next couple of weeks, but I present to you a list of things I will – and won't – miss once I'm gainfully employed.




What I'll miss:

• Cooking myself a huge breakfast every morning


• Going to the gym every day, where I can work out while enjoying the double eye-candy threat of Hot Trainer and this guy


• Hourly phone calls to and from My Sharona


• Afternoon snuggle time with Mulder and John Brown


• The Food Network


• No wait at the nail salon


• Wearing my skull pajama pants


• Looking like a bum for days on end


• Not doing anything at all if I don't feel like it


• Afternoon writing time at the coffee shop


• A clean apartment


• Friday afternoon horror flicks with Linus

What I won't miss:

• Wearing ill-fitting clothes because shopping is out of the question


• Not being able to go on vacations (aside from the already-paid-for-at-the-time Florida trip and the Vermont road trip which was cheap)


• Running into The Ex


• A messy bedroom


• When Paula Deen, Emeril or Rachael Ray steal valuable Food Network airtime


• Always feeling like I'm not accomplishing enough


• Talking to John Brown and Mulder to the point where I start to scare myself


• Feeling like a loser if The Roommate returns home from work to find me watching TV in my pajamas


• Edit tests and cover letters


• Freaking out because I don't know when my freelance check is coming


• Daily Road Runner outages


• Soul-crushing boredom