It certainly is Friday . . . and thank God for that!

I've been at work all of 2 hours and I'm already a bit of a mess. Well, really I was a bit of a mess before I got to work and it became clear how much of a mess once I got here.

During my walk to work is when I first noticed something was awry. The wind in DC this morning is just fierce! It's icy cold and strong. I almost got pushed off the sidewalk by the wind when I was waiting for the light to change! While I was walking in the wind I realized I really should have worn a slip with my skirt because corduroy and tights tend to stick. So not only is my skirt being pulled in odd directions because of the wind, its being pulled around by my tights - not pretty and rather uncomfortable. Now as I'm walking down the hallway at work I feel self-conscious about the little hike my skirt is taking up my leg!

Shortly after getting to work, while sitting at my desk catching up on e-mail, I took a quick look down at my hands and noticed that I have what looks like a rash or tiny ruptured vessels in my finger tips! Right away I think that I must be having an allergic reaction to something I've touched. As I'm thinking through all the things I've touched since getting to work that might have caused a reaction I realize that while reading my e-mail I was folding and refolding a Post-it note that I had written on in purple ink. *sigh* Really. I was starting to mildly flip out over ink on my finger tips.

After I had finished running a couple errands around the office - dropping off supplies, getting some water, making some copies, all the while worrying about my skirt riding up my leg - I get back to my desk mildly annoyed by something scratching my lower back. Assuming that it was a clothing label sticking up in an awkward direction I go to fix it but instead of a soft piece of fabric I feel cardboard. What? It slowly dawns on me, I haven't cut the tag out off my skirt! I'm wearing it price tag, spare buttons, and all. Lovely. I've had it in my closet so long that it didn't even occur to me that the price tag might still be in it.

Really, so ridiculous. And it's not even lunch time yet! All I can say is thank goodness it's Friday and that I'll have the weekend to regain my sense and sanity.