Good Morning loyal followers!

Wow, could my post title sound more pompous? I am an hour into my day here at Hennepin County, working tirelessly to better the standard of life for thousands of clients one case at a time.

That makes my job sound oh so important. Its not I swear. My goal for today is merely to make it through.

I'm actually quite sad about the state of my life right now. I don't want to sound whiny, because I have a lot of things many don't, but lets evaluate what happens for me in a typical day:

5:30am - My alarm goes off and I get out of bed. No snooze button for ths girl. I do lay there looking at my alarm clock as if it is the devil for a few minutes though.

5:33 am - Into the shower I go.

5:40 am - I stand dripping on the rug in my bathroom cursing because I once again forgot to grab my robe or towel out of my bedroom closet. Or off the bedroom floor which is more likely...

5:40 am and 10 seconds - I stand shivering in my bedroom wondering what unflattering clothing I should don for the day. (what kind of word is 'don' as a verb anyway?)

5:43 am - I wander, fully dressed, out to the kitchen to feed the manically meowing cat. She's 18 pounds, you'd think she can miss a meal or two, but no...

5:44 am - Head to bathroom to pull my hair up since leaving it down would do nothing but annoy me.

5:45 am - No makeup for me, back to the living room/kitchen to pack my bag for the bus. Throw in whatever book I happen to be reading at the moment, a notebook and a peice of fruit. (This week its peaches, but today I forgot it)

5:49 am - Root around my apartment searching vainly for my headphones, somehow they end up in a different place everyday, under a couch cushion, in my dresser drawer, on my coat closet shelf...

5:55 am - Change my clothes because I didn't like what I put on the first time. This time I look outside and see if 3 inch heels and open toes are appropriate. Base outfit decision on current toenail color since I'm going to wear open toed shoes even if its 30 degrees out and I don't have time to repaint.

6:00 am - Realize that I have nothing left to do this morning and still have 20 minutes before I have to leave. Read a book.

6:15 am - notice time and head out the door after putting on color-coordinated shoes and walk to the bus depot.

6:20 am - board bus, search for an empty seat, sit down, put on headphones and pull out book, while unashamedly checking cute men out for wedding rings, nose rings, other turn-off paraphanelia. Am able to do this unobserved since mens glances do not even notice me.

6:22 am - turn off self-pity.

6:52 am - Exit bus and walk 2 blocks to work, enjoying the spring air.

6:55 am - Stop in "the Store" (It's really called "The Store") for my morning diet dew.

6:57 am - Log on to my computer and 'work' for a few minutes (really I'm checking message boards)

7:00 am - actually work for awhile.

7:37 am - Maria comes to my cube and we gossip shamelessly about co-workers.

8:00am - back to 'work'

8:30 am - team meeting

8:37am - team meeting is over, but we're all still standing here not wanting to go back to work.

8:50 - 12:00 pm - work on and off with updating blog, reading boards, screwing around etc....

12:00 pm - lunch!

12:30 pm - back to the grindstone...

2:15 pm - go out for a 'smoke break' (I don't smoke, but its nice to get outside)

3:07 pm - glance at clock realize i should check my email before I go home.

3:25 pm - start signing off, ending sametime conversations, check boards one last time before I go etc...

3:30 pm - I'm outta here.

3:33 pm - board bus to go home repeat morning bus excersizes.

3:56 pm - Depart bus, walk home.

4:01 pm - Check mail, sit on couch, read a book.

5:00 pm - wonder what I should do tonight. Read book.

600 pm - take shower (I like showers)

7:00 pm - wonder if there is anything good on tv, check listings, there isn't, read book.

8:30 pm - still reading.

10:00 pm - Go to bed for utter lack of anything else to do having read every book in my apartment.

So you see, my life is very boring and predictable, how do I change this?? I am tired of going home night after night! I want a little adventure, excitement, where do I find this??? help. Most of my day happens before 6:30am. My friends are not go out to party type people.