Oh, Friday. Happy, happy, day.

Work has been pretty boring lately. There’s a project that everyone wants to get done this month (we’re launching a revision to a main site). This would be fine except more and more changes keep getting proposed. At a meeting the other day, Larry, my boss, said we were aiming to have the new site launched by the end of January. I was wondering if perhaps the month of January had extra days added to it and I was left out of the loop. My calendar says that the month is over next weekend yet the site is nowhere near done. Oi.

My days at work lately have been spent in front of my computer, logged into the company’s website software trying to keep up with the changes. The software and server are both archaic which leads to a painfully slow process. I feel like I’m getting cabin fever, always sitting at my desk, staring at the same screens and waiting for the pages to load. I’m hoping that Larry (or someone else) will put a stop to the proposed changes so that we can move ahead with the launch. I’m itching to get this project done and work on other things.

Speaking of other things, things have really started to hop along. In addition to the meeting I had with Bob the other night, I applied to an ad for someone looking for web design help and at dinner with our acupuncturist last night, S suggested I take over doing her web site. As for Bob’s project, while I’m not too enthused about the topic of the site, I can’t be choosey at this point. I need to get some practice, apply what I’ve learned, expand on what I’ve done so far and get a portfolio started.

Upon coming home tonight, I checked the mail and saw a package from Chapters addressed to me. At first I was surprised because I haven’t shopped online in awhile. I came inside and after greeting the puppy, I opened up the package. I was pleasantly surprised to find Franz Ferdinand‘s new CD inside the envelope. I was planning on buying the album – how could I not considering the boys were releasing it on my birthday? When S asked me what our friends could get me for my birthday, I mentioned Franz’s new album. That was yesterday. Just over 24 hours later, I had the album in my possession. I sent K a quick thank you text and then proceeded to add the songs to my ipod. I can’t remember the last time I had a physical CD. The few listens I’ve heard thus far are pretty sweet.

This weekend should be quiet. We don’t have any plans to go anywhere or to have anyone over. Entertaining is fun and having a house full of friends is always great. It’s the clean-up and cooking that I’m happy to miss out on.

I think I’ll spend some time catching up on updating my friend’s site and getting started on Bob’s project.

Happy Friday indeed.