Another afternoon, another energy drink. I blame my cow-orkers, for inviting me down to the cafeteria as a mid-afternoon break so we don’t all fall asleep at our desks. At least it’ll help keep me awake on the drive home.

Not too much going on this week. Traffic on the drive home yesterday was considerably unpleasant, and coupled with some irritation as I was leaving work, by the time I got home my mood was downright foul. It’s a good thing that takaza and linnaeus arrive home about an hour after I do; some time to relax and unwind helped a lot. I anticipate today’s commute won’t be much better, since WBBM says that they’re still pulling the semi out of the ditch on the Edens at Cicero that was there this morning.

Something else that is amusing me today: chicagocrime.org is a handy little site that tells you what crimes people are getting arrested for all over Chicago, broken down on a block-by-block basis (RSS feeds available, too!). It looks like there have been six arrests on our block since February – a couple of assaults (domestic-related), telephone harassment, and a property theft. Compared to other neighborhoods, we’re getting off pretty good, I think. Eh, city life.

I’m going to talk to Dan and see about maybe having dinner out in the burbs tomorrow night, maybe in the Deerfield area. It’d be nice not to have to fight the super-retarded Friday traffic all the way home, and to relax a bit at the end of the week. Hmm, I’ll have to make some plans.

P.S. – Glad you liked the flowers, Genet! Rest up and enjoy the drugs while you can 🙂