Useless Advice

At this point in my life, I have to say, this falls under 'things that didn't need to be said'.

Valentine's Day Advice From QuizUniverse to Willow_25
	"Carry condoms. Lots of condoms -- a giant sack of them, if possible"
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The Perils of Big Business

My office is part of a large law firm.  Said firm is mostly in California.  When we're supposed to be closed for snow/ice, they get confused.  After all, why can't you work in snow; they have no trouble driving to the ski slopes?

So, yeah, having someone in LA, where it's 64 degrees today, tell you that you need to stay in the office while the roads freeze over is just wrong.  I do get out early, though, which is nice.  Just, not as early as I thought.  

Let me explain about this weather thing.  First, we found out that the Federal Gov't was closing at 2:00 p.m. today.  We're supposed to follow the Federal Schedule, which means we should have just been gone at 2, no question.  But, the office manager told us to wait until she let LA know we were closing.  LA argued!!!  Stupid LA people.  So, then we sat here until after 2, wondering what was going on, and at 2:15 we got an e-mail saying we could go home at 2:30.   Except me.  Because I'm at the front desk.  So, I have to stay an extra hour.

But (and this is the best part), the phone system is on a timer.  It doesn't actually turn off until 7.  So, if we can't figure out how to change the time, I have to stay until we do.

Go team!

Valentine's Day (Prologue)

I promised myself I'd write a Valentine's Day fic this year.  It's the 13th, and I've got nothing.  I mean, I have some thoughts...A proposal, perhaps, or a worst-date-ever.  Just nothing that's made it's way into my computer coherently.  So, I'll ramble a bit about what's going on in my life, instead.  And, if anyone has suggestions, feel free to...Suggest them, I suppose.

A bunch of my friends are coming over for dinner tomorrow.  There will be board games and lasagna.  A good way to spend the day, for those with dates, and those without.  And, bonus, I don't have to cook.  Because, if I did, I'd be doing it now, so I didn't have to run around like a crazy person after work tomorrow.

See, here's the problem with my ideas for Valentine's fic.  I'm working in an alternate universe, right now.  Technically, four alternate universes, but that's another story (or, you know, four).  And, it's April in the story I'm working on.  So, writing a V'Day fic would put the characters almost a year in the future, and be really confusing for the readers.  Should I bother?  I've read some really good stories putting Valentine's Day into the various seasons, but I haven't gotten an especially good idea of my own along those lines.  

I could go back to my X-Files stories, but I'd end up with the same continuity problems I'm having with the Buffy stories.  Plus, Moose and Squirrel; not so much with the hearts and flowers.  Well, there could be hearts and flowers, but it would be highly OOC.  

It's not that I'm against characters acting differently than they did on TV; that's the joy of fanfic, after all.  There are just some things that are wrong...Period.  Scully being girly; Tara being mean; Spike being oblivious to what's going on with people he cares about; Mulder being emotional, serious, and chatty all at the same time...I'm sure those of you who write get my point, and those who don't are utterly uncaring by this point.

So, I'm gonna try to get into bed early tonight, and wake up fresh.  People coming over tomorrow, after all.  And, it's still on offer; if anyone has a suggestion for the holiday debacle, I'm willing to listen.  I'm rather annoyed with myself about this, so it would really be helping.