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Jul, 30, 2008

Like High School Track: Complete with god-awful shorts and chafing

Is it possible to be so far behind in your work that you get lapped by yourself? Like in High School when that skinny bitch would fly by you on lap 5 and there were still 17 to go. (Did I ever mention I was on some drug-induced psychosis that made me run the 10K on a track? That’s 22 and a half laps in a circle. “Hamster on a wheel” comes to mind or maybe even Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet with Butterfly Wings: Rat in a cage” is more befitting.) I’m not sure who the skinny bitch in this analogy is but she just lapped me with her laptop and completed todo list and a fistful of happy clients.

Me? I’m more like a whale.

A Fail Whale in fact.

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Comments

If we ever figure out who that skinny bitch is, you're gonna have to get in line behind me to kick her ass. I've still got "to dos" left on my list from 1997, and a lot of pent up rage about that.
Posted by bejewell on 2008-08-03 09:44:59 I'm with Overflowing Brain. I want a fail whale t-shirt. Twitter could make some $$!
Posted by buffi on 2008-08-02 18:21:47 Hang in there! Can't wait to see you on the other end of things!
Posted by Carrie on 2008-08-01 12:31:18 Sometimes I feel like a whale out of water too. Hang in there.
Posted by MariaV on 2008-08-01 02:10:16 I hope that it gets better. But you must cut yourself some slack. We can only be one person and do one thing at a time. Try doing this with your list. Pick ONE thing each day and do JUST that. Then take a cookie break. Maybe some Oreos and milk?
Posted by Vicki on 2008-07-31 08:11:35 I was like THE slowest runner in high school. Effers voted me "most inspirational," as in "Wow, she just keeps showing up." So keep on showing up and... you'll get a sarcastic award, ok? =)
Posted by J on 2008-07-30 21:56:33 I really don't know how you do it all. Am in awe.
Posted by All Adither on 2008-07-30 21:34:04 Take a breath and ignore that skinny bitch. She is fat, divorced and has 15 kids from different daddies now. She's not as cool as she thinks she is anymore. You're prettier, and smarter, and um you have a whole bunch of mommy bloggers who will come kick her butt if she messes with you.
Posted by Mrs. Tantrum on 2008-07-30 14:59:36 I feel like you're speaking RIGHT TO ME.
Posted by Domestic Spaz on 2008-07-30 13:12:08 You and me both, sistah!
Posted by Angella on 2008-07-30 12:29:07 Sorry your so overloaded! If it's any consolation, I think you're a pretty fail whale.
Posted by sam on 2008-07-30 11:01:23 I feel your pain. Literally!
Posted by Karen Sugarpants on 2008-07-30 10:39:02 i'm a total fail whale too. sigh... :)
Posted by ali on 2008-07-30 10:22:15 I once ran a 10K entirely on the beach. In the sand. It's like running in glue. Only sandier. Love the fail whale. I want that on a t-shirt.
Posted by Overflowing Brain on 2008-07-30 09:38:37 My inbox has 54 messages in it (those are waiting to to-do, items that haven't been transferred to my task to-do list yet) and I HATED THAT BITCH in gym. But I only ran the 1 mile, which means I usually only got lapped a couples times by her. Sigh. Good luck, lady, keep up the coffee. ;-)
Posted by syd on 2008-07-30 09:25:51 A Fail Whale- LMAO! That's the best thing I've heard all day.
Posted by Catherine on 2008-07-30 09:23:10 Well, hon, if you're a whale, then I'm a fucking Brontosaurus.
Posted by buffi on 2008-07-30 09:17:19

buffi

J07/30/2008

Well, hon, if you’re a whale, then I’m a fucking Brontosaurus.
Catherine

J07/30/2008

A Fail Whale- LMAO! That’s the best thing I’ve heard all day.
syd

J07/30/2008

My inbox has 54 messages in it (those are waiting to to-do, items that haven’t been transferred to my task to-do list yet) and I HATED THAT BITCH in gym. But I only ran the 1 mile, which means I usually only got lapped a couples times by her. Sigh. Good luck, lady, keep up the coffee.
Overflowing Brain

J07/30/2008

I once ran a 10K entirely on the beach. In the sand. It’s like running in glue. Only sandier.

Love the fail whale. I want that on a t-shirt.
ali

J07/30/2008

i’m a total fail whale too.
sigh…
Karen Sugarpants

J07/30/2008

I feel your pain. Literally!
sam

J07/30/2008

Sorry your so overloaded!

If it’s any consolation, I think you’re a pretty fail whale.
Angella

J07/30/2008

You and me both, sistah!
Domestic Spaz

J07/30/2008

I feel like you’re speaking RIGHT TO ME.
Mrs. Tantrum

J07/30/2008

Take a breath and ignore that skinny bitch. She is fat, divorced and has 15 kids from different daddies now. She’s not as cool as she thinks she is anymore. You’re prettier, and smarter, and um you have a whole bunch of mommy bloggers who will come kick her butt if she messes with you.
All Adither

J07/30/2008

I really don’t know how you do it all. Am in awe.
J

J07/30/2008

I was like THE slowest runner in high school. Effers voted me “most inspirational,” as in “Wow, she just keeps showing up.”

So keep on showing up and… you’ll get a sarcastic award, ok?

=)
Vicki

J07/31/2008

I hope that it gets better. But you must cut yourself some slack. We can only be one person and do one thing at a time. Try doing this with your list. Pick ONE thing each day and do JUST that. Then take a cookie break. Maybe some Oreos and milk?
MariaV

J08/01/2008

Sometimes I feel like a whale out of water too. Hang in there.
Carrie

J08/01/2008

Hang in there! Can’t wait to see you on the other end of things!
buffi

J08/02/2008

I’m with Overflowing Brain. I want a fail whale t-shirt. Twitter could make some $$!
bejewell

J08/03/2008

If we ever figure out who that skinny bitch is, you’re gonna have to get in line behind me to kick her ass.

I’ve still got “to dos” left on my list from 1997, and a lot of pent up rage about that.