Recent pet peeves of mine:

- People who park in spaces that are not, in fact, actual parking spaces. Latest case in point: Half an hour ago, I was using the ATM at my bank when this older guy pulls up in a pickup truck and parks in the fire lane. I would have been less annoyed if he'd (even wrongfully) parked in the handicapped space, which he was blocking anyway by parking at the curb. Grr.

- People who turn left when they have red arrows just because no one is coming from the opposite direction. Didn't these people go to kindergarten and learn about taking turns?

- People who don't know how to mind their own business. No explanation necessary.

We had a "girls day" at my house yesterday, and it was pretty cool. DM and LM were the first to show, and we got all involved in playing "Marry, Date or Dump." Good times. LS and MB also joined in when they arrived, and eventually we tore ourselves away to have dinner. LS made a yum salad and brought this Goddess salad dressing from Trader Joe's that I would like to go swimming in. I made a vegetarian version of a sausage dish I first made a month or so ago. It involved soy sausages (good flavor, but I wasn't fond of the texture), honey, fresh orange juice, mangos and peaches. Yum. I never got around to making the dessert I had planned, but MB brought a ginormous bearclaw from Raley's. Chomp!

Also, I was a bad hostess and kicked everyone's butt playing "TV SceneIt." Hey, I can't help being a couch potato.

I stayed up late (until 11:30... shut up, that's late for old ladies such as moi) doing stuff for work, and have also being doing assignments off-and-on today. I have so many projects going on that I literally can't get them done, which I think my boss has finally figured out. Besides starting the search for our new person now, which I think I mentioned last entry, we're having a temp come in tomorrow. I should probably also mention that said temp is my cousin AG. Say whatever else you want about nepotism, but it can certainly be convenient if you're on the verge of exhaustion like I am. Plus, I figure it's rather fitting considering that it's a business owned by two brothers.

Right now I'm craving that this cheese that I bought for (and that got finished) yesterday. It was this little rolled up log of mozzarella with prosciutto and basil inside. I could have eaten that entire thing myself! I'm basically obsessed with anything that's one food stuffed inside another food.