So I did get In-n-Out like I'd wanted (#2 animal style YUM) and, without thinking, filled up my cup with Diet Coke. I became a lot more caffeine sensitive since I gave up coffee (over three years ago!) and I hardly drink sodas any more so that stupid Coke kept me up until around 4am and I had to wake up before 8 which means I got less than 4 hours of sleep which I really can't do any more. Anyway, it sucked because we had to go down to the SD area for a major meeting and throughout the entire thing I just wanted to pass out on the conference table.

Chose this rather dull-but-professional outfit since I felt way out of place in my ruffled pink blouse the last time we went down there for a meeting.

Afterward we went to the home (which is amazingly beautiful and has an incredible view of the Pacific) of our corporate advisor where we had a little celebratory champagne. When we got to the front door he said that his dog would probably attack us the instant we stepped in the door. I knew it he didn't mean it literally, but I was afraid that it meant he had a rather jumpy, rambunctious (why doesn't firefox think rambunctious is a word? and what on earth does rumbustious mean?) dog that could possibly knock me over (WHICH I DO NOT LIKE) so I pushed VV ahead of me. When we were getting the grand tour of his home, however, in meandered the sweetest little puffball of a dog that didn't jump, or even run, and nuzzled my hands when I reached down to pet her. "She's ferocious." said our advisor affectionately as he watched me coo over the little Sheltie. It was the most adorable, good-tempered dog I'd ever seen in my life and I wanted to steal it. Decided not to after realizing that a) it was too big to sneak into my purse and b) decisions like these are probably fueled by lack of sleep and that I would regret it the next day.

Experimented with flash photography last night. Unfortunately, all I have is a built-in flash. And I killed maybe two bars of battery life. And I nearly gave myself a seizure with all of the flash, especially when I turned out the lights to take photos. I totally forgot to get the remote out of the picture in the second photo above. Also, I don't know why my mouth was open.