Or at least they did last night at Kevin's place as I proceeded to completely PWN everyone at poker. Whether it was the fuel of tasty pornstar cocktails and mini chocolate bars, or the need for enact vengeance after being the victim of an elastic band firing squad, I slyly -- yet somewhat flukily -- whittled them down and emerged victorious and a shiny $60 richer after five long hours of Texas Hold Em. *Evil cackle*

I believe it was a well-deserved good end to what was in contrast a very frustrating and arduous day. I phoned our property manager yesterday morning at 8 a.m. to get her to come over and have a look at our apartment pipes and thermostat. Sometime over the last year we discovered that one or the other was buggered, which results in either our apartment feeling like a sauna when the hot water pipes are turned on, or having to suffer in frigid cold when we turned them off. I ended up having to work from home to wait for the plumber to show up to fix it because I didn't have an extra key to give the manager to get into the apartment. Now the idea of working from home is very tempting for most people, and I'm not going to lie, I was a little thrilled at the idea of suddenly getting to curl up in my pajamas and slippers and eat a tasty breakfast of Eggo waffles at my computer, working away while at the same time getting to watch a few episodes of What Not to Wear on my EyeTV.

It's all a lie, people. A HORRIBLE, AGONIZING LIE. Working from home is not relaxing, it's freaking annoying. Nothing works! You don't have what you need! And to get what you need, you have to spend the entire day conversing long distance over IRC with co-workers simply trying to set up your workstation at home which is entirely out of your frame of technological know-how so you can do everything you would have been doing at the office! Look at my happy list of things I wanted to get finished yesterday! *Indignantly holds up detailed blue stickie-note with list of bullet-point tasks and a doodle of a happy flower in the corner* None of this done, no! I spent the eight hair-pulling hours of my day yesterday trying to gain access to the mere ability to work on these items! Throw in a shoddy Shaw internet connection that went offline half way during the day and upset all the previous progress I'd made during the morning, and it was a complete and utter gong show. Seriously. I went through an entire layer and a half of Pot of Gold fine chocolates and truffles in my stress and rage. Never again. =_=

And to top it all off, the fucking plumber never even showed up. I have to wait until Monday. I am getting an extra bloody key cut this weekend.

On a completely different note, huzzuh for Mason finally coming back home tonight! THERE WILL BE GLOMPAGE! :B