(Not Quite 101) Things About This Week

• Everybody but me starts school on Monday.

• My boys are insanely revved up about this.

• I'm no longer 37-- does that mean I am old?

• I haven't watched Monty Python in a very long time.

• My new niece was born on the 17th-- the fourth girl in our family to have a birthday this week.

• We are so excited about baby niece's arrival-- my sweet little sister and her husband have been waiting for eons for someone to let them adopt.

• The last person in our office who knew anything about admin stuff is no longer working for us.

• They offered him one of the jobs vacated by our really awesome (but now former) editorial assistants, and he laughed at what they were willing to pay.

• He was our intern.

• The other intern left after only a month.

• We are so hosed.

• Nobody in management seems to care.

• The rest of us are on the verge of quitting, too.

• Even if the PHB knew, she wouldn't care.

• She might hold the door for us.

• Did I mention that we're hosed?

• I got diamond earrings and a couple of fat checks for my birthday.

• My family loves me, and that's all that matters.

• But diamond earrings are pretty darn good to have.