shoulda lit them candles

, originally uploaded by pr9000.

The rain is coming -- radar shows a line of showers that pretty much covers Tennessee, north to south -- and that's pretty emblematic of my mood this morning ...

I really surprised myself this week. I'm getting more busy by the day; The Big Man Upstairs is opening doors for me, and I'm realizing how much being busy sucks. Yesterday, for example, I had a morning client meeting; spent 45 minutes in the frame section of Hobby Lobby; ran to a tech client to help troubleshoot a recalcitrant server; ran back home to mow the grass before it reached knee level; did an interview with a local reporter -- quelle famous! -- and then ran back to the client to do battle with the server and the crappiest switch Dell has ever slapped its logo on ... Started at 8 a.m., ended at 10 p.m., which I know will seem like a normal day to all those readers who happen to be parents, but I don't have kids. I have a dog.

Who, by the way, got Chick-Fil-A chicken nuggets in his late-night dinner, because his father decided to drown his server woes in a chicken sandwich, extra pickles.

I'm not whining; I'm just stunned from yesterday, and the problems I had to battle with that server and switch, the first round of which I lost -- I was a -1 last night, but I hope to even it up this morning.