Random [Belated] Hump Day Thoughts

You were all supposed to pick the same dress and that was going to be The One! But seriously, thank you for the really wonderful suggestions. I knew you were so very fashion-savvy and could help me out of this pickle. I still haven't decided which I'm going to wear, but I did go out and purchase some black hose. No one needs to see these white-as-snow gams, especially people I've never met before! So I think I'll just take both dresses to Cleveland and see what inspires me. Or maybe I'll have Alex go spy on some of his co-workers to see what they're wearing. Either way, I'll post pictures on Monday!

Oh crud. Remember two Wednesdays ago, when I was all like, "This is going to be a GREAT new tradition, posting some of my many random thoughts every Wednesday, since it's hump day and they tend to be hard sometimes, depending on if you're in a glass-is-half-full or half-empty sort of mood." And then, I went and totally forgot about it the very next week. But then again, that was the day before Thanksgiving and so that Wednesday wasn't reeeally a hump day at all. And then I went and forgot about it until late last night, at which point I was too tired to do anything but curl up in my flannel sheets and fall asleep. However, in the interest of tradition (is it strange that I cannot write that word without thinking of Fiddler on the Roof?) I will jot down some of my random thoughts for a belated hump day post.

-My iTunes has a mind of its own. That, or people are playing a cruel joke on me. I was folding laundry last night and had put on my relaxing playlist. Everything was going along just great, when all of a sudden "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls came on SO LOUD! In my surprise, I dropped the shirt I was folding. And then do you know what I did? A boring person would have just turned down the music, but since I was not in a boring mood, I totally jammed out and danced around my bedroom and even jumped on my bed a little. I absolutely suggest hiding deliciously surprising songs in your playlists.
-This may be old news, since it has been on the CNN website for a while, but apparently doctors removed a ten-pound hairball from some (incredibly stupid) girl who had been EATING her hair for YEARS. I would be absolutely horrified if I was this girl's mother. To think that my cooking was not good enough, and my child had to resort to eating her own hair just to survive?! (Okay, maybe I am making that part up.) They say this condition is called "trichophagia," but I think she was just hungry. I wonder if different colors of hair have different flavors? I have to admit--I have a hair problem. No, I don't eat it, but I play with my hair incessantly. My hand just wanders up there on its own to twirl away, and when I find a rogue curly strand, I pull it out. I once read that pulling (lightly) on your hair releases endorphins, which we all know make us happy. So am I actually ADDICTED to pulling my hair because my body has become so used to the endorphins released by doing so? Hmm, something to ponder. Just don't start playing with your hair all the time, they don't make a gum to cure this problem.

-No joke, yesterday was World Toilet Day. If only I had known! Some interesting Toilet Day facts:
• The average person visits the toilet 2,500 times a year. About 6-8 times a day.
• You spend about three years of your life on the toilet.
• Contrary to popular lore, Thomas Crapper didn't invent the toilet. Seated toilets with drainage systems date back to 2500 B.C. The flush toilet was invented in 1596 by John Harrington. (Thank you, Mr. Harrington. You do NOT get enough credit.)
Those are my only thoughts right now. This week has been crazy busy here at the office, which is really impeding on my ability to write long rambling posts and visit your lovely blogs.