Today is my first day back to work since last June and I am so rattled I forgot to post for today!!!

I am fortunate that I am able to do my real estate work from home and avoid the stress and expense of child care.  This summer was especially easy, with regards to real estate because A) my Son was old enough to stay home alone and B) well… real estate is in the toilet right now in case you didn’t know, so there really wasn’t much demand for me.

So today I started back at the office.  I was nervous last night, which is when I usually post for the next day.  I worried, What if I don’t remember how to use the phone system, what if there are so many emails to be loaded when I turn it on that it crashes not only my computer but the whole network, What if I don’t get along with the new guys that started over the summer, What if I am fatter than the last time I was there… I sort of lost track between all the expanding and shrinking of my bootie over the summer and my office is filled with beautiful trim and fit folks (some are snarky!)  and I can’t remember what I looked like in June… and the insecurities were running rampant.

So this morning I sprayed on a little tan and dug my perfume out of the bottom of the cabinet floor.  I sprayed, delayed, and walked away. 

I walked in and was greeted by the warmth of my Girls.  Oh how I missed them!  The new guys are young, obnoxious, loud, immature and innapropriate and at the desk area right next to me.  I am uncomfortable, I can’t focus very well from all the distraction and not having the fun I usually have at the office but I am getting some good phone calls, some leads which might actually turn into sales, and I supposed that is what work is about anyway. 

Thank goodness for you guys reading and giving me a reason to blog.  I feel the tension leaving my shoulders as I type, and despite my efforts to hold my lips pursed and display no emotion or reaction to the morons to my left, there is a smile creeping across my face.

(To be fair, they aren’t all morons. Just their leader.  We had a falling out in June which has resulted in my first grudge ever.  So this is what it feels like.)

So what’s on my mind today is can you believe how much Sarah Palin looks like Karen Walker? I thought I was original in making the claim, and really I do believe I was the first one to make the connection, but in looking for pics to prove it I found I am not the only one.  The hair,  the suits, the pointing… it’s uncanny!   

SO MY GIFT to you today is a BEST OF KAREN WALKER clip. Please accept it as my apology and my thank you for helping me relax at work today.

If you love Karen Walker like I do (The Will and Grace theme song is my ring tone!) you should be racing to the play button. If you don’t know her now’s your chance to see what you’ve been missing. If you don’t like her, I’m sure you have other good qualities to make up for your lapse in judgement here.