It is positively freezing outside, and tomorrow is supposed to be ugly, dark, gray, windy, and even colder. Blah. As much as I enjoy winter sports (which I haven’t been able to do this winter, as snow seems to be eluding the state of New Jersey though it has piled up everywhere else in the country), I’m done with winter this year. It can scamper back to its little cave and rouse the springtime now.

I may just be bitter because I’ve come under attack by a cold bug that is, really, exhausting my body and my mind. This is yet another one of those times I wish I were back in school. I would have no problems skipping out on a class because I feel crappy. But here in the real world, taking sick days constitutes losing vacation days, which I refuse to allow. I’m deliberately saving my days off so that I can have a proper few weeks to enjoy Midsommar in Sweden. That’s my plan, and I’m sticking to it. I haven’t been back there in, wow, five years next month (wtf?), and it’s high time I made it back, especially since my relatives over there are getting on in years and I’d like to see them. They’re nuts, but in a fun way. Let’s face it: if I had the option, I’d be living there now. Maybe if I go for my MBA at the Stockholm School of Economics, about which I’ve been thinking for awhile … but I should probably figure out my company’s policy on buggering off to go back to school first.

A paycheck right now would be much appreciated. Hmm.

I spent my first couple of months here at The Office asking everybody for more work, because the CTO for whom I was working directly really didn’t have all that much for me to do except arrange travel, do his expense reports, and manage his fundraiser. As I said before, I was doing loads of work for HR and various projects for other people.

I started assisting the marketing department right before the new year, and now my title has officially changed from executive assistant to that of marketing coordinator, which makes me feel important even if I’m not really. The major bonus of this is that I finally get to utilize some of the skills that I haven’t used in forever, namely web design, and I love that. Basically, then, I am absolutely swamped with stuff to do, but I’m enjoying most of it and the days just fly by, something that never happened at The Firm when I worked there.

This also means my hours have extended somewhat, as I feel guilty leaving before six or six thirty. I’m hoping all this work will pay off when bonus time comes around … we’ll see. In the meantime, I’m having a blast and that’s what counts.

Apart from work, what’s been going on? Meg and I had our one-year anniversary on Saturday night, which we spent by going out to dinner and spending a night at the Hilton, which was just wonderful. I always forget how much I like room service.

Also, Jen and I went to the L Word premier party in the City last Sunday at the Copacabana. Awesome. Apart from me getting absolutely tanked, which is always a good time until the next morning, we spent the evening dancing, watching the first episode of the new season of the L Word, and listening to live music. Plus, we got to see Jennifer Beals (of Flashdance fame), Marlee Matlin, and series creator Ilene Chaiken.