Back to Work

I had trouble getting to sleep last night; I think I'm just excited about starting my new job today. And maybe a little anxious, I haven't worked in almost a year!

Not sure why, but I woke at 3:00 AM this morning and then struggled to get back to sleep. I must have dozed off, though, because I had a really bizarre dream that involved me being a character on "The Big Bang Theory", and there was camping, and a man-eating dragon that got summoned every time I opened a plastic container I bought at a backwoods Walmart. (Not embellishing at all here, all that stuff was actually in my dream.)

I lost a lot of friends and family last night (DAMN DRAGON), but then I thought to myself: Wait a minute... Penny just got burned up by a red-bearded ironback... the producers of our show wouldn't kill off such an important castmember... so this must be a dream sequence! Whew!

Then I woke up.

Oh my God! You killed Penny! You bastard!

Last night after dinner we stopped at the Metro station and bought 10 "tickets". Each is apparently good for one contiguous ride on the subway. The clerk gave us a map and kindly told us how to get from here to Pretty Simple. Sounds straightforward so I'm not worried. Still, I'll probably leave an hour or so early just to be safe. Don't want to be late on my first day.

Onward and upward!