Location: Fremont, Nebraska
Currently Listening to: eHarmony.com commercial
Currently Thinking about: How many of my friends are listed on eHarmony.com, Match.com and/or SwingersRUs.com?
Plans for the Remainder of the Day:

• My sister is currently on her way from SD to Nebraska. She should be here within 2 hours.
• After my sister picks me up, we are off to LeMars, Iowa, to hang out with my friend Thor and her new baby
• Post LeMars, we will continue driving north on I-29 towards the family farm in SD
• Laundry needs to be done...badly.
• Hang out with the family, most likely a board game and an adult beverage will be involved.
• Chill-ax
  

5 Quick Things:

1. Even though I have access to almost every cable channel known to human kind while sitting here at Chris' house, I am still watching Arrested Development reruns on G4. Did I mention that I own all 3 seasons of Arrested Development on DVD?
2. Two cats are currently in a state of hibernation on my lap while I type this entry on a lap-top.
3. I will soon own my very first iPod. How 2001 of me.
4. As many of you know, I am pure evil. Therefore, I am refusing to allow MoSus from guilting me into choosing HuHot as the supper destination for Friday. The choices are currently: Spezia, Famous Dave's, The Irish Place (can't remember the real name), Renner Monarch...
5. I am honestly getting pretty good at multi-tasking.
   

Good afternoon from the lovely state of Nebraska.

It has been an interesting time to be back in the land of Big Red. On Friday, while watching one of the more painful football games played within the auspices of the Husker Nation, the debates began on how long Callahan had until the almighty Coach Tom would lay down the hammer on his short-lived (yet longly-despised) career in D-I Football in the lovely state of Nebraska. This question was quickly answered on Saturday, as all local television stations aired the live press conference held in the hallowed halls of Memorial Stadium where the almighty leader of all things holey within Nebraska laid down the hammer on the Callahan era.

The press conference was handled with class. T.O. is again hailed as the best thing ever to happen to the unicameral state. Hopes that the order will truly be restored have been renewed. All is well with the world of college football again. Hopefully this feeling will last a lot longer than 6 months this time around.

How has my trip been beyond the world of Husker football, you ask?

Here's a quick list:

• Both of my planes were on time on Thursday.
  
• Shane and I didn't get lost on our way from the Omaha airport to Fremont.
• Ate way too much turkey at Shane's on Thursday.
• Watched the Husker game on Friday. Cried a little. Swore a lot.
• Enjoyed Enchanted on Friday with Shane.
• Journeyed to Omaha, and found the wonderful road where two Super Targets exist within 2 miles of each other. (Thank goodness for Maple Street.)
• Watched Knocked Up and Shrek the Third on (cheaply purchased thanks to Super Target #1) DVD.
• Spent some time with Shane & Chris in Fremont learning the local ways of handling football gossip.
• Rediscovered my love of HBO/Showtime On Demand at Chris' house.
• I really like Californication.
• Bonded with Chris' cats. (Which he is trying to gift to a loving family.)
• Made plans to hang with the sister, the MoSus and the rest of the SD gang starting tomorrow.

Well, I should get back to my busy day of watching television and playing Scrabble.

• Target - not only a great store, but also a great place to hang out.
• Books - I  reading! Shout out to the Jumpin' Husker Parents for instilling that habit in me at an early age.
• Babies - It has been a year of babies for friends, family and colleagues. I am happy to report all of the babies in my life seem to be doing very, very well.
• Text messaging - More of a guilty pleasure than a necessity, but still a god-send.
• Fondue - It brings people together. Plus it's yummy. And melty.
• Health - Definitely something to not overlook.
• Procrastination tools - See yesterday's list to refresh your memory on why this is so.
• Dirty minds - It's a common denominator in most of my friends.
• Friends, Family and Ferrets - The 3 f's that keep me sane.

1. Sliver
2. All Apologies
3. Lake of Fire
4. Lithium
5. Come As You Are

Top 5 New-to-Me Authors Discovered in 2007

1. Jasper Fforde
2. Christopher Moore
3. Stephenie Meyer
4. Diane Setterfield
5. Nicole Krauss

Top 5 Television Shows Discovered in 2007

1. Pushing Daisies
2. Samantha Who?
3. Flight of the Conchords
4. No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain
5. Dexter

Top 5 Favorite Distractions from Work

1. Blogging
2. Scrabulous
3. IM-ing
4. Web surfing
5. Coordinator Cookie Time

Top 5 Things I Hope to Accomplish Over my Holiday Break

1. Watch the Husker game with friends in Nebraska.
2. Eat a bread bowl salad at Perkins.
3. Visit the newest addition to the Hitchler clan.
4. Make a big decision easier to swallow.
5. Relax. 

1. My Musical
2. My Intern's Eyes
3. My Life in Four Cameras
4. My First Kill
5. My Fault
6. My T.C.W.
7. My Occurrence
8. My Porcelain God
9. My Screwup
10. My Cake

• Coined a new phrase, "Update my MySpace page."
• Cleaned the Jumpin' Husker Ferret cage.
• Avoided nasty paper cuts while making copies at work.
• Kept my temper.

Tuesday

• Mocked the MoSus.
• Enjoyed a Girls' Night out with the...girls. Wow, that was a redundant sentence.
• Finished all of the fun stitches on my mother's holiday gift. Now, it's a back-stitching life for me.
• Ate the lunch I brought to work on Monday.

Wednesday

• Remembered why I love Pushing Daisies and Gossip Girl.
• Brought my lunch, and ate it on the same day.
• Got homesick. (I'll be home soon. Very, very soon.)

Thursday

• Broke the fast and lunched with 2 of my favorite people from Johnston.
• Shopped til I almost dropped with the girls. Yup, it's been a girl's week here in the big BR.
• Discovered hot cocoa creme filled Hershey kisses. They are the devil. A very delicious version of the devil.

Friday

• I love facebook scrabble. I suck at it. But I still love it. (Much like my love for all things Nebraska...it's something I just can't explain.)
• Brought my lunch for a 3rd time. I RULE!
• Mocked the MoSus some more.

Current Mood: Snazzy

Currently Listening to: I Touch Myself by the Divinyls

Today's Goal: To enjoy the cooler weather.

1. I do realize that this is the lazy man's way of blogging. I'm okay with that fact.
2. What do the following items have in common: Scrabulous on facebook; Iced white mochas from Starbucks; Samantha Who? (Answer at the bottom of the entry.)
3. It is officially time to update my wardrobe. Even though I couldn't find a single thing I needed/wanted at Lane Bryant yesterday.
4. Today's Pandora Radio Channel: New Kids on the Block.
5. Plan for next two weeks: Work in BR until Wednesday, November 21; Fly into Omaha on Thursday, November 22; Hang around Fremont until Tuesday/Wednesday, November 27 or 28; Head to SD on November 27 or 28; Fly back to BR on December 2. E-mails will be sent to those lucky folks that I wish to stalk while home soon.

1. Fondue is fun. Thanks to Moe, Jules, Amy & Becky for making the journey to Casa de Ferrets yesterday for chocolate-filled goodness.
2. I will be in Nebraska next week to celebrate the holiday with friends in Fremont. I'll be in SD the following week. (More info on this later this week.)
3. From now on, the phrase "updating my MySpace page" will be considered dirty. (With a lot of rrr's in it.)
4. Why am I at work on a bank holiday?
5. Sad fact of life: I think I will have a permanent scar from a stapler induced cut on my thumb.

1. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
2. Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
3. Darkly Dreaming Dexter; Dearly Devoted Dexter & Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay
4. Peter & the Starcatchers; Peter & the Secret of Rundoon by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
5. The Slippery Slope; The Grim Grotto; The Penultimate Peril & The End by Lemony Snicket
6. Something Rotten & Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
7. Bloodsucking Fiends; Coyote Blue; A Dirty Job; Fluke; Island of the Sequined Nuns & Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
8. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
9. The Dead Travel Fast by Eric Nuzum
10. Three Bags Full by  Leonie Swann

1. College football is officially dead to me...until Spring ball, that is.
2. Me: On a Walk. Happened yesterday, should happen again tomorrow. Sweet! Maybe I'll get healthy again.
3. Change is happening all around me, and I'm not freaking out too much. Yet.
4. Newest addiction: TAKE 5 bars.
5. Early morning texts are quite amusing. Quite amusing indeed.

1. Congrats to Thor's family on the addition of their daughter on Monday! I see a lot of Husker gear in her future.
2. I officially feel whelmed at the moment. But in a good way.
3. I'm still at work because I'm waiting for my two cohorts to get done with meetings (or church) so that we may go and have a girls night out.
4. I am sunburned. On November 1. From standing outside for 2 hours yesterday for a Halloween program. Can I get any more pathetic?
5. All 3 seasons of Veronica Mars are now in my possession. Sad, but in a good way.