So I'm sitting at home right now writing this and I feel really guilty. I've been working less than two months and I've already taken a sick day. I've been fighting this cold for the past few days and was pretty much useless at work yesterday.

Funny, how I've gone literally the entire winter without getting a cold and as soon as my health insurance kicks in I end up in the sick tank. It was inevitable though. Both J & K have had colds over the past week and I haven't really been taking care of myself that well of late. Staying up to late and not getting enough sleep, drinking and smoking too much, going outside without a hat on, you know the drill. It's one of those colds where I can feel my immune system literally shutting down. It's not a full-blown onset yet, but I'm self-medicating with massive amounts of OJ and vitamins just for preventable measure. Actually you know what it was? It was waiting outside for Red Sox tickets a week or so back. I guess that was worth it, but to realize it was from that, the same day I got my credit card bill for the tix is a kick in the pants.

Oh well, I'm heading back to my parent's house some R&R and Chinese soup in about half an hour so I figure I should recap the past week while I can.

Monday - COM young alumni event at Vox. Met a few friendly faces, some new some old. The event was not nearly as good as the holiday party, but I expected that. We were supposedly going to be hit with a snowstorm that night and it was a Monday afterall. But I'd say the main reason was the lack of food, which was due to the lack of open bar, thus the lack of people. What can you do? Good news: chatted up a cute '04 for her digits. Bad: I think some dude was hitting on me and he opened with, "I had class with your sister." I'm assuming he thought that I was related to Danielle Kwan, sister of figure skater Michelle, but I'm an only child. F@#$ing whitebread thinking all Asians are spelled the same.

Tuesday - So I feel like I'm finally getting the hang of work. I'd have to say that the first month or so I was just getting the hang of things, but the last few weeks I have been left to my own devices and I'm handling it. The thing that really did it for me was our monthly writers' meetings, where we discussed our Brand Voice. It all just sunk in: This is what I went to school for and I wasn't doing silly busy work anymore. I'm working at a real agency. Granted it's not my dream creative boutique, but yeah. And it beats the hell out of what I was doing 90 days ago.

Wednesday - A lovely dinner/adventure with "Sally". Tried this Thai restaurant right by her place that was incredibly tasty. I took the advice of the Phantom Gourmet and went with the Panang Duck, she went with the Drunken Noodles. Very impressive on her part. (So here's some background info: I've had a mini-crush on "Sally" throughout college, but the both of us always seemed to have respective girlfriends/boyfriends. But now... we had a really good time and we are both single. I don't know if we're firmly entrenched in the friends category, but hanging out with her is a lot better than staying home watching Shovel Guy out my bedroom window. )

By the time we had finished eating it was only 9 and that's when the hijinx ensued. "Sally" had to run an "errand", aka bringing her underage sister a bottle of wine so I accompanied her. And when I say bottle I mean a 64 oz. Ocean Spray bottle filled with some leftover boxed-wine. The rest of the night was spent hanging out at some freshmen dorm at BC, as we were repaid with Rice Krispy Treats, mozzarella sticks, raisins and the witty banter of 19 year old girls. Ah the slippery slope...