Do you ever stop and just take it all in? I’ve been doing that a lot lately while on the job. As I’ve mentioned before, this job in claims is kind of like taking a canoe out on the sea with one oar. Sometimes the waves are overwhelming (usually floods the boat with claims after a weekend) and the rest of the time (the majority of the time), I paddle in circles. Therefore, I spend several hours each day whacking myself in the head with the oar thinking, WHAT AM I DOING HERE? I hope there is more to my future than sitting at this desk, talking to these hillbillies about how a McNugget broke their only remaining tooth.

So…
1. I’m an outdoors personality trapped in an environment of florescent sunlight, ozone spewing copy machines and formaldehyde-laced office furniture and carpet.
2. I’m a people person, but I’d like to be impacting lives in a manner that doesn’t involve fraudulent rednecks and a telephone.
3. I have come to hate the “golden arches” and any fast-food joint with a new found passion. I didn’t eat there before and now I cringe every time I pass one. “Over 99 billion served,” huh? How many billion sued because they are unemployed, uninsured, and think that everyone else owes them?

My canoe has a leak? Anybody have an extra paddle?

and is it friday yet?