A Day in the Life of a Downtown Employee: Halloween Edition

My road to the White House. (This link is hysterical):

Teaching everything I (as Sarah Palin) know about the Bush doctirine:

It just goes to show that anyone can be President. Anyone:

I'm on Fire!

Happy Hump Day & Happy Birthday Internet!

I'm having a great week thus far and am looking forward to finding out if it will continue to ride the waves of good news:

First, I got the green light to delegate the data entry portion of my sales tracking responsibilities (YAY!) so that I can spend more energy expanding my skill set and helping the client managers bring in new business.

On Tuesday, I realized that I wasted too much time over the last few weeks being a pre/post exam grump. I picked up my Operations midterm yesterday and happily discovered that I was ahead of the curve.

Bank of America's Hurricane Relief Team was recognized by Alan Rappaport and Jay Springer (no relation to Jerry) on this afternoon's all hands call. Rochester is one of the smallest cities in our market (DE, NJ, NY, PA and parts of CT) so it was a pleasant surprise that four of the associates recognized this quarter were from Upstate, NY.

In other good news, I'm only one wish away from becoming a lead wish granter for the Make-A-Wish foundation!

Highlights from Peet's Pumpkin Party!

Q: How many pumpkins can fit in the backseat of a MINI Cooper?

A: 6 pumpkins can fit in the backseat of a MINI Cooper with room to spare.

Jessica (upon arrival): "This pumpkin has neurofibromatosis and was the ugliest one in the patch."

Peet:

"Jessica, get your diseased pumpkin off my Buffalo!!"

Simon Students and Pumpkins:

Byron, Melly, Jessica, and Yankee Peet

When I got home...

Amelia (helping me carry our pumpkins inside): Mel, these are so heavy and won't fit in the fireplace! What part of small to medium don't you understand?!

Mel: I did my job! The prices ranged from $4 to over $10. At $5.50, these pumpkins are medium!

Help Wanted!

We are having a Halloween Party at work next week and I've received bi-partisan support for my costume. I'll be wearing my glasses, a red suit, and Amelia is going to puff up my hair.

Please let me know if you can help me obtain the following items by October 30:

• An Alaskan accent
• A [free] McCain/Palin pin

Feel free to leave me other costume or prop suggestions in the comments!

Tag!

I've been tagged by my cousin Sarah. Here is the fifth photo in the fifth folder on my computer:

Sophie and I at her soccer game this summer.

I tag: Clark & James, you're it!