January 5th : Blood and progress

Today I wrecked my morning 'me' time by going to have my blood work done.

Once a month- for six months- yet, somehow it always falls on a day when I have 1.2 million other things to do.

Like watch the 4th hour of the Today show.

And taking my sweet time getting ready for work while blasting the Eagles from my itunes.

It's a pretty sweet gig working nights.

My dad was in town for a couple of days. We used to work the same-ish shift.

Early early mornings, I used to wake up at 2:30 for work- he woke up at 3, I win.

"So you don't even need an alarm clock"? he asked as he tried to figure out what it would be like to wake up when the sun is up.

"Nope" except the answer is really "Yep", unless you're comfortable sleeping the day away. But there are dogs to entertain, runs to run, lunches to prep, dry cleaning to drop off.

And then of course, there's the 4th hour of the Today show. My secret little passion.

What a concept, getting paid to just hang out and have fun, and drink a lot of wine.

I'm in the biz, I know it's hard work.

It's not that it's 'hard' per se, but its only the kind of work some people can make look effortless.

Then when you hear someone chatting up a guest and chatting over the days headlines and it sounds a little more painful that bangin' on pots and pans... you realize that you take for granted those who can.

And Kathy Lee and Hoda, I do not take you for granted.

Back to me, damnit.

1 more good day with my skin. When I wash it it feels much smoother, but I've been here before.

While I'm hopeful that this is a turning point moment, an 'Aha', the beginning of the end, I'm a bit too pimple savvy for that runaround.