Salad Days

todays google word of the day is actually two words, or a phrase. i felt compelled to email them. instead however, i am writing this post. Salad days.

Today has had the potential of being a horribly-awful-no-good-very-bad-rotten-day. but. i have been strong headed, i refuse to let the little things get me down. i started off by writing an e-vent to my friend christy who will probably read it and wonder what kind of drugs they are feeding me. but the e-vent was very helpful. calmed my nerves. you are probably wondering why this day has had such poor potential- let's see. it started off with no alarm. folks - it's my last day at work. i have been early every single day since starting at evolve and it's my last day and i am going to be l.a.t.e. i have no idea why the alarm didn't go off (i remember turning it on, i woke up and it was on- just not ringing) but nevermind that. i had to get dressed, fast! so i pull on clothes i wore just two days ago and were dirty. pulled my gross air up into two pigtails (disgusting), try to do some sort of makeup (didn't work) and grabbed my bag, shoes in hand, and out the door. tube is experiencing severe delays at the circle line (dammit) so i wait- 20minutes for the stupid thing (there is no other option). I get to Farringdon at last! everyones late, i saw a guy fall down the steps at the station (he's having a worse day than me, no doubt). I get a gift outside (cool! bonus points. I think God is laughing at me). I finally run into the office and am greeted with the looks of concern. Are you alright? feeling okay today Megan? haha. Yep- this is called- the unkempt look. it's in style, right??

so in order to keep my spirits up my boss asks me to work another day ! yay! the (very very nice) salary of one more day was more than thrilling. then the guys took me out for lunch! (even better!) and now I am enjoying pomegranate juice while writing a blog about how bad the day has been but really--i am doing fine.

no doubt to- i will be happier tonight. I get to go see The Elected. The band is fronted by the other half of Rilo Kiley- Blake Sennett and is undoubtably one of this years biggest hits in my book. They have a catchy sort of pop, but eclectic enough to not annoy me. Their biography says that they summon "everything from early Grateful Dead, The Beatles, The Band, Pink Floyd, and The Eagles. This time out, the band experiments with a greater depth of sound (think '70s hi-fi rather than modern-day lo-fi) and influence (think more classic, less country)". The venue is a hot spot already in the London scene. The theatre- Water Rats is for the young at heart only- those who are still experiencing their salad days. Supposedly it emodies the grimy pub feel - the raw stuff that musicians fancy.
oh and i get to wear my new dress :-)