promotions

no, not mine. definitely not mine. shoot, i coudn't even get the raise i was promised three separate times (it's been over a year). no the promotion went to the other lynda - and i don't think she didn't deserve it, i just resent being told, in front of her, that now she outranks me, so i have to do what she says.
am i 4?
do i not respect even the people lower-ranked than i am?
i would hope that i would be mature/professional enough to not have to be told this, but maybe they think i plan to give her attitude... i would have just congratulated her, and kept working, but what with all the stupidness, i congratulated her, kept working, and began to think angry, devious thoughts involving sabotage. i know those thoughts will never be acted out though, since i would probably be the one who ended up fixing the resulting problems. what, no, i'm not frustrated/annoyed/pissed off/whatever...

i did score pretty well with the christmas clearance stuff - it just went 75% off today, plus my 25% discount made it pretty much dirt cheap (no, not free - i get 25% off the sale price). so i have more chocolate. like i needed that. i also have more decor i don't need and more cards/ribbons/etc. i don't need.

and i just realized i didn't give much detail on our new years' festivities, so here goes:
michael invited us to his sister christine, and her hubby, randy's house, and they made us tacos (yummy) and strawberry margaritas (also yummy) and ...... drumroll, please! i had a real margarita! with booze in it!! i wasn't a huge fan though. we played hungry hungry hippos and chatted and laughed over some chocolate pudding pie, and then had some sparkling cider and a toast at midnight. christine and i blew into some of those tiny obnoxious noisemakers, and michael tried to blow up a balloon, and hurt himself when it popped in his face. then we stayed up ridiculously late watching donnie darko, after which, aaron and i crashed on the couch (they have a really nice, huge, sink-into-it couch). after everybody woke up, michael practiced his breakfast-making skills - he's really quite good! and then we sat around and tried to think of things to do for a long time. eventually, some of us hot-tubbed, and then we all went out to the beach and had coffees at a cafe-type place. then we all went our separate ways. now that i'm writing it down, it seems like not so much, but i had a really good time. i guess it's the company you keep that makes things fun, not what you're doing.
anyway, i'm off to bed.