A little out of order from the original IM conversation so that it makes sense to the rest of the world.  Us Lee women have a conversational cadence all our own...

jlee: i'm having lunch with umma tomorrow
jlee: wonder why she wants to have lunch
cjlee: cuz it's your bday
cjlee: stupid
jlee: i know - but alone?
jlee: i'm a little nervous
cjlee: she didnt want to have lunch on my bday
jlee: THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME NERVOUS
jlee: like she's using my bday as a shield for something worse
jlee: it would be just like her to dump on me on my bday
cjlee: she wasnt here on my bday
cjlee: *sob*
cjlee: she didnt even want to make up for not being here on my bday
cjlee: so where are you going for lunch
jlee: somewhere in evanston
cjlee: i'm not going to lie
cjlee: i'm jealous
cjlee: SHE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ME!!! 
jlee: I GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE
cjlee: i'm just going to have to pay more attention to abba from now on
cjlee: hahahaha
jlee: seriously - like i'm never jealous of you and abba?
cjlee: what are you speaking
jlee: you guys always do stuff together!
cjlee: he didnt even tell me about the hole in one
cjlee: i'm being phased out of my family!!!
cjlee: omg!!
cjlee: just b/c i'm not married!
cjlee: i knew it!!

Know what I learned today?

Starting at about 8:30 AM, I get an email every three minutes that needs my immediate attention.  This means that right now (2 PM), I have 110 emails that need my response.  This continues until about 5 PM.

Know what else I learned today?

I am only able to answer emails from 6:30 - 7:30 AM and then from 6 - 8 PM.  It takes me about 5 minutes to answer each email, so during those 4 hours I can respond to 36 emails.

What does this mean?

Every day I am getting further behind by 134 emails.  Over the course of a year, I will be 34,840 emails behind.

And since I have spend the last ten minutes calculating and writing this all out, it means I will be 34,842 emails behind on 12/31.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

it must be that 30 is around the corner because i'm especially emotional these days.  is it possible to go through menopause at the age of 30?

motherlee and fatherlee's 30th wedding anniversary is today.  i called fatherlee to congratulate him on making it and he, of course, was clueless to the fact that it was his anniversary.  makes sense, since i still get a "happy 18th birthday!" card from him every year.

called motherlee next.  she, of course, knew that it was their anniversary and also mentioned that fatherlee didn't have a clue.  good thing i called fatherlee first so that when fatherlee calls motherlee during my phone call with motherlee, it won't look like i told fatherlee.

asked motherlee to go out to dinner on friday night to celebrate.  she said she was busy, i tried to cajole her into going, she refused.  then she said that we could come over to her house for dinner on friday, if we wanted.

turns out that motherlee refuses to let husbandlee and i spend any money on them until we buy a house, have children, pay off our mortgage, send our kids to college, retire, and even then, we may never be allowed to spend a penny on them.

why does this make me so sad?