Briefly

It's 5 pm, and I could be going home now, but instead I'm inhabiting my little virtual home for just a moment. I just have a couple of things I'd like to get off my chest.
First, why are plane tickets so expensive around the holidays?!? I mean, really. I don't have that kind of spare change laying around, do you?
Second, I was at my partner-in-crime's house the other day, and out of the blue he looked at me and said, "You know, so-and-so and I were talking about you the other day. The way you dress. She thinks you could really dress better than you do. And I think so, too. You know, you could do a really funky business-casual look . . ." And my only response was, "I like the way I dress, thank you, and why on earth were you discussing my style choices with so-and-so???" I was totally offended. He basically just told me that he doesn't think I look that good on a regular basis. What would you say, if your partner-in-crime said something like that? Ugh. I was disgusted at the lack of thoughtfulness.
Third, last night I dreamed that I was on some sort of trip to the west coast, and I was at this big shopping/entertainment center type place, and was wandering around with my sister J. Our whole extended family was there, and lots of friends too, including what-if boy, and I was having such a nice time hanging out with him but then he disappeared and then I had to get on the airplane to leave (conveniently located just outside the entertainment center). So J and I got on the plane to leave, but then the pilot told us we wouldn't be leaving for a couple hours, so I made them open the door and let me out. I went back into the entertainment center and found what-if boy, who said he'd left for a while because he had to go to work, or had to talk to someone, or something. And I was glad I'd found him again before I had to leave. There was an earlier dream, but it's quite hazy and vague. Something about being on a ship. There was a group of us. And we were lost, and trying to get home. The ship was large, and there was something dangerous on board with us, but I can't remember what. A vague recollection of playing some music on a record player, and an overall sense of foreboding and tension. That's all I've got for that one.
And now, time to go home. I've got quite a lot to do!