broken coffee mug

at work i was coming back from lunch and had the mail tubs with me. i was a little too careless and i dropped my coffee mug, it fell on the concrete floor in the check shop, and it was broken. this was a mug given to me when working for General Electric. my first idea was to get a replacement, from e-bay. but when i got home i found out i had a plastic cup from 'employee appreciation week' at g.e. so i have found a suitable replacement. i recall when my stoneware container for heating up soup in the microwave oven was broken many years ago, it was replaced with a plastic one as those are less likely to be broken. and i still use that plastic container. long live this cup! actually, i have already had it for a while. it was in the freezer with other souvenir cups from schools and sporting events i have attended, along with some charlie brown cups. it will be taken to work soon. and the mug was the only personal item i kept at work. if i feel the need at some point later on, then i can order another mug from e-bay as there were plenty of listings available. but that mug would likely only be used at home, where i have seven in rotation, changing once a week. it was annoying getting an i.m. from two people about the same check copy request. i had to let them know that at the time it was emailed to me, the file it was in was not yet 'approved to print' and was approved an hour later. i printed it just minutes after it was approved. i let them know when i hit 'reply to all' once the check copy was found how i need time to complete requests. i don't know why that was considered to be the most important check in the file, as it wasn't even close to being the highest value in terms of those i was overnighting for the day. i got groceries from hy-vee in eagan in the evening, nine items. there are some boxes of halloween cereal that remain, four kinds. good chance that some will be discounted when i make another visit a week from now. if i get any more, the edge goes to the apple jacks and rice krispies. i still have eight boxes of halloween cereal i am still working on. i was watching the world series at home, then found it on the radio for the drive to the store. it was a scoreless tie when i entered, and the yanks were up 2-1 when i got out. a man liked my wild hockey winter hat, said so when entering. i watched the game once i got home again, but fell asleep in my chair near the end of it, dodgers won on a walk-off grand slam. during my walks i found 50 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when sheldon and amy get together on her borthday, while wil wheaton gets his ticket to 'star wars'.