Today got off to a rough start, but the good news is that it only improved from there. (Kind of the same way the rest of the week always improves from Monday on.)

I brought my ear buds to work so I could watch last week's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" - about the gang's search for the best burger in New York - before anyone else arrived. I almost did it, too. About a minute away from the end, I heard someone sneak up behind me bearing Frito-Lay treats. I shooed him away nicely and continued to the end.

Of course, for the rest of the day, all I could think about was hamburgers. Oh, well.