After a perfectly brutal work week, Lorraine started our department’s Friday on the best note — with cupcakes! Yay! We are all total cupcake monsters, so these were very much appreciated. Red velvet for me. Thank you, Lolo. (Red velvet cake: Steel Magnolias flashback.)

Now that this crazy week has come to a close, hopefully I’ll get to watch the Australian Open this weekend (albeit over Murphy’s head more than likely). This was Murphy earlier this evening. Replay of Roddick’s match from last night. Late last night. I love tennis, but this Slam is the worst one for productivity because the coverage goes so far into the night. I’ll-just-watch-one-more-game-then-I’ll-go-to-bed turns into two games…then three games…then a set…then another set…and bam, it’s midnight. Then the next morning I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. I’m too old to pull late nights any more.