Spike's Bitches 25 to Life
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Annoying Coworker is being extra annoying, but part of it isn't his fault. His computer isn't working. It hasn't worked right for several months, they came out and fixed it and it worked fine for a few weeks. Now it's dead. Bereft of life, it is an ex computer.
IT has been saying for over a week they'll be coming to fix/replace it. They were supposed to be here yesterday, they are supposed to be here this afternoon. If they aren't I'm thinking of hunting them down and dragging someone back here.
With no computer Annoying Coworker has to use someone's for certain things, and I'm usually that someone. So I give up my computer or he hovers while I do stuff. Somethign happened and my computer froze, and Word wasn't responding. I started to go to the Task Manager and he exclaims "NO!!!! don't turn it off!" Which I didn't, but he's stressed out (partly because he's past all his deadlines due to procrastination) and partly because no computer and IT putting him off.
billytea, is it sparring in a bad way? Or a banter-y way? Or do you just really dislike that type of badinage? Because, frankly, banter-y verbal sparring is, in fact, a form of flirting; one I engage in as often as possible.
Well now, that's the issue. Some sparring is a good thing, both because it can be flirtatious, and because I really need someone who's going to challenge me. But all sparring, all the time would be very tiring. I also need some fundamental acceptance. (Plus, though it can be flirtatious, she doesn't believe she's able to flirt, which can change the tone a little, make it more serious. She is in fact better at flirting than she makes out, or at least she's able to react once she's at ease, but I don't think she recognises it.)
WooHoo! I just found out that Medicare is enough to not take the Student Health Care Plan at school. This makes me very relieved, since I was worried that they may not consider it a comporable plan. I just didn't want to be paying for THREE different insurances (Medicare, CommonHealth, Chickering).
Nora, you're the stuff of which new parents' dreams are made. Really. Awesome gift! And bringing food later, and offering to watch the baby while they run to the store? You ought to go straight to heaven.
offering to watch the baby while they run to the store?
See, that's a selfish offer, 'cause BABY!!!!!!! Get to smell and hang out with the BABY!!!! Crying babies don't scare me neither.
Nora, I wish you were MY neighbor.
Back of hand. I believe she was being a dog at the time.
Where Christopher was Kara's age, he spent a few weeks where he would only communicate by barking. His mother took it in stride. It unnerved his grandmother, though.
Crying babies don't scare me neither.
Right! As long as they're not your own or you don't have them overnight, they're easy, because you can give them back.
Just a selfish thought, a lot of times, when my babies were little, I would have been eternally grateful if, when a neighbor was running to the store, she had said so, and asked if I needed her to pick up anything for me.
I want Nora to be my neighbor, dang it.
Nora, that sounds like a great basket of goodies! If these are the kind of people who are going to want to write you a thank-you note, you might want to include a pre-written one with your gift. I do it all the time for new parents -- I write the thank you, address it, put the stamp on and make a little "x" where they sign their names, so they don't have to waste precious baby time.
((Gud))
I'm very sleepy today. We had company last night, and the He of the couple snored all night long.
I would have been eternally grateful if, when a neighbor was running to the store, she had said so, and asked if I needed her to pick up anything for me.
Ooh, good idea. Will keep that in mind.
