Obligatory periodic baby-name bitching:
That baby boy I mentioned a couple of weeks ago whose parents named him Myra? He just got an official middle name, and it really doesn't help matters any: Meriah. I'm feeling vaguely pinged, like it may be an Old Testament place name or some such with no actual gender associations connected to it, but in the real non-Biblical scholar World Out Here it's just going to make things worse for the poor kid.
Hey, Mom and Dad?
THWAP
Now I feel better, and fully prepared to lavish parens on Aimée and point to all the wise advice, especially Betsy's, and nod like a bobbleheaded geisha. {{{{{{Aimée}}}}} Check in here as often as you can.
Also, lots of ((((()))))s to Susan as well. I missed the blowup in real time, but just caught up and ouched much on your behalf. You've had a ton of huge emotional stressors piling on in the last year, mostly landing square on all your preexisting sore spots, and I'm so very sorry. I've battled the insecurity demons for a long while, and it's a terrible (and frequently humiliating) battle. Courage and ((())).
And also a few ((((dw)))) as well, even though his language was awful, because it's damn hard to come back afterwards and apologize, and because, no matter how awful the language and how ill-judged the first angry post, the huge protective love for your wife and daughter that prompted it were so very clear.
I always forget what amazing eye cashmere has. ( owen is of course a major cutie)
Squeee! Cash, Owen is such a cutiehead!
That baby boy I mentioned a couple of weeks ago whose parents named him Myra? He just got an official middle name, and it really doesn't help matters any: Meriah.
Wait, Myra Meriah Lastname? TF?
Ugh. Am feeling for all the people needing hairpats right now, because this morning, as many of you saw in my LJ, they announced the results of the study I've been working on for the past nearly-two-years, and it failed. Completely and utterly crap. Which was a total shock, no one expected that. (Worst case scenario was expected to be "it worked, but not well enough that we can call it 'significant'", and even that was considered unlikely).
So, I've still got a job, but it's a hell of a lot more depressing and tenuous than it was yesterday. Our stock plunged from $13 to less than $4. This sucks. A lot. I love my job and my coworkers, and now it's all going to suck.
ack, a hard palce to be meara. I had forgotten your field. rough days ahead, I'm sorry.
and will some one please shoot the next recording that dials me.
thanks, ever so
Oh, urgh, meara. That sucks, for your entire company. How disappointing and frustrating! All the hairpats you need.
Wait, Myra Meriah Lastname? TF?
My hand to God. And my eyes rolling forever.
That is one adorable elephant.
I love my job and my coworkers, and now it's all going to suck.
I really hope that the love for your job and coworkers helps balance out the suck.
t crosses fingers for meara
