Thanks for all the congrats. My boss is really great, she gives me independence and validation for the work I do. Unfortunately I don't get to see her often.
The OT thing is usually a non-issue, this month is beyond unusual. Typically, if I work 5 hours of overtime in a month it is a shock.
My concern about going salaried is more how I charge my time. As an hourly person, I can charge in 10 minute increments. As salaried, it is by the hour. Not a big deal? I can work on over 50 projects in a given day....how do I charge that? My boss said she would talk with my program manager (the guy whose projects I handle) and see what they can come up with.
I really want to thank everyone here for their support - this week has been a rollercoaster ride, with the big finish and everything. I've met some of you and others are the infamous "invisible internet friends", but each one of you is very special to me.
Ok, will take my sappy self off to work on homework now.
But the alcohol thing, at least as I understand it, is that a great deal of alcohol can cause problems, so people tend to err on the side of safety (er, or panic and misunderstanding) by saying No Liquor At All, even though most people agree that the occasional drink isn't going to do much. While with pills and alcohol, you're talking chemical interactions which really can do dreadful things.
Not that I've never disobeyed such a stricture myself. But I think the two situations aren't exactly analogous.
I have a hard time believing that one pill and one drink = coma risk.
People metabolize drugs in wildly different ways, and what's no big deal for one person can very well be coma material for another.
ETA that under no circumstances am I accusing anyone of being an irresponsible drug abuser.
under no circumstances am I accusing anyone of being an irresponsible drug abuser.
Really, none? Even if I were C?
That was a joke. I'm too tired right now to be sure if it comes out that way. Tried to do homework, but aside from laughing at the Descartes question, I'm not here enough for it. I may (gasp!) go to bed.
Er, also C is someone in Jen's real life, not anybody here.
t runs crying off
Hey, I could get a glass of wine while I pout.
And, yes, people metabolize differently and that synergistic effect can be brutal and lethal. But there was a chance to flounce I'm flouncing.
Oh, I also made an icon cause I was bored. [link]
Okay, that was an amusing x-posty things with Emily. Also, as I am neither pregnant nor taking anxiety meds tonight, it was just fortuitious timing that I decided I wanted wine.
