Also: Woohoo, Fay! I wanted to hit Thailand instead of Vietnam, when I went around the world, but the ticket didn't work for that. Now I have a new excuse! Woohoo!

Lost: Motivation

If found please return to Kristin.

I think our motivations ran off together. They're probably sitting pool-side somewhere with drinks with little umbrellas, laughing their asses off (and they're very nice asses, since they're all motivated to get to the gym) at us in our futlessness.

If your motivation is of the type that encourages you to work up the effort to get off the couch and go take a nap, then it's at my house.

Yay, SA! (I had to google to determine how much 5.5 rocks.)

Congratulations, Fay, and I hope the new school is run by saner people.

Stephanie's list for what she is going to take on the plane sounds like part of a Steve Martin movie or maybe the planning for D-Day.

Kristin, if I find any motivation, I'm keeping it.

Looking for: Motivation.

Will happily steal Kristin's.

Timelies. Today we found out that we can put off the closing if we want (are they CRAXY?) and changed our phone service to Vonage (we may regret, but it seemed a good idea at the time). I'm currently attempting to replace the caulking around the bathtub and cover a scritch in the wall with joint compound. Someone has absconded with my joint compound, which is why I'm not there, but here.

Also, I have the Mister Clean Magic Erasers! My bathroom is going to be cleaner than it was when we moved in by the end of the day.

Deena!

I should call you before I fall asleep again.

ION, I suck at asking for help.

My friend J offered to run to the grocery store for me. I keep cutting down the list, 'cause I feel like I'm imposing.

Sigh. 'Twas all too appropriate for me to roar into the thread yesterday with "gooood morning Vietnam!" cause I got shot down in flames and my claim was dismissed. I get nothing.

Evil ex-boss claimed that I had been overpaid and fraudulently did not inform them. Apparently it was my job to carefully check all the math. Also I had been overpaid because I had submitted two timecards for the same week. According to his calculations, I owed them $794. It's true that I did submit multiple copies of timecards. Bitch Wife wanted a lot of formatting changes and that was a long process over several weeks: portrait to landscape. Change the type size. Start listing exactly how long you spent on each task. Use Excel, not Word. Send me a .pdf, not a fax. Too bad for me that I didn't save printouts of each mail she sent.

He also said that even though the check stub says "Holiday Gift," I hadn't worked for them long enough to get a gift, so it was a business expense, and I failed to carry out my mission by shopping at the wrong place. I used my wonderful line about my regrets that the suit didn't meet expectations and he didn't even blink.

Therefore, although it is illegal in California to deduct funds from paychecks, it is sometimes all right if you paid the wrong amount or have expenses to recoup.

DH was stunned by the vast unpleasantness of the man and is still pleased with me for having said NO. Yay.

Now I am sad and humiliated and want either to get very drunk or maybe eat a quart of double-chocolate fudge death ice cream.

There's no reason to feel humiliated, Katie B. You stood your ground when many people would have just rolled over. You should feel proud.