The care instructions for the blankie are: pre-soak for 15 min, wash on delicate cycle for 2 min (using lukewarm water - not a possibility as the stuff coming out of the tap is COLD! and it doesn't have a warm rinse option). Then, pre-heat dryer for 2 min, and dry on low for 10, then hang up to finish drying but Do Not Use Clothspins!

ETA: Don't forget to stretch the fabric by hand in between each important step.

I have a Leif story (what else is new), but maybe it should wait for another time.

No way, man! Bring on the viking boy!

Tell the story, Gud.

It may serve to cheer us all up.

I'm down in the dismals at the moment, a result of caculating how much of the time since I got my B.A. was spent as an actual employee of wherever I was working in a full-time position.

The total was 4.5 months.

Three of those were post-layoff.

I'm nearly 32. How the hell, given that I know I'm a good worker who makes herself valuable as all heck, am I still a temp?

Sounds like a pain in the ass to me, Andi. Your sheets are already clean.

LEIF STORY NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Man, our dog knocked over a jug of water and my wife got all over me for being too slow to get a towel becuase I took literally about 3 seconds to put down the glass of tea I was holding. I hate that crap.

That kind of overreacting? She's venting a lot. On you. It sucks and is terribly unfair.

Ok, I have decided to wash it on "Knits" for 3 minutes, and will put it in the dryer on the fluff cycle.

Sorry, all the junk going on distracted me.

Anyway, while I was at work the kids were playing out in the backyard. My wife came inside for about five minutes. Now you'd think this is no problem because we have a six foot high wooden fence around the yard with a locked gate. However, when she went back outside Leif was nowhere to be seen. My wife and Emaryn looked all over for him, but couldn't find him in the backyard. So they took off in the minivan and found him about 3 houses down the block. The first thing he said when they found him is "I'm having an adventure!".

Pretty scary (not as much for me since I didn't know abou t it while he was missing), but the "I'm having an adventure!" still cracked me up.

I'm just not the person that LA Boss wants in this job in this office. I think.

Hec, what is the outside chance that they are going to promote you, or transfer you to another job, and the boss can't tip that hand, either?

Even a 5% chance of something else is still something to hope for.

OTOH? I've felt the winds of change on more than one occasion, and should have started the job search much earlier than I did, so I can't be a good barometer.

I'd like to think I could hold my head up high and keep working with dignity and negotiate my dismissal (Without trumped up reasons, for god sake) package with more dignity and grace then the asshats.

I can dream....

Part of me wants to cheer for Leif escaping the usual bounds, and yet remaining safe and confident in his Adventure. Other part? Very glad he's safe.