One, more, or all Buffistas are plague to continuing series.
Except when we're not.
If only there were easy magic.
Here am I trying to get work done, and on one side, co-worker's shrieking and near-hysterical in panic, on the other side child-raising techniques and the evils of exes are being discussed. On the phone and email I'm being hounded by one guy, while feeling guilt for all the others I've not gotten back to, yet waiting for replies to emails and "instant" messages.
Head hurts. Want to go home. Cannot.
I take back that stuff about wanting to grow up.
I went to the library! And the Container Store! Where I bought a few needed things, but more importantly, did NOT buy many many things I do not need at all.
So interesting, sarameg. I love the drug reps basically complaining that their only means of influencing doctors anymore is the free lunch, and then the doctors saying that it doesn't influence them. Dude, if it didn't influence doctors, drug reps wouldn't do it!
There are so many interesting studies coming out on doctors and pharmaceutical companies these days.
Jesse--I am in AWE of your ability to actually enter the Container Store and not buy stuff you didn't need! God knows, I've never managed it.
I am impressed with myself! So many little boxes I did not buy! My secret was not getting a cart, and picking up the shoe rack I was there for first, and then carrying it around the rest of the store.
Go Jesse! I avoided the Container Store today because I was askeered of the store. Worse? I did go into the Paper Source which is EVIL.
Also, I did realize a couple of things I needed while I was there, but I really did need those things.
I'm very happy that the Container Store is very far from me. I have bought only one thing there, I think.
I seem to have discovered an attitude problem. A personality was clashing with mine, trying to insist things didn't have to be done by the book because he knew better. After a bit of "look, process is here for a reason--how much trouble were we in without it?" I just said "You know, experience trumps paperwork--we'll go straight ahead and do it your way despite the published process. Tell me exactly what you want me to do."
He backed right off and said I should contact the process owner. It's what I figured would happen if I looked like I was going to charge forward with
his
name on the banner.
Hmmph.
Now I just have to wrestle an impossible project plan (JUNE 2007??? ARE YOU INSANE) into submission, and maybe my weekend can start.
