Don't feel dumb, AmyLiz. I have an annoying habit of not looking at all the lines on those kinds of forms and doing exactly what you did. I never was much good at following directions.

Just got a call from my manager. Us team leads have to go in at look around our areas to determine if there is anything we can work on tomorrow if they can get the stink out. The fire was in the department right next to mine, so I'm thinking pretty stinky. Also, pretty wet. The sprinklers went off and dropped 300 pounds of water a minute. It was pretty flooded last night and they've had a cleaning crew in there since 1 am this morning. Oh, joy.

Will there be gravy? (/redneck to the core)

My long hair can't cover up my redneck...

Gronklies. Still wiped out from this weekend. Little wigged over the landing in O'Hare, but damn good flying from that pilot.

Kristin, good on you for sleeping now so you'll be in better shape this afternoon.

Sail, how weird about the fire! I'm glad everyone's okay, though.

Also, pretty wet. The sprinklers went off and dropped 300 pounds of water a minute. It was pretty flooded last night and they've had a cleaning crew in there since 1 am this morning. Oh, joy.

God, what a mess. Won't the computers be trashed?

Connie I'm with you on interesting. Unfortunately your husband is being practical, though definitely giving in to The Man. I'm sure your highlights do look sexy and interesting. Unfortunately age discrimination these days starts in early middle age, so unless you are below 40, he is right that grey cuts your economic viability. I had salt and pepper that I thought looked rather good on me, but my economic situtation has definitely improved since I started using a little hair dye. Not fair, not right, but it is out there. Maybe you would just as soon not work for anybody who thinks that way; I'm sure you will get something whether or not you color your hair. But maybe a little longer, and at a lower wage if you don't.

Of course I'm 46 so maybe you are too young to face age discrimination.

God, what a mess. Won't the computers be trashed?

I'm not worried about the computers, they're off the shelf and can be easily replaced. I'm worried about all the one of a kind custom built test equipment we have. We've got one guy who is responsible for building our test equipment and he's already overloaded. I can only imagine how long it will be before we can get all our different testers back online if the water did permanent damage.

Gotta skidaddle. Told the boss man I'd be there by noon.

{{{Kristin}}} {{{Bitches}}}

I made it through my first stats class. I don't think it's going to be as bad as I anticipated. Now that technology is so advanced, they don't focus on the calculations so much anymore. Instead, they focus on interpreting the results. So it's more concept-oriented than numbers-oriented. At least that's what the prof said. I also made a class buddy named Monica, who is about my age and is also taking the class as a pre-req. It was actually kinda fun being in the classroom again, taking notes and participating in class discussions. I'll have to come back and look at this post when I'm deep in it and it's not so much fun anymore, huh?

Good lord, Sail! What a thing to happen.

Good luck with the interview, connie, whatever you decide to do with your hair.

Gloomcookie, when I took Stats a coule of years ago, it was mostly conceptual stuff and how to use your calculator/excel. I hope it stays fun for you.

They're working on the carport in the parking lot behind my backyard again. This effectively puts the workcrew right outside my kitchen window. And that makes me want to stay the hell out of my kitchen. I should get over that so I can have some sort of breakfast, right?

Good luck, Sail.

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