well, I did get an e or two from Matt - The PTB have backed way off. I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I guess they aren't harrassing him about the fact that this happened. Plus I did my usual when his job sucks - I sent him some job postings - two of which he is interested in.

Ugh, I do hope things ease up quickly.

Thinking good thoughts for Matt.

I wish I could use my standard phrase on these stoopid managers as I use on my kids - "Don't make me knock heads and use duct tape".

You should.

Happy belated birthday, Lee and erika!

At my old job, the campus closed down for the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, as a cost-saving measure. There were three days that weren't considered holidays, and you were required to take them. Initially, you could opt for either leave without pay or vacation. Later, the leave without pay option was only available if you didn't have vacation available. It was nice for all the folks who wanted to take the time off anyway, but used to have to take turns so someone would be in the office. It wasn't so nice for those who didn't want to take it. I had a friend whose husband worked two weeks on, two weeks off, and almost always worked on Christmas week. She always wanted to work that week, so she could spend the holiday with him when he came home. (Plus, she got to shop the after Christmas sales for her family's Christmas presents. Score!)

On the other hand, locking people in is just wrong like a thing that is wrong.

Many good thoughts for Matt.

Long day here. Got to school an hour later than I wanted to, because I made a serious wrong turn and ended up downtown in the middle of rush hour. By then, I REALLY needed some coffee, so I got some iced coffee at the little coffee shop. I had to go to the library and take out one of my textbooks on reserve to do my homework that was due today. Beverages are not allowed in the working areas of the library, so I thought I was all smart and stuck my iced coffee in my bag. Well, it spilled all over the bottom of the bag and on everything in it. YAY! By the time I finally got to my math homework I only had 45 minutes before my classes started...not nearly enough time to finish the 8 problems. I did my best, and got through four of the eight problems. As I closed the textbook and took one last look at the problems I'd done. Two of the completed problems used the number of days in a year as part of the equation. Apparently, in my brain, there are 356 days in a year. So, half of the problems I did I know I got wrong.

And that was all before 10am.

Is it bedtime?

{{{{{{{{{vw}}}}}}}}}

There are 356 days in a year in my brain, too. Unless that was a typo for some other typo.

Harvey purrs to you, too.

::bounce bounce::

It's almost Friday!! It's almost Friday!!

BOUNCE

It's almost Friday!! It's almost Friday!!

What world do you live in? It's not even Wednesday yet!

t /pessimist