heh. (Edit: Re Theodosia)

I really wish I had a cordless drill. It's just stupid that I don't.

Too bad you just went through christmas and a birthday, but pick one up!

But I don't need one tomorrow! I need one yesterday!!

Someday.

Make a list!

I have a enough tools. Needle nosed pliers, regular ones, a monkey wrench or two, a drill, countless screwdrivers (some stolen from the parents,) putty knives, fun metal measuring tape, hammer, rubber mallet, allen wrenches out the wazoo, some small saws, sandpaper blocks... pretty much all were acquired on the fly, with a "I am about to do this so I need a whatzit." It works. I still need to replace my utility knife. That went awol.

OK, having basically just been mugged by a dust rhino, I guess I should start vacuuming. Mnyeh. I also need to dust and declutter my dining room table, but since that can be done some evening half watching tv, I may leave it. But this table is really a mess.

It's the drill bits I'm always losing.

Okay, okay, I'm starting my own cleaning. I've got a load of laundry in and I'm washing the dishes. Are you happy now? All I want to do is lie around and catch up on my tv! (The SO's been sick this week, so while the good is that the tv is now in the bedroom and with the wifi keeps him much happier and willing to actually stay in bed, it means that I am stuck on the outside of the sickroom without my telly.)

So I just now watched the Friday Night Lights, and I must say, damn.

I'm running off old baby videos to dvd, but next up is Top Chef.

Glad to hear it's nothing serious and relatively easy to fix, Theo.

GF and I went to sleep at 8:30 last night. We felt like grandparents going to bed so early on a Friday, but between the 6:30 wakeup and the stress and the glavin yesterday, we were exhausted at that point. Having slept for roughly an aeon, I feel relatively better.

Something to note, now that some of the bitterness and shock is past, is my company is treating me far better than they could have, considering. In addition to the severance pay, they're keeping me on the books until March 9th so 1) I can claim to still be employeed while job-hunting and 2) I will have full insurance coverage through the end of March. Yes, the up before dawn to drive to corp just to be given the boot was sucktastic in the extreme, as was getting the boot itself, but it could have been much worse.

In the end, it's not the company that sucks, so much as the department upper management, with the crappy shifts, pay tinkering and overall policies. All the people I ever reported directly to always treated me fairly and with respect.

I spoke with a couple of my co-workers last night (they both called me) and there were a lot of stunned faces and general unhappiness in response to the announcement. As much as it sucks, it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one who was heartbroken about me having to leave my co-workers behind. I'm planning to keep in touch with a good number of them, and I was telling my GF this morning that next Christmas I'll have to send a box of my Christmas cookies to the office with the recipe enclosed, as it was one of those things a lot of them looked forward to ever year. They'll just have to fight over who has to make them from then on.

I'm optimistic (as well as more than a little frightened) about finding a new job, but I doubt I'll find the level of camraderie I had at this job. It's what kept me there so long despite all the crappiness being heaped on us from above.

I've lost the charger to my cordless drill, dammit. It basically just sits there and mocks me with its uselessness.

I'm glad the severence and benefits folk are being generous.

I have vacuumed. Now, mopping. And WHY is Devi so interested in the underside of the counters? Makes me nervous.

Liese, I'm sorry if we sucked you in!