I just stepped on my cat. Clearly, they are not used to me being home during the week. They are more underfoot than usual.

My hand hurts from shovelling. How pathetic is that?!

Also, I just did work. Boo me.

When I left this morning, the cat was laying sprawled over her platform six feet up her condo, so that her tail was dangling over one end and one of her front paws was dangling over the other. She moved her head so she could watch me get all bundled up to head to work, and her look was pitying--"You poor, poor human, having to go out into that."

There is a time and place for coworkers to introduce themselves. I would like to suggest that the place not be the bathroom next time.

I am so very in love with Coach, even though he rarely sees past the surface.

That's why he has Tami! I am terribly biased toward the show because I recognize so much of it. I want to bring it home to meet my dad.

I would like to suggest that the place not be the bathroom next time.

Hahaha! I have those same coworkers. Uhg.

OK, what else should I get at Giant? Non-icky bread and? I feel like I should get something to cook that I'd only do on weekends because of long cook times, but I'm not in the mood to roast a chicken.

Payroll question:

At work they finally switched to direct deposit. Which is yay! Except for one detail. The company that does the direct deposit requires them to deposit money (to cover payroll) five business days before the direct deposit actually happens.

So recently my boss talked to our accountant. Apparently sending money off for payroll five days before the first of the month screws up their accounting, as it gets counted for the wrong period or something. So now my boss decided to make the deposit on the first of the month, which means I get my direct deposit done on the fifth. So my payroll schedule has been pushed back five days.

That's not a huge deal, except I pay rent on the first, so I can no longer rely on my "paycheck" covering that month's rent, so I'll have to pay the rent with the previous month's paycheck. So basically I'm out one month's rent until the time when I no longer work here when things will all even out.

I'm not sure if I should raise the issue or not. So I guess I'm wondering - is this sort of issue common? Is getting a paycheck five days after the end of the pay period fall within the range of normal business practices? (I'm guessing it does.) When these sort of payroll changes happen, is it common for the business to compensate their employees in some way for the change?

I would like to suggest that the place not be the bathroom next time.

Yeah.

I wonder if this is worse for men. When I'm introduced to a fellow employee, I don't want even the possibility that we might see each other's penises.

My car had nice layers: ice-snow-ice. So clearing it was super-easy, once I smashed the surface layer it would slide off in tectonic plates. Whee!

But then I tried to dig through the 4 feet of snow-slush-ick between my rear tires and the path the plow cleared. Good lord. I tried breaking the frozen gook into chunks by slamming my shovel down though it, and the shovel would go maybe half an inch into it. Ugh. I'll give it another try later, I guess. I feel silly not being able to get through a few measly feet of snow but... it's not snow. It's some kind of icy kevlar.

And before going to LA I used up the last of my laundry detergent. Sigh. I could walk to the store and buy some, but now I'm all sweaty and it doesn't seem worth it.

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IT'S OUT!! IT'S OUT!

My car had nice layers: ice-snow-ice. So clearing it was super-easy, once I smashed the surface layer it would slide off in tectonic plates. Whee!

Yeah, I love it when that happens.

Relatedly, I recently had about an inch of ice and dense snow on my car. I cleared off the windows but left the rest of the car covered. So as the engine heat started melting the ice on the hood and while I was driving about 45 mph, the entire sheet of ice on the hood suddenly flipped up and smashed against my windshield with a noise so loud I was surprised the windshield didn't shatter. The ice shelf did shatter, and pieces (some bigger than one foot square) went flying all over the place. Some hit cars driving next to me.

I don't think I'll do that again....