Sorry, Bitches. It is the Monday-est Wednesday ever. I just got a call that two people I work with went to complain about my communication in emails being too "casual" to THEIR boss. Did they even breathe a word of what was bothering them to me? Nope. Do I have to have meetings about this now? Yup.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
Spike's Bitches 35: We Got a History
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Scrappy - May 09, 2007 2:28:05 pm PDT #8265 of 10003
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Cashmere - May 09, 2007 2:31:09 pm PDT #8266 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Wait a minute, Laura. Are you telling me this parenting gig gets HARDER?
Crap.
Happy Hump Day.
I have a late library book to return tomorrow and we're going to Stride Rite for shoes for Little Miss Tippy Toes.
Laura - May 09, 2007 2:34:45 pm PDT #8267 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Phone boy is protesting that he was illegally searched, or some such thing. He had his hand in his pocket, teacher asked him to empty pocket, the moment that phone hit teachers hand a text came through from his girlfriend. Rule says that phone must be turned off and in book bag. Seems pretty simple to me. Busted.
The other one comes home and I tell him to do this and that and the other thing. He plays with his cars and stuff on the floor of the living room for a couple hours. I remind him a few times of the list. Time comes to go to his thing with his friends and I mention the list. He makes empty promises and complains for 45 minutes about how unfair life is. Of course said list could have been completed in that time. He throws stuff and pouts.
Me, I am going to my GF's later to watch Lost and drink wine and will leave their sorry butts at home. With no computers. If I hear any more crap the tv box will be locked too.
Grrrrrr! I will win the meanest mommy ever award and wear it proudly.
t /mommy rant
brenda m - May 09, 2007 2:36:21 pm PDT #8268 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Urgh, Robin. That's not cool.
Laura - May 09, 2007 2:37:38 pm PDT #8269 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Wait a minute, Laura. Are you telling me this parenting gig gets HARDER?
Really, I think it gets easier because I can argue with them and take stuff away. It is harder to make a younger child understand why you are punishing them. They don't agree, but they do understand.
Cashmere - May 09, 2007 2:39:09 pm PDT #8270 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Laura, you're hard core. I bow before your Mad Mommy Skilz.
Robin, whatever happened to people addressing issues like that with the actual, you know, PERSON? That's really pissy.
JZ, the job people are the ones missing out. I hope you find something you like, though. And that you've had your martini.
My hour of kid free internet cruising is about up. I need to get kids pajammied up and figure out what husband-shaped person wants to do this evening.
Laura - May 09, 2007 2:39:32 pm PDT #8271 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Robin, a world of HUH?? (also your cute DH sent me email again)
brenda m - May 09, 2007 2:43:53 pm PDT #8272 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Seriously, people, work it out in thread! Is that so hard? (Am I the only one who's nearly said that in meetings, btw?)
Topic!Cindy - May 09, 2007 3:06:55 pm PDT #8273 of 10003
What is even happening?
Sorry, Bitches. It is the Monday-est Wednesday ever. I just got a call that two people I work with went to complain about my communication in emails being too "casual" to THEIR boss. Did they even breathe a word of what was bothering them to me? Nope. Do I have to have meetings about this now? Yup.
Who else wants Robin to complain about their communication being too formal?
JZ - May 09, 2007 3:12:09 pm PDT #8274 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sparky, I haven't run the numbers, but I don't know that the future benefits outweigh the present salary concerns. Even when Hec is fully employed we're scraping by; I'm making a minimum of 5K a year and possibly as much as 15-20K a year below market rate in this area for the work I do, and even the world's most fabulous benefits won't send Matilda to college. Aside from retirement benefits, my total emergency savings since I got pregnant is about $18 in my Paypal account. We may retire reasonably comfortably, but until then I can't take the stress of living paycheck-to-paycheck and beating myself up every time I decide to treat myself to a lousy $18 pedicure, which is only every six months anyway.
If it weren't for the incredible sweetness and large hearts of so many Buffistas and other friends and family who've treated us to dinner and let us use their laundry facilities and sent us boxes of baby clothes and our beautiful car seat and the Baby Bjorn and my meatspace friend who gave me her son's old crib and so on and so on and so on, I don't know how we could have managed this last year at all. I've been sticking it out here forever because of the fabulous benefits, and I'm done. It's no longer worth it, not by a long shot.
Sorry for the brain dump.
{{{Laura}}} Also, stinkeye to both your boys.