Also?
Happy Anniversary to us, Sean! - 11 years ago today we met.
Darn your sinister attraction!
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Aims - May 28, 2007 4:32:21 pm PDT #9689 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
sarameg - May 28, 2007 4:33:07 pm PDT #9690 of 10001
Also, they gave me a little clay pad with his pawprints on it. I'm baking it right now (to make it solid).
OK, I'm leaking.
Honestly? I'd call in, if I needed to. When MK was sick (man, I'm getting repetitive) I was a mess and didn't get a helluva lot done. However, sometimes being at work, where I have a strict rule about crying, was what I needed. It depends on you, really.
tommyrot - May 28, 2007 4:35:14 pm PDT #9691 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My place of work is totally informal. I mean, I could take a day off if I really had to, I'm just wondering if it's a common thing, so I can respond if they make fun of me or, um... think I'm making up some reason to not come to work. Um... not sure I'm thinking too clearly on this....
Kathy A - May 28, 2007 4:35:53 pm PDT #9692 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Also, they gave me a little clay pad with his pawprints on it. I'm baking it right now (to make it solid).
Oh, how wonderfully sweet. My sister lost her Latte recently, and she didn't have anything like that.
ETA: Seriously, tommy, if you think you'll have a hard time dealing with work issues tomorrow, take the day off. I'm sure they'll understand.
Trudy Booth - May 28, 2007 4:36:17 pm PDT #9693 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If you do want the day off tell them you need a personal day.
If you don't feel like being specific say you have a family situation that needs to be addressed.
Kathy A - May 28, 2007 4:38:10 pm PDT #9694 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I did want to say before midnight rolls around--Happy Birthday, Sean!!
Theodosia - May 28, 2007 4:39:12 pm PDT #9695 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Play it by ear, tommy! Especially if you're having trouble sleeping and would be a wreck anyway, or if going off to someplace nice (a "happy place") would help console. Just sitting alone in your cat-less home might not be so good.
I'm so very sorry!
Fred Pete - May 28, 2007 4:40:27 pm PDT #9696 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
((((tommyrot)))) Do what you need to do to take care of yourself. And anyone who makes fun of you for it deserves a swat with the karma klub.
(ETAdd: The more I read that, the more it seems to wishing something more serious than I had in mind. "Swat" is more like spilling something that really stains a brand new white shirt.)
Jesse - May 28, 2007 4:43:51 pm PDT #9697 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think it is a thing that people do -- I have a coworker who took the day off when her cat died earlier this year.
Ginger - May 28, 2007 4:45:03 pm PDT #9698 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Also, they gave me a little clay pad with his pawprints on it.
What a nice idea. The last two places I worked would not have responded well to someone taking a dead pet day, but they were also not known for their sensitivity. I still haven't forgiven the evil supervisor who, when I told her I'd be in a half hour late because I had to leave my sick dog at the vet, asked my why I didn't just put her down.