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.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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
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.
Sean K - May 28, 2007 4:45:41 pm PDT #9699 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Happy Anniversary to us, Sean! - 11 years ago today we met.
Wow. That long, huh?
Damn, I miss you. And thanks for the happy birthday wishes.
Jesse - May 28, 2007 4:45:53 pm PDT #9700 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And not to be overly ass-cover-y or manipulative or something, saying it happened "last night" allows for a late night and not enough sleep to go in. If you're not comfortable asking for the day for grief.
JenP - May 28, 2007 4:50:18 pm PDT #9701 of 10001
Oh, I meant to say earlier - Happy Birthday, Sean!
amych - May 28, 2007 4:57:22 pm PDT #9702 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Tommy, it's totally done -- I mean, y'all have an office dog, right? I'm sure your boss would understand, even if it has to be a personal day/mental health day/sick day on the official books. I doubt very much that the grief will be held against you.