You know you're a parent when one fine, Saturday morning you find yourself washing sunscreen out of Barbie doll's asscrack.
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 36: Did I Sully Our Good Name?
[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.
Aims - May 26, 2007 8:11:04 am PDT #323 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
tommyrot - May 26, 2007 8:20:29 am PDT #324 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.
So she's never heard the phrase, "Stick it where the sun don't shine"?
ION, thanks for all the kitty well-wishes....
JZ - May 26, 2007 9:04:12 am PDT #325 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I am so crazy envious of vw right now, between the brunch and the massage and the end of the semester (okay, so I haven't been in school since forever and am totally ineligible for an end of a semester, but I remember how good they felt and so I'm envious, so there).
ION, phoo. Matilda just woke up and is flumping around adorably looking all happy and sociable, and I just remembered where the Baby Bjorn is -- in our car with Hec and Emmett, for the entire 3-day weekend. Possibly it's time to get a little cheapie umbrella stroller, 'cause I'm not loving the prospect of 3 days of lugging our sturdy but largeish stroller in and out of buses. And Matilda must go out this weekend; she's being too sweet for me to hog her all to myself. All must admire!
vw bug - May 26, 2007 11:07:53 am PDT #326 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Awww...JZ, you're too sweet. It really was lovley. I was VERY tense still and feel much better after the massage. And brunch was yummy too.
I wish I could come hang out with you and the Matilda. She sounds so delightful!
Aims - May 26, 2007 12:57:17 pm PDT #327 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok - got a job offer! WHEE! Not from the company that I really want to work for, actually a company that I'm kind of "meh" on. The salary is really quite low. How do I counter offer?
ChiKat - May 26, 2007 1:04:15 pm PDT #328 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Aimee, I'd contact the company you really want to work for and tell them you got another offer, but that their company is really your first choice and ask for a timeline on when they will be making decisions.
vw bug - May 26, 2007 1:32:38 pm PDT #329 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Aimee, I completely agree with ChiKat.
Laga - May 26, 2007 2:11:39 pm PDT #330 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just don't know what to say. Spanking the kitty.
Trudy Booth - May 26, 2007 2:24:47 pm PDT #331 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
That the behavior of a consenting adult cat is simply no business of mine?
Best I got.
Volans - May 26, 2007 3:07:41 pm PDT #332 of 10001
move out and draw fire
What ChiKat said.
The way to counteroffer is pretty straightforward, but there's a little homework in finding out what the area average salary for the position type is. Then just say thanks for the offer. Would you consider X amount? If you've done your homework, you can phrase it as "Based on my skills/experience/whatever, my salary requirements are in the X to Y range."
We just got back from a long walk around our completely deserted business district. Office buildings are creepy when empty. There's a lot of green space and woods, though, and we saw many cottontails and one meter-plus black snake (a black racer I think).