Wow, my company is totally cool with hours and time off. As long as you put in your 40 hours throughout the week and get your work done, and make sure there's someone from the department in the office available for questions 9-5ish, it's up to you when you come in and/or leave.

As is mine. And I only have to clock 35 hours/week. People are constantly leaving early for appointments and the like. And we all work vaguely different shifts (I chose 8:30 to 4:30) so it's hard to notice if a person even should be there.

The guilt, she is all coming from me. That's the really lame part since much of why I changed careers is the schedule.

Seekrit message to Hec: And, of course, San Francisco.

Dear god no: Your gut has taste receptors

That's COOL. I love it that there's essentially a second brain down there. Did you know that the gut, given a nutrient supply, can continue to function without being connected to a brain? It's the only bodily system that doesn't just shut down without input from the brain.

Casper just said, "Oh! Fiddlesticks. I have to go to the bathroom."

Sometimes I love having kids.

And we all work vaguely different shifts (I chose 8:30 to 4:30) so it's hard to notice if a person even should be there.

That's the way it is here--people have shifts ranging from 7-3 to 11-7, even though everyone is technically on "the day shift."

I would like to work for Kathy or megan's co. please.

I just got a call from my boss, we had a 5 pm conf. call to go over a big meeting we have tomorrow. The call now was to ask if I had the prep stuff for a meeting I thought was cancelled on account of our big meeting. Nope, not cancelled and everyone in my dept. has left for the day, so I get to fake a report, sometime after mac goes to bed.

I love it that there's essentially a second brain down there.

Except it's often the brain in charge. I saw a PBS special that said that some researchers are beginning to think that bypass surgery works not because it makes the stomach smaller, but because it cuts some of the nerves in your gut so that they stop sending, "OMG I'm starving" messagess.

I would like to work for Kathy or megan's co. please.

The big downfall here is the pay, which is really average, and bonuses are just about nonexistent (I've been here 15 years this November, and have received a grand total of about $300 in bonuses in that time).

Timelies all!

Got my book order from the mystery bookstore. When I placed the order I was told that one of the books comes out 8/28 and they would send me the rest. When I opened the box I discovered they had sent me an Advanced reading Copy of the book that comes out next week,along with the rest of my order. Also a note saying that if I wanted a hardback copy of the book, let them know. Odd...

Plus I'll probably run into our most obnoxious operations manager who will probably say "leaving early again? Man I wish I was in sales"

Oh, god, I hate those people. I used to work with a bunch of people who came in no earlier than 10, and who would often make a crack when I was leaving at 6.

Casper just said, "Oh! Fiddlesticks. I have to go to the bathroom."

I am totally going to make a point of saying "fiddlesticks" tomorrow. I have a feeling just that will make my day brighter.

pizza has been ordered and I think I am ordering some chinese too, just so I have it for later this week.