I just got by ass kicked in guitar hero iii. And apparently ND has a thing for goats.

I'm just happy I'm not at the theatre. Oy what a week. Please let tomorrow go smooth. Please!

Thanks, Kristin. I had some cereal, watched some Bones and then was able to fall back asleep. Except now it's morning so it's time to go to work, but it should be an easy day.

Ellie's preschool is having a little Thanksgiving thing today and I'm very happy I get to go. Last year, crazy boss said no and I'd only been there for two weeks so I couldn't really protest.

eta: a crazy boss story before I go. Yesterday, we had a breakfast and everyone made me go first because I'm pregnant. While I know that pregnant women have to gain weight, it's still a bit hard not to feel huge and fat, particularly in the non-baby areas. Anyway, crazy!boss has food issues and she has made several comments, not exactly nice ones, about how big I'm getting, but then she tries to cover with a "but you're beautiful!" Yesterday, she told me twice, once hours after the breakfast, that she could not believe how much food I had on my plate.

Yeah, it was a lot but it was my breakfast *and* lunch and instead of complaining about how bad PR food is, I try to take a bit of each thing. (She and I are the non-PR people in the office and people always want to know how we like the food.)

Okay, wow, very impolite crazyboss, Steph! (I mean, I'm pretty much innured to weight-related observations from small children and random non-Westerners, because, hey, that seems to be how they tick. But from one's boss? Not big with the social skills, there, criticising the pregnant lady for eating like she's feeding two. Duh.)

Meanwhile, 2 more sets of parents down, 7 more sets coming along tomorrow. Have just now finished my after-school activity (Journalism Club), have met with very nice parents of one of my girls (I taught their son last year - he has a brain the size of an asteroid, which must be pretty hellish for their daughter to compete with, but she's a smart little cookie and lots of fun, and has really come out of her shell LOTS over the past year); now I'm checking in with y'all fleetingly before dashing off to rehearsal.

The reason for checking in being to provide a link to photos of the Medieval-looking Von Trapp-esque frock, for those with a morbid sense of curiosity. (It's photos 20 - 22. um. obviously.)

Stephanie, I vote that in your exit interview you tell her that one of the difficult things about working there was how awful and sallow and just plain sick she looked all the time that it was hard to concentrate you were so worried that she had some terrible disease and now that you were leaving maybe she could confide in you?

I hope that makes sense -- I am up, showered, dressed and packed to leave on the early a.m. train for my parents' house. My DH is driving down tomorrow, I hope. Right now he's making me french toast.

Sparky, that's so funny and would be even better if I could pull it off.

In happy-making news, we get to leave two hours early today. I'm already going to Ellie's preschool for 2 hours so that means only 4 hours total of work.

Jeez, Stephanie. Some people are just entirely devoid of tact.

In work news, I've finally been given some deadlines for my work. So now I have less reason to be doing stuff like posting here. Um.

Fay, that's not very von Trapp-like, IMO. It just looks like a flowy, regal-yet-casual, floral-y swoopy dress. And, on you, quite lovely.

Also, I love this picture of The Cat Daniel: [link]

Stephanie, I vote that in your exit interview you tell her that one of the difficult things about working there was how awful and sallow and just plain sick she looked all the time that it was hard to concentrate you were so worried that she had some terrible disease and now that you were leaving maybe she could confide in you?

I'd pay good money to see that. Alternatively, you could say, "Ya know, all those comments you made about my eating and my body? If you were a man, I would have filed a sexual harassment complaint. As its is, you have issues. Perhaps you should spend a little time pondering why you feel the need to make inappropriate comments like that and the detrimental effect they have on the morale of your employees." It wouldn't be nearly as funny, though.

Fay, that's not very von Trapp-like, IMO. It just looks like a flowy, regal-yet-casual, floral-y swoopy dress. And, on you, quite lovely.

I agree: I saw that dress in the thumbnails, and thought, "That's a great dress flowery dress, I wonder why Fay didn't mention that one, where is the Von Trappy one?" I think it is because it looks lighter and smoother than I was expecting. I couldn't see the big pockets, which would have made it stand out. Also? That floral pattern? Totally not drapery material. ETA: I hope this is coming across the right way, and not in an unflattering way. From what you were describing, I was expecting something more stiff and school-marm-y, but more sophisticated. Turns out, the dress is even more sophisticated than expected. Make sense?

This is my favorite picture of the Cat Daniel: [link] because it is plain as day that he is thinking, "Why in blazes is that woman holding that stupid thing when she clearly needs to be skritching me?"

Fay, the dress is lovely (as are you). And I love the picture of Daniel being scritched as he lounges on the keyboard ... went awwww over that.

A very Bitchy book title - "Scouts in Bondage and Other Violations of Literary Propriety". (Seemingly not at all what it sounds like - a compilation of book titles and covers from bygone days that were perfectly innocuous when they were printed ... but now, well, there's a lot of twelve-year-olds out there.)

Stephanie, that is just ridiculous, and I love Sparky's idea.

I seem to have missed Fay's link to pictures. Bad vw! Must go back and find.