Score, GC!

Thanks for all your thoughts and condolences, guys.

a specific "invisible friend"--a little boy with blue lips, who the child says, is "bad."

I told my DH this and he freaked out (actually, he started freaking with the "used to be a funeral home" bit) fully. CREEPY.

WHY did my first day back at work have to feature an extended office visit from the volunteer with the overpowering stinky perfume, the constant narration of everything she does, and the hopeless computer confusion? (I might actually have some sympathy with the latter if it weren't for the first two issues, because she's very old, but the perfume turns my stomach and a big part of the narration is grumbling about the computer systems and asking why everything has to be so complicated. Because we're a HOSPITAL. We have to protect our data. Just DEAL with it.)

Aimee, one thing that came up when I was seeing a counselor for depression lately was that it's OK to look for a new job even if you're not unemployed, nearing the end of a contract, or utterly miserable in your current situation. Even if where you are is not so bad, you're allowed to look for something that's a better fit. As she kept drilling into me at our last session, "It's OK to ask for what you want."

(As a result, I'm going to be looking, too, in a low-key way. This job was accepted in desperation to get out of an untenable situation, and I ended up in the untenable situation out of desperation to avoid bankruptcy. So my counselor persuaded me that being in an OK situation is the perfect time to be picky and look for something that's an actual FIT. And she told me I need to stop asking about management styles in an effort to screen for micro-management and instead ask whether a job offers autonomy, because that's what I'm really looking for, and that there's bound to be a manager out there who'd rather have someone like me they can turn loose on independent projects instead of the typical Team Player which I am emphatically not.)

Where is everyone? Bored! And why am I the only person here (ETA: at work)? Harumph!

The dog was eating something outside. I don't really want to know, do I? Now there are paper-shredding noises. I don't want to know about that, either.

I'm at work, gotta find a replacement for someone who's out sick tonight and I need to make the managers' schedule for next week. I have nothing interesting to say. I fail at the internets.

I am work and bored and sleepy as hell. Have done a number of errands though.

I fail at the internets too, Laga. Actually, I'm sort of feeling like I fail at everything today.

is it interesting that I seem to have taken notes in BASIC? My boss called and asked me to do the schedule. She said she'd prefer to be off on Wednesday but that if she had to work it'd have to be a closing shift. I wrote: IF WED THEN NIGHT.

My bathroom is still not done. There is some shoddy workmanship happening. I called the contractor last Wed and bitched. GF called Monday morning and left a message. Friend who referred us contacted the owner about it. We've heard nothing from anyone. I'm so glad we spent that extra money for superior service. GGGGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!