vw, let me know if you need an alibi today.

(((WS))) I'm sorry about the white stuff so late in the season.

I love you guys.

Those wind turbines are extremely cool. And I am always pro-dome.

Warming hug {{freezing Bitches}}

So, I just got almost all of the PowerPoint slides put together for our group presentation. There are MAJOR holes, thanks to the group leader disappearing, so I'm switching my focus to cover that.

I cannot wait until next week is over. I hope I make it through this without killing anyone.

Oh, bleah, vw. On all counts. Fox News (unless SIL's mom's commentary was nice and snarky?), not enough sleep, utterly assbrained group members. I'm so glad I never had to do a group anything in college; I don't think I've heard one collegiate Buffista talk about group projects as anything but Hell Is Other People.

I made it through my first day at the new job! There were a few awkward and tense moments because the person I'm replacing is still there, and it's general but unspoken knowledge that she was days away from getting fired when she resigned. Plus, she's really nice and sweet and generally well-liked (she's also very young, just out of college and still living with her mom, and doesn't have the experience to think independently and problem-solve while fighting a huge bureaucracy--she'll be fine in a few years, but just not yet).

But at least she's all excited about her post-quitting plans (travel Europe, hop to India, spend a few weeks in Bombay with her grandfather), and nobody seems to hold it against me personally, and the other admin who's close friends with her is a fan of Buffy and Stuff White People Like. And I had a rousing discussion with my new boss about the prospects for the A's this season and the fantastic news of Frank Thomas's return. He's got an assistant with whom he can talk baseball and Victorian literature; what else could he ask for?

Yay, JZ! That sounds good. I hope it is just a wonderful place for you.

This sounds way better than the last job ,JZ.

sending you survival ma, vw.

and to all the people that still have winterstuff.

Want [link] Unfortunately, I'd have to get a new laptop first, because my old one is too heavy to carry over my shoulder for very long.

That sounds really promising, JZ.

I hope Kristin's pneumonia is succumbing to modern medicine.

If I was going to shoot someone, vw, it would be your project mates, not you.

Yay on the new job, JZ!

I'm feeling a bit better about what's been going on at my workplace. Basically, yesterday I learned that the retreat that didn't happen was NOT planned as a bait-and-switch all along, and that my boss was under a certain amount of pressure from higher-ups.

Stuff White People Like

...muffins? (I was thinking about that 'eat a muffin, whitey' schpiel earlier today, as I reflected on how yummy the Celestial Seasonings English Toffee Tea is.) Meanwhile - Yay on new job, JZ!