I made the mistake of thinking I could just be friendly and entertaining, rather than starting out by being a hardass bitch and then dialling it down... It was a pretty good learning experience for me, but it still makes me wince, thinking back on it.

Sounds like my best friend from high school, whose first out-of-college job involved teaching science to 7th graders. He decided to be easygoing, they jumped all over him. He survived the year, then went for a master's in library science.

And I'm selfishly pissed at Vortex's boss because damn, Vortex in California not happening. >(

Cue end of the semester panic from my tutoring students. It's actually a little early this semester. YAY! I'm so thankful my thesis is done so I don't have to worry about that!

Stephanie, I liked Amy's idea for the hair. I think if you lose a couple inches and get some layers, it'll look fab.

Bitch Bosses are really bad this week, aren't they? Good grief!

(damn I wanna hear back from Aimee's interviewers and I want them to call today and want her to start tomorrow with full bennies and lotsa money)

I even dreamed about it last night! Of course in the dream, Kristin and I had kidnapped E and forgot to tell Aims so she spent her entire first day at new job yelling at MM for losing E. But in the end, somehow we took everyone to Disney World and ND took us on a cruise that was fun and there were no killings of Kristin and me.

What? It was a dream.

In good news, I haves me an iPhone. And it didn't cost anything--sort of. J uses his Amex card to pay for everything (like groceries, etc) because you get points that way, and we pay off the whole balance each month. They just had a deal that if you use your points you get 30% off, so we got the iPhone! For me! So excited!

What? It was a dream.

Well, aside from hours of panic and dealing with an even more panicked Empress, sounds good to me.

Yeah, since it was a dream, it was like 5 seconds of panic followed by a lifetime at Disneyworld!

You know, when I call and say, "I'd like to talk to the person who handles _______," and you insist on helping me, don't get shirty with me when I know more than you do.

lifetime at Disneyworld!

This sounds panic inducing to me.

Morning, all. Very sorry to hear about the many asshat bosses. Ass 'em in the ear!

I just had a visit from the infection specialist. He thinks I likely have a typical pneumonia and will probably be able to go home today! Yay! The only bad news is that my left lung is starting to crackle a bit (that's the good lung), which the nurse thinks is due to lack of exercise. So I am going to need to start moving around more actively. That's fine, and all, but dear gods not before I have a shower. I reek.

The nurse is kind of shocked that they may let me go home. She's worried.