Sweet Jesus I'm tired. The fallout from Ike is hitting the insurance adjuster world, and they're all realizing they haven't kept up with their computer/software maintenance. Or they're getting new computers and discovering that the version of our software that they use isn't compatible with the hot new Vista-thingy laptop they just got, and and and.

This is the third day this week that the company brought in lunch so we didn't have to leave our desks to eat, because the queues are so busy. We do get paid overtime, but I'm not going to be up to this much longer. Boy I hope I get that techwriting job.

Job~ma for Tom and for connie.

Hil, I'm sorry for your loss, and I'm sorry that those little ones are not going to be able to know their grandfather.

Barb, that's so rotten for you. Here's to bigger and better things soon.

Oh Hil-- I am so sorry for your loss. Sending whatever kind of ~ma you need your way.

Yay Tom, fingers crossed! And yeah, does he have interview books/practice interviews/etc? Honestly, I feel like going on a few interviews was the only way I got better and better at them. I felt grosser and grosser after them usually too, but c'est la vie.

Sorry about the book Barb, that really sucks.

I need to be productive. I had a bit of productivity earlier this morning, and then suddenly...it's almost 6pm here. When did that happen? Doh! And I just realized I printed a UPS label for something and never took it to the UPS box. Guess it's not going out today. Oops.

I'm so sorry, Hil.

Sorry for the bad news, Barb.

Job ~ma for Tom.

No advice for you, vw. It is a trial and error thing where what works for one kid won't for another. Alas, sometimes nothing works. The only thing you really have control over is you, and it sounds like you are doing a great job there. (I probably would have screamed at the rotten kid)

Tired. Still at the office. The boys are working with me. Really have to call it a day.

The nearest thing I can think of to that mess in our history is that Emmett had a couple of almost intractable biters and bullies in one of his daycare situations, and Hec may remember what the daycare staff did to rein them in and control the misery.

They never stopped it. One bad kid can sour a whole daycare class. Emmett moved on to pre-school and was very happy to discover kids who didn't want to leave huge purple bite marks on him every day.

Nora, I agree with La Scrappalina. You should rehearse interviewing with Tom. It'll help him with his nerves and give him some muscle memory for the actual event.

Yeah, but I can't do the technical stuff, and that's the part that he's been having trouble with. He needs someone who knows that stuff.

barb that sucks.

Pix I'm glad your day got better.

DH just learned that there will be another big announcement about the future path for his division on Sept 29 so I'll be hat in hand for ~ma then too. This is part of the reason I'm still at my current job even though I bring the crazy to the board time and again.

Ok I need some advice. Iris and i are at the beach with one of my closest friends from college and her family. It's been great even though I'm on my own with iris this week. Lots of good conversation and I've put together a couple of great meals and helped get all three kids fed and to bed each night so far. I'm wiped out, but my friend and her husband are moreso with two kids so I've wanted to help as much as I could.

So today my friend took a six hours to drive up to see a campus for a place she's been studying. Her husband and I took the kids to the wright memorial. A whole lot of things happened including iris choking at dinner because things had gone completely berserk. She's ok. I'm not really though because when the friend got home around 9pm, which is a lot more like 12 hours, I found out she'd also gone to the spa. Can I pack up and leave now?

Eep. She didn't know about all that though, right? Just took advantage of some off time to go pamper? How about instead of leaving, friend and her H take on the three kids for a while while you go to the spa?

Thanks, everyone.

Aww. My students are sweet. I had to cancel class yesterday and office hours today because I was sick, and a bunch of my students have emailed me to say they hope I feel better.