cereal: Aw, Rose!!! Have you considered getting Sadie too? (am a total bleeding heart for hard luck kitty stories)

If I get her sister Sadie I'm not sure what I'd name Sadie. Not Martha or Sarah Jane if I have Rose Tyler. Maybe...Teegan. Or Susan.

Awww! Me too. Did I misread? Is Sadie Rose's sister, or daughter?

Also, I love that you are adopting an FIV+ kitty. You rock, askye.

Sean, now I'm really curious. Where you working at?

I'm at PPH, Omnis.

And other people are working longer nous than I am (though all departments but sound are getting meal breaks).

And normally, working here doesn't suck this bad. Or maybe it does when you're running crew, and I just don't have what it takes.

Yes, I'm having a very bad time of it.

Longer hours is what that is supposed to say.

x-posty with Sean

Omnis, the big theatre near our house. You know the one.

Sean, obviously they're being unreasonable. Gah. Theatres make me crazy sometimes, especially when they're doing their "One Big Musical!" each year. Laga, unfortunately, Sean's experience is not atypical for a lot of theatre gigs. They're some of the most abusive employers I've ever seen when they get into a jam or into their biggest show. I've wanted to beat theatres up many times over the past four years on ND's behalf for similar reasons.

As for whether or not they'll ask you back, Sean, I'd say to just do your best to keep yourself positive and pleasant to work with despite the shitty conditions. My experience is that that tends to make the biggest difference. If you're making a mistake here or there, they'll get over it. You are, after all, working stupid hours.

Sean, I know when you helped out on my show, E was happy with your work. I can't imagine you changing that opinion. He's a pretty reasonable guy.

I know. And if anything, he's been catching it even worse than I have, and he's pretty unhappy, too. I guess it's just hard to remember he's probably not unhappy with me. At least I hope not.

Sean, nobody should be expected to work without food breaks. That's just crazyworld.

I think I might be getting sick. I've been sleeping pretty much all day.

{{{Sean}}}

Askye, Rose is beautiful. She reminds me of a fluffy version of my childhood cat, Suzie - so much so that I burst into tears looking at her and knowing she was going to go home with you. I hope you have many happy years together, and I'm rooting for Sadie to have a new home (maybe with you) soon, too.

I am like the Valentine's Scrooge. Bah humbug!

I'm not overly Valentine-y, and I really DO hate to be all braggy (despite the title of this thread), but I fucking LOVE what I found for The Boy for VD (which I posted in Natter the other day): [link]

So, anyway, I have a resurgence of my GI pain cramp gas thing that medical science has been unable to work out the source of. Teppy, if you are around, were there any OTC remedies your doctor suggested when you had this type of thing a while back? I've taken some Gas-X but it hasn't had any effect (it never does in these situations but I live in hope!)

Did you take the mega-extra-strength Gas-X? I tend to take 2. (I'm having similar pain right now, which I think is due to the Wellbutrin dose being increased, goddammit.) Something else you can try is Charcocaps, which my doctor recommended, and I've seen at CVS in the same aisle with the Gas-X, near-ish to it.

That's all I can think of in the OTC realm. But believe me when I say I feel your pain. I'm afraid I'm going to have to go back down to a lower Wellbutrin dose, which wasn't as effective w/r/t being an anti-depressant.