I know it gets old to have to be "happy" when truly some things suck, *just* because the economy is so damned bad. I sincerely hope that my post didn't appear condescending or dismissive.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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javachik - Mar 17, 2009 4:09:09 pm PDT #3873 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Aims - Mar 17, 2009 4:19:26 pm PDT #3874 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
java - you did not sound like any of those things. You sounded like an awesome friend who is offering support and sympathy. It does get old, but I feel good about the fact that I am plugging a lot at school and will soon be able to look forward to lots of money and summers off and 7 hour work days as a teacher.
...
Well, the summers will be off, anyway.
javachik - Mar 17, 2009 4:24:03 pm PDT #3875 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Whew!
Well, the summers will be off, anyway.
Ha. 'til MM starts working for the Maus too and you get whisked away on Mausboats!
Aims - Mar 17, 2009 4:26:24 pm PDT #3876 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Mausboats!!
I am watching Mike Rowe do something with gourds, reading Sirius/Remus smut, and drinking Crystal Light. I need a snack of some sort.
Hil R. - Mar 17, 2009 4:38:12 pm PDT #3877 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm watching Dancing With the Stars. My father came into the family room, noticed that I wasn't paying attention to whatever was on TV, and switched to this channel. I am so confused.
askye - Mar 17, 2009 5:00:51 pm PDT #3878 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Aims, I think if they worked to get you in that position then maybe it's a case of they didn't forget but were hoping to get something approved and it didn't go through so now they are.. covering themselves a bit.
I'm really sorry that it's like that and you're going to have to take that kind of cut. I wish they'd been honest with you up front about everything.
JZ - Mar 17, 2009 5:16:12 pm PDT #3879 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Aims, how totally craptastic. But everyone else is wise (especially java) -- it sounds like they do like you and value you and they know that the new position is a good fit for you and them; whether they actually forgot or there was something going on that you may never know all the details of and now they're trying to cover their asses, they want you. (As well they should, dammit.)
meara-ette from stuff upthread: Happy anniversary, Laura and Brendon! And hooray for kittens, askye, especially this pair of beauties! And tons of better job~ma to Vortex.
I have no voice. Like, none at all. It was fine yesterday, skritchy last night, croaky this morning (Hec said, "You sound like Suzanne Pleshette's evil twin"), and when someone from church called this afternoon to let me know about a schedule change it was such a wheezy little whisper that she almost hung up on me, thinking she had a wrong number. And now it's just an unvoiced whisper. Tea with honey and lemon I know and am applying, salt water gargling is also happening--any other remedies I should be trying?
P.M. Marc - Mar 17, 2009 5:17:23 pm PDT #3880 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Well, the summers will be off, anyway
Well, some of it. *g*
(Seriously, Dad always had a lot of work bookending the actual time at work, and then occasional professional development stuff in the middle of that. So, yeah, more vacation in a lump than I get, but not the whole summer.)
amych - Mar 17, 2009 5:21:27 pm PDT #3881 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
New blog: [link] and LJ feed: [link] Y'all made me do it, with all your thinky thinkiness.
Much more still to come. Comments, questions, post suggestions, guest posts, all welcome. The thing is rooted (ahem) in the local sphere, but I'm happy (fascinated, even) to hear about how it's done in other places.
omnis_audis - Mar 17, 2009 5:28:29 pm PDT #3882 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Yesterday, I saw the bike store down the street still open. I went window shopping. They sell trike's, but sold the last two during the day. They sell (1) model. It's a single speed, and costs nearly twice as much as the single speed at Wal*Mart. I don't wanna buy from Wal*Mart, but $200+ difference is a LOT! I'm going to try a couple other bike stores before selling my soul.