Nora, I would maybe do it tomorrow, but not today, for sure. It sucks, and maybe it's an indication of whether or not this is the right place for you to work, but with the market being the way it is, employers can kinda be slow if they want.

Should I just accept the fact that it's New Orleans and shit sometimes takes a while and just relax and wait?

Ha! There is a bit of that. I would actually ask K's babydaddy. He went through job hunting down there, so he'd probably be able to tell you stuff like, "Yeah Tuesday really meant next Tuesday."

I think shit sometimes takes a while where ever you are, especially when the place is short-staffed.

I agree- I am mostly being thrown by the specifics of the promise to call, I think.

I'll leave it. They know I'm interested, willing, and able.

DJ: You know, I just assumed they were married? How very heteronormative of me.

I can envision a scattered ED asking the assistant to call you to say she would be calling, "So then I really have to make the time to do it."

I was going to ask if it was a small place, but honestly, my whole interview situation here was like that, and this place is huge. YUGE!

Today I actually had to say, "Whether or not I smile is on me, not you. You don't have that power or responsibility." Totally hurt his feelings, yet I totally don't care.

This is the right thing. I hate to hurt people's feelings, and will avoid it if/when I can, but what this comes down to if hurting his feelings briefly so that everyone can be happy later. Of course, this may be a knee jerk reaction to people telling me to smile, because it enrages me.

DJ: You know, I just assumed they were married? How very heteronormative of me.

Ha! No, but most people assume that. In fact it was a very conscious decision to have the kid and not get married. Neither of the K's are married to their significant others.

Erin can you box some of her shit up and just mail it to her?

Jen sorry about your sitch. Sounds like you made it clear to the guy to back off. Not sure what else you can do but keep repeating that.

Or even, Erin, tell her "Do you want X, Y, and Z? If you don't let me know by (date), I'm going to have to donate it, I'll give you the receipt for tax purposes...otherwise, it'll be $xx to ship it"

I think I'll keep it, and then send it back with her husband in October. Or have it boxed up, and say, I'll ship it out to you guys, it's $X.

His drums are in the garage, and I'm going to ask him to find a new home for them then, also. It would be awfully nice to be able to PARK in the garage this winter.

I hit a low motivation point this afternoon, but then when I started pulling stuff out, M and D got into the act and I am getting more stuff out. It's good. I promised M for all the kid stuff he pulled out, he could keep the profits, so he's getting rid of a few things.

Now I have to nerve myself to go in the gross basement and go through at least a few boxes and salvage some stuff to get rid of. I think I will try to pull two bags of crap out of the basement for each trash day. That's doable, right?