Scrappy is wise. I have a few people in my life that just don't get it. And I had to realize that there was no way to change them, so I just have to keep repeating that I have to go, even if I have to be rude and interrupt saying it multiple times. I can imagine it is harder to do that if it is a parent.
Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!
Wash ,'Serenity'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Mar 19, 2011 4:41:37 pm PDT #17978 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
erin_obscure - Mar 19, 2011 5:04:15 pm PDT #17979 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
sometimes my phone "loses connection" during obnoxiously long calls when i've tried to end the call politely to no avail.
eta: not the best plan, but in my passive aggressive way it's the only way to break mom out of a conversation rut.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2011 5:18:18 pm PDT #17980 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thankfully "Yeah, I gotta go now" seems to work for my family. And their lack of boundaries have gotten as far as coming and staying with me when I explicitly told them not to, so it's not like I'm Miss Clear Communication or anything. But it is easier to get off the phone than to not answer the door to an international plane flight.
smonster - Mar 19, 2011 6:19:27 pm PDT #17981 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I heard recently that if you hang up while you're talking, people will assume you've been cut off. Doesn't stop them from calling back, I guess.
Zenkitty - Mar 19, 2011 6:35:13 pm PDT #17982 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
repurposed drawers for mini raised beds
Yes, brilliant!
I know so many people for whom the words, "I have to get off the phone now" mean nothing. "Now" must translate to "as soon as you're done talking."
sj - Mar 19, 2011 7:02:36 pm PDT #17983 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ouch, I'm in a ton of pain tonight. All my joints are achier than normal. I don't know it if is from PT or the weather or what, but I don't like it.
Strix - Mar 19, 2011 7:05:11 pm PDT #17984 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
My mom's a talker, too, so I'll use the "Oops, oven beeped/water's boiling/cat puked!" or "I'm gonna pee on the floor - gotta go!"
I have had the stomach flu. And I spent the time not, er, attending to my urgent needs the last 3 days in revamping my resume.
My dream job has turned out to be like handsome womanizer -- pretty, spends lots of money on you, but treats you like shit and is always on the lookout for the next woman. I like the kids, the building is great, but I have never seen such a fear-filled, toxic workplace. Organization is a joke, support is nil...I'm so sad about it.
I might stay for another year if they offer to have me back, but since they have something like an 80% turnover rate in the upper school every year for the last 4 years (I'm not exaggerating -- they offer the weakest-ass PD I've EVER seen, and fire people in the first year if they don't meet target EOC) I am just not sure the 80+ workweeks are worth the stress for less than 40K. Hell, I don't know if it's be worth it for 80K.
Maybe it would be a little less stressful if I didn't come in mid-year, but even with the prep issues a summer of prep would take care of...I don't know. It's a nasty environment. Pretty on the outside, kind of rotten at the core. I'm sending out resumes.
amych - Mar 19, 2011 7:11:08 pm PDT #17985 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm sorry, Erin - it sounded like such a dream when you first landed the gig.
WindSparrow - Mar 19, 2011 7:12:32 pm PDT #17986 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Oh, Erin. I'm sorry your job has turned out to be so stressful.
sj - Mar 19, 2011 7:22:12 pm PDT #17987 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Erin, I'm so sorry to hear that about your job. Good luck looking for something else.