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.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
§ ita § - Mar 19, 2011 5:18:18 pm PDT #17980 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Strix - Mar 19, 2011 7:24:57 pm PDT #17988 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I know, and I've been really trying to keep an open mind, since I was warned about negativity in the interview.
But the negativity, although of course you always have complainers, and there's always something about any workplace, is...pretty darned justified. If there would be an administration change, I might feel better about it, but the lack of organization paired with the worst combo of laissez faire AND Big Brother...it's just disheartening.
It's all "We are going to hold you to the highest possible standards, demand results, offer no support, and listen in on intercoms for signs of discontented rumblings among the staff and fire people for asking for change." It's sad. I'm walking on eggshells, everyone is, and it's crazy. I keep my head down, and my ears and eyes open, and work my ass off.
And my objective viewpoint is that they need to get a new principal who has some leadership abilities, but the superintendent like yes-men, and everything, but everything revolves around The Test.
UGH. Vent. Finally. I've been trying to be all positive and "Work hard, keep your nose clean, it can't be as bad as it seems" but more and more, something is rotten in Denmark.
sj - Mar 19, 2011 7:30:36 pm PDT #17989 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It's all "We are going to hold you to the highest possible standards, demand results, offer no support, and listen in on intercoms for signs of discontented rumblings among the staff and fire people for asking for change." It's sad. I'm walking on eggshells, everyone is, and it's crazy. I keep my head down, and my ears and eyes open, and work my ass off.
Wow, that sounds really awful.