Thanks, Dana and Andi.
Andi, I hope your work situation remains likeable for as long as you need it to be.
ION, I love my friends. They know when I need to talk to them, even if I don't pick up the phone first.
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.
Maria - Jul 28, 2011 8:13:47 pm PDT #26342 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jul 28, 2011 9:33:58 pm PDT #26343 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I have several "canned answers" saved. I use them in various pet care forums, as so many times similar questions crop up.
Are you any good with cats that don't eat, Andi? Milo isn't a tiny cat, so I'm not *too* worried yet, but he doesn't eat much. Then Pythagoras, the big fat blob, comes and eats the remainders. Milo likes to 'graze' and Py likes to wolf his food down, which isn't really working as a combination. We're currently trying sprinkling cat milk on the food, which is helping a bit. Running out of ideas though! (Ah, being a catmummy. It is new and lovely but too stressful and this is why I'm never having kids.)
It is your solemn duty to have as much fun as possible while in Scotland! With SHIR! And The Girl. To make up for all the fun I'm not getting to have there. In Scotland! With SHIR! And SESKA! And The Girl!
There will be fun! And updates! And Shir and The Girl and Seska! Yes.
I'm sorry to hear you didn't get the awesome job, MFNlaw.
Strix - Jul 28, 2011 9:37:12 pm PDT #26344 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
No, Maria!! I'm sorry! I'm so disappointed for you.
Calli - Jul 29, 2011 1:31:13 am PDT #26345 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Maria. I hope the rest of 2011 treats you better.
erikaj, I'm glad there's a diagnosis, at least.
sj - Jul 29, 2011 7:02:20 am PDT #26346 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Maria}}} I'm sorry this year has been so difficult for you. I hope things improve soon. You deserve better.
I just had a panic attack when I didn't see my monthly check deposited into my account, until I realized that the 1st is Monday, not Sunday. The check gets deposited on the 1st, unless the first is on the weekend in which case it is deposited the Friday before. This debt ceiling thing has me seriously on edge.
sj - Jul 29, 2011 7:07:51 am PDT #26347 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Tea:
Also, word is that TPTB will begin phasing out group homes for developmentally disabled adults. The projected strategy is to simply not fill beds that become vacant. I'm sure that will take years to do, but whether it takes five years or fifteen, I still don't really have a plan that I can do anything else. If they go back to large state-run facilities, I'm not sure I could handle that environment
WS, that really sucks both for you and for the people you help. I hope you have enough time to figure out what your next move is going to be.
erika, ~ma for your brother. I'm so sorry.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 29, 2011 7:24:04 am PDT #26348 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hivemind, how should I discuss the layoff in a cover letter? Normally, I'd say something like "My current position is X", but should I just say "My position as X has been eliminated" Also, technically, I'm on administrative leave for the next 4 weeks, so it is still my current position.
The one thing I'd be concerned about is what your (soon-to-be) former employer would say to a potential employer, given that whether a person is/was employed somewhere or not is one of the few questions former employers will answer these days.
Ginger - Jul 29, 2011 7:36:25 am PDT #26349 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
For the next month, you are employed there, Vortex, and, as I understand it, your employer is obliged to say that. After that, I don't know that I'd say much if anything about it in the cover letter. I would write something like, "As a [job title], I have coordinated projects that...."
Volans - Jul 29, 2011 7:55:38 am PDT #26350 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Lameness, Maria.
In Raq's Head news, apparently I am stacking conditions. The sinus infection has been in place since the spring, due to allergies. The severe current headache is a migraine, triggered by skipping my SSRI for three days.
It turns out that I've had migraines since puberty, I just didn't know it. Stupid high pain tolerance coming into play again.
However, when I mentioned to one friend that it wasn't just a sinus infection, she said "It's a ferret?" And when I mentioned to another, he said, "I was going with brain weasels."
I guess I'm an ideal candidate for cephalomustilidae.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2011 8:05:37 am PDT #26351 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The sinus infection has been in place since the spring, due to allergies.
I'm on my last day of the second antibiotic for the sinus infection (total antibiotic time combined = 20 days, woo). I feel 95% better, energy-wise, but my sinuses still hurt somewhat, though I'm not producing green snot any more. I'm just going to continue enthusiastically using the neti pot until things calm down.