We were able to catch Kara before she left- hung out on Thursday night!

Yay! How does her eye look? I'm trying to imagine the surgery, but it keeps giving me the wiggins.

Yeah, nothing beats an actual card or note in snail mail. It means the world to me, even during non-crisis times like birthdays or whatever.

I can tell you that it meant SO MUCH TO ME just to have someone say that they were thinking of me, or drop a card in the mail or send an email. You don't think of it as anything big, but I can tell you that it means a lot to the person.

You guys were so great when I lost my dad. Meatspace was good, too, but you guys laughing and crying with me and sharing stories with each other about my dad was amazing.

A hundred times this. Both parts.

The stitches are out, so it's looking much better.

Yeah, one reason I changed my ticket was to see KM. The eye is looking pretty good. Even got a little time with B - he enjoyed looking at pictures on my iPhone. That kid is a trip. We saw T, too. I've managed to see most of the people I wanted to already, though I'm planning on getting back to the L9 again to hang with Mack and Smitty some more.

OMG, the new EPA lead paint regs are a fucking bear. I've got, like, ten tabs open and am trying to track down someone at the EPA who can give me the Idiot's Guide version. I'm torn between appreciating the safety concerns and wondering how much is overkill. And it's not yet clear how material reuse is affected.

I used to have phone fear. Working campaigns killed it though.

Not campaigns, but serving the IDF in a job which required a lot of talking to high ranks over the phone and in interviews killed mine. I mean, I was still terrified, but I found ways to get over that and still make the call. And for someone who, for a long time, didn't call her friends because she thought she'll disturb them with her thoughts, that means something.

THe thing I hate about sympathy situations is that I always feel like I'm overly sympathetic/empathetic. Like the person is going to think I'm some sort of emotional stalker because, well, I don't know that them well, so why am I all upset for them?

Having said that, I always appreciate so much the support I get here or on LJ for even small stuff. That's what pushes me past feeling like I'm being too close to people.

And because it needed its own post, can I bitch about my boss for just a moment?

I have two things that I either *need to do* or *really should do* to be professional and get stuff done on time. But he's been weird about me being outside the office since I got back from vacation, so I, of course, went to check with him. He's "thinking about it", which just pisses me the fuck off because it shows how little he trusts me/respects my judgment.

Huh? I don't understand. What does he want from you?

Yeah, I don't get it either. Instead of me going to see the client in jail to find out a client's exact criminal history, he wants me to do twice the prep work to prepare one packet with convictions A, B, and C. and another without. Of course, he is totally overlooking the fact that there are more options than that. Like, it could be yes to A and C, but no to B, or whatever.

I get that it is his firm but I don't get whay he seems t have so little trust in me. Although I am looking for a new job, but I don't think he knows that.