My kids are going insane, I need to get them out of the house for a bit, packing or no.

So, it must just be a day for crap...I just got written up at work. 2 items, one is kinda bogus (implying lots of mistakes because there was one recewntly that made my boss angry) - the other is completely bogus because my boss forgot he approved my June vacation in April and is mad because my email reminding him was not early enough. That one I have rebutted in writing to HR already with attachment screen shots and timesheet references. Still, crying, so there's that.

Oh ugh, msbelle. You are still awesome.

WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD NEWS FRIDAY, WORLD???

Oh msbelle, I'm sending a hug to you.

This is kinda' good news:

Texas A&M Students Form Human "Maroon Wall" To Protect The Funeral Of Fallen Soldier From Westboro Baptist Church

After Lt. Col Roy Tisdale, a Texas A&M alum, passed away on June 28th following being shot during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, the A&M community began to grieve for the loss of a loved member of the Aggie family. However, when news of Westboro Baptist Church’s intentions to picket the funeral of the decorated soldier reached the community, several Aggies decided to organize a silent human “Maroon Wall” to surround College Station’s Central Baptist Church and preserve the sanctity of the funeral for the fallen commanding officer and his family.

Ryan Slezia, a co-organizer of the “Maroon Wall” and a 2008 graduate of Texas A&M, created the event on Facebook with several other alums and classmates after he saw Westboro’s announcement. The fundamentalist church, an anti-gay hate group, claims that “war casualties are divine revenge for America tolerating gays and lesbians” and has long protested at the funerals of celebrities, soldiers, and others with messages such as “Pray For More Dead Soldiers.” Ultimately, over 600 Aggies arrived in the blistering Texas summer heat to link arm-in-arm in a heartening display of loyalty and compassion.

In the end, no Westboro members were spotted at the funeral or the burial site, possibly deciding to forgo the protest after hearing about the human wall.

GUYS! STOP THIS IMMEDIATELY.

You know how I said my boss tore into me last week? He asked the other day if he'd been upset. I said "Yeah, totally. Me and A went off and cried."

And he looked at me kinda weird, so I confess there had been no crying, but yeah, we thought he was mad.

He didn't apologise (which I don't feel he needs to), just said that he was being serious about the news he felt had just been sprung on him. Which was...I don't want to see him mad.

I am avoiding him right now, although I owe him $20. The current main project of mine just got delayed by at least one extra month, and he takes the fiscal hit for that. And that's my fault, more than it is...no, it's my responsibility. I swear it's totally not my fault. But I am not passing any bucks, and that stings.

I'd really like this week to end though. For everyone, in a good way.

Oh, hey--speaking of good--I want her day: [link]

Those are no good days, msbelle and Kat.

Protip: When the guy across the aisle says "OMG! We've all been waiting for you on the conference call!" he's probably lying if he's not actually on the phone. And the meeting's not scheduled to start for another hour--those are the tells.

He's managed to convince everyone but me that we had a meeting at 2:30 and everyone missed it.

This should not be as amusing as it is.

Sorry about all the suck.

and

Neilmed" = squeezy bottle?

Yeah squeeze bottle. Neilmed is late into Neti pot market. Squeeze bottle is their speciality.

It is so hot, that someone's iphone refused to work

Oh, hey, I've seen that message.

Ugh, msbelle.

I have managed to misplace one of the parts I ordered to fix my swamp cooler's water connection. I had it in my hand and thought to myself "I don't need to bring this to the hardware store [to get still more parts, natch]", but where did I put it then?