Sorry this is sucking so much, ita !.
Ion, I am on my way to Minneapolis. Tomorrow I go to Alexandria, MN for my uncle's 85th birthday.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2012 10:17:39 am PDT #13652 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Anne W. - Jul 13, 2012 10:24:05 am PDT #13653 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That is miserable and unfair, ita.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 13, 2012 10:27:30 am PDT #13654 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That sucks, ita!
Jesse - Jul 13, 2012 10:29:36 am PDT #13655 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh ugh, ita. I hope things shape up around you!
Consuela - Jul 13, 2012 10:31:01 am PDT #13656 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
oh, ita, I'm sorry. It sucks that you have to manage your manager while dealing with the headaches from hell.
meara - Jul 13, 2012 10:38:08 am PDT #13657 of 30001
Oh, ita. That sucks a lot.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2012 10:43:59 am PDT #13658 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was horrible and monstrous and he told me not to cry because it wasn't fair, but I feel that the meeting itself ended constructively, even though I'm not sure I will be being managed any better come Monday. But...I have to take proactive steps around that (if he has no idea about the status of my projects, it can't be my fault, because it's not my job to report to him...I do report the status to *my* manager regularly, though). I get that now. Just like that the developer I have objectively sucks--I need to work around it. The golden team I had on the project from "hell" is no more. Moving on. Maybe I'll get a good team like that again on a future project. The core values of the company are still the same, and those are healthy and a good match for me.
Thanks, guys. I've never had a meltdown in front of a boss before. That was new and exciting and made me feel like a grownup.
And, seriously, the meeting I'd just had before that *was* new and exciting and made me feel like a grownup. I felt I'd totally gotten a handle on some of the stuff that had been slippery before, that I'd been avoiding because I couldn't see the shape of the answer--finally I had an idea of how to get the solution. And boom! I should not have had that meeting by myself. It was above my pay grade, despite the vendor having asked *me* to meet them. I totally mishandled that, counter to the company rules of vendor management (which I didn't know even existed until just now). My boss calmed himself down by the end of the talk, but he exploded at me a couple times...it was gross and ... gross.
brenda m - Jul 13, 2012 10:48:58 am PDT #13659 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ack, ita.
amyth - Jul 13, 2012 11:08:19 am PDT #13660 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Ugh ita, how sucktastic. I hope things get better.
msbelle - Jul 13, 2012 11:10:52 am PDT #13661 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
between a sinus headache and me still being an angry ball of hate toward my boss, the motivation is lacking today.
I changed my password to stinky - that makes me laught each time I have to do this work. Maybe next it will be asshole. Jerkhead boss as password inspiration.
Weekend Plans people?
Tomorrow I plan to get up and weed then mow. Then I would really like to sew, but I doubt that will happen.
Sunday, church and cleaning house.