I did the same thing- an hour late. I wish I could just sleep for several days, although I am not sure that would do anything except make me sleepier.
I also wish I did not have to set up meetings. I really, really hate it. Really and a lot. It would be easier if a) people used their outlook calendar and b) if certain secretaries of important people would not get feathers ruffled if you send meeting requests through outlook instead of calling and talking through the times said person is available, which I can very well see myself because people with assistants do use outlook calendar.
Slice and dice Jesse, show no mercy.
I've got nothing going on for Halloween, but I can re-link to my little bit of Halloween flash fiction: [link]
Man, I need some new blog articles, but I've just been too busy.
Sorry about the crazy people not using their calendar, Sophia. They would not last where I work especially since meetings often span the world and coordinating without Google Calendar would be next to impossible.
I wish it didn't make me so angry. It just seems like a waste of time to spend all this energy trying to figure out when people are available when we have a perfectly good tool at our disposal! And the some of the other assistants are the worst because this control thing gives them a little mini power trip.
people who prefer to call or email me about my bosses' availability rather than just attempting to schedule a meeting and seeing their available time MAKE ME CRAZY. Welcome to the 20th century, the rest of us will be waiting in the 21st whenever you are ready to get on board with technology.
I respond to emails like that by telling them my boss uses outlook calendar, and they STILL want to call me to discuss! I have other things to do-- supporting my boss administratively is literally 3% of my job description!
Whereas our office just appointed a new director from outside our division who autocratically decided to get rid of our crazy helpful access -based staff locator in favor of outlook, and I'm trying to organize a mutiny...
I have a huge case of the "don't wanna"s today.
calendaring is about 50% of my job because as a company (or at least my main boss) we seem incapable of sticking with a schedule. He reschedules almost every single meeting, often 5 or 6 times.
I already posted this on Good Stuff, but I love it SO MUCH. A Paralympic skier in costume as the lamp from A Christmas Story: [link]
That's awesome!
Matilda's school has gone all out for Halloween. The courtyard is filled with Halloween games like pumpkin bowling (the pins are plastic bottles painted to look like ghosties).
The teachers dressed up and each class grade came as themed groups. So among the first grade teachers, Mr. Draven came in full Edward Scissorshands costume, and Ms. Ekta (Matilda's teacher) and Ms. Schultze came as two of his clients. So their hair was sprayed four feet up from their head into sculpted forms. It was hilarious.
All the kids get dressed in costumes at 9:45 and parade the neighborhood and come back and play Halloween games. Then half the parents will check their kids out and take them down to the Giants parade.
