Yay money, flea? I hope it works out well for you.
ION: mmm, wine is tasty. There was a while there when I was not all that sure about fermented grape juice, but I have come back around. Ten year old Pinot Noir is good stuff.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
-t - Apr 12, 2013 4:40:09 pm PDT #18500 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Lee - Apr 12, 2013 4:43:48 pm PDT #18501 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I want wine!
I also have wine, but it's all the way in the other room.
(plus I've been trying not to drink much at home)
msbelle - Apr 12, 2013 4:46:54 pm PDT #18502 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
SO, no word on the job....BUT... a friend overheard an HR convo that was very positive about me and the position and it be " a new start for me". pleaseohpleaseohplease.
ION - tomorrow is my first 5K. I will walk most of it due to not running or even working out at ALL over the last month or 2. I will finish though.
Jesse - Apr 12, 2013 4:50:16 pm PDT #18503 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
GO YOU, MSBELLE.
The woman I've been trying to get in touch with since Wednesday emailed me at like 6. She wants to chat over the weekend. (This is for her work, but not mine.) @@
Juliebird - Apr 12, 2013 4:50:59 pm PDT #18504 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Thanks, sara.
I'm realizing more and more that the person I am livid with is the DD, and my coworker got the brunt of it, and I really need to apologize to her, because it wasn't her, but the situation, that was CAUSED by the Development Director who doesn't read her fracking emails and thereby forces me to communicate with her in inappropriate situations. I feel better now that I can more properly express myself when I do apologize, rather than "I was a dick and I don't know why, let's blame my lady problems".
sarameg - Apr 12, 2013 5:05:22 pm PDT #18505 of 30001
There's value in apologizing, but don't undermine yourself. Cw didn't mean harm, but she didn't help.
There's plenty at work I suck at, but managing personalities and defusing drama is not one of 'em.
Jessica - Apr 12, 2013 5:05:41 pm PDT #18506 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I need to vent but I can't even put this amount of irritation into words. I am this close to ending a six-year friendship, except we're still going to live in the same building and send our kids to the same daycare and see each other every fucking day in the lobby, so...yeah.
But holy shit, I am so angry right now I can barely type. I was over at their place for the weekly potluck and since all the adults there tonight have kids in the 5-6 range the conversation turned to schools and he says, standing right the fuck next to me, "Oh if we hadn't gotten into [new school] we would have had to move. There's no way in hell I was going to send my kids to our local school. No offense, Jess."
NO FUCKING OFFENSE YOU GODDAMN JUDGMENTAL ASSHOLE? The only reason I didn't leave right then was our kids were having a great time together, and I couldn't see myself explaining to them the reason we were leaving. "Sorry kids, Mommy doesn't want to be in the same room with our good friend J right now because he apparently thinks your school isn't good enough for your best friend."
And we're supposed to be going on vacation with this family later in the summer, but I think I'm going to have to call it off. The kids will be crushed. I don't know, I'm seeing red right now. And DH is out of town for the weekend so I have nobody to talk me down.
DebetEsse - Apr 12, 2013 5:08:37 pm PDT #18507 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Jessica, I wouldn't make any decisions at this moment (though, yes, it's totally valid pissed-off-ness), especially not unilaterally.
Jessica - Apr 12, 2013 5:14:59 pm PDT #18508 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The irony is that we've also applied for the new progressive unzoned school his kid is going to in the fall, because it's an excellent program and I think Dylan would thrive there. But you know, if we don't get in, we'll be perfectly happy sending him back to our neighborhood school for first grade! The way he recoils at the notion of his precious darling being condemned to kindergarten there, you'd think 6 year-olds were being knifed in the halls. I really have no idea what his problem is, except that he's got a bug up his butt about the school district we live in.
AAAAAAAAAAAARGH. Fuck everything.
sarameg - Apr 12, 2013 5:15:48 pm PDT #18509 of 30001
Since I'm in the mood to play agony aunt... you can go several ways with this, depending on whether you want to build up steam and go scorched earth or not. Since you don't have your best sounding board at the moment, derail until you have him... marvel at what hidden snobbery lurks in your friend. Or what a super-special-flower J must think his kids are that your local school would rooooo-iiiiin his child.
I say go with mental mockery of his perceptions rather than giving space to his opinion of your choices. Kookery and totally horrible social skills.