French Laundry, very cool Nora! (If you get in, anyway.)
So, yeah, I'm back. I had to skip, I've missed too much. But I wanted to thank Javachik & Java Cat for coming to Mom's funeral the other day; it was lovely to have them there.
It was a very nice service: the priest at my sister's parish is a rock star, and he gave a homily that made me cry. Two of my brothers got up and spoke, and my nieces read the first and second readings. And then we had too much food in the little hall next to the church, with a slideshow running of photographs from Mom's whole life.
The last couple of days have involved a great deal of family time, but my nieces go home today, so we're back to the usual crowd. I'm flopped on my futon with lots of laundry to do, and a freezer full of baked goods and meat, including some crawfish boudin (?) my cousin brought all the way from Lafayette on the plane.
My to-do list is terrifying, let me tell you.
It's good to see you, Consuela. Please feel free to chill out a while before you tackle your terrifying to-do list. Many hugs for you around here.
A freezer full of baked goods and meat sounds good, though.
Hey ita, to make sorrel (even though it's the wrong time of year), it's just the flowers and ginger?
no joke, rest a spell, Consuela.
We're under a tornado warning until 5:15.
Everyone is in my office.
I like to think that Obama is checking what Avengers fanfic I read so he can bookmark stuff to read on the weekends.
I wonder if he ships Clint/Coulson or Steve/Tony. I've got some good stuff if he's curious.
Who the hell underlines page numbers in a journal reference? What kind of whackass citation style is that?
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I wonder if he ships Clint/Coulson or Steve/Tony.
Or both! Although the man is busy.
ETA: Kitty health~ma, Fred.
Today is just a humongous fuckup on my part. I'm angry, embarassed, and frustrated. Apparently "bring all the parties concerned together" is not the right answer to "ita, we're getting nowhere trying to get this other project going, and we only have 2 weeks left." And "I'll create one right now!" is not the right answer to "ita !, can you create one right now!"
If (someone else's) manager is mad at me because I said "you should probably track this last bit", how was I going to get away with "I'm not doing any of the bits, actually, even though the deadline is in ten minutes and there's no way to assign the work and read someone in in that time"?
I really don't get why "Jesus, let's get some traction here!" gets held against me, but the second circumstance where I said "let me convey that information to the central repository where the team will (eventually) assess it" AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO is as well.
Unrelated to any of those other people, I think I'm the cause of the 3:30 meeting with the CIO being cancelled, not least of all because I ran late for another meeting because of the ad hoc knowledge transfer that prevented me getting lunch.
