I hate handling scheduling. I feel like it actually would be easier and take less time for the person to handle scheduling themselves, in this day of electronic everything-- I feel like it saves no time!

HA!

Sophia, the main part of my job is managing 6 people's calendars. Some do a few things themselves and some never touch any invite unless I am physically out of the office. One Director will actually respond to people who are asking if he is free by telling them to contact me (and he will cc me on the response).

Bad is meeting with manager that I forgot was this morning.

Good is tiny 2% raise. I'll take it.

Some ginormous dogs. . . and a a red deer who has joined a flock of sheep.

it is very hard to google humming.

As soon as my smart phone gets up and running (maybe two weeks, wtf), I'm going to get that app that tells you what song is playing. I think you can hum into that!

I love big dogs, but I hate drool. It's so gross.

We used to have to put a cake pan under my St. Bernard's mouth in the summer. It was pretty gross. On the other hand, when I was little, I had a dog I could ride.

My sister watered her St. Bernard outside. It was the only way.

A dog you can use as a roving end table is useful.

Other than the drool, it's the non-retracting nails on dogs that I don't like. Cats have soft ends--when they're not annoyed with you--and they don't hurt--generally--when they jump in your lap. Even trimmed, dog claws hurt.

My big dogs don't drool much at all. We keep their nails trimmed, but honestly it would hurt if they attempted to jump in my lap just because of their size! I doubt I'd notice their nails. My cats, otoh, are in desperate need of a nail trim. Even retracted they hurt these days! Oh things I don't enjoy doing...trimming cat nails...