I'm so glad that the numbers are better than expected, Teppy.
We wined and then were able to meet up with Juliana and M for an unplanned dinner in North Beach. Then we drove around town a bit, showing off a few sites we hadn't made it to yesterday. We watched the dancing lights on the Bay Bridge. Tomorrow we hit up the East Bay.
The trip has been great but one bummer is that our timing has made it difficult to meet up with my Bay Area friends. Dinner tonight fell into place maybe an hour before we met up. I have non-b.org friends who I'm not going to be able to see but K and I have been on the go each day.
Someone asked about which wines we got. I'll have to look tomorrow, I'm headed to bed now.
That's great, Steph!
Re: time recording. Our fiscal year ended June 30. On July 5 we all got an email that accounting couldn't add holiday time to our time sheets for this year because the previous year hadn't been closed out yet. And they couldn't close out last year because people still hadn't turned in their time sheets for the last pay period. Since everyone had taken July 4 off as a holiday, that went over about as well as you'd expect. But within a couple of weekdays we got another email saying that everything had been turned in, and we could add the holiday time retroactively. So their way of handling things worked. Peer pressure--it's not just for junior high.
Oh Steph, that is wonderful news. I'm so glad for you!
Hopefully, that will take some of the sting out of the job search while giving you a tiny bit of "Lady of Leisure" time to refresh from your 18 year routine.
Woot!
Thanks for the supportive thoughts about the Basset y'all.
Not sure what more I can do, but I'll keep trying.
Hooray for a good severance Steph.
Yay Tep! So happy! I know you've been juggling so many giant stressors for the last few months -- so very, very glad one big one just vanished and transmogrified itself into a giant Good Thing.
bonny, WTF? Can they even begin to explain what they mean by "fixed"? Did they somehow think that you'd apparate in, wave a wand and shout, "SUBMISSUS!" disapparate, and their dog would henceforth and forever be perfect?
Makes me specially sad because I know both your boys have had Basset in them and have been sweethearts, and I know that the handful of Basset mixes in our neighborhood have been unfailingly charming and delightful with Matilda even back when she was a grabby-hands toddler (as well as with other kids, grown-up humans, and a variety of other dogs). If this dog isn't "fixed," whatever the hell they mean by that, that's 100% on them, not the dog. Assholes.
It makes me feel a little ridiculous about how stressed I got.
You were stressed because you didn't know how much (And did they not know? How good is that management?) not because of the amount you were going to get.
What ita said. Also, glad it's a goodly sum!
bonny, WTF? Can they even begin to explain what they mean by "fixed"? Did they somehow think that you'd apparate in, wave a wand and shout, "SUBMISSUS!" disapparate, and their dog would henceforth and forever be perfect?
Makes me specially sad because I know both your boys have had Basset in them and have been sweethearts, and I know that the handful of Basset mixes in our neighborhood have been unfailingly charming and delightful with Matilda even back when she was a grabby-hands toddler (as well as with other kids, grown-up humans, and a variety of other dogs). If this dog isn't "fixed," whatever the hell they mean by that, that's 100% on them, not the dog. Assholes.
Yes, to both, JZ.
Basically, they just want him to stop being himself and never cause them another problem.
And, I _do_ feel for the pooch. He's the sweetest, calmest dude with, I might add,the BIGGEST feet I've ever seen on a dog.
He's massively overweight...they _DO_ feed him...gets zero exercise...doesn't get much attention and no leadership.
I wish I could help him.
I know from "My Cat From Hell" that sometimes pets end up being proxies for their owners' problems. Also, that guy is the opposite of sensitive.
Yay, Teppy!
