Sounds like an overture to "We want you to be more visible/responsible/paid lots more money" thing to me.

What Connie said.

You might be getting a promotion.

What they said, Jilli. The boss isn't going to take you out for drinks for a come-to-Jesus meeting.

Guess who is kinda-sorta-maybe freaking out that her boss is going to tell her she's a horrible slacker employee and should start looking for someplace else to work, but with drinks to cushion the blow?

Pfft, they don't go out for drinks to do that!

They don't want to hang out with you when they're giving bad news.

That's for in-office so you can shoo them away.

I hope all of you are right. I'm pretty sure all of you are right. But we are so freaking understaffed right now that everyone on my team feels like they're juggling chainsaws that are on fire, and I feel like I've been dropping things all over the place.

Now, if I could drop one of those flaming chainsaw projects on, say, the PM who is being passive-aggressive and trying to drive a wedge between me and my boss? That would be great.

(Gaaaaah! Why are the demons of low self-esteem out to get me tonight? Going out to drinks with the boss is probably not a preamble to getting fired, Jillian!)

Of course, if your boss turns out to be a serial killer, and this is his way of getting you away from everyone so he can do nefarious things, I'm sorry in advance about my encouragement.

Of course, if your boss turns out to be a serial killer, and this is his way of getting you away from everyone so he can do nefarious things, I'm sorry in advance about my encouragement.

If my boss is a serial killer, I will be super-impressed with her time management skills in being able to fit that into her schedule. And possibly ask for tips.

Dude, your boss likes Cupcake Royale. You're totally not a slacker who is getting told off over booze.

Jilli, may your meeting be more pleasant than anticipated.

In my most hellish stress filled week, today's joy is a morning meeting where we expect to have our largest source of funding pulled out from under us. No doubt it will be bad, we just don't know how bad.

Then I will likely dash cross state and check out my mother's status again. It is hard to tell her condition over the phone, except to know it is not well.

Just too much happening from at least 6 directions. So overwhelmed. Bank drama worse than ever, co-worker dying while we watch helplessly, usual varieties of 18 and 21 year old kid drama, business drama, elderly parent drama.

On a more positive note, both DH and I are seriously dieting out of a desire to have control over at least something in our lives. Love my new diet still while he is doing the Atkins thing again.

Laura, that is wayyyyyy too much stress. I wish things clear up and get better soon for you.