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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This  

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.


sarameg - Dec 10, 2013 12:11:24 am PST #14183 of 30000

Looks like the predicted 3 am snow didn't happen. But I remember what happened Sunday when I hopped in the shower thinking we might get off ok.


Theodosia - Dec 10, 2013 1:59:54 am PST #14184 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

We are getting a truly awesome orange & purple sunrise.


flea - Dec 10, 2013 2:04:38 am PST #14185 of 30000
information libertarian

We have snow, again, and after doing some complicated calculation before coffee, I am hoping that the earlier bus will get me to work on time, or close to it.


sarameg - Dec 10, 2013 2:24:17 am PST #14186 of 30000

Aaand work is closed (which I discovered at 6:30 as I was walking out the door, just as the snow started.) Bonus, we might not get paid because my contractor is a cheapskate asshole.

So I got the laptop from work. Now to see if it will actually play nice from home. Supposedly, they fixed my VPN. I don't believe them.


Theodosia - Dec 10, 2013 2:28:55 am PST #14187 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Finding out work is closed as you leave the house is still better than finding out when you get there (and face a dubious weather drive home).

I wish I had a job not to go to. Maybe next year I will!


sarameg - Dec 10, 2013 2:50:41 am PST #14188 of 30000

Well, I drove in just as the snow started, got the laptop and headed home. Took me all of 15 minutes. In inside pants now.

I really, really, really want to badmouth my paycheck provider. Especially since they are a significant federal contractor. They should honor the contract they are paid for.

I really, really wish we'd been bought out in the last tsuri.


Kat - Dec 10, 2013 2:55:53 am PST #14189 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

At least you are home safe, sara.

I am up and pool-bound, but still cold. I did not sleep well last night, which sucks because I had been sleeping really well since September. There is something awful about waking up 4 or 5 times a night.


Sparky1 - Dec 10, 2013 3:20:08 am PST #14190 of 30000
Librarian Warlord

My University is open today, and I have to assume it is because the Provost can more easily dismiss the complaints of the staff who have to drive in this mess than the administrative mess of rescheduling exams. Bah-humbug. I came in at 6:45 to make sure the library was open on time.

Also, I have to order food today for the library holiday party, and it is stressing me out more than it should, but I never know how much to order.


Jesse - Dec 10, 2013 3:25:27 am PST #14191 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

So, last night, I remembered to put the barrels out for Trash Day, but forgot to put my empty boxes out! Which my mother reminded me of this morning. I don't think too many neighbors saw me out there in my pjs? And how much do I really care about that? Not much.


Zenkitty - Dec 10, 2013 3:30:25 am PST #14192 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I always feel like I've accomplished something when I remember to put the trash out the night before.