well the news is that it was no one event, they fired her for cumulative issues. She had been written up a lot of time, but then again, in the year I was there I was written up twice for less than truthful reasons.

I might need a Do Not Feed the Drama Llama sign.

My mother is a notoriously bad speller, though she has always read a lot and does crossword puzzles regularly. She just can't keep what vowel goes where straight, especially since they all often sound like each other. It pleases her no end that in her genealogical research she's found that our ancestors were not content to go around spelling their name one way all the time.

My meeting this morning was to inform the department that our admin was laid off. Which is a bummer, and confusing, because it came the same day that we were told the company exceeded their revenue plan and our department was important to that. Also, she was on the other side of the cubicle wall from me and now it's all eerily quiet over there.

Juliebird, you should claim the unclaimed property. You must not have gotten notified when you got a deposit back or something, but that's still your money, but it won't be if it clears the threshold of time when the state can take it. When I've had to do that here, it's been through the state controller's office, I think?

What pisses me off is that I think I'll make the cutoff date in time to get reimbursed, but this is one of those instances where my neighbor didn't give me this mail until halfway through the due date. We share a mailbox, and they always get home before me. But if I got a PO box, I'd be terrible about checking it. Maybe I should change my mailing address to my work address.

It sucks. I get so little mail because most of my bills are online paperless. It feels like too late to ask them to leave my shit in the mailbox.

But, yeah, I claimed that money. We'll see if it takes another four years to get to me.

msbelle - I like my schadenfreude on sourdough toast with a bit of butter. And wine.

Matt's idea is incredibly funny.

Julie, yes get that property ASAP.

If you change your mailing address to your work address with the post office, you will not be able to change it with forwarding to a new address in the future, since your work address is a business address. I had this issue with my Toledo apartment.

Flea, I'd say talk all you want about the dad drama (which...good lord) just not in front of her?

Yuuuup. There are going to be many whispered side conversations, I am Certain.

Speaking of gossip (and I also support you in your work gossiping, msbelle!), remember the wedding invitation I just got? My mother just told me the groom was going to ask me out if he didn't start dating the woman he's now married to. Hilarious! We have never spent any time together, but have met a bunch. But among other things, he is too short for me!

Hey msbelle, do you want any of the old McCormick green top spice jars? I took several from my grandmother's, in case you want them.

msbelle, I'd like to think that she was fired because, with your excellence leaving the work unit, her lacks were suddenly so much more evident. IOW, you so made up for her problems, without it somehow going to your credit. Which I've seen happen a couple times in work situations.

I think Theo is correct.

I am so tempted to sit and watch Evening Relaxation on DogTV. Doesn't that sound pleasant?

Aw, my CSA was part of the food bank story on Today today.