Go msbelle!

I know I swept, cleaned the toilet, and sent a check to my CSA this week, but I don't think I did anything productive last night. Then again, I feel like dirt and it feels like a significant accomplishment that I managed to drag myself to work because I have meetings all day.

it feels like a significant accomplishment that I managed to drag myself to work because I have meetings all day.

I failed at that today. Maybe this afternoon since I need to loan my car to someone in the next building.

Go brenda! You definitely need to do some celebrating! Go msbelle!

I don't know if I'd have the energy to do another degree at this point.

For what it's worth, my mother got a doctorate when I was in high school/college.

I don't know if I'd have the energy to do another degree at this point.

Man, I'm only doing free online courses, and I've only got enough energy to do one at a time right now.

Go brenda go!

Me, I'm doing this short-term gig for my old boss, but since he's made it clear he's not going to hire me, it's hard to get enthusiastic about it. Doesn't help that it's deadly, deadly dull work.

Paycheck, Consuela, it's a paycheck. I know that doesn't help much.

I adore my maintenance guy. I lost my garage remote and can only find one I had before they replaced the opener, so it is a mismatch brand-wise. He said he would take care of getting me the right one anyway. Also found out that the apartment I'm going into is being renovated right now and he is happy to take me over there anytime if I want to check it out before it is done. Gonna have to bake some cookies for him soon.

Very nice, Suzi!

My self-eval is due tomorrow and I don't know when I'm going to be able to get it done. Way more stressy than my actual job!

I've had my self-eval open in a background tab for close to a week now. At this point I will probably just wind up submitting a post-it note that says "I am too awesomely busy to do this kind of corporate bullshit. Please give me my bonus now."

300% of target? Go Brenda! I heard from my boss yesterday about raises and bonuses--my raise was less than 2%, but the bonus (which I didn't expect because the company didn't have a great year) was around 3%. I'm not sure where those are vs other people, though she mentioned she tried to make sure bonuses were decent for people who are working hard like she knows I do. So hey, free money.

Free money is always good, especially when it recognizes your hard work.

Our comp is structured so that for most people about 10% of your comp is discretionary bonus rather than salary. Which can be both good and bad, of course. It takes strong performance to get to 100%, and I've had DRs get nothing in the past when they weren't living up to expectations. And of course it's partially driven by how well the business did overall.