Was it an anti-Botox campaign?

Then it would have been sent by my sister. I had headache Botox, and my doctor promised he'd affect my expressions as little as possible. What I didn't realise, since I could furrow my brow and that's what I lost the first time and hated the most, was that when I raised my eyebrows, only the outsides went up. My sister kept complaining I looked like Jere Burns. So naturally I did it on purpose a lot.

I fell asleep AGAIN when I would normally go swimming, but given how a) I haven't eaten anything today and b) going to retrieve the recycling bin, I wanted to sit down in the basement steps, I'm thinking swimming would have been a bad call, even though everything aches from the sudafed+sleeping all day.

Damn, this hit hard and fast. Usually I'm moderately functional with colds. NSM this one. I'm hoping it means it leaves fast too.

OK, food. I also want a shower but that sounds exhausting too.

I thought that living post-gala would be a breeze, but alas, I'm hit with imminent need for tons of data inputting and still swamped with supervising interns, volunteers, and contractors. And then the facilities manager dropped the bomb that the incompetent candidate for the director (my potential boss) was still strongly in the running. And I think I'm at the point where I'm going to have to tell the ED "him or me". Even as an interim position, he is so unqualified. ED has said countless times how valued I am, and I'm afraid that I'm going to have to put that to the test, if I'm even given a chance. (because I fear that I'm valued as skilled labour, and nothing more, not potential director material. I fear I'm valued as something less than I actually am).

This is frightening. And demoralizing (in anticipation).

I've been here six years. I've weathered four galas without a director. Every year I'm told the place looks better and better. Four years I've been interim director in all but title. The idea of this hack coming in to suck air is intolerable. I'll take a new boss, one who's competent. But as it stands, if I keep on in my unofficial capacity and get the awesome intern on as a full-time assistant, we'll be golden as we search for the right director. I'm terrified that that won't happen.

Fuck, I need to brush up my resume and start looking for new digs. Fuck fuck fuck.

Lots of job~ma, Calli and ita. Sorry. You might check IEEE's jobs website. We offer full-time telecommuting, and AFAIK that goes for IT too.

Zenkitty, the best-suited job I found on the site is in NJ, and I can't find anything about telecommuting. Is there a separate search flag for that? I don't want to give anyone the idea I'd move there without tears and gnashing of teeth. Is telecommuting a standard option for a PM role, or should I not bother?

ita, when Steph was jobhunting, I mentioned flexjobs.com. It specifically screens for jobs that are telecommuting and/or flexible schedules. This site talks about it and has a coupon code. It might be worth looking at and paying for, if only for a month. If nothing else, it will give you an idea of employers liek Xerox and Dell who offer a lot of telecommuting positions.

And the pain is back. Well, gotta let the Lyrica build up. But getting through most of the day with just an ache was pretty good.

Yeah, in pain news, I have had two migraines this week, which is...two more than I've had in quite a while. BUT, I would like to say that at $15 a pop I don't deploy my medication as often/soon as I should...but when I finally give in and take it, damn it is good stuff.

ita, I don't know! I can ask someone in HR, though. What's PM?

Just bought the DVD of Suburban Shootout,

The smell of newly-mown grass, the sight of blooming flowerbeds, the clatter of automatic gunfire…. Welcome to Little Stempington, a posh London ’burb where the ladies care more about turf wars than topsoil. Amelia Bullmore (Cracker), Anna Chancellor (Four Weddings and a Funeral), and Felicity Montague (Bridget Jones’s Diary) star in a wickedly satirical Britcom about warring gangs of vigilante housewives.

Wonderfully funny. Hooray for the Internet.

Thanks, Dana. That will be tomorrow morning's project.

Zen, it was a PM job. Let me find the link: [link]