Whining appears to pay off!

It's not whining, it's being proactive.

I mean, if you weren't crying at the time, probably well-reasoned and productive behaviour on your part, before you even get to the payoff with responses.

I have never networked properly. I am beginning to feel I should. A local recruiter is holding an evening shindig tomorrow, and it's not just for people looking for new jobs, but apparently "provocative insight" will be shared. But what if someone got wind I was there??? I don't know what's acceptable and what's not. They're not a recruiter I've ever worked with--they're trying to use me as an entree into hiring into my company.

Man, I started a conversation with the CIO about work I want to do, and my stomach is a wreck. I have to explain to her why we're not at the point my ex-boss claimed when he left, and get permission to start catching up to that point.

But she has very little time, so I edited the email repeatedly to take more and more out, so she could digest it in C*O-sized chunks inbetween the actual stuff she does.

Hey, they wanted me to be more proactive! (They also wanted me to be less ronin, so...)

people not telling you anything (when they are actually doing something/thinking about it) is the WORST

Seriously! Is "we'll talk later" too much to ask for? It's not polite, but I gotta know I'm not suddenly invisible to MDs. My pain doc's parting words were "I shouldn't be the one that has to explain these things to you." NO SHIT, Dr. F. No shit.

I don't know what to say about your neuro's lack of communication, at the very least.

Well, neither did he, so...

The office I'm working in, in Salt Lake City, is down the hall from the restrooms. I can hear when someone slams down the toilet seat and when they use the hand air dryer. Oddly, thankfully, I don't hear the flush unless they open the door before the flush is complete. I do NOT need to know this stuff.

Add in the noise of the analog clock behind me and the voices coming from the thin walls on each side of me...my brain is lucky to be concentrating on work at all. There is a reason I work from home. I have a hard time tuning out the other noises. I'd love to just put my headphones in and listen to music to dull the other noises, but that feels anti-collaborative while I'm visiting here.

Yes! I got the CIO go-ahead on what I wanted. Thank DOG that went well. I even got a "good strategy." Woohoo!

What do you think is happening in the stall of you notice your neighbour's foot position means their legs are crossed at the knee (or they literally have two left feet)? That visual has been bothering me for weeks now.

ita - I'd take that to mean that your neighbour is hiding out in the bathroom and tapping away on their smartphone. And not conducting bathroom business.

But isn't crossing your legs a little...I don't know...it would never occur to me to chill in a stinky place like that, but crossing your legs is sitting sitting. I don't need to be that close to anything in there.

Icky poo.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a) an iPod/cellphone car mount? I mean the ones you pop your device into and out of, and it'd need to be adjustable, not iPhone specific or anything or b) framing services--I noticed Fast Frame, Aaron Brothers, and Frame Store this morning, and I don't know if there's anything to choose between those fast food options. I've got a couple lovely frames from Fast Frame, but I don't even know if they're competitive and I sure don't have the spoons to find out?

I have this phone mount and it is AWESOME. It's incredibly adjustable, and the sticky suction cup will never ever fall off.

Human relations questions. Someone who has kind of been a sparring partner wrote me offline thanking me for always responding courteously and apologizes for having resorted to a "slash and burn style". Quite honestly, I don't remember him having said anything out of line. I remember him being critical of my ideas in but not any personal attacks. I guess just accept the apology graciously, rather than saying I don't remember him going over the line?

TB, I think a "no worries, what you said didn't hurt/offend me, but I thank you for saying so" is a good approach to that situation. It always feels to me like the decent thing to acknowledge their gesture even if they didn't actually cross your line, wherever that line is.

Hot damn! I just discovered car mounts with NFC. I was about to pull the trigger on your suggestion, Jessica, but if my phone can tell it's mounted in my car...oh, the possibilities...

Thanks, folks. And then I got a really quick response from someone I'd chatted with in April about a job possibility in Portland. He's still interested, wants to know if I'd relocate.

I still can't decide. I like so much about my life here: my family, my friends, the weather, the food. But the housing situation is SO AWFUL. The street business in front of the house is unending, I'm certain my sinus problems are related to my proximity to the highway, and I found a rifle shell casing in my yard last week. But house prices are so fucking ridiculous, I would need a 30% increase in salary to be able to move to a significantly better neighborhood. Which would probably mean working so many hours I wouldn't have time to appreciate my nice house. Or I should consider a condo, except I have a dog. Except I have a GSD because I live in a crap neighborhood. Round and round we go...

Argh.

I should go run errands: it's more productive than surfing Redfin and whining about the fabulous place I could get in Portland for no more than $325K...