Yeah, one week a year I tend to wish we had air-con, either at home or in public buidings. The rest of the year is mostly taken up with vaguely wishing I didn't live where you only notice it's summer because the rain got warmer.

I am attempting to convince Harvey that it is not quite time for kitties to eat. He remains skeptical.

My mom is being taken to the OR. The blockage has cleared, for now, but one of her hernias has popped out and is causing her a lot of pain. They are worried the hernia will cause more intestinal blockages, so they didn't want to risk waiting.

I am freaking out. Bless the doctor that gave me a prescription of some Xanax-like substance a couple months ago!

Good vibes for your mother.

I am hiding in my car because I don't want to go in to this work conference. This is not a long term solution.

Good luck to your mom, Callaluna.

I feel like I just had a strategic victory -- our CEO is taking the office to see Selma this afternoon, and I really want to go, but assumed my boss would think it is a bad idea, given all the work to do. So I went in to her and said I didn't think I should go, and she said I should! So that's good. Now at least I can think about my own workload and actually decide for myself.

Grrr, it's really annoying to get an email from my boss that says "In the future, please do X and not Y," when I check and not only *did* I do X, I copied her on the fucking email in which I did X.

I emailed back to tell her I checked the email, and I did do X, and I copied her, and perhaps there was a misunderstanding on the author's part, and how can I avoid that in the future?

And her reply was "Please do X." AUGH I ALREADY HAVE BEEN DOING THAT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU.

Steph, I commiserate; that sounds just like my boss.

I admit I am one of those people who really wants to always be right (like, the question "Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?" is a no-brainer for me [uh, I am that jerk who would rather be right, because being right MAKES me happy]).

But in this case, it's not so much an issue of being "right," as much as I just don't want my boss to think I'm an incompetent fool who can't follow the proper procedure, when I clearly DID follow the proper procedure.

Good thoughts callaluna.

This came up on the Google hangout the other day. I tend to not think of people in their board names much anymore. Some people it is still all I know, but with Facebook I know most real names and that is how I think of most you. Doubly so if I have met you. Others said they think of us in board names. What say you?

So maybe I change my name here to real name?

Ugh, Tep. Super-annoying. It's got to be one of the great perks of working from home, though, that you don't have to seethe silently to yourself, but can kick things and grumble and yell at the sky about the super-annoying (at least, God knows that's exactly what I do when I have to go in on a weekend and it's all silent and I know I'm totally alone and then I make the mistake of checking my work email).

Callaluna, so much ~ma to your mom, and steady hands and wisdom to her medical team.

Jilli, Copenhagen sounds lovely. Chocolate for breakfast and office windows that open - if you really must work for a living, that's the way to do it.