Wishing you all the best, Amy.
msbelle, maybe start with cutting dunkin, and then decide? Unless the distance is a stress factor.
Don't worry, we're sure to spot Faith first. She's like this cleavagy slut-bomb walking around 'Ooh, check me out, I'm wicked-cool, I'm five-by-five.'
Willow ,'Get It Done'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amyth - Jan 21, 2015 7:46:13 am PST #16418 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
flea - Jan 21, 2015 7:46:29 am PST #16419 of 30000
information libertarian
Amy, I am so glad to hear an update from you. I have been thinking of you often, and glad to hear you and Sara and Ben have places to be that keep you in your community for now.
Amy - Jan 21, 2015 7:48:22 am PST #16420 of 30000
Because books.
Thanks, everyone. It's hard because I feel like I've been blind and stupid and possibly too much of a chicken to make changes that have been necessary for a long time. It's hard to tell right now. And the ... other stuff is pretty devastating, too. Right now it's one day at a time.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2015 7:49:58 am PST #16421 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sounds like you're in a good place to pause and consider, Amy. Good luck with everything.
However, it's an established fact that shrift's birth name is in no way her real name except by accident of birth and legal identity, and that for all actual purposes of selfhood she is shrift.
Facebook auto-completes people's names into the birthday wishes now, and as soon as I clicked on it for shrift, I felt weird!
-t - Jan 21, 2015 7:53:36 am PST #16422 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's the thing about a big crisis, it really is an opportunity to think about what you want, how things ought to be, and how to get there from where you are, even if the things you are thinking about are not directly related to the crisis. Take your time with it.
Jesse - Jan 21, 2015 7:54:49 am PST #16423 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, and msbelle -- is there a place with a beginners' class and/or one that's closer that you could consider? Each of those seems like a pretty big barrier.
Amy - Jan 21, 2015 7:56:46 am PST #16424 of 30000
Because books.
Thanks, -t. I'm trying to remember that.
shrift - Jan 21, 2015 7:57:05 am PST #16425 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I had a meeting with my manager this morning that completely demoralized me. In my last performance review, which was PRETTY RECENT, I got a good score and Exceeds. In my role, I'm a special snowflake and the only round peg on a team of square pegs, so it's really hard to compare me to my peers. I'm going to be lucky if I squeak by with a "meets expectations" because my manager's manager doesn't "get" what I do. Now I have to jump through all the hoops to justify my existence when I don't even want to be here. Thanks, reorg. Thanks a bunch.
I need out of this org so much, but I'm not sure who would even offer me an internal role without an MBA or a Computer Science degree at this point.
I need to start dedicating a lot of time to finding a new job, I guess. And networking.
-t - Jan 21, 2015 7:58:57 am PST #16426 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, no, shrift. I hoped the good review would mean better work environment in general for you.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2015 8:00:43 am PST #16427 of 30000
brillig
For me, it's the first time thinking about doing it on my own. And if that's something I actually might want. Terrifying is an understatement.
Though I got to this point by another path, you have stated completely where I am in my world. The future is bleak from some angles and exciting from others. And completely disorienting.