He's a hometown boy!

Yay flea! Yay sumi! Yay Jilli's coworkers for being right-headed thinkers!

its subset New-management-establishing-itself-by-shitting-all-over-everyone-who's-already-there

I'm experiencing this subset, where they decided to change the entire org structure and shuffle people around willy-nilly, and by willy-nilly, I mean that nobody's direct manager actually had any input. And I definitely should have started looking for something internal at least a month or two earlier when I felt the sinking sensation of "oh, this isn't going to end well."

In other news, I am trying to figure out how to get to New Orleans. You would think it would not be difficult to get to New Orleans from Chicago. Why do you want me to connect in Charlotte?! What have I ever done to you?

It looks like I'll be headed back there in June.

The Queen of Darkness belongs in the eternal night of Denmark in winter. I'm not sure about the PerkyGoth in the Land of the Midnight Sun. It seems very vampire unfriendly.

Congratulations, family Flea - that's a gorgeous house.

Sumi - hooray for no brace!

Steph, agreeing with everyone -- having a written guide is helpful and will probably help with Boss stress. I hope.

You can take the train, shrift. That is, oddly enough, the only way I have traveled between Chicago and NOLA. It's surprising, considering the importance of tourism, how few places you can go direct to/from MSY. OTOH, is Charlotte the airport with the rocking chairs?

I'm feeling kinda sassy about winter driving conditions.

Nice.

I ordered sofritas to pick up from Chipotle to take advantage of the free-burrito-later deal and did not realize that the earliest I can pick up my order is 1 PST. So hungry.

Plei, you are more than welcome to borrow either of my brothers or my BIL should you ever feel the need for actual brotherness. He does not deserve to be your sib.

Aww, thanks! I have a pretty awesome in-law, myself.

Wow, Plei. I can't believe anyone would ever speak to you that way. I'm so sorry.

Eh, I'm happier, prettier, and look younger than he does, even though he's the baby of the family.

Eh, I'm happier, prettier, and look younger than he does, even though he's the baby of the family.

Because you are awesome and he is obviously not.

Things he got that I envy: lighter hair, greener eyes, my dad's long torso, my mom's long legs, and my mother's metabolism.

Things I have that are better: everything else.

Yay sumi!

It's great (and unsurprising) that the Copenhagen office likes you, Jilli. Do you think you'll have a chance to explore the area a bit in June?

You can take the train, shrift.

That doesn't work with my schedule, unfortunately. I'm flying back to Chicago from NYC on Thursday and trying to get to New Orleans on Friday.

I think I'll probably end up flying into Houston and road-tripping both ways with Dana.