I should probably feel guilty that it is relatively warm here, just foggy, and that I have the day off tomorrow. But I don't. Wish I could share, though!

The filter is breaking on the french press I use at work, though. It's not like I don't have any trials and tribulations.

No sign of van or dogs yet.

Oh, no! Doggies!

I put on my epic winter coat and begrudgingly came to the office today. I see a lot of empty desks from people who probably are working from home. I would have done that, but I have meetings to run and it's awkward to do that from a laptop with cats on your keyboard.

I just chatted with an internal recruiter, and I guess my Dublin interview went better than I thought. They think I'm good and are trying to find a role for me, since the one I interviewed for was too junior for my experience level.

Who carjacks puppies!?!? Poor little boos.

It is cold outside, but hot in my office.

Who carjacks puppies!?!?

An asshole, that's who!

I just overheard the person who sends the emails about our office being open (every day but one so far this winter) talking about how she's been mostly working from home for weeks. Fuck you, lady!

I will blame the money pillows on the drugs. Sadly, all my pillows are just filled with feathers.

Several years ago, in New York, Siegfried and Roy had a van containing some of their tigers stolen. They went on all the TV and radio stations begging the thieves to return the van and for God's sake, don't open the back doors. About half an hour later an anonymous call came into the police saying the van was in a particular alley. Tigers were all safe, no one was reported to have been nibbled on.

Who carjacks puppies!?!?

Someone destined for the special hell.

Who carjacks puppies!?!?

Would I get to play with the puppies? How cute are they? it might be tempting. IJS.

Yay shrift! Fingers crossed they could find something awesome??

Today I have to PDF a bunch of emails. Which is ridiculous--regulatory-wise, we have to keep lots of documents. Traditionally, in paper files....and when email came along, for many years we would have to print the emails. PITA. So eventually someone figured out we should just keep everything electronically--an eFile. Great! ...but at my company, the one they've started using is crappy, and instead of, say, being able to just FORWARD the emails and have them show up, or cc the file, or something like that (which I could do at my old company), here we have to print them as PDFs, name them correctly, and then import them to the electronic file. Just a waste of time.

Also, puppies [link]

Yay shrift! Fingers crossed they could find something awesome??

I am tentatively hopeful! I think the opportunities right now are in our Europe and Asia offices, so moving abroad is looking more likely.