Thanks for the perspective, Trudy and Strix. I actually have a very good relationship with M, so I think I could probably raise these issues with her. I just wonder whether it's my place to do so, but if it would help her relationship with D, I think I should try.
And D and I talk a lot and she knows I have her back, but she does also have a tendency to cast herself as a bit of a martyr (and to be fair, she is dealing with a lot -- on top of the workload with her two degrees, she also has two major health issues that impact when/how much she can work). I offered recently to relieve her of her desk duty for two hours on Monday mornings, a time when I am almost always either free or working down in her area anyway, and at first she gratefully agreed, and now she's backing down and saying, "no, M wants me on the desk [not totally true -- M would be happy for me to share D's desk duties], so that's where I'll be," with (to me) a distinctly woe-is-me air that makes me a little nuts.
But I'm glad to hear y'all saying that I'm not being a total buttinsky for wanting to talk to them both about this, either separately or together.
Holy crap, ND. That's a lot! Can you delegate any of it?
Well, that's the list after delegating a bunch of other stuff.
Well, there's allways self-cloning.
I just wonder whether it's my place to do so
Well, you can't officially do anything, but in a small group, everyone normally has several hats to wear.
Though I'm a bad resource on this, because I hate drama and feel no need to fix it, I just retreat from it.
But I'm glad to hear y'all saying that I'm not being a total buttinsky for wanting to talk to them both about this, either separately or together.
You're not butting in, you've been invited in. Annoyingly invited, but invited.
Oh, hey, yesterday was 1 MONTH (in a row) of flossing my dang teeth. (Still BORING OH MY GOD.) My reward was backing the Exploding Kittens Kickstarter (which ends in 5 hours if anyone wants in on it: [link]
Hey, Lee, I have your work address, which you said in the past was best for sending things to you. Is that still the case?
I've never roasted beets before, but I'm going to try it tonight. The method my cousin told me was: cut off the top and bottom of the beets, toss them in a 400-degree oven, and roast for 45-60 minutes, and when they're done you should be able to just peel the skin away.
Does that sound right, or does anyone have a different method they like?
That works fine. I don't cut anything off of them, though (besides making them delicious, I like roasting beets because I do not have to peel them or chop them when they are raw which I find difficult and messy) You can rub the skin off with wads of paper towels, or let the beets cool down and peel them with your fingers.
Go you with the flossing!
