If 'it's personal' isn't cutting it, I think you need to go with Texas-sized outlandish:

• mission for the country! it's classified

• I'm having my absorbed twin removed

• I really can't talk about it, but if you'd like to donate to reforming renegade longhorns, I can hook you up.

• I'm going to have really bad gas that day. Environmental hazard, violates OSHA.

Reporting in that cleaning under the refrigerator seems to have made an improvement. The temp is holding steadier and nothing new is frozen. Stuff that did freeze is defrosting.

That is all ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. I'd be calling out sick as much as possible.

Edit: msbelle's stuff, not shrift's.

he thinks it is saving me from having to use them

The what now? Is he okay with you being out of the office and not using a vacation day, then?

I was thinking about having a beer anyway, but now I will have one in solidarity with msbelle.

YOU GUYS. There's a Kerfuffle Foundation!

And they put their money where their mouth is.

(he thinks it is saving me from having to use them)

WTF uh thanks?! How the hell is denying you vacation days a plus in any way, shape, or form?

Speaking of jobs, we are hiring 10 new faculty members this year. Shocking! And only 1 of our top candidates turned down the job. That probably says more about the state of the academic job market in the humanities (which must be anemic) than about how fantastic my job is, but still it's a good reminder that this is a good gig for NTT.

In the registration instance. I have to register mac btw 8:30 - 11:30 on a weekday, so I put in for a half day off. I thought I could sleep in, not rush, deal with any lines that might be there. Now I don't lose a day off, but feel I should be there right at 8:30 and will need to go straight in to work when done.

For the day I asked off today, I have no nanny and no grandparents available. Mac has band from 9 - 11:30, so again, instead of sleeping in, getting him there and picking him up and only being slightly rushed to get to work at 11:30, I feel like like I should go in at 8, leave at 8:30, go back after dropping mac off, work until 11, the go pick him up and get right back to work. frazzled.

Whereas my asshole employer is forcing me to use up mine with 5 months notice in complete disregard to the client work schedule or my plans. Fuck 'em. My boss is completely freaking out over 3/4 of her team having to take off ~4 wks each ( plus holidays plus a damned week for all of us where it is mandatory vaca regardless work is OPEN) before 2015. As she should be. And she has no say in it.

FUCK THEM. If the schedule allows it, none of their damned business.

PS: apparently rage is a weightloss regimen for me. I've dropped 2-3 lbs this week, and is apparently visible ( at work, I just assumed it was my militant FUCKYOU stride and wearing skirts and tanks in response to the heat; in the locker room from the women I haven't seen in over a week? No armor, so, yeah.) I can't recommend it, but I guess that fits in with me&stress having similar results...

For the day I asked off today, I have no nanny and no grandparents available. Mac has band from 9 - 11:30, so again, instead of sleeping in, getting him there and picking him up and only being slightly rushed to get to work at 11:30, I feel like like I should go in at 8, leave at 8:30, go back after dropping mac off, work until 11, the go pick him up and get right back to work. frazzled.

That's fucking ridiculous. Your boss should make leave decisions based on work schedules, not your schedule! I would not rush that much in that case.

so I motivated to update my job profile with this school district and apply for the two admin jobs they had listed. UGH - only 1 is listed now AND their site went down for an update while I was making changes, so I did not get it completed. FU website. also, this site says "A letter of interest, resume, and HS Diploma and/or college transcripts must be attached to your online application in order to be considered for this position." seriously? college transcript I do not even know where to look. I guess I can scan in my high school and college diplomas and make a note that my college transcript is in storage. This is not a teaching position (NO ONE wants me teaching anything other than crafts and/or sarcasm).