Gris, I'm glad your splurge was such a delight.

One of the rotten parts of working the shifts I work is that I'm accustomed to getting to bed around 2am. So when there is a staff meeting or some other reason to get up early and I try to go to bed before midnight, I end up waking up in the small hours of the night, and can't get back to sleep until 5ish. Staff meeting this morning at 8. Which is not too horrible, at least I can duck out early because I went to another staff meeting at a different house last week which will cover some of the same topics (and yes, I already asked bosslady to cover those at the end).

I got word yesterday that a lady who had lived at a house I used to work at, but eventually got transfered to a nursing home due to increasing medical needs as she aged, has passed away. Her funeral is this morning. I'll probably be able to make it, the timing should work. I may not go, though. I'm so tired right now, but just can't sleep.

Suzi, I've been meaning to congratulations on the new house!

I've never had a home warranty, except the first year I owned the condo because it came as part of the deal when I purchased, but it was only good for the first year. The only thing that's gone bad in the past couple of years is my garbage disposal went out at a time I was scrapped for cash. I just don't use that side of the sink, until I get a chance to replace it, which I plan to do this year. My question for folks who have them--do they cover appliances? I don't need to worry about roof or water heater as they're covered by the condo association fees.

City smells like a portapotty. Uhg.

8:30 meeting. Uhg.

Appliances are covered in mine (things like fridge and stove and non-existent dishwasher, but not tabletop micro.)

I've used home warranty at least three times this year. The nice thing about it is having a consolidated place that will find a repair person for you, but of course it's going to be not the best repair person.-- Best for minor issues.

Checked off my first to-do item of the day: Filled out my bracket. So that's something! Not something actually work related, but still.

I am "working from home". Our CIO sent out an email to our bosses basically saying she didn't know how people were supposed to get to work if the busses weren't running and streets weren't plowed, so to be compassionate and let them work from home if they can. All I will say about my workplace is that is a refreshing change from the usual message.

Mostly working from home has meant being in a email thread with coworkers trying to track down my boss and negotiating switching reference desk shifts.

Remember how I said I was going to resign from the ADD group? I still am, but I decided to stick out this year, which ends in May.

Now there's a board member who really really wants to sell snacks and water at the meetings to make more money for our chapter. Which is all well and good, but people who are eating and drinking are going to make a mess eventually, and the last people there are going to be stuck with the cleanup -- that's me and Tim.

I have replied to the emails several times with "I am not willing to take on the responsibility of cleanup," and the guy who's gung-ho about snacks keeps replying with things like "I'll clean up *if* I make it to a meeting!" (He's made it to only 1 or 2 meetings this year, so I have very little faith that he'll be there for any others.)

I'm about thisclose to replying with "You CANNOT propose a change and then let other people do the work because fuck you."

I can be passive-aggressive about it and just leave the mess, but that's not fair to the church that lets us have our meetings there. So we'll end up cleaning up, and I will be PISSED.

I seriously am boggled at the cojones it takes to propose a change to the way we do things that creates more work for OTHER people. (No one else is objecting, because no one else is there until 10:30 p.m. It's just me and Tim.)

"You can sell snacks at the meetings you attend so you can clean up after."

Yeah, how is he selling stuff at meetings he's not at?

Yeah, how is he selling stuff at meetings he's not at?

He wants someone else to do it. (Someone else has volunteered to sell the snacks, but they won't stay until 10:30 to clean up.)