I think I've given up on the idea of "when I grow up". Not happening.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Mar 31, 2015 1:34:45 pm PDT #23328 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Connie Neil - Mar 31, 2015 1:35:34 pm PDT #23329 of 30000
brillig
I'm 54, if I'm not grown up now, I'll never be.
Jesse - Mar 31, 2015 1:56:55 pm PDT #23330 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
A friend of mine posted on Facebook: "I am the poster child for impostor syndrome," she said, secretly believing she didn't deserve to be the poster child for anything.
Dana - Mar 31, 2015 2:20:37 pm PDT #23331 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
If nothing else, that NYT article took like ten paragraphs to actually define FOMO. That can't be good journalism.
erikaj - Mar 31, 2015 2:37:10 pm PDT #23332 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I kind of feel as though I'm having my retirement first. Does that mean I'll be crazy-busy when I'm sixty? Watch this space. Funny, that article was kindof TL:DR, but I also think it conflated two things(Or at least, memes like that dumb dress rarely factor into my FOMO, which I thought meant the sad that you get when your wall has more fun than you.)
amych - Mar 31, 2015 2:37:34 pm PDT #23333 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Congrats on making it through the second round. Do you know when you can expect to learn more?
Thank you! I kinda forgot to ask when I'd hear, but this was the final round so I expect I'll know one way or the other pretty soon.
And to you too, good luck and break a leg and GO YOU. I want you to land something you'll love soon.
javachik - Mar 31, 2015 2:38:41 pm PDT #23334 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My five year plan is to finish setting up the global operations where I currently am (at a drug company) and then have one of my reports take over and cut back to either P/T or consulting to 24 hours a week.
And take the other hours a week to tutor Oakland kids.
I am not going to go back to school to be a teacher so this is the next best thing.
meara - Mar 31, 2015 2:45:49 pm PDT #23335 of 30000
Nanita, one of my coworkers and I think what we should really do is start an IRB. On the one hand, most of them don't seem to do much. On the other hand, she and I are skeptical and would be very suspicious of many protocol deviations and safety issues. Win! ;) plus we could go audit the sites in places we wanted to go to.
...either that or win the lottery.
Steph L. - Mar 31, 2015 2:47:47 pm PDT #23336 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tep, sadly, that's not available during our block. Woe! (This is why I am checking things now, natch.)
Search VRBO for other places -- a lot of them are really reasonably priced, you can pick the neighborhood you want, and it's really nice to have a whole apartment to spread out in, rather than just a hotel room.
Anne W. - Mar 31, 2015 2:52:01 pm PDT #23337 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Nanita, that sounds like an AWESOME plan.
I do plan to stay at my company until I retire, although I hope to work for one or possibly two different departments between now and then. The good thing about having my project leader certification is that it makes it easier to move between departments if I want to.