Today will be far less adrenaline-inducing -- shopping at local stores and strolling around. Perhaps I will buy some more maple sugar candy!

I would like some pierogies. Any flavor -- I'm not picky!

We have also started taking photos of the gnomes. It's like a scavenger hunt or geocaching!

Mmmmm, pierogies. I grew up in an area with a strong Polish influence, so it's kind of surprising that I didn't discover pierogies until I was an adult.

Go you with the cleaning fu, Laura!

I occasionally get AO3 kudos on my West Wing and Farscape fics. It always makes me smile.

Mmmmm, maple sugar candy. My sister brought some back from her Woodsman's Day event. So yummy. Only touch it about twice a year, but it is a treat then.

Oh, I forgot to mention that she also brought home maple sugar cotton candy, but her grandson got that and I didn't get a chance to try it. That sounded like a perfect concept to me.

Yesterday I go into the work bathroom to find an empty paper towel roll. There are at least 12 extra rolls on a shelf on the bathroom.

Today I go in and find an empty tp roll.

I hate my coworkers.

I am getting written up at work. I forgot to submit an order, a largish order, and even though we got it delivered on the same day they wanted it, it was late and weakened a negotiation underway with them. Bah! I own the mistake, am really furious with myself.

Maple sugar candy is my biggest weakness. I try VERY hard not to ever buy it for myself. My kids usually get me some for Christmas and I make it last as long as possible.

I used to have a few of Yatzee's stories printed out. I think they got "downsized" when we moved.

That seems shitty, msbelle. I guess I've never worked anywhere where people got written up for ordinary kinds of things -- a talking to by a supervisor, sure.

Maple sugar cotton candy sounds amazing!

I have a kind of mental block about pierogies. Objectively, they are totally the kind of food I like, but somehow my subconscious expects them to be piroshkis and is always disappointed that they are not.

I am intrigued by the gnomes!

Sorry to hear that, msbelle. I know how frustrating that is. The mistake more than the empty rolls of paper products, but that's not good either.

I can't believe your job situation, aurelia. So weird.

I'm taking an actual sick day today - woke up with a swollen eye and a deep desire for about 6 more hours of sleep. Have done a little work already, but maybe will be able to do not much more and be able to get back to bed soon...

The 2 times I have been written up in my life were for crazypants reasons.

Once, when I student employee that I did not hire nor could I see while she was working put some high school program letters in the wrong envelopes (like the envelop said Mr. Smith and the letter said Mr. Jones.).

The second was when my boss was convinced I was sabotaging her and the program, and everything on it was either untrue or just completely weird-- like our accountant (who hated me) said I told her I said I did not know how to do a deposit after doing them for many years, when really when I said was that I did not know the account number for that particular account, since it was the first time I had deposited to that account.

Nadine