Meara, I would use as many specifics as I could, because IME general comments like 'disorganized and bad communicator' just don't get the traction that specific incidents do.
Yeah, I'm trying, but it's also hard to condense some of that (I did put in the "you don't need to cc the rest of the team if they have questions they can ask themselves" and the "Dora the Explorer" parts). Going back and forth on how much I want to put in there, too. But promised another team member I'd send her mine when I'm done so she can crib from it.
because the path has been closed due to Lake Michigan flooding Lakeshore Drive
yipes!
We are going to have rain tonight. It's very much needed, and I'm hoping won't be too heavy during the prime TorT time.
It's warm here and Friday, so I ran out of treats at 6:30. Last year I got just over 30 kids and had way too much leftover, so this year I bought less. I had enough for 50 trick or treaters.
Three little kids just ran across the big ditch, ducked under the pine tree branches and scampered across my yard to get to the vat o' candy. And then back to their dad's waiting van. He could've just stopped at my driveway... they deserved candy, after that.
I'm crossing my fingers that my neighbor doesn't take her screamy toddler trick-or-treating this year. The kid already has double-digit meltdowns every day, I don't want to hear the effect a crapton of sugar will have on that routine.
We sometimes get a couple of kids here, so I bought some candy. Then a friend asked if she could take me to dinner, and I figured, well, it's good that I bought candy I like since I won't be here to give it out. But now it's after 6, and I'm not sure when or where to meet said friend, so I'm not sure what's happening. No kids yet, though.
We had our three little kids from the street, but I wonder if that's going to be it.
Every year we have kids who come early (trick-or-treat starts at 6 p.m., which everyone generally obeys...except this band of kids). Usually the early kids come at 5:45 or so. This year? All 10 of them showed up at 5:20. Sheesh! I had gotten the candy out at 5:00 because I knew we'd have early trick-or-treaters and I wanted to be ready.
It is cold as BALLS here. Well, snowman balls. Poor parents who are taking their kids out.
My current can't-stop-it grilled cheese is low-gly bread, havarti, and bacon and/or tomato. For some reason I can't quite tolerate mayo right now.
I just came across a list of 10 grilled cheese recipes and the Gruyere stuffed French toast looks nummy and the Welsh Rarebit variation with spinach brings back memories...
