Maria [link] they were $10 cheaper a couple days ago. I love them so far.

Work out and massage sounds like a good idea, meara. I can't think of destressing strategies - I must have some. Hm.

I have been playing Hearts on my computer lately to get out of my head and it has been working well. There is a version on every computer, I'm competitive enough that I get into it, and since the game isn't over until a player breaks 100, there are enough rounds for me to come from behind and win (or at least not be the loser who ends the game) which keeps the frustration of losing at bay. All in all, it is a good way to take a fifteen minute break in situations where I can't physically get up and leave (i.e. SO MANY TELECONFERENCES!!)

Meara, walking is what I do for stress relief and exercise. It's almost 5K walk home from work and on the bad days, putting on some good music and walking fast usually means I've forgotten the worst of work by the time I've gotten home.

My other stress relief is baking...usually trying new recipes...which may be not so good for you right now.

Oh shit, brenda! Definitely rescind that offer -- you do not need that person on your team! Eesh.

Did I post here about the recent grad who told my boss in the interview that she didn't want a support role? Yeeaaahhh.

I feel like some "mindless" things just make me stress about the situation in my head and don't actually relax me?

A big part of why I like to go to the movies so much is that I find it so immersive I really don't think about anything else. Which is relaxing. Not that it's always a good time to go to the movies! But it's in the work out/massage category of things, I think? As opposed to the walk around the block/take five deep breaths category of things.

What is relaxing me right now is looking over the shoulder of my coworker's son, who is sitting at a spare desk in our office and planing the Game of Life on a tablet of some kind. He keeps shaking his fist in the air! Adorable.

Timelies all!

Went shopping for a dress as I realized none of my dresses fit me, and I needed one for the little guy's bris. Hopefully it's appropriate.

Today: I break everything I touch.

No hugs for you!

JOBS. BAH.

That's all I have to say about that.

My boss emailed me at 11am linking to a report that I have never seen nor maintained, he says the last 2 weeks of data that are missing need to be completed by 3pm and I can find the data needed on specific papers in my office. 1) those papers only gather about half the data needed. 2) the personnel filling out these papers have been half-assing it and data is missing or incomplete on many many papers.

Boss man got what I had and I (internally) made sarcastic sad face at him.

Now the report has been given to me to maintain going forward, emails and in person discussions have happened with all supervisors of the yayas who supply the data. I either get correct papers and info needed or emails go out as needed to various boss people.

Unreal that this nonsense was going on. Either the previous maintainer ran down data all the time or he made some of it up.

That reminds me of one of the stories my dad told this past weekend about when he was doing quality assurance part-time (testing phosphoric acid for arsenic content before it was sold to Coke) when he was in college. The guy who was on the other shift (who was also a student) wouldn't run any of the tests, he'd just record every sample as being on spec, so my dad would get in trouble for having real data with some samples off spec, and his father (my grandfather) also worked there so the boss would have all three of them into his office so he could yell at my dad.

Amazingly enough, Dad went on to head a QA department later on rather than running away from the whole field.