8AM meeting on a Friday, and I am not prepared to deal with my coworker. I told her we had problems trying to call into this meeting from a conference room, she insisted, and guess what? Still problems.

And in roughly an hour, my husband has a meeting where he thinks his manager might make a scapegoat of him and fire him. This has not been a good week.

Best to your husband, Dana.

I spent 5 hours in meetings with the Dean yesterday, but had our neighborhood Ladies Who Wine gathering last night. The house two doors down from us was sold to a 27 year old single man who offered 600K all cash. We were trying to figure out why he wanted to live in our neighborhood (which is full of families and kids).

Sure!

Then I have a housewarming present for you!

Excellent!

Ugh, Dana. Good luck to your husband.

In lieu of actually acting on anything on one of the projects my coworkers and I have been working on, my bosses just keep demanding more reports.

In another project I am working on, I learned that my boss' boss has been expecting that I have been working on it, where the last I heard, we hadn't had approval to proceed.

I think I need to find a new job before I lose it and tell someone off.

I just sent off a report to my boss' boss detailing some licensing costs, biting my tongue to leave off "if we'd acted on my recommendation three years ago, the cost would have been ZERO DOLLARS."

I"m sorry for the bad week, Dana.

I'm sorry, Dana, good luck to your husband (and you) getting through whatever comes.

That doesn't sound good at all, Sue.

Whiskey of any national origin does sound good. As does going back to bed. But when the director came around and asked how I was, of course I said "ok" instead of "crappy" like I actually feel. I think the fall phase of my seasonal allergies is starting a little early, which shouldn't surprise, I suppose, since the spring phase started in January this year but it still irritating. Literally and figuratively.

shrift, perhaps I should warn you that since I know what dishes you have I may randomly pick up coordinating tableware if I see it available. I won't be offended if you then dispose of it however you see fit, but I probably won't be able to stop myself from giving it to you.

Ladies Who Wine is an excellent group name.

since I know what dishes you have I may randomly pick up coordinating tableware if I see it available. I won't be offended if you then dispose of it however you see fit, but I probably won't be able to stop myself from giving it to you.

Can other people sign up for this service?

Ugh, my boss is pulling the nonsense of: Tells me ALWAYS change X to Y ---> later gives me feedback that says "Do not feel you must always change X to Y" ---> I comply and don't change every instance of X to Y ---> gives me feedback today that says "Please check earlier feedback and make sure you always change X to Y."

Augh. I replied and said Hey, here is a direct quote from an email from you on such-and-such date, saying "Do not feel you must always change X to Y", so can you please give me some guidance on this matter?

Shit like this makes me feel gaslighted, even when I have documented proof that I'm just doing WHAT I WAS TOLD TO DO.