Ugh, I have a 6:45 AM meeting tomorrow. Like tomorrow won't be BAD ENOUGH.
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Dana - Nov 07, 2016 9:50:54 am PST #1054 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
WindSparrow - Nov 07, 2016 9:50:57 am PST #1055 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
And now I am rolling my eyes at that graphics person.
Also, went in on my day off to interview someone. While there bosslady asked if I wanted to tackle figuring out a mess in someone's checkbook. Yeah, I did. Last night when I was working, it almost made me cry when I found the mess. So bosslady helped me find missing documents and essentially the problem was that the account had not been reconciled since the person before the person before me. OK, that was in August of this year (yeah, turnover has been an issue this year). I am so glad that it was not a major error or worse.
shrift - Nov 07, 2016 9:54:35 am PST #1056 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
One of the people who does graphics at the AMA got completely pissed off when I emailed her directly to ask when a figure would be ready to send to the author.
I think maybe this person would get more work done if she didn't spend so much time being mad about email etiquette.
meara - Nov 07, 2016 9:54:35 am PST #1057 of 30002
That's one of the things I hate about moving into management. I feel like all I do is ask people to tell me things and then turn around and tell those things to someone else.
Also anxious, trying to work on my self-eval, etc. But I was sick the past few weeks and can't recommend--since I work from home I basically just kept working. And then if I took time off it just meant more was waiting for me when I got back.
Teppy, Flea, can you see long voting lines from where you are? :)
Calli - Nov 07, 2016 10:12:59 am PST #1058 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, I'll be watching until late tomorrow. Even if the presidential race gets called at 8:15 (again), I'll be staying up to see how things are going with the senatorial races. Luckily, everyone at work is pretty understanding, and when I suggested working from home Wednesday, my manager was like, "You know how to call into meetings. Go for it." So I will.
Zenkitty - Nov 07, 2016 11:01:39 am PST #1059 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I just came back from a gyne appointment - I do not have cancer, I release the health~ma I've been bogarting for a couple weeks. Also, I just got a new boss; they promoted a team member to take over my former manager's position, so I guess we're not about to be fired. It's all good news today - but now I should go back to work and I just want to cry and go to bed.
My concentration has been shizzle this whole awful year. I need life and the universe to settle down and stop scaring me.
Dana - Nov 07, 2016 11:02:49 am PST #1060 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Hooray for good news. That's a lot of stress to release at once.
-t - Nov 07, 2016 11:07:44 am PST #1061 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
email person A asking them to email person B so they can email person C about a question person Z had.
OMG, yes. And it is frequently my job to be person B or C. We are trying to reduce that, but it's slow going.
{{Zen}} Hope the new boss works out well.
I have a headache. I really want to go home and lie down but (a) just got word of a big change at one of my customers that I may have to deal with and (b) I took the bus today and wouldn't be able to catch one heading homewards for half an hour anyway. Bah.
Dana - Nov 07, 2016 11:09:19 am PST #1062 of 30002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And now my boss and my coworker are sniping at each other in a meeting with a project manager. This is super-fun.
Steph L. - Nov 07, 2016 11:11:59 am PST #1063 of 30002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Hooray for good news. That's a lot of stress to release at once.
Yeah, that's a crapton of stress to release all at once. Can you set a timer and cry for like 10 minutes and then get back to work?
And also, hooray!
(I never did drink a beer, but I hung up the flag bunting on the porch. We are politically festive now.)