Oh, man, Suzi. I'm sorry.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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.
-t - Dec 20, 2017 7:14:31 pm PST #20066 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 20, 2017 9:12:43 pm PST #20067 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sorry to hear you'll have to be laid up that long, Suzi.
I got my year-end bonus today, and it's the biggest I've ever received—a full extra month's pay. Looks like I might be getting the new phone I've been needing after all.
meara - Dec 20, 2017 10:03:14 pm PST #20068 of 30002
Damn Matt, that's pretty sweet!
Dana - Dec 21, 2017 3:34:44 am PST #20069 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So many dogs at the airport! Almost makes up for getting up at 5:15!
hippocampus - Dec 21, 2017 3:46:00 am PST #20070 of 30002
not your mom's socks.
YAY Shrift! Hoorayyyyyy MAC welcome to the road!
Hugs to Suzi if wanted.
ooooghhhh this day
Jesse - Dec 21, 2017 3:47:35 am PST #20071 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So it's my father's birthday today and I cried over breakfast, but hope to power through the rest of it. I kind of want to go to a friend's Blue Christmas service tonight, but it's far away in the burbs and kind of early to get there from work.
-t - Dec 21, 2017 4:27:06 am PST #20072 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nice, Matt!
Sympathies, Jesse. Do what you gotta do.
Gudanov - Dec 21, 2017 4:32:04 am PST #20073 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
That's great news Shrift and Matt!
Gudanov - Dec 21, 2017 4:35:05 am PST #20074 of 30002
Coding and Sleeping
I guess my good news is that if I stay in my job for another year I get a significant retention bonus on top of the regular bonus.
Calli - Dec 21, 2017 4:47:34 am PST #20075 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Go Mac! Yay bonuses for those getting/expecting them!
I wrapped up most of the work that had to happen before the holidays. There's one minor project I'll be working on today, but as I strongly suspect we're changing directions in a way that will make it irrelevant, I'm a little under-motivated. On the other hand, I've produced a buttload of cookies this week: chocolate-mint bark cookies, gingerbread, Bulgarian windowpane cookies (where you see some jam through a cut-out bit) with currant jelly, chocolate-dipped orange shortbread, and vanilla sandwich cookies with apricot jam. Today I'll make pecan puffs. Tonight and tomorrow people will be coming by and—I hope—eating them. The shortbread aside, there's a notable lack of chocolate. I don't think I'll be fixing that, though. Hmmmm—maybe I could dip half of the pecan puffs in chocolate . . .