It also means that for the average person with an expected work week of 50 hours - at least. 20 percent of their time is unproductive.

Reading this after my quarterly goals review meeting where part of the reason I got 90% on my review was because my boss felt I could be more productive - that there are swings in my productivity where I don't get a lot done, and then weeks where I produce a huge amount of work - really hits home.

To be all me me me: I'm on the bipolar spectrum, and in me it manifests as cycles of Doing All The Things, followed by cycles of Ugh Nope Can't. I need to talk to my psych about adjusting my meds. But I'm tired and stressed, I don't want to cope with anything, and I had a meltdown last night after the meeting so now I'm dealing with the crying hangover.

Hi, my name is Jilli, and I'm going to blurt things out at all of you because you make me feel better.

Gah, you'd think I'd learn that editing an article on testicular cancer means that I WILL SEE BALLS.

Cannot unsee.

I guess, technically, I'm getting paid to see balls.

Living the dream over here.

No YOU forgot to order toll tags for new work trucks and now have over $2k bills on 4 vehicles. !!!!

This is not going to be great for my review.

I mean we would have paid 2/3 of that amount anyway, but still a $2.5k error.

No YOU forgot to order toll tags for new work trucks and now have over $2k bills on 4 vehicles. !!!!

This is not going to be great for my review.

I mean we would have paid 2/3 of that amount anyway, but still a $2.5k error.

The 1995 government shut down resulted in me getting laid off due to no access to funds to pay me. good times

Ugh, msbelle. I'm sorry.

{{{Jilli}}} Blurt away.

So, that open position got posted, and I went to look to see what I needed to do to apply and apparently with my old resume on file all I needed to do was click a button. Oops. I'll apply again over the weekend with an updated resume...

I'm validatin credit card statements, and an employee I don't know just became my favorite by noting "A lot of butter, I don't remember why" in his explanation for a receipt. Coded under Culinary Experimental Material, so legit, but funny.

How did you handle the altitude?

With Diamox, I forget the scientific name. It speeds up acclimitization, although the side effect is that you pee a LOT, like constantly. But even with Diamox and 7 days at altitude, getting up to 19,400 ASL was hella hard. I had a headache at the summit, although I didn't get confused or anything.

We did have a couple of people have trouble with the altitude, but we had the meds and the expertise to address it, courtesy of the guides and mybrotherthedoctor. It all worked out. By rights I should be exercising right now, to take advantage of my increased cardiac fitness, but I have a sinus infection and all I want to do is sleeep....

I'm validatin credit card statements, and an employee I don't know just became my favorite by noting "A lot of butter, I don't remember why" in his explanation for a receipt. Coded under Culinary Experimental Material, so legit, but funny

LOL, kind of awesome.

Less awesome: Just saw a Subaru commercial where the voiceover lady is all "I was born in the winter of 77" blah blah she got married after college, had twins, but then they were in a horrible accident in their car, but because it was a Subaru it was All Good...and then it shows her twins, now wearing graduation robes and caps.

SUBARU. I AM 40. I was born in 77. And I would've had to get married and then be pregnant with those twins like a month after graduation, for them to be graduating now?? You couldn't say born in 75, or 73 or something??