It's like having a job you hate and not getting paid for it and also carrying around a giant ball of stress. Extreme sympathies, PMM.
All of this!
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
'The Message'
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.
Jessica - Nov 02, 2016 2:29:46 pm PDT #599 of 30002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Amy - Nov 02, 2016 3:00:10 pm PDT #600 of 30002
Because books.
Sheryl, I still can't believe your little guy is already a toddler!
shrift and Plei, I'm so sorry about the work woes and the ugly crying and all of it. Absolutely what sj said about Buffista spicy brains.
much sympathy, meara -- dating is a freaking minefield, and I've only just started testing it out. Also, I would like an actual *date* at some point, with someone, rather than just offers to hook up.
Jesse, at least the landlord isn't breathing down your neck for the rent? ;-)
I'm feeling like a giant failure on pretty much every front today, and have managed to give myself a vicious headache. But I made dinner, and cleaned up, so I'm giving points for that, and planning on chocolate later.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 02, 2016 3:03:48 pm PDT #601 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
Job~ma to all those who need it.
I just got done packing half of my wardrobe into a suitcase for this trip, thanks to the Magic Castle's dress code and uncertainty about what sort of shirts I'll need. If the TSA agents decide to open it up I hope they don't have heart conditions, because it's going result in a snakes-in-a-can situation very quickly.
shrift - Nov 02, 2016 3:06:07 pm PDT #602 of 30002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Less terrible things are that I brought my coworkers TimTams. Yesterday I bought a pork shoulder at the butcher counter and made adobo pork in the slow cooker, and that turned out really well. And I'm going to stop checking work email now and start reading a library book.
-t - Nov 02, 2016 3:07:13 pm PDT #603 of 30002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Major points, Amy!
I am enjoying the image of your luggage exploding (should use a less alarming word, I suppose), Matt!
I should definitely go to Tai Chi tonight, but I don't want to. Little bit of a headache and I am, as always, tired. Oh, shoot, would I have time for dinner? Oops.
ETA all the less terrible things sound pretty darn good.
Jesse - Nov 02, 2016 3:23:46 pm PDT #604 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yesterday I bought a pork shoulder at the butcher counter and made adobo pork in the slow cooker, and that turned out really well.
I just put pork shoulder on my grocery list! There are few things I love more than having pulled pork in the freezer.
Calli - Nov 02, 2016 3:43:26 pm PDT #605 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Job hunting sucks. I hope you find something good, quickly, PMM.
sarameg - Nov 02, 2016 3:43:52 pm PDT #606 of 30002
You guys, Pumpkin just stalked a sand cat stalking bugs on tv.
I'm sorry about all the job woes. I'm really working on getting out of the really negative headspace the past couple of years under CompletelySuckingCompany and work crisis mode since spring, but it is hard. I've always been the dept eyeore, but I got seriously dark and I need to check that.
aurelia - Nov 02, 2016 4:03:31 pm PDT #607 of 30002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Apparently when you do something and nothing goes wrong, nobody notices. Blah blah branding and visibility blah blah.
It sounds like they're encouraging you to make mistakes and be loud.
sarameg - Nov 02, 2016 4:11:35 pm PDT #608 of 30002
Uhg. TFW a really good friend has applied for jobs you are on the interview crew for and you know she didn't make the shortlist because she's not in your schedule. And you wonder if HR has blacklisted her despite being really accommodating in the layoff.