OH! I forgot to add: think about it for another week or two, but I think taking the package is smart.
Dreg: Glory, Your Most Fresh-And-Cleanness. It's only a matter of time-- Glory: Ugh, everything always takes time! What about my time? Does anyone appreciate I'm on a schedule here?! Tick tock, Dreg! Tick freakin' tock!
'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 49: As usual, I'm here to help you, and I... are you naked under there?
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
P.M. Marc - Oct 27, 2017 2:19:12 pm PDT #2410 of 8216
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
meara - Oct 27, 2017 2:40:09 pm PDT #2411 of 8216
Argh. Ordered shoes at Nordstrom, after trying a pair on and liking them but not in the color they had available. ...just got the shipping confirmation and realized the dude ordered me a pair in the same color I tried on. Dude, if I wanted that I would've walked out the store with them! Called up Nordies and they're going to see if the can get the shipper to just return the package without delivering. Harrumph.
Scrappy - Oct 27, 2017 3:27:34 pm PDT #2412 of 8216
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our new couch, love seat and rug arrived this week while the DH was away in Tokyo. He got back last night and this afternoon we spent an hour or so figuring out a furniture arrangement that will work in our living room. Since the room has a tile floor (kind of a beige terrazzo), I was worried about it being cold-feeling, but the new rug really cozies it up. [link]
I am so happy to have a living room again after six weeks!
Liese S. - Oct 27, 2017 3:33:42 pm PDT #2413 of 8216
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Severance is a good thing. Obviously, I am in favor of leaving sure things that are making you miserable for uncertain things that are likely to make you happier. Midlife is a perfectly cromulent time to have a crisis, and the severance gives you a reasonable financial footing in which to have it. You might check out some books like Simon Sinek's "Start With Why" to see if you can't suss out a path you might like to explore.
Yay for new furniture and rug! I loved our tile floors in the end, and they were very handy for the pup. The new house is all hardwood, and then tile in the kitchen and bathroom.
-t - Oct 27, 2017 3:51:24 pm PDT #2414 of 8216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hope that works out, meara. Silly salesperson.
Pretty, Scrappy! I'm sure it will really tie the room together. (I can't help it, it's a sickness)
Scrappy - Oct 27, 2017 4:46:36 pm PDT #2415 of 8216
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
-t, that's just what we said about it. :)
askye - Oct 28, 2017 10:24:42 am PDT #2416 of 8216
Thrive to spite them
I think severance and making the best choice for your health and family is a good thing.
Although I'm 44 and returning to work in retail so there is that.
I do like my job and I'm glad I took this job. I got my first survey compliment!
Also the Ritilan seems to be making a difference.
-t - Oct 28, 2017 1:29:35 pm PDT #2417 of 8216
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad to hear that, askye!
Amy - Oct 28, 2017 1:34:07 pm PDT #2418 of 8216
Because books.
That's great, askye!
Nice living room, Scrappy!
Jessica, the restaurant is really a viable thing if you can find investors. But, speaking as someone who has worked in a small private eatery for the last almost three years, you would really need to identify why the restaurant is failing now, and how you would change that.
Plus, what everyone else said about crazy hours, etc. That said, there's a lot of joy to be had in creating a space where people love to come and eat, and you develop a lot of really awesome relationships with regular customers.
juliana - Oct 29, 2017 11:06:46 am PDT #2419 of 8216
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Jessica, the restaurant is really a viable thing if you can find investors. But, speaking as someone who has worked in a small private eatery for the last almost three years, you would really need to identify why the restaurant is failing now, and how you would change that.
So Much this. The restaurant I'm at right now is losing money because it's big (like a city block long), and it's set up to be a dinner house. The current dining trend is away from old-school white tablecloth, especially for lunches, and so our business is suffering. There's not much that can be done about it except trimming shifts to the bone.