Timelies all!
I've found that I've been more snappish lately than I used to be. How much of that is anxiety, how much is perimenopause and how much is Mr. S, I don't know.
Buffy? I like that. That girl's so hot, she's buffy.
Forrest ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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.
Sheryl - Jul 11, 2019 12:11:17 pm PDT #9459 of 30019
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Theodosia - Jul 11, 2019 1:11:30 pm PDT #9460 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Anxiety and Mr. S alone would be a lot before you brought in perimenopause. I'm worried and anxious for all of you!
sj - Jul 11, 2019 1:22:45 pm PDT #9461 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sheryl, I'm asking myself the same questions often.
-t - Jul 11, 2019 2:17:49 pm PDT #9462 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We apparently have a "company paid mandatory fun celebration" next month.
It probably actually will be fun, but what a weird phrase.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 11, 2019 2:23:41 pm PDT #9463 of 30019
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I think they mean a mandatory company paid fun experience. Maybe
My anxiety is manifesting itself by barfing I think. I have had to take three days off work, but I think it is work.
EpicTangent - Jul 11, 2019 2:27:57 pm PDT #9464 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Ugh, Sophia, no fun.
-t, could be ugh, could be actual fun. I always get nervous when presented with those "opportunities" myself. Fingers crossed.
Connie Neil - Jul 11, 2019 2:51:29 pm PDT #9465 of 30019
brillig
Our Company Fun Opportunity, ie, Summer Picnic, is the end of this month. I shall not partake, even though I've had executives pout at me for it.
EpicTangent - Jul 11, 2019 2:55:59 pm PDT #9466 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
We started doing our "summer picnic" onsite, as a lunch bbq on a workday. Because you can't require people to partake of the "fun" on their own time so attendance was less than awesome. This way, near 100% participation, less cost to the company, and people like that they get a lightly long lunch (plus free food). We have games, but don't require people to play them.
Jesse - Jul 11, 2019 3:16:49 pm PDT #9467 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We just had a celebratory happy hour this afternoon -- 3:30-5, plenty of food, a few brief remarks. Delightful!
-t - Jul 11, 2019 3:17:09 pm PDT #9468 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
We had the first thing like this last year. It's all day (or maybe half to 3/4 of a day?), everyone is paid as if they were working, lunch is provided, and the team-building activities were actually pretty fun. It's a different committee running things and a new Managing Director, so we'll just have to see how well this one goes. It's got a carnival theme, so, that could mean a lot of things.