I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.

Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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 - Dec 22, 2021 3:08:29 pm PST #11590 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Very tired. Had trouble keeping my eyes open at work this afternoon.


Sophia Brooks - Dec 22, 2021 3:15:09 pm PST #11591 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Readers- I found my glasses! After three days with no glasses! I put them with the yarn (which sort of makes sense, since I need them to see the yarn).


-t - Dec 22, 2021 4:00:09 pm PST #11592 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

3 days with no glasses! Glad you found them.

My work day is officially over and now I have 4 days off, yay! I had halfway thought I would go winetasting on Sunday but that's already sold out so now I have no commitments whatsoever. I will start with turning off the alarm for tomorrow morning.


JenP - Dec 22, 2021 4:52:33 pm PST #11593 of 30000

I, too, have four days off, yay!

Driving up to my sister's tomorrow, then chilling. I think I'm done shopping. Wasn't that much, really. Will wrap up there. And I need to remember to take my now New Year cards with me.


Laura - Dec 22, 2021 4:57:17 pm PST #11594 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

Yay for long holiday weekends! Today was very quiet so I don't think my practices are very busy.


NoiseDesign - Dec 22, 2021 5:32:58 pm PST #11595 of 30000
Our wings are not tired

It's been a good couple of weeks out in Florida first working with the Gay Mens Chorus, and then also seeing my FiL and having Kristin here, but I'm looking forward to flying home on Christmas Eve.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 22, 2021 5:41:16 pm PST #11596 of 30000
"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

Thanks for the salad recall info, Cindy. I read it halfway through eating a salad from Kroger, but fortunately mine wasn't from one of the affected facilities.

I work until 4 tomorrow and then am off until January 3. My co-workers and I all agreed to take three of our bonus days next week, so the office is officially closed between the holidays. And with the client all of my current workload is from also closed, I don't even have to worry about what will be waiting for me when I'm back on the clock!

I had planned to head up into the Ozarks for a few days, but between Omicron and my mom's fridge costing more than I'd planned, I think it's going to be a staycation with a couple of day trips. But at least I'll finally have the time to sand and restain the floor messed up by one of my prior desk chairs.


DavidS - Dec 22, 2021 6:23:13 pm PST #11597 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but I'm looking forward to flying home on Christmas Eve.

You should find a small package from me waiting there.


msbelle - Dec 22, 2021 6:38:46 pm PST #11598 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

work has announced that people should be ready to telework again. Really that was the announcement. No WFH mandate. No, "Managers are strongly encouraged to have their staff go on a wfh rotation schedule". No, "Offices should aim to be at less than 50% capacity". Just, employees who are able should start taking their laptops home and be prepared to WFH if told.

Practically useless in every single way and yet IT CAUSED A SHITSTORM. a million calls, employees in my own department (who btw cannot even do their jobs from home) COMING TO MY DESK when they should send an IM or an email, asking if it pertains to them and omg should they be leaving RIGHT NOW to wfh.

Of the 5 things on my to do list this morning, 1 got done. My to do list I brought home is 10 things long and realistically the only one I could make any headway on at this point tonight is my self eval, which if I did now might be full of curse words.

This surge of COVID is a motherfucker and I hate it and everyone that helped it emerge by: refusing vaccines and hoarding vaccines and not wearing masks and carrying on as if nothing was going on with activities and world events.


Consuela - Dec 22, 2021 10:03:15 pm PST #11599 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Jesus, msbelle, that sounds awful.

My office was mostly empty yesterday, so I didn't bother going in today. Got about 2/3 of a day's worth of work done. Tomorrow I have a half day and then all day Friday off. I'll pick up some gifts, although I need advice:

What do I get for a 13-YO girl with undiagnosed ADHD, whose parents really don't want her to have any more books? She's wildly into dragons and adventure fantasy novels, and she plays hockey, and she got into baking during the pandemic. I have a Kindle Fire that I won in a raffle but that's a no-go.