My Friday mtg (my only standing meeting) got cancelled. Tomorrow I will need to seriously get a lot done though because last day for a week. And I FLAKED on something today.
I'm sorry, dad. You know I would never have tried to save River's life if I had known there was a dinner party at risk.
Simon ,'Safe'
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.
msbelle - Jan 14, 2021 6:33:41 pm PST #2422 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
meara - Jan 14, 2021 6:44:53 pm PST #2423 of 30000
Keep trying to get things done but I keep getting more things coming at me. I am looking forward to three day weekend though!
I definitely think if anyone here was going to turn into a cloud of bats it would be Atropa.
Volans - Jan 14, 2021 6:55:47 pm PST #2424 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Here in DC, basically everything is closed on the 20th...the District is already kind of a no-go zone, with those of us just outside being told we should avoid going in if at all possible. Monday's a federal holiday and the federal gov't is closed on Wednesday, so most folks have written Tuesday off and I don't expect to see anyone until next Thursday.
Except maybe a friend of mine who is planning to project "I'M SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS" on the Washington Monument.
Oh, and there's a citywide cathartic scream scheduled for tomorrow at noon.
-t - Jan 14, 2021 7:02:50 pm PST #2425 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Citywide cathartic scream, what a good idea!
Dana - Jan 14, 2021 7:03:16 pm PST #2426 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh right, I get Monday off too.
Susan W. - Jan 14, 2021 7:12:27 pm PST #2427 of 30000
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I get Monday off and am taking vacation days on Tuesday and Wednesday. Originally the idea was so that I could bask in the inauguration and generally reward myself for having written thousands of Postcards to Voters and Vote Forward letters these past three years. But now it's more that I'm going to be a nervous wreck until Joe and Kamala are safely sworn in...and then probably still after that, since it's not like the Trump true believers are going anywhere and there are way too many of them in the military, police, Secret Service, and so on.
Volans - Jan 14, 2021 7:16:40 pm PST #2428 of 30000
move out and draw fire
there are way too many of them in the military, police, Secret Service, and so on.
I had one of my team in my office today telling me that she's been having trouble trusting anyone in a uniform since the coup attempt.
juliana - Jan 14, 2021 10:44:04 pm PST #2429 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
there are way too many of them in the military, police, Secret Service, and so on.
I had one of my team in my office today telling me that she's been having trouble trusting anyone in a uniform since the coup attempt.
I live a block away from a police station, and it's not been good for my anxiety. On my run yesterday, I ran past 2 cops putting their kit in their car. One of them cleared the chamber of his shotgun (as he should, so yay for gun safety), and I went into a panic attack. So that was fun.
Laura - Jan 15, 2021 5:04:19 am PST #2430 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Oh juliana, no fun. I'm sorry.
I have cut down my news watching. Not total withdrawal, but trying to limit to a small dose 3 times a day. DH would have it running all day long, but I am winning the remote wars.
msbelle - Jan 15, 2021 5:49:00 am PST #2431 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Holy Shirtballs, my boss is retiring in a month and did not tell me. The rest of Sr Staff was told yesterday. WTAF!
AND given where things are with (waves hands) and some big projects the Dept is working on, there is no way interviews and stuff are going to happen fast enough to have a replacement in before she leaves, so no transition. FUCK!