I'm sorry, Laura. And I'm sorry, msbelle.
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
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.
Shir - Dec 05, 2020 2:36:48 am PST #653 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
askye - Dec 05, 2020 3:51:54 am PST #654 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I'm sorry for your loss Laura. Lots of ~ma to your families sj and msbelle (including to Mac and college).
ND I can't imagine the stress this year has been as a business owner but you've done so much for your employees it's really amazing.
I have nothing going on in my life much except work, coming home, catching up on FB and here and sometimes twitter, Second Life, and rereading fanfic. I want to start crocheting again but my hands are really rough from dealing with boxes all day and my shoulders are often sore and this current job in fulfillment is physically exhausting - from the actual packing, moving boxes around, the walking around to get items, and the hours-this week I've worked shifts that were 7 am 3:30, 2:30 to 11, 9 to 5:30, tomorrow is 6 am -2:30 and then had over time thrown in for a few 10 hour days and only a half hour break. BUT it's not emotionally draining like working on the sales floor (especially this year).
I really really want to keep doing this after the holidays. I love the whole process, the managers can see how we are doing in real time and make adjustments accordingly. It stresses some people out to get hourly updates of how we are doing and how much we need to process in order to catch up or get ahead or whatever but I like knowing where we are and what we need to do because it's very controllable. According to my manager all the other managers have noticed how well I've been doign and how much I've taken to it. And that same manager asked me to train a new person and said "you may not realize but you are a really good trainer". Which I've gotten that feedback before, but then we got behind so he did some of the training but I still coached the person along.
JZ - Dec 05, 2020 9:08:14 am PST #655 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, askye, that makes me so happy! Not the exhaustion, but the strong positive feedback. It makes a world of difference to have managers who notice and appreciate your strengths.
JenP - Dec 05, 2020 10:25:44 am PST #656 of 30000
askye, that's terrific (the parts JZ noted). I hope you can keep doing what you're doing after the holidays.
Quiet weekend here so far, and I don't see that changing, which works for me. I even did some light chores this morning. Now I'm "updating" my personal address database, which is actually a chain of e-mails that I think I've turned into a database every year when I start looking for it... and realize it's still just a chain of emails. THIS year, I'm making the database. Also, it's from 2012, so about 1/3 outdated. Eh, it's a start, anyway.
Vortex - Dec 05, 2020 10:26:43 am PST #657 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ugh. I got LDBed by Leslie Jordan on his IG this morning.
eta: LDBed. He was not wearing a dress. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Sheryl - Dec 05, 2020 12:08:47 pm PST #658 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I gave myself a haircut last night. It's probably uneven, and it's definitely shorter than usual(though still past my shoulders), but it needed to be done.
Jesse - Dec 05, 2020 1:08:39 pm PST #659 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It has been POURING here all day, and will turn to snow at some point. I have not left the house. I have done some puzzle with my mother and started a couple of baking projects, but have mostly sat around.
sj - Dec 05, 2020 1:13:07 pm PST #660 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jesse, it turned to snow here at 8:30 AM and was pouring before that.
Theodosia - Dec 05, 2020 1:42:17 pm PST #661 of 30000
'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"
Just checked and it has turned to sloppy snow here, though not much of it. Good howling wind, though.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 05, 2020 2:23:00 pm PST #662 of 30000
What is even happening?
It's been snowing where I am (about 12-15 miles north of Somerville) for a couple of hours now. I was starting to think the rain was never going to turn.
I never got dressed today. I'm rationalizing it thusly: I fell asleep on the couch last night, and put on my PJs when I woke up and went to bed at 4:00am, therefore, these jammies are really just my stormy Saturday clothes.
Laura, I am so sorry for your loss.
sj, I'm sorry to hear about your uncle.
ND, I didn't even register that as a rant, just a valid critique. I hope things get better. Your employees are so lucky to work for you.
msbelle, I just decided against posting my "you're not alone in that particular crappyass dark tunnel" story, but you're not alone in that particular crappyass dark tunnel. We've been there/kind of still are with J. Covid has made it worse now, because we're not comfortable with her getting the kind of job she could get right now, since C is on immunosuppressants.