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Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

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Calli - Jul 29, 2025 4:48:08 am PDT #8505 of 8511

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Recovery~ma for your dad, sj.

So, y’all know how I got that “voluntary” separation offer at work, and felt kinda bummed about it? I mean, I took it, because I figured the next step would be an involuntary separation demand, with less severance. Turns out it was a blessing in disguise. My entire department is getting the ax. Roles they can’t live without, like LMS admin, will get folded into other groups. But most people, including the department head, will probably be laid off. Three years from award winning unit to f—- off. I am friends, or at least work-friends with most of them, and I feel awful for them all.

-t - Jul 29, 2025 4:53:33 am PDT #8506 of 8511

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oof, Calli! I’m so sorry for your colleagues

JenP - Jul 29, 2025 5:57:39 am PDT #8507 of 8511

Oh, geez, Calli, that's terrible.

Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 29, 2025 9:47:00 am PDT #8508 of 8511

"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

Health~ma to your stepdad, sj.

DavidS - Jul 29, 2025 11:46:40 am PDT #8509 of 8511

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Glad you got out when you did, Calli.

Sending all the healthy vibes to your step-dad, sj.

The sun has finally broken through the gray skies (after more than a week) and it is very welcome to see.

I spent the morning with EM plowing through a pile of onerosity.

The problem with sending emails and texts is that they respond and you have more tasks to do. But things are getting done.

I'm finally forced to deal with the corroding Juliet balconies on the front of my building because a chunk fell off. Can't have ironwork falling on people. So my contractor is coming by today to remove some dangling bits, and we'll have to remove both balconies completely as they are a hazard.

Ultimately I'll put up some other decorative ironwork but this is more urgent.

Matilda is meeting with her academic counselor and I'm trying figure out how to pay her tuition directly out of her 529 account.

-t - Jul 29, 2025 12:49:40 pm PDT #8510 of 8511

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I'm trying figure out how to pay her tuition directly out of her 529 account.

You would think that would be super easy since that is what those things are for, but it would not surprise me to learn that it is not

Bummer about the balconies, but I'm sure you'll come up with something good to replace them eventually

DavidS - Jul 29, 2025 2:29:06 pm PDT #8511 of 8511

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

You would think that would be super easy since that is what those things are for, but it would not surprise me to learn that it is not

I did find it eventually, and they did answer my question by email.

But it was on their online brochure not through their main website or in their payment information forms.

Poor design! But I think they use an outside vendor to process the payments.

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