How do you feel today? v. 3.0

Post by **sgt.null** » Sat Oct 28, 2017 10:01 pm

Julie's mm had to be moved to a nursing home. so we are visiting each day her sister is out of town.

hot water heater not working. going to try a new heating element before we put in a new heater.

Julie is less that a year from retiring from her job of the last 20 years.

our neighbors left during the hurricane. left their cat that we have to feed now.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 5:12 am

Congrats TOM, sounds like fun (haha) Deer, thanks Linna, that sucks Sarge.

Monday again...how the hell does this happen? Month and a half and I shall have my Christmas holidays.

--A

Post by **aTOMiC** » Mon Oct 30, 2017 11:05 am

Yes, Av. Monday.

Damn thing happens every week.

Sorry to hear about your difficulties, Null. I hope it all works out for the best and asap.

Tomorrow is Halloween and its actually not steaming hot outside for a change. The kids won't be sweating off their makeup which is cool.

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:23 am

Damn...I thought today was Wednesday, but it's not. I feel like there must be an easier way...

--A

Post by **aTOMiC** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:31 am

Happy Halloween is how I feel. It would be better if it was a day off work like many other holidays.

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:48 pm

Oddly enough, this is the only holiday I've had this year. (Granted it's not a paid holiday, but my vacation accrual has been capped for some time now.)

Happy Halloween!

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:49 pm

Yay, a day off for Sorus!
(not rescinded!)
Does this mean that you managed to catch up with that mythical creature known as a 3-day weekend, too? *hopeful*

Yay, Halloween...
but I have some tutoring this evening (d'oh!) so I'm a little nervous about incorporating that into the schedule, not to mention helping the kids finish costumes.

Post by **Sorus** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:37 pm

The 3-day weekend remains a myth, as I had to work yesterday and will have to work the rest of the week. Have been told that I can have New Year's Day off, which makes for a 3-day weekend, as well as an unsubtle hint that I shouldn't ask for anything else this year.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Nov 01, 2017 5:33 am

Whatever you do, don't stop looking for something better, even if it feels like a waste. Make sure your CV is up on recruitment sites etc. It's not right, being treated that way at work.

Well, now it is Wednesday...I don't feel any better about it.

--A

Post by **aTOMiC** » Wed Nov 01, 2017 11:04 am

It sounds like you work as a Clark for the financial firm of Scrooge and Marley, Sorus. Perhaps looking for another position might be a good thing.

Goodbye Halloween 2017.

Now on to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 4:20 am

You missed out Guy Fawkes there.

Ah well, Thursday. Week nearly over, but not nearly enough.

--A

Post by **aTOMiC** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 11:02 am

Thursday...the fake Friday.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 4:58 pm

I am having a good day.
It's a bit chilly and rainy... but I'm surprisingly awake for having missed some sleep last night.
Guess it's like "I'm getting a few things done... though nothing spectacular, and dreaming of other things I may do."

Avatar wrote:You missed out Guy Fawkes there.

You're right! So true, even though... I kinda like bonfires.

As my beautifully-illustrated Children's Nursery Rhymes book puts it:
Please to remember the fifth of November.
Gunpowder treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.

Sorus- actually, we all know that you are stuck in your job, because someone there is blackmailing you to stay in your present role.
Alas, they know you implemented a scorpion pit in a bathroom, replacing the only toilet with said pit at a small preschool, back when you were a building contractor.
Oh, wait... this isn't Corrupt-a-Wish, is it?
This is the "how are you today?" thread - my bad.

Post by **Sorus** » Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:00 pm

It's not exactly blackmail - they're not threatening to reveal anything scandalous or anything like that. They'd just make my life a living hell - well, they already do, but in my current position, I am able to maintain minimal interaction, whereas if I took a promotion, I would actually have to work with the little... princess. And by work, I mean I'd end up doing more of her job. The salary increase would not be equal to the stress level increase. Scorpion pit is still viable, however.

Avatar wrote:You missed out Guy Fawkes there.

Not really celebrated by most people here. Can't even get bonfire toffee around here. Last time I tried to make my own it turned into a miniature reenactment of Pompeii. My counter was about 3 inches deep in toffee.

Note to self: Buy molasses.

Post by **Avatar** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:37 am

Friday, hooray. How can every day drag so slowly, but the week be over so fast? This is truly a mystery of life.

People celebrate Guy Fawkes here. And when I say celebrate, I mean let off fireworks. I doubt 1 in 100 know who Guy Fawkes was, and even fewer what he was trying to achieve.

Ah well, at least it will rain. It always rains on Guy Fawkes.

--A

Post by **aTOMiC** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:58 am

Whenever I see the name Guy Fawkes the first thing that comes to mind is the film V for Vendetta.

Friday morning at last. Friday at 5 pm would be better.

Post by **Sorus** » Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:15 pm

aTOMiC wrote:Whenever I see the name Guy Fawkes the first thing that comes to mind is the film V for Vendetta.

Yeah, that's probably the most common connection people make these days, at least in the US. I have several family members who spent at least part of their childhoods in the UK - I won't say I ever truly celebrated Guy Fawkes Day when I was a kid, but I was aware of it. I may even have had the same book that Linna had. And there used to be an awesome British candy store downtown, and they'd always have bonfire toffee at this time of year, so I started that as a tradition, because traditions built around gratuitous candy can't be bad - but the store closed a few years back, and I've been unable to find another place that carries it, which leaves making it myself, with all the associated disasters. And I forgot to buy molasses.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 4:40 am

And, the weekend is over, just like that. Not looking forward to this week at all.

--A

Post by **aTOMiC** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 5:35 pm

I have to say I am slightly less stressed out today knowing I have a three day week thanks to an upcoming four day weekend with vacation day and one paid holiday being Veteran's Day.

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:24 am

Nice.

I put in for my leave yesterday, so looking forward to a decent holiday. Will be off from the 12th Dec until the 2nd Jan.

Just have to make it 'til then. And of course, it's the time of year clients panic because they haven't done anything for months and now suddenly want their stuff completed by the end of the year.

--A

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How do you feel today? v. 3.0