Yeah, I'ma go with "unclear" and "possibly clearer when tone of voice/phrasing/emphasis is available"

I am completely braindead this morning, and it's 11AM and I have accomplished no work. And since I was traveling yesterday and Monday, and am out again tomorrow and Friday AND next Monday/Tuesday, I have a CRAPTON of work to do. Things with real deadlines. And I just...can't...

I would have heard it the way you did. Chatty meant, "Even if," but oh, well, day off!

I have the day off too, but that means very little because I am in my big push for year end reporting. In fact, I should not be on here at all right now.

I think I may have accidentally infected meara with the braindeadness, because that is my totally my day too. I'm so sluggish, i'm starting to wonder if I'm coming down with something.

Yeah, I understood it the way you did, Steph. [Probably going for a nicer way of saying, "Whether or not X remembers to send the e-mail, we're off on Monday, yay!" (I'd have added the yay, which would totally have distracted everyone from my lack of faith in X remembering to send the e-mail, see.)]

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Way to be tough, Reece!! Also, I adore your name. Adore.

Gracie, with the chewing, yay!

Amy, I am both sorry for the ick part of getting fired and confident that this will open up for you good things for you. And, yes, meds, kick in now, please.

There was more...

I don't have another *guaranteed* holiday until next Christmas. I'll probably have Thanksgiving off. Other than that, unless you actively ask for it to have off--and it may come out of your PTO--if it's a holiday, we're here. Granted, we're all in blue jeans and watching movies on our computers because the rest of the world is taking the day off, but we're here at work. The managers all blink and say "But you're getting overtime by being here!", as if we should be happy-skippy thrilled to be missing a chance to rest and have some fun.

Right... Tom, sorry about the crappy, work-anxiety laden night; hope things turned out OK on that.

amyth, feel better.

And there was probably even more.

I go between feeling up and energized and completely tired and uninterested, like, several times a day. I think I need to find places on the outside to go do work (my own work, that is; office time at job is great), so I don't feel like I'm hiding inside a safe, cozy cocoon at home. Not that I want to feel unsafe or uncozy. Eh.

Chatty was unclear.

My 2 co-workers understood him perfectly. I really think I just process stuff differently. It happens all the time. Fortunately (in most cases), I think really really quickly, so what happens is (1) Hear information; (2) think, "That's unusual, given the context/circumstances/situation"; (3) think, "I wonder if this could be understood another way, and if so, what is it?"; (4) more or less puzzle out what the intended meaning was. That all happens in a second or two.

But it happens ALL THE TIME. I'm getting much better at realizing I misunderstood, though. In the past, I used to misunderstand stuff and then just be befuddled or -- even better -- respond based on what I *thought* the person said, and then be horribly embarrassed for being so stupid.

Honestly, if you put Sheldon and Abed in a blender, you'd get me.

I've been brain dead the past couple days and belatedly (see:brain dead) it occurs to me that missing my regular SSRI from Sat to yesterday may have something to do with it. There was a prescription snafu which took an extra day to resolve.

Re Kathy A: including the reduced staffing at her job, this is the start of primary season, so it's likely she's extra-special busy. But I'd like to hear from her just the same!

Is there a good way to send a followup email about a job? I applied before Christmas, they said they got the resume, and applicants should expect to hear back within three weeks. With the holidays in there, I wasn't too worried, but now I'm wondering if I should nudge?

My 2 co-workers understood him perfectly.

Then I probably would've picked it up by tone; I totally see what you're saying. Yay, coping mechanisms.