I went out for beer after work, so my day did get better.

ION, I emailed the HR guy at the OPCW to see what was going on with this 2nd position. He replied that there is still no decision and there may not be for a few more weeks. I am getting all antsy pantsy.

I really need to get plans B thru F into place in case this does not happen.

I hope that's a good Petite Syrah, Consuela. Your poor dad. Your poor you.

Thanks, and yes, it is good! I might be drinking more than I should of it. But it's better than diving into the chocolate. As it is, I already had a cookie today, which was definitely on the verboten list.

I am prepared to work at home tomorrow. I've been to the store and I'm going to make chocolate stout cupcakes out of leftover stout from this weekend (got a growler, so it won't keep). The growler we kicked was Spinster XPA It's a single hop ale, quite marvelous. The tagline? "Alone and bitter."

Broken jaw but....they just discharged him? Or is he there without treatment? Wtf?

My day was annoying, but not awful. My flight is delayed, which is annoying. I'd like to get where I'm going. I did not manage to get up and work out today so I need to do that tomorrow (since it'll be about 10pm by the time I make it to my hotel). On the plus side, my throat is much better today.

I need to wake up early tomorrow so I can shower before he goes to school. Sponge baths and dry shampoo only go so far. Just kinda worried about my balance.

Rain has started here. It's below freezing, barely, so here we go. I also brought the laptop home. For various reasons, I'd like to be able to get into the office at some point tomorrow. VPN isn't stable enough for some of the work I need to do. Even an hour will be sufficient, though, so I can go in later.

Suzi, not for tomorrow, but can you get someone to pick you up a stable shower stool?

Broken jaw but....they just discharged him? Or is he there without treatment? Wtf?

Yeah, wtf, they have to do doing something for him? Your poor dad, Consuela. Good thing he was in assissted living with a call button.

Ugh Consuela, your poor dad!

so sorry Consuela - that's just wrong. Actually , my mechanic refused to pay an emergency room bill. he got metal in his eye - and could do nothing. ( eventually and eye surgeon did ) , but he refused to pay them for a diagnosis of metal in his eye when - yeah he knew that. Eventually he did pay something , but like a 10ht of what he owed

Perhaps we could do an iChat live reading of Alexander's no good very bad day for everyone.

I like this idea

Ugh, how frustrating and terrible, 'Suela.

Hil, in my experience, just highlight your commitment to social justice. You needn't justify it any more than that, or bring your religion or theirs into it any more than that. And I work for people who think the Jesuits are slacker Catholics.

When people ask how I can stand it I tell them about UC's icky loyalty oath.

Stockholm is lovely, but really expensive.