City Hall evacuated due to fire alarm. City spokesperson set it off trying to heat latkes in the oven. I'm finding this very funny.

Yay new car, Steph!

Health ~ma to everyone, especially Laura and amyth on their abdominal surgeries.

I had a dream last night that included having to log into the dryer with Ellen Pmopeo's log-in credentials and then being arrested and not believed by the IT police tht the dryer FORCED me to log in that way. And then Ellen Pompeo's father was there looking like someone from Walking Dead, trying to find her and wondering why I had chosen her credentials and if I could help him.

In unpleasant things cats left on the floor this morning bingo, one of mine flung some poo out of their (covered) litterbox and batted it toward the kitchen in a spray of loose litter. Meanwhile, their sparkly foil toys for just that purpose sit untouched over by the windows.

Cats, man.

Severance Snape is cracking me up.(I also drive a Corolla! My other car is a bicycle, I guess, but I don't have a bumper sticker to that effect. Not, as far as I know, a Slytherin bicycle, but how would i know?)

Not supposed to be at work. At work. Getting double pay does not make it worth it.

A couple more tasks then I am out and maybe I go see a movie.

You could call it Severance Snape.

Pleeeeeease name your new car Severance Snape, Steph!

The last-minute meeting with my previous manager turned out to be fine. I'm getting a small merit raise and he told me about my bonus for the last year. I probably would've realized it would be a compensation talk since it's end of year if I'd been less stressed, but hey.

My boss had told me to do the minimum when it came to the year end self-eval since there is no budget for our time spent on it and such. Then I get a message from him to bulk mine up more and to forward any kudos cause he wants to get me a good bump. It all feels like such a game.

Not supposed to be at work. At work. Getting double pay does not make it worth it.

I'm at work even though I'm on vacation, and I'm not getting double pay either. Someone who knows I'm on vacation just asked me to do something for her. grump whine And of course I did it. My only comfort is that my boss is also "on vacation", and I've been getting emails from her all morning, so she's working too. Next year, I swear, I'm not waiting until December to take all my vacation days in a lump lest I lose them. (I make this vow every December, you know.)

It all feels like such a game.

It's all such a BS game.

But! I have a good job, and a nice new floor, and I've started losing weight again, and I'm going to see Star Wars Friday with a bunch of cool folks and it's free, and I'm going to London with my BF in a couple weeks, and life is pretty good. So. Gratitude not grumpiness.

Ah, crap, I've got to finish the Christmas stuff today.

oh I would be getting double pay, but I left at noon and I will change it to a half day vacation and probably take another half day next week.

Is today a holiday?