I am not having sex with Spike! But I'm starting to think that you might be.

Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


msbelle - Dec 17, 2015 5:12:33 pm PST #11715 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I have no idea what the issue with my taxes was, but I will not use TaxAct again.

I hope to actually call someone at IRS and find out what the issue is. I know they still have me down for some reason as on the estimate payment system ( I was an independent contractor for 6 months, but that was 5 years ago).


sarameg - Dec 17, 2015 5:17:13 pm PST #11716 of 30003

Maybe nicely, Kat? I dunno.

My company changing will certainly complicate mine. I expect all my w2s will be late because they are assholes. But hopefully next year, new employer!


Pix - Dec 17, 2015 5:20:53 pm PST #11717 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.

Omg this week.


Kat - Dec 17, 2015 5:21:23 pm PST #11718 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

New employer! Fingers crossed.

I've had two nice run ins with students and former students this week. One was appreciative that I made him listen to Serial last year because it came up in his creative nonfiction class and he got to be comfortably smart-appearing. The other was a girl who is in my 10th grade class that I found extremely challenging last year. She's really changed and she apologized for her behavior in 9th, which was sweet and unexpected.

I think I might be getting extremely sick -- my nose is unstoppably running. I am looking forward to my three weeks off. Here's to hoping I won't be sick for all of it.


Kat - Dec 17, 2015 5:21:48 pm PST #11719 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Pix, hope you all are okay. What does the mold ish entail?


sarameg - Dec 17, 2015 5:25:35 pm PST #11720 of 30003

Omg this week.

Yup.

Kat, I hope yer not really sick.


Kat - Dec 17, 2015 5:34:32 pm PST #11721 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Yeah. I think I am. My friend Beth tells me, though, I should keep working out because working out may stave off colds. I feel like shit and I've been up since 3:00 AM and I'm just generally not that into this illness.


Zenkitty - Dec 17, 2015 5:40:15 pm PST #11722 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

omg. this week. this month. I want to ragequit everything but there's nowhere to go.


sarameg - Dec 17, 2015 5:57:07 pm PST #11723 of 30003

I have had betterish results keeping swimming with everything but the stomach bug (that left me unable to move and sleeping on the bathroom floor.) At least swimming I feel moderately better. I go back to daid after. I've had bugs where I was vertical for basically the time it took to go swim.

And huh. I guess I ragehypotheticalquit today. And it felt good. I heard things I wasn't expecting, in the best sense ever. "Won't let you leave." "Person X(who is waaaay up food chain) specifically asked if you were on my shortlist." (Shortlist being those they go hell/high water for. I'm in.) Not going to rest on laurels, but it was a boost I sorely needed.


Zenkitty - Dec 17, 2015 6:06:15 pm PST #11724 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

sarameg, that's great to hear. Good for your life, good for your soul.