That's my favorite kind of Friday, -t. My Friday is way too busy, and only possibly productive. I just finished up 3 hours of office hours. Next up, I have to write or at least start a letter of recommendation, plus make sure I have the files accessible so I can write another two over the weekend. Then a 2 hour committee meeting that promises to be somewhere between mildly onerous to a big ol' fight. After that I get to head home, pick up Frances, and then go meet the other half of the family up at Isaac's school for a school event. By 9pm I predict I'll be sorely in need of a drink.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
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.
Burrell - Feb 05, 2016 10:54:06 am PST #14864 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 05, 2016 11:00:33 am PST #14865 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Lately I have been shuffling in the door at 9:30 instead of 9, which hasn't been a huge problem since work is reasonably paced at the moment and I'm basically never hit with surprise morning meetings on the current projects. I will need to curtail the habit once things get more frantic, though.
Mind you, I'm rarely productive before 10am regardless of what time I actually make it to the office, but it was my higher ups' choice to trade the focused 6pm-7pm hour for the one in which they pay me to be a coffee-chugging zombie.
lisah - Feb 05, 2016 11:27:46 am PST #14866 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
I just started a new contract job filling in at my friend's company while her employee is on maternity leave. The offices are in Georgetown but I'm only going to be going in like twice a week (which is what my friend does as well). Then working at home the rest of the time. Thank god because on my first day the commute was 2+ hours each way. My friend was driving and she's used to it, also she claimed it wasn't usually quite that bad, so it wasn't total hell for me but still. I don't know how people do that regularly! Her company is pretty flexible and chill about when you're working, though, as long as you're getting the work done. They also have free lunch in the office every day and a take as much time as you want vacation policy. It's pretty sweet.
meara - Feb 05, 2016 11:28:59 am PST #14867 of 30003
I'd much rather work a regular graveyard shift - 11pm - 7am at one of my previous jobs than have to get up for work at 4am. Or even 6am.
Amen. Just this morning I was thinking "why do mornings suck so bad? Why do they just not get better?? They keep happening!!" ...the fact that I currently have a bit of a headache probably doesn't help any of this.
Sheryl - Feb 05, 2016 12:56:30 pm PST #14868 of 30003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Going to the FSGW Mid-Winter Fest tomorrow. Mmm, folk music.
Jesse - Feb 05, 2016 1:11:38 pm PST #14869 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I just caught the tail end of my neighbors digging out from this surprise storm, and it was terrible! It was a few inches of slush under a few inches of snow, so heavy and gross, and everything will be an ice slick in the morning.
-t - Feb 05, 2016 1:34:15 pm PST #14870 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That doesn't sound good, Jesse. Hey, how did your salads hold up?
2+hour commute, yikes! Otherwise that sounds pretty good, lisah!
I intended to take Walter out, do a short warmup walk and then my training run, but he was walking with not quite a limp but kind of a hitch? And wanting to stop a lot. So I brought him home and went on the run by myself, which was fine. I was slow, but my normal slow, so maybe I really will be able to do a 10k by the end of March? We'll see. Walter's napping now and doesn't seem distressed so hopefully he'll be perkier tomorrow.
Not feeling too motivated to do much else, but maybe I will after I rest a bit. I am still getting over this cold, after all.
I keep getting alerts on my phone that work emails are coming in but I am NOT READING THEM.
Jesse - Feb 05, 2016 2:18:28 pm PST #14871 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, how did your salads hold up?
They would have been amazing, except they got pushed to the back of the fridge and froze! So I didn't eat the cucumbers yesterday, but otherwise, everything was fine. It was a good call, and I should do it again this weekend.
-t - Feb 05, 2016 2:47:15 pm PST #14872 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, good!
Connie Neil - Feb 05, 2016 3:03:52 pm PST #14873 of 30003
brillig
After many, many years, I set up a new comic book hold at the store Hubby used to manage. It's weird to have employees there who don't know him. With the Marvel reboots on so many series, I'm picking up several Avengers titles. It was wonderful fun to pick up my hold, then go to lunch to read and eat. I don't think I can go digital, unless I get a very big screen to view them on, because the page layouts often require you to be able to see both pages at once to get the full effect. I got a couple of odd looks at lunch--a 55-year-old woman reading comic books!--but it makes me feel a little more connected to the world.