OK – what’s the difference between a bad job and women from (insert your least favorite state or town here)?
After a year the job still blows
I think kitty is okay, he is eating and drinking.
He also showed interest in his toy for the first time tonight.
I didn’t read the directions on the new litter so I misunderstood how it works. I knew it wouldn’t clump but I thought it would turn yellow. It doesn’t - so I was probably worried for nothing.
I left him a can of food, see if he eats it this time. He’s still chowing down on the dry stuff.
Now to help Sah-son figure out what kind of rock he is.
Went for Filipino-ish fast food. I got fried chicken (also wound up buying a 6-piece bucket to bring home), DH got the “Aloha” burger.
Short irk day tomorrow, then a 3-day weekend, Monday with pay. Wow.
Feel better, Midget. And fingers crossed for those of us in Hermine’s path. Looking at the radar, it appears that the eye is above my in-laws’ house, and will be at Mama’s in a few minutes. So far, we’re just getting some welcome rain and a refreshing breeze, but expecting worse in a couple of hours. My dog is being stupid, and I’m not allowed to sleep while she frets. I may have to dose her with Benadryl before the worst weather arrives.
Feel better, Midget. And fingers crossed for those of us in Hermine’s path. Looking at the radar, it appears that the eye is above my in-laws’ house, and will be at Mama’s in a few minutes. So far, we’re just getting some welcome rain and a refreshing breeze, but expecting worse in a couple of hours. My dog is being stupid, and I’m not allowed to sleep while she frets. I may have to dose her with Benadryl before the worst weather arrives.
Hello mumpers! I’m back from another awesome trip, jetlagged again and still confused about what day of the week it is. That’s the bonus of only being at work on a Friday, I think it’s Monday but then I’ve got two more days off to enjoy.
Since getting home on Wednesday night, I’ve picked up the cats from their feline holiday home, done grocery shopping (stocked up on TP because I know how much swampy frets about such things), done laundry and been to the gym in an attempt to start undoing the damage of almost two weeks of US portion sizes.
I’ve kind of kept up with doings on farcebook but haven’t been able to easily access the Dope while I’ve been away, so rosie’s sig to all, especially the lovely rosie!
My idiot felines prefer dry kibbles to wet food. On the rare occasions when I thought I was giving them a special treat, all they did was lick up the “gravy” or whatever the liquid is, and they left the bits of meat/fish/whatever to dry up and stick to the plate! So they just get kibbles.
Normally when I get up, as soon as I turn the alarm off, I turn on the TV and watch channel 7 news (sorry, tugig) before hitting the shower. But for whatever reason, they now have these annoying computerized voices that break in over the regular broadcast to announce breaking weather. Meanwhile, the video feed shows the assorted talking heads doing what they usually do, totally oblivious to the annoying computer voice-over. Not only that, but they run the messages at least twice in succession!
This morning, I just flipped between channel 4 and channel 9, trying to find the local weather without all the dire warnings of possible storms this weekend. I think channel 7 is going to get a crabby email from me. They’ve also used these stupid computer voices over Jeopardy, instead of just putting a crawl at the bottom of the screen. ugh.
Other than that, TGIF!!! I’ve got an assload of work that will require me to climb into the helo out on the production floor. I hate having to do that - there’s no step stool, so I have to crawl in on hands and knees, then try to find a handhold inside so I can stand. I miss the P-3 - minimal crawling, maximum standing! Oh well, it’s a job.
Happy Firday!!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 74 Amurrkin out and windy with a little rain with a predicted high of ONLY 85 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse predicted for later on until evenin’. We’ve gotten a fair amount of rain from Hermine but it appears we’re north of the worst of it. Peaches hope everything is ok at your place. Looks like I may have to let some water out of the cee-mint pond before the day is over.
OK, that’s all I got. I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. I suppose I should purtify up a bit. I shall be doin’ some prep stuff for tomorrow’s feast and not much else beyond that. Except I will go with JDD up to Dawson to pick up his folks’ vehicle and get it back to its home in Parrott. We foresee N.O.L. at the [del]hog trough[/del] Golden Corral afterwards.
Happy Firday Y’all!
Thanks, all.
Finally gave up and bribed the big dumb dog with cheese and a wee dose of antihistamines. She’s a big coward when it comes to bad weather, and I really need a nap, and it’s hard to sleep when a nervous great Pyrenees is barking at every raindrop.
Weather Underground says that we’ve had 2.5 inches of rain since midnight, and the barometer is still falling. The eye of the storm is still about 60-70 miles away, and she appears to be weakening, so maybe it won’t be too awful. But the wind is definitely picking up now on the leading edge. Still waiting to hear from the mamas, but no news is probably good news this morning.
Gonna wake the big girl as soon as the dog succumbs to Benadryl, with instructions to listen to the weather radio and wake me if anything sounds bad. I really have to sleep for at least a few minutes.
Up, caffeinated ,and sheveled. Closing shift tonight. It’s cloudy, but no big rain or wind yet(that’s on the drive home tonight ,and the drive back in the morning.)
Peaches ,I’m lucky, Gordie is too dumb to fear weather. Stay safe.
blurf. Pre-storm gorgeous weather today. Sunny, low 80s, low humidity. I shall venture out today because ATM. Other than that, stay safe and dry, my loves.
JDD called and has decided not to go retrieve the BeckyMobile (named after his mother) today due to ick. He says Partner and He will do so tomorrow mornin’ before comin’ to da cave to festivate. So, yay! I really didn’t want to get out anywhere today. Right now we’re havin’ light rain but are told more is on the way. The brunt of it all is south of us so it might not get too bad over your way Peaches.
I’ve spent the last few hours looking over this mess that the boss left me. Apparently part of my job description is being psychic. What he left me:[ul]
[li]2 part numbers[/li][li]1 Power point slide show[/li][li]1 link to a bunch of unlabeled photographs[/li][li]1 computer model that looks different enough from the actual part to be confusing[/li][li]several undimensioned pictures of brackets that I’m supposed to duplicate[/li][/ul]He’s gone camping for the long weekend. From this pile of crap, I’m supposed to divine how he wants 10 accelerometers installed and I’m supposed to crawl into the helo to make sure they’ll fit where he says he wants them. Did I mention that 8 of the 10 go under the floor? And three of those are under the pilot’s and copilot’s seats? Which are installed in the aircraft? I guess I also need calibrated x-ray vision.
No wonder no one likes working for this guy…
Oh.
I mean, Great!
TGIF. Has been a longgggggggggggggggggggg week. three day weekend too.
My sweetie picked me up and we went to lunch at the sushi buffet down the road. It was mega-yum!! I now have a happy tummy and a bad attitude about having to be here because my boss is an idiot. 
I need to go out and see if I can figure out where the Right Aft Cabin Vertical Accelerometer is supposed to be installed so I can reproduce this bizarro bracket as pictured. Or come up with something else to do the job. Either way…
C’mon, 3:30!!
Howdy Y’all! I’ve been quite productive. All the foodstuffs that need preppin’ for tomorrow have been prepped. Go Me! Looks like Hermine is through with us even though it’s still cloudy out and we could get some more rain. My unofficial rain guage shows we got three and a half inches of rain betwixt last night and noon today. That’s not too shabby.
I believe I see nappage in my very near future.
I’m glad that you’re feeling better, Emily.
When I had cats, they ate dry kibble or, for a treat, boiled chicken. The wet stuff left them somewhat…er…fragrant.
At 9:20 this morning, my boss came by and asked what my desk was looking like and what time I would be out of here. I told him closer to 4 than noon. His PTB kind of wanted everyone out of here by noon today for the weekend. Ten minutes later, he was back with news of the iPhone7 recall and was wondering if not only could I stay all day, but [del]serve time[/del] come in a few hours over the weekend and come to irk Monday. :smack: Now that we have all of the info, I’ll be here all day today, maybe come in for a couple of hours tomorrow and be off Monday (which is good, as I have a wedding to go to).
Yup, I know the feeling.
Doggio is required to be psychotic for his job.
Okay, I now have invites for two different margarita drinking events tonite. Did you know I hate tequila. :smack:
P.S. Check your local listing - both Blazing Saddles & Willy Wonka in theaters this weekend!