Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN ‘Tis <snerk> 69 <snerk> Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 89 and possible tstorms. We shall see. Given what I have to deal with at irk today, i.e. the continuin’ saga of Liar McLiarson, tstorms and gloom would be the perfect weather.
Sure Butters, fried or boiled?
I’m sure your co-irkers are appreciative as well.
{{{Soapy}}} yikes! Nightmares are no fun at all.
Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas irk purtification must commence. On the upside, I’m makin’ jambalaya for dindin. YUM!!!
Good Morning!! I slept in till almost 7:30!! I had no idea I was that tired. I ran to WaWa for a breakfast sammich and a muffin, so my day is starting off quite well.
I’ve also started watering the future lawn. According to several sites, I need to have the sprinkler going about 15-20 minutes at a time, twice a day. According to the way I moved the sprinkler yesterday, I can cover the whole lawn in 6 zones, so we’re looking at 1.5-2 hours of watering twice a day total. Thank goodness we have a good well. Of course, if we hadn’t had to replace the well, I wouldn’t have had to replace the lawn…
**Soapy **- nightmares suck, and some can be downright terrifying. I hope your day gets better.
**BBBobbio **- congrats on the pants.
**doggio **- Wego??
No idea what today’s plans are. I was going to do laundry, but it’s overcast and almost but not quite drizzling. Maybe I’ll play in my studio…
My garden consists of newly planted (by Mr Rebo!) lariope that has sweet little purple flowers shooting up. We also had to get a new wine barrel, because the other one rotted, so bye-bye to the half-dead dianthus. I’ll get some flahrs for it this weekend. He also bought and planted some kind of yellow flowered plant in a pot by the front door. It’s purty!
Last night as I went to bed I took one final look at the weather forecast for Annapolis and was surprised to see the prediction for SNOW today! Then at second glance I say the lows each night were predicted to be in the -120 f each night! Obviously there was a glitch.
Still, I found myself checking the news sites before shutting down, just to be sure nothing big was going on…
I’m happy to report I am wearin’ pants. At irk even. If I were irkin’ from home there would be no guarantee of pants. Pants are optional in da cave.
So, Liar McLiarson proceeded to call my boss this mornin’ to tell her I was I guess bein’ a big ol’ meanie. Boss quoted Mr. McLiarson chapter and verse from the participant handbook as to why he was bein’ terminated from the program. Mr. McLiarson decided it would be best to shut up. Also, it appears he will be reported to the fraud team because one cannot receive trainin’ wages while workin’ in unsubsidized employment as per the agreement each person signs upon enterin’ services.
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Mr. McLiarson decided it would be best to shut up. Also, it appears he will be reported to the fraud team because one cannot receive trainin’ wages while workin’ in unsubsidized employment as per the agreement each person signs upon enterin’ services.
This could get fun.
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Welcome to my world. I don’t so much as cite employee handbooks as I provide copies of system logs. It’s just AMAZING how people will clam up and behave once they know that I’ve got logs that show they did the opposite of whatever they’re claiming.
I just got a new computer here. Every three to four years, they drag us through the torture of setting up a new PC. There’s a shiny new (well, matte black) Thinkpad on my desk that I can’t do much with as I don’t have my applications set up yet. Before I’m allowed to set up applications, there is paperwork to ask Mother May I? As befits a massive Fortune 50 coproration, it’s not possible to arrange this in advance - it can only be done after the user has their new PC, so there is downtime. I’ve cleaned up the dust buffalo from my desk, polished the phone, wahsed out my coffee cup, and now I just have to wait.
I can at least say that I loathe the new keyboard. It’s funny how our ergonomics program has about 35 models of desk chairs to pick from, but unless you need something really obscure like a Kinesis keyboard, you’re stuck with whatever crummy thing the computer maker puts in the box. The new PC no longer has PS2 ports, so my beloved 15 year old IBM keyboard can’t be plugged in. Looks like I need to beg someone for a converter. And soon - the touch of the generic keyboard is horrid and I’ve suddenly become the King of Typos and it makes my fingers hurt.
Geez WetOne the remark about pantyhose is gonna get BBBobbio, doggio, CatDude, gigity etal all worked up. We may need buckets of ice water to calm 'em down.
MOOOOOOM I’ve also placed three people in unsubsidized employment (I kinda like that term) this past week. That’s pretty dang diligent. Also, I may get to go [del]stare off into space[/del] be a disinterested listener (really that’s what they call it) at a meetin’ with somebody who may or may not be suin’ us either tomorrow or Thursday. That’s kinda sorta somber. I need to work on downtrodden.
gotti ain’t it fun when you can point at stuff and say “UMMM… yes you did.”
I am trying like hell to catch up at work, along with trying to keep up with the regular stuff that is supposed be completed. The problem is I now have to do the “regular” stuff of my departed co-worker, and somehow, she never found the time to sit down with me to go over how to do some of it. So, I’m muddling through, but there’s a learning curve and it’s taking longer to do some of it.
The news isn’t good regarding getting a replacement for her. Another division has been trying to hire someone who should have the same set of skills for the last year. They haven’t had any luck, because it appears that no one meets the criteria.
Finally, the “orphan” we had to take last fall STILL hasn’t learned anything and refuses to speak to me, much less do the very, very, VERY little she’s capable of doing.
Looked at job listings; there are none out there that meet my skill sets at the moment.
My daughter is graduating from college on Friday (well the commencement is Friday); I guess technically, she’s already considered a graduate. We will be attending the commencement.
Well, I must attend to my work. So don’t want to because I’m feeling a little overwhelmed, but I must plod on and just DO IT!
Mailed and handed out invitations to my housewarming party. Now I’m all nervous. Is this going to be like my last party where I only had one person come (not likely, I don’t think)? Should I have invited different people from work? Do I need to send a separate invite to my boyfriend’s girlfriend’s girlfriend? And if so, what’s her address?
I’m wearing pants - scrubs. Home on my lunch break to let the monsters out to pee. The clinic is madly hopping today and two of the people I work with get pissy under stress. Fun times. Only 5 more hours to go then tomorrow off!
I’ve stewed a hen for tonight’s chicken n’ dumplings, made an appointment for the Geek Squad to come tomorrow and fix the washer, and am now about to move wet boxes out of the way of the washer and re-pack the contents into dry boxes. yippee skippee
Have I mentioned that my oldest daughter and her family are driving down from Alaska? And that they are going to stay with me until they buy a house? Well, son-in-law and granddaughter are already in Anchorage, and my daughter and grandson leave Kodiak on the ferry tomorrow. I would appreciate any safe and uneventful travelling vibes for them; I would love to drive the AlCan, but probably not with two preschoolers! :eek:
Howdy Y’all! Dindin was teh nummy just as I thought it would be. I’m gooooood!
It’s all cloudy out and thundery off in the distance. Come on tstorms!!!
ShinyCat if you invited your boyfriend’s sister and told her to please bring her girlfriend then I think you’re covered. If you feel you need to make a personal invite, call and say, “I sure hope you’re comin’ with boyfriend’s sister to the housewarmin’.” It’s common enough these days for invitations to include an “and friend.” Have food and drink at the ready, then relax and enjoy the party .
wiki good vibes headed out re the drive down from Alaska. I cannot even imagine a trip to MickeyD’s with two toddlers. :eek:
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