Everyone gets a nickname? Except me, I guess. All I got was this nifty sig line.
I have a question. When the boss calls you into his office, shuts the door, and hands you a Christmas bonus check in a sealed envelop, do you open it there or just put it in your pocket? Now, my boss isn’t one of the owners, so it’s not his money he’s giving me.
[Snoopy dance]
Dryer man has come and gone. I have a dryer.
I HAVE A DRYER!!!
And I am doing wash right now–never thought I would live to see the day when I was happy to do laundry, but here it is.
(it is somewhat embarassing because…the hidden switch that turns on the dryer, the one that is triggered by the door opening etc was stuck in the off position. Heh. Ah, yeah. Well. <clear throat>*
Now, if only the furnace man would show up…
*never done the size thingy–hope this is small.
Taters --it’s ok. I was just joshing yer.
I want me some of those molten choc thingys–but I dont’ have the ramin cups. Darn.
You take it back to your desk, open it inconspicuously, then a) rejoice at your good fortune, or b) mutter to yourself about your company’s stinginess.
In my case, it’s usually b. Of course, we’re all pretty sure there are no bonuses this year …
Facto --see you DO have a nickname. I would wait until you are by yourself–don’t want to look too desperate, greedy or impatient…but that’s just me.
And I guess that size 1 is NOT small. I was afraid to do 7–which is the way the scale goes?
--Rigby, the computer illiterateSize 1 is small–but I know that on my home laptop, size 1 looks no different because I have it set at such a small text size. Don’t worry–the small part is small on my screen. 
Oh, I’m a crafty one alright. 
And for my next trick, you’ll all wake up wondering where the traffic cones and ferrets came from. 
Yes, size 1 is small, size 7 is ginormous, and the part about the door switch looks properly small to me.
Class Count: 3 down, 2 to go. After tonight, only one will remain. I’m so close I can taste it.
This is size one
This is size seven
Any questions?
This year the bonus was bigger than one of my paychecks. And I was told that I’m getting a raise that will show up in the next or following paychecks.
riggs thanks for the n’name. I’m sure it’ll grow on me. And as for your furnace, do you have a hidden switch somewhere that controls that too?
Yeah, and this is chocolate and you’re a white chocolate kind of person. So I think now I have a good excuse not to make them on Saturday.
Hey! I still want to try them!
[Mae West] Where can I get me that lucky number?[/Mae West]
Furnace guy came-d and went-ed. He couldn’t find the problem. It’s not much as problems go–there is a rattle sometimes (think of something softly hitting ductwork–it sounds like that). The furnace works fine.
Second load of laundry done–by that, I mean clean and dry. The folding and putting away is the hardest part.
I’ll see what I can do. Would you settle for fudge or other candy if I can’t get the molton chocolate thingies made?
“A white chocolate kind of person”, she says. Did anyone catch the sneer? 
Oh, I’ve got one of those noise-in-the-furnace problems too. No one can ever find anything and of course, when the fix-it guy is there, it doesn’t even make the noise. Yeah… that’s frustrating. I’m not insane and hearing noises, really!
It’s not really chocolate!
Ya got any proof of that? 
Yep–he didn’t hear a thing. AND he looked at me funny.
Someday they’ll come to take me away…heehee.
I am thinking of going to grad school. Discuss.
Oh-I need to take the GRE and I need 3 letters of reference (ha!), resume, app, and essay questions answered. It would be the Masters of Library Science program in Champaign, IL.
the least challenging bit is the essay questions for me.
Now, discuss.
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Who said it was? But it’s white chocolatey goodness, yum!
I’m always up for fudge.
eleanor, I’m in the process of making myself acceptable to grad schools as well, albeit for physics. I just got my physics GRE score, and it’s not as high as I needed it to be, so the school I really want to go to, Waterloo (it’s in Ontario), is almost certainly out of reach for now. 
But, I’m not giving up. I’m going to take the test again in April, and I’m looking at some other potentially very good schools to either get my PhD there, or transfer from there to Waterloo.
You probably only have to take the general GRE. It’s like the SATs round two. Not much to worry about at all, especially since they’re cutting down the vocab for next fall’s test. I wish you the best of luck getting in.