I’ve been through that a few times in my career. Luckily I’ve never lost my job due to company being sold/acquired/merged/whatever but it certainly does turn your world upside down when you come into work one day and suddenly everything’s different. Good luck!
Only one person on my team of six was able to get in. We asked her to report back, so now she’s saying she’s going to lie and just tell us what she wants us to hear; e.g she’s been made Senior VP, my salary has been cut in half, etc LOL
Don’t kill her. Yet.
Oh, I wouldn’t dare kill a Senior VP!
Last week, the toddler came down with pink eye. Over the weekend, the big girl started complaining of ear pain. So we took another trip to urgent care and she’s got an ear infection along with some serious earwax build up (they were still able to see her ear drum). Off to the pharmacy we went for antibiotics. She’s a big kid but amoxicillin is BIG in tablet form so the doc prescribed liquid instead of tablets. But I noticed this morning that they didn’t dispense enough liquid for us to get through the whole course. We need 250 mL and they only gave us 200. I guess I’m going back to the pharmacy? Do I call first? This has never happened to me before.
On top of that, we still have to go back to get the big girl’s ears irrigated. They wouldn’t do it then because the ear infection would make it too painful. I suppose torturing my child is a bad thing.
Oh I have. It wasn’t fun.
I knew things were bad when they called in all of the support staff at my work for a meeting that literally just said, “Everything is fine, don’t worry about it.” I wasn’t worried until that meeting happened. There was no real info given about what was going on, but for them to preemptively tell us that nothing was wrong was my clue that something was definitely wrong.
I started job-hunting, and within a month I was laid off. The HR lady who told me that I was let go was crying and I had to console her.
Then I went on unemployment, my benefits ran out, and within a month I had my first kidney stone. And it was bad; it took a couple of weeks to pass it and I was on strong painkillers. The cool thing was that after going to the doctor, I told them I had no insurance and my income was trash because I was laid off. They asked for proof and I showed them my unemployment letters. They signed me up for a payment plan where I had to pay them some miniscule amount each month for six months, because as a low income patient they got a subsidy from the government. So it could have been a lot worse.
I eventually got a job and turned things around (and have a great career now) but it was rough for a while.
I drive through a stretch of rural North Carolina that doesn’t have municipal trash collection; people either hire a private service, or haul their trash to the nearest dump in the back of a pickup. These bags are never secured properly, so it’s fairly common to see them on the sides of the road. What isn’t common is finding the contents of a ruptured Diaper Genie bag smack in the middle of a four-way stop. And, this being rural North Carolina, those little lumps of nastiness will stay there until the road is either scraped or paved. 
I bet that come Friday night some bored kids or 20-somethings in a pickup with a lot of beer will run over it and spread it around while laughing maniacally. if they’re really “smart” they’ll even spin some donuts in the intersection spewing stuff in every direction. Yee-haw!! Watch this!!
Couldn’t eat my Taco after dialysis. It really pisses me off when that happens. On the good side they’re probably a culprit in my ongoing glucose problem. But that’s usually only on Friday when the schedule changes. So back to being pissed.
I had veggie wraps at this joint. It was a mom/pop kinda place and she assured me the truth about the ingredients. She made them herself.
Too bad they were nasty. But food got down and isn’t causing any problems.
My Sister is here and she did her Texas pulled pork, for our Supper. Her I don’t trust to know her ingredients or even remember how to make the pulled pork. Pearl Light beer is getting chugged at an alarming rate.
They tasted good. Maybe I’ll live.
You better. I need your wise advice.
and hope to soon tell you of seduction success.
Not a rant, but just an observation that even though we’re barely into November, it’s officially the Christmas season, at least according to our capitalist masters. I don’t just mean Christmas-y decorations and stuff for sale, but most importantly, I mean that eggnog is now on the shelves. I almost deemed it way too early to buy any, but I did anyway, and I’m now remembering what a fine drink a stiff rum and eggnog is! 
It’s kinda high calorie, so you probably shouldn’t have more than about a quart / liter per week. If they start selling in early Nov and you stock up a bit towards the end of the season you can get in 10, maybe 12 quarts before your supply runs out or gets too old. If they waited to Dec 20 to start selling that’d get you 3 or 4 quarts max.
Sounds to me like they’re scheduling this about right. 
FYI, I just added eggnog to my shopping list. Thank you, oh noble Dog of the North.
You besmirch my character, sir, if you imply that I will be indulging in excesses of rum and eggnog in the coming months. You appear to have an image of this pup lapping up rum and eggnog like water. I assure you the consumption is somewhat more refined. Not a lot, but somewhat. 
But, knowing that eggnog is high in cholesterol and having just now confirmed the awesome amount of it, this pup will be trotting over tomorrow for a refill of Lipitor just in case excesses of any cholesterol-infested substances might be consumed during this festive season.
Just to be clear, the “you” in my prior post was speaking mostly about “me”.
Anyone had any good non-dairy Nogs? I’ve given up dairy since last holiday season. Don’t really miss it, since I love oat milk on cereal and in coffee.
But should I just avoid Egg Nog this year, or try some Oat/Soy/Almond/Straight Rum Nog?
Due to lack of communication, I’m not sure if this rises to the level of “fuck this corporation” yet, but I’m not thinking very kindly of Mr. Cooper at the moment. (It’s a mortgage lender. Yes, named Mr. Cooper. I didn’t choose them, they bought my mortgage from BoA.) They had some kind of “incident” on October 31st that prompted them to lock everything down, so people can’t make payments now. They opened the site back up yesterday, with a note that everything you saw was only current as of October 31st. Ok, sounds like they restored from backup. My payment left my checking account on the 31st, and should have credited no later than November 1st, so I understand why it’s not showing up at the moment. I would really like to know if this was the result of a genuine attack, or just some bored chucklefuck clicking on a suspicious email on their work computer.
Now that I think about it, that is a popular donut intersection. 
I’m not a fan of Nog, but oat milk makes great hot cocoa; I think it would be worth a try.
Ooh, thanks!
A sign of the times is that we had a zoom meeting on the Thanksgiving menu last night, and we made a list of what everyone WANTS to bring, and which were VETOED, and which were assigned by She Who Must Be The Hostess.
That’s not the sign of the times. It’s the list of which ingredients dishes can be made with, and which items WILL have possible allergens.
Some of us will be popping Lactase because sides like Grandma’s Sweet Potatoes Made With Fireball MUST have real butter, dammit!
I also bought the eggnog. Very happy to see it on the shelves. I could drink the stuff all year.
I’m concerned about our democracy. I voted this morning, as I do every election day. THERE WERE NO “I VOTED” STICKERS!
kayaker, I can send you mine. It’s slightly used, but still a little bit sticky. 