The website created by yours truly, and managed by fellow doper Martha’s and I, won a very important award in the Art and Culture category. Since I am a lazy bitch Martha picked up the award in an impressive ceremony that made it into various newspapers and was televised live. It’s only the second year since the awards were created and we have been nominated once and won once.
I actually showed a watercolor painting I did based off of a photograph to the photographer and he really liked it.
I survived yet another Christmas in the restaurant industry as a line cook, and came out unscathed and unstressed, even though it was one of our busiest years ever. I worked my ass off, held down the fort during some very ferocious rushes, and kept a Zen-like calm all throughout. I did not come home stressed or angry once.
Emeril ain’t got shit on me.
I said no today to a job that was technically better (but not much) than where I am now, but which would have only given me one week of vacation a year. Yes, I put my family first.
So I wanted to do some volunteering at a soup kitchen or something this Christmas, which I usually do with my parents, but they’re in Wisconsin. So I just kind of assumed that I could randomly call people up on Christmas Eve and they would be in their office answering their phones and have useful work for me to do.
Which turned out to be an incorrect assumption.
So I’m doing no volunteering. BUT, I felt so bad about that that it finally got my ass in gear and I signed up to be a big brother (in the big brother/big sister program), which is a MUCH better use of my skills, and helps year-round rather than just for one day a year.
Oh, and I might soon have a patent!
A patent? On what?
[toot]My company lost its contract with the firm for which I have been consulting for lo these last eleven years. So I had to look for a job for the first time in a couple of decades.
I found one. With a large raise, working from home so I don’t have to commute.
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Regards,
Shodan
Part of the backend server setup for MMORPGs. I’d rather not go into detail as (a) it’s boring, and (b) you might be an evil spy from a rival MMORPG company
:smack: Good one
It would have worked, too - if it weren’t for you meddling kids!
But congrats, twice.
Regards,
Shodan (NaESfaRMMORPGC)
I have been clean and sober for 21 months and 19 days today. <t00t>
Nice one. Congratulations!
I wouldn’t have. There would have been knife-throwing within a few minutes. Cooking at home I can handle quite happily - cooking in a high-stress environment is something I don’t even want to contemplate. More power to you!
For the first time in a very long time I am finally relaxed. I have taken two consecutive weeks off for vacation and spent it at home relaxing.
For the record, I absolutely love my job and recently received a raise and a nice bonus, but usually I take my vacation days in small increments (1-3 days here and there over the entire year) so it rarely feels like I have been away. I get 4 weeks off per year and often have a hard time fitting in the time without carry over into the next year, which we can no longer do. Besides, the job requires a lot of travel (to some beautiful places), so I often feel like I am on a holiday when I am actually working. The company will be sending me to Amsterdam in May and Quebec City in June of next year! Last October we spend a week in the mountains horseback riding! They treat us like royalty.
So, for me, just relaxing at home and doing very little has been a real gift to myself.
pbbth, great job on losing the weight. Slow and steady. Keep up the good work.