Monday funday...

[gault]

Is not a thing.

I went to bed at 9:30 and am still exhausted. My throat is on fire, I have swollen glands and also a runny nose.

And am currently typing this from my car as I wait for it to warm up. The defrost made it snow inside the car. I'm home!


So yeah, how are you guys? ;-)

[tiramisu]

Hugs and hot tea for you, gault! That sounds miserable.

It's supposed to get down to 35° tonight. This is not okay! My apartment is not insulated well enough for this. I'm a weather wimp living here.

The Eagles game yesterday looked like a lot of fun. But man, 8" of snow? I shouldn't be complaining.

The dance performance was great! I'm sad it's over but it was great. Now it's just classes until the next one.

[bowies]

You know what's worse than snow? Having the temp hover at 37 and rain. It's torture. Mainly because nothing shuts down in this city unless there's solid precipitation. Tease.

The weirdness of my workplace has entered a new phase. I called my lead this morning to tell her I'd be a little late since I needed to call my doctor first thing this morning (cube farms aren't known for their privacy and my vagina isn't a public topic of conversation). Client took this as a personal affront and kept calling my lead to find out if I was there yet or not. I don't even work directly with client...seriously, find something to do other than stalk/harass me.

I think client's boss was informed of what's been going on - unprompted, he called my boss's boss on Friday to rave about me and my colleagues.

[cuddlyevil]

It's supposed to get cold and stay cold here until the weekend--then we'll be in the 40's.

I finally got some of the errant invitations back today, one was wrong and two others were sent back because the forward expired. Ugh.

[smock]

We got enough snow on Friday that Mr. Smock got to come home two hours early, whee!

But now it's Monday and I have a bunch of grading to finish.

Also I have a mysterious cough. I wasn't sick but maybe it's from mild postnasal drip? Either way it kept me up and makes me cranky.

[Deleted]

It's nasty here too. Cold and rainy. Blech. We overslept this morning because it was so hard to get out of bed. Christmas vacation can't come fast enough. NINE more days.

[Deleted]

Dec 9, 2013 10:12:26 GMT -5 doglove said:

It's nasty here too. Cold and rainy. Blech. We overslept this morning because it was so hard to get out of bed. Christmas vacation can't come fast enough. NINE more days.

Me too the count down has begun!

[partiallysunny]

It's cold and rainy. I'm use to more snow, so it's strange.

Kitty spent most of the weekend with us. It was 9 degrees! What is wrong with people?

tiramisu I'm glad your dance thing went well!

[partiallysunny]

bowies your client is a joke. I can't decide if these stories amuse me or puss me off.

[gault]

You need a less stressful job, bowies. But you know that already.

[neonpink]

It is so cold and rainy here. It is making me blue. I got up this morning and straightened up my house. I was gone all weekend doing fun stuff. I also finished my Christmas shopping! I bought my brother an amazing wool pea coat. I can't wait to give it to him. I got it for super cheap with Macy's letting me stack coupons

[partiallysunny]

I was uploading pictures from this weekend to FB and noticed that most pictures of me feature an oversized sweatshirt. Shapeless and sad.

This is a travesty. I dress well 75% of the time! I really need to up my game when I'm going out with my kid.

As a plus, I finally bought a scarf/wrap after liking them but being afraid I can't pull them off. LOVE IT. Now I want to buy ten more in various styles and colors.

[starrieskies]

PS, Since cutting my hair, I have become quite fond of scarves. The only reason I don't have 10 or more is because I'm waiting to purchase anything for myself until my Christmas shopping is done.

My Christmas party was better than I'd expected. My bosses said some really nice things about me in front of everyone that made me cry. There were very few uncomfortable questions, and a couple of the guys were always around to run interference for me so I didn't have to answer them. LOL! After the party most of us went out for karaoke and dancing. This is a side of me that most of the guys never get to see. It was great!

Other than that, I accomplished nothing this weekend. I spent a lot of time in my room reading and working on my declaration. My mom now thinks I'm turning into a hermit and is worried that I may be depressed but she won't talk to me about it except to make some passive aggressive remarks about how she never sees me.

In a true Christmas miracle, stbx gave me money to cover half of DS's daycare costs for this month AND last month. I didn't even ask for it! I want to be responsible and save it, but I kind of feel like I should do something for myself too. I actually found some boots that will fit over my gargantuan calves... He might buy them for me for Christmas.

[partiallysunny]

Like you're a teenager starrieskies!

Christmas is what's holding me back on buying more scarves, too. Maybe next paycheck I'll buy another, so I still get what I want, but I'm not spending all the monies on myself.

[cuddlyevil]

I need to buy more bras. And get my haircut.

I'm almost done shopping for my family, just have to finish up for the kids and pick up stuff for the IL's. AND amazon refunded the shipping costs for STBX's present because it shipped late and won't arrive tomorrow. *twirls*

[starrieskies]

Also, the gifts that I had a local shop order for me have not come in yet, so I'm kind of freaking out a little bit... I might have to figure out a plan "b" for my ENTIRE family (2 brothers, 2 sisters, my parents and 11 nieces and nephews).

[bowies]

The sad thing is - the job itself is not stressful. It's actually very boring. Maybe this is why the client is such a source of the dramz. I do have some clarity on how to handle it now. Once I get the results of the NT scan in early January I plan to inform my boss about the pregnancy and just have a very open conversation about my health issues with her. I'm going to ask for some top cover when I need to take some time off for doctor's appointments and the like, and if the client cannot work with me on that, then I need to find another assignment. Basically, I need her off my dick.

[cuddlyevil]

Someone make my sinuses stop hurting...please?

[gault]

I can play with my swollen glands. I am a masochist.

And when I get home I am going to bed and taking a nap.

[neonpink]

Dec 9, 2013 15:34:41 GMT -5 gault said:

I can play with my swollen glands. I am a masochist.

And when I get home I am going to bed and taking a nap.

Yikes! That just sounds so weird. I'm imagining jaw breaker size candy.

[captainmel]

River and I spent the morning at the vet. I love our vet for fitting him in ASAP today when I called to talk to her. He is having some TMI poop problems (again). Poor kitty... He's really mad at me right now.

partiallysunny, I love you for letting the kitty in.