I think the doctor just walked through the waiting room.
SOOO HOOOOOTTTT!
Am I the only one who gets like Cher in Clueless when I'm with a hot guy, and I kind of can't function like a normal human being? A doctor is the worst because you have to talk about embarrassing things like poop or snot or the uncontrollable urge to fantasize about sexing your hot doctor.
I arranged free Breakfast today for employee appreciation. I have to monitor the amount of food taken the first go around because people will stack their plates and not care if their other coworkers have eaten. Well before everyone had a chance to eat one of the Temp's tried to come back for seconds. I let him know everyone hadn't eaten but we would make a call letting everyone know when you can come back for seconds. This Mofo started to argue with me ^o).........The HR lady...........
I arranged free Breakfast today for employee appreciation. I have to monitor the amount of food taken the first go around because people will stack their plates and not care if their other coworkers have eaten. Well before everyone had a chance to eat one of the Temp's tried to come back for seconds. I let him know everyone hadn't eaten but we would make a call letting everyone know when you can come back for seconds. This Mofo started to argue with me .........The HR lady...........
You will be writing a book about this place after you leave, right?
I hate when the doctor is hot. I work with almost all males and thankgod they are all normal. Whenever we hired I'm nervous we are gonna hire a hot guy and that I'll be all weird about it.
I went to this community class thing put on by a local CSA/farm about sourdough bread making last week. I got some starter to take home. The same day my husband mentioned finding a great deal on refurbished kitchenaid mixers, so after like 7 years of thinking about it, I finally pulled the trigger on a candy apple red artisan mixer.
I made my first load of sourdough yesterday. It is AMAZING.
The reminds that a friend is pissing me off because her class wanted to talk about the DOJ's findings on Ferguson and she was all, "name a WHITE person who was killed by the police last year," as if she was making some kind of point. Then she found stats that around 32% of all suspects killed by LEO from 2003-2009 were black, and that black people accounted for arrests in something like 38% of all violent crimes. And I'm SURE her implication was that black people are therefore criminals more often or something, because yeah, THAT'S the only conclusion you can come to about that data. SMH. This was 2 days ago and I'm still mad.
Let's just say that the DOJ found undeniable instances of racism and accept that, mmkay?
Took the afternoon off yesterday to do some shopping/reclaim a bit of the 'me time I lost last Friday. Found a great running jacket on sale, along with capris and a long sleeved top. DH didn't even give me grief on spending the money. The weekend looks like it will be warm enough to get out and test everything.
Sooooo.... H got his performance review, pay increase and bonus numbers yesterday. Obviously pay increase and bonus are tied to what his review rating was.
For the first, oh, 8 years he'd always gotten a "Meets Expectations" on his formal HR paperwork, no matter how glowing the in-person review was. Then about 2 years ago he switched to a different team and manager and suddenly was getting "Exceeds Expectations" in line with his in-person review. It's been a nice financial cushion for us, making things like Second Baby and Private Pre-School possible.
This year he got an "Excellent".
I am trying hard to not mentally spend the money. Especially when my company also does bonuses, it would be stupid to spend any of it until we know what mine might be (not having been here for a full year last time, I don't know what they were like).
But. Still. I am so thrilled. Things had been looking pretty lean last year and early this year, courtesy of my unemployment. This is a huge help.
Bad: Incredibly frustrated this morning. My shoulder and neck have been killing me lately. After 5 days of pain, and headaches from said pain, I finally got in to see a chiropractor this morning. They took x-rays and checked my reflexes and flexibility, and then... set me up with another appointment on Monday. I'm coming to you in pain, and you're like "let's take a look, ok, we'll see you on Monday for treatment!" The two other offices I've gone to always did treatments following the patient intake, it never occurred to me that they wouldn't either. I kept telling myself that I just had to make it to today to start getting some relief, and then nothing. Ugh.
Good: I'm super excited, there's a photography workshop next weekend that I signed up for. I get to play with and practice with all sorts of lighting equipment. Umbrellas, soft boxes, snoots, reflectors! Woohoo! I'm so glad to be doing something just for me. Getting out of the house and not just running errands, but doing something fun. I definitely need this.
hugs mockingbird - you have so much stress these days I'm kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on yoga sooner. I forgot how much I love working out first thing in the morning. It feels so good!
I feel like a jerk because I know some of this is my failure to communicate in a constructive way, but I'm really frustrated with MH. He never wants to do anything in the evening except sit on the couch and watch stupid TV. Like...The Fall and House of Cards are boring to him (HoC he liked last season - this one isn't grabbing him). He'll suffer through them, but under duress only. But he'll watch HOURS of fucking random idiots in Alaska. I just don't fucking care. I don't. Not at all. So instead of paying attention to these asinine TV shows, I'll fart around on my phone.
And then he gets huffy with me because i'm ignoring *him* in favor of my phone.
I'm not ignoring YOU. I'M IGNORING THE TV. If you want me to interact with you, you are welcome to turn off the fucking TV and talk to me. Or propose some other activity. I mean...you wanna play dominos or something? FINE BY ME. But don't expect me to watch this crap and engage with you about it. It sucks.
hugs mockingbird - you have so much stress these days I'm kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on yoga sooner. I forgot how much I love working out first thing in the morning. It feels so good!
I put yoga on my habit bull. I'm trying to do it everyday because it does make such a difference. Even if I do one sun salutation, it's better than nothing right? !
yep! Everyone always stresses the importance of taking just a couple minutes to focus your mind, but I never really listened. I should have - even one small pose helps!
On a related note, I wish I had a gossipy girlfriend here at work to discuss what bonuses have been like in the past. I tried with my manager and got the general "have varied from nothing to very generous" line.
I HAVE NO SENSE OF DELAYED GRATIFICATION! MUST KNOW ALL THE THINGS! NAO!