Last Friday before Christmas randoms

[konapoppy]

Anyone else working today??

[blondemoment123]

Oops. I'll delete mine.

[momin2013]

I’m working but it’s my regular WFH day and I’m sick as a dog so I’m actually laying on the couch watching Food Network 😜

[blondemoment123]

H got a small bonus and the cleaning company we used prior to our household budget cuts had an opening for a deep clean today. Merry Christmas to me!

Is it rude for DS and me to be in pj's when they're here? I used to just leave a key under the mat since no one was home.

[krystee]

I do not work, which is a very good thing because I have so much wrapping to do! I called our old home daycare and she had open slots today, so my boys and their daycare BFF are going, and all of us are VERY excited about this. I haven’t had a 9-5 for myself since my oldest was still in daycare four years ago!

[sproctopus]

I'm "working".

I just finished building my course and every creative item I've added will make my students cringe with my millennial usage of Gen Z terms (e.g. a problem the rizz gene gives you the ick, lol). I've also quoted Michael Scott and Nene Leakes.

I have to do real work and meet with my boss in 4 min. 🙃

[mrsukyankee]

My entire team was told to work from home because everyone is getting Covid (me included) and they didn't want any healthy people to fall into illness. I didn't really have much on today anyway other than admin, so it worked out well. My day finished at noon.

blondemoment123, your house, you can dress any way you want as long as you aren't flashing them. My cleaners usually see me in leggings and a sweater or sweatshirt as I work from home on our cleaning day - I just stick to our living room which they don't clean (I'm fine with cleaning one room in the house myself that week).

[deadwing]

Not only am I working but I'm about to get on a call that's going to be very painful.

[mrsukyankee]

deadwing, good luck!

[SusanBAnthony]

I have the day off and had planned to relax but instead DS spent the last week not doing a big English project. He is completely overwhelmed and hadn't even started. So I woke him up and he is getting ready and then I'm going to spend my morning being an English tutor.

We took away his phone and laptop until he is caught up, but he has to use his laptop for the project. Last night I had him start reading sources, walked downstairs to move laundry, came back and he was on YouTube. So we stopped for the night and are trying again this morning with adhd meds in his system.

[jinkies]

I checked my email, had nothing new. Not doing anything else work related.

We are going into the city tonight to have a nice dinner at a restaurant I've wanted to try for years, then going to see Elf at the orchestra (they play the score live). I'm super excited but also my son has been super negative about everything lately and I really hope that he can rally and not ruin it for the rest of us.

Finally, an update-- I posted a while ago that I'd been to 3 stores looking for Hershey Hugs to make my kids favorite Xmas cookies.

Happy to report that I finally found them last night... in the new Valentines Day display that Walmart had set up LOL. The pink wrapper doesn't matter since they are getting unwrapped for the cookies anyway. But what the hell.

[fernweh]

I’m technically working but let’s face it, I’m not going to accomplish much. One of our dogs had surgery yesterday and he is just so miserable. I’m trying to keep him away from the other dogs because he’s very cranky with them - unfortunately that means he is sedated and in his crate. He is not happy about that.

[donutsmakemegonuts]

I'm working and I was hoping for a quiet day, but it seems that everyone has decided that they need resources/help RIGHT NOW, so I'll be making phone calls for most of my day it seems. At least that should help time pass quickly?? I'm off until the 28th after today and I can't wait.

[ssmjlm]

I'm working a half day, but mostly just online in case something comes up. Baking some cookies and cheesecake bars this afternoon.

I have to run the dog to an allergy shot appt later today.

[litebright]

I am, but as soon as I get our daily news out, I'm done. (As my editor-in-chief put it, "we pretend to work the rest of the day," lol.) We do a shut down for the week between Christmas and New Years, so I am looking forward to a much-needed break.

I am in no way ready for Christmas and have a ton to do. Hoping to run a bunch of errands this afternoon to get some things taken care of.

[dish2501]

I’m working but expect it to be very quiet. I’m sneaking out for a long run with a friend this morning and will probably “work” while watching GBBO. We need to wrap everything and it’s my least favorite thing. My husband is good at it, so that’s on the agenda tonight.

[mel]

If by working you mean sitting my ass in my chair and dicking around on my phone, then yes. I am working.

[konapoppy]

I only have 2 meetings today, then the dentist this afternoon. The kids are off so this will be an interesting and likely unproductive day.

Yesterday was a cluster and I probably had 15 meetings when all was said and done, so today will at least be different.

[arielroux]

Ugh, I’m working. It’s my last day before we have two full weeks off. THANK THE LORD! (Literally, I guess) I have so much to do with family coming over tomorrow and then the actual holiday. I better not have one damn thing to do today other than my two calls this morning.

[macmars45]

No work for me (public school employee) and H has today through Christmas off. I hope to run some errands sans DS(7.5) this morning and maybe visit my grandma and maybe go on a walk with my sister and her dogs. And wrapping presents at some point.

[rosiebear]

Working in office today, although I’m mostly emptying boxes from my office move. We lost office space and I lost my window, which blows but I’m trying to be a good sport about it. Government work!

[followyourarrow]

Two months ago FI’s exW told him to come get Bella or she was taking her to the pound. So we went and got her of course. Her nails were so over grown they were curling. Her back end hardly had hair, the vet thinks because of fleas. The second pic is from yesterday. She looks so much better! We finally could get her nails all the way trimmed down, it was a process, she has hair again, and she’s lost 8 lbs. She has settled in and bosses the household around.

[scm1011]

Working in theory, but there isn't much to do today. I've decided I'm going to take a move out of the European playbook and delete all the emails in my inbox before signing off for vacation so I can start the New Year fresh. Anyone who still needs something from me in 2024 will have to ping me again.

[wanderingback]

Being in healthcare plus not buying gifts for Christmas makes this time of year normal and stress free for me. I like how less emails come in from others and generally patients are in a good mood

I’m at my per diem job today and am hoping it’s chill! I picked to do this shift and I’m kinda regretting it but the extra money is always nice. I have Mon and Tues off and then I work Wed Thurs and have off Fri to Wednesday. Wahoo!

[lilafowler]

Working but it’s a WFH week. Then I work Tuesday and then off again until the new year.

I’ve decided on both ice cream and a bakery cake. Shoutout to icedcoffee for the obvious solution!.

[gretchenindisguise]

I have a 7am taping for a project that I was up until 11:45 last night fixing.

A was coughing again last night.

We are going to see Rent tonight.

I need a nap.

Oh and tomorrow I will hopefully find the remaining Christmas presents we need to buy. I'm not usually this bad.

[konapoppy]

Dec 22, 2023 9:34:39 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Working in theory, but there isn't much to do today. I've decided I'm going to take a move out of the European playbook and delete all the emails in my inbox before signing off for vacation so I can start the New Year fresh. Anyone who still needs something from me in 2024 will have to ping me again.

The wave of anxiety that went through my body just reading this 🤣

[slbride2003]

WFH today but it’s very quiet. I ran a few errands this morning after walking DS to school.
Have to go to the grocery store this afternoon and figure out what we are going to serve for Christmas Eve dinner.

[silva]

Working from home. I have my supervisor check-in this morning and nothing else. I'm basically on call for any last-minute needs.

[georgeharrison]

I WFH and am "working" today, but not many others are, so it's very quiet...so far. I have one afternoon meeting that I think I'm going to move up (if the deliverables to support it...which were due LAST Friday are ready) and then be done.

My husband started a 1000 piece puzzle on our dining room table yesterday afternoon. We are hosting Christmas and I was looking forward to cleaning, not making more messes. Thankfully, we are puzzling athletes and it's about half done already and should be finished today.