Yay for Friday! Say anything.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

So exciting about your trip, Rock! You're going in the fall, right?

I have some teel deer whines: This week has totally been the worst. Wednesday was such an awful day - I spent all day working with the faculty chair and our funder on an exit strategy for kicking someone out of our program, then was here til 7 o'clock dealing with it. And I had to use my boss's boss to get it done, because I had no idea how to handle it or what to say. I knew the steps that needed to be taken, but it all came to a head with about 20 minutes left to the day, so I didn't have time to come up with a full-fledged strategy. I think she thinks I'm an idiot, but I've never had to do it before and it kind of made me want to throw up. I also fell in the courtyard in front of my group that afternoon; scraped the shit out of my palm and knee, and cried in front of my staff. I'm still gimpy, and my knee hurts like a mo-fo, and I hope it doesn't still hurt like whoa tomorrow, because I have to trudge around Thompson Island all day.

A police officer from my hometown was killed earlier this week, and it scared the shit out of me, because I have some very good friends (and some acquaintances) on the force. When I saw the headline without a name, I seriously stopped breathing for a second. And then I felt awful for feeling grateful that it was someone I didn't know, because it's just a terrible thing. The funeral is today, and the number of profile pictures in my FB newsfeed of either the fallen officer or the SPD shield with a black bar is heartbreaking.

I need more coffee.

[mrs.tbc]

Yay Rock! Enjoy your Safari!

5k - Wednesday sounds like it was a trying day And so sorry to hear about the loss of the police officer from your hometown. How tragic. Thought going out to his family!

I'm really excited about the weekend! We need a little downtime after the past few crazy weeks. I did get the okay to take a vacation in August though so DH and I are going to be researching flights and hotels for a trip to visit our friends and family back in Florida. DD was so excited when we told her...she talks about her BFF from Florida every single day and immediately said she wants to go see her.

I have a 5k coming up in 4 weeks and I'm almost done training for it. My coworkers (who are also participating) are not starting training until Tuesday. It makes me chuckle that the resident fat chick will probably outrun them

I also need more coffee.

[elfinia7]

The university is doing construction on the building I'm working in and my office is reeking of cigarette smoke from the construction guys working in the room next door. It gives me such a headache.

I had to run to another department to drop off a key and what should have been a 15 minute walk turned into a 45 minute walk because it was so nice outside and I didn't want to come in.

I'm annoyed that I'm not seeing more defined results from my exercising which has made me lose motivation which makes me lazy and then I realize I have a cruise coming up and I need to look good in my bikini and the cycle starts all over again. I told my husband I wanted lipo...he isn't feeling it. lol

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Jun 8, 2012 9:16:35 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I'm sure no one thinks you're an idiot; I've had a few bosses that are bad at firing people so they might empathize more than you know. (

Thanks, Rock! I was talking with a co-worker yesterday and telling the whole story, and she said, "so what if she thinks you're an idiot? She's one person. FORTY-FIVE people think she's an idiot."

Also, one of my staff broke his collarbone yesterday playing soccer. I am starting to think this program is cursed.