Wednesday randoms

[mbcdefg]

Does anyone have the day off? MH does, but I do not. I also send out a newsletter every day and we were supposed to have a break today for the holiday, but we got an email this morning saying that plans have changed and we have to do them. So now, not only do I need to do mine, but I have to help someone else with theirs since they weren't prepared to do it today. Not a big deal, but it's annoying. 

Royal watchers, the king and queen of Bhutan are expecting a baby boy next year. He's going to be one good-looking kid:

[sfy]

I'm not off today, either.

They're very attractive. Especially her. She's gorgeous, he's attractive, but standing next to her pulls him up to very attractive lol. I've noticed this works with different sex couples, but with same sex couples, not as much. I know this really good looking guy couple, but I have noticed is that one is better looking than the other. I almost feel bad about but they're gorgeous and rich, so I guess I should feel bad for me instead lol.

This is what I was talking about the other day. Look at these cashmere sweatpants. They're calling them pants and pairing them with heels to confuse me, but damn it, these are sweatpants!



My boss invited me to join her in a meeting where the client is bound to be pissed.  Um...hard pass?

I looked at a trip for H's birthday in February.  I didn't book it and now it's gone up $1100, wtf.

[mbcdefg]

Nov 11, 2015 10:32:48 GMT -5 sfy said:

They're very attractive. Especially her. She's gorgeous, he's attractive, but standing next to her pulls him up to very attractive lol. I've noticed this works with different sex couples, but with same sex couples, not as much. I know this really good looking guy couple, but I have noticed is that one is better looking than the other. I almost feel bad about but they're gorgeous and rich, so I guess I should feel bad for me instead lol.

They're 35 and 25, I think. Look at their gorgeous wedding outfits (and his shoes!!!):





And yes, those sweatpants are ridiculous! 

[audette]

Our smoke detector decided to go off this morning in the wee hours. Scared the crap out of both of us. No fire. No smoke. Nothing.

No clue why it went off. None of the eight billion detectors we have in this house are beeping the song of low battery, so my only guess is that steam from the dishwasher set it off (which would be weird, but it was on at the time), or our detectors are tied to those in the other half of the house (we're in a duplex), and they had smoke from something set off their detectors.

I can't event tell which one started the whole craziness, because they all (all on our half of the duplex, at least) were going off by the time I was conscious enough to think to check.

[raangoli]

I stopped paying attention to the all day meeting I'm in, whoops. It's starting to sound like the Charlie Brown teacher to me.

[UnderProtest]

I really enjoyed not having to cook for 6 weeks. I'm not sure I can get back on board with this cooking thing. Is it cheaper to hire a personal chef or just eat out every day?

[irene adler]

I need to work on my waffle game :,(

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[UnderProtest]

Nov 11, 2015 11:28:19 GMT -5 irene adler said:

I need to work on my waffle game :,(

Even my Dad can make waffles and he can't even make Kraft mac and cheese.

[sfy]

Nov 11, 2015 11:16:13 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

sfy, I am waffling between liking the idea of cashmere pants and hating the whole look in that picture.  Are people really trying to pretend their comfy pants are haute couture?!

The king of Bhutan kind of reminds me of one of my college boyfriends.

I think they are, yes!  And I want to drink the Kool-Aid, but I know sweatpants when I see them lol.

Tough act to follow, Mr. RnV .

Nov 11, 2015 11:28:19 GMT -5 irene adler said:

I need to work on my waffle game :,(

Damn, irene.

[LoveTrains]

Its my birthday! This is the first year since I have been working as a professional adult that I've had to work.

[bostonmichelle]

I went to a knitting group last night and really enjoyed it. I may be able to venture out of scarf area at some point in the next year.

I'm waiting on two potential job offers. Both have been calling references. One called yesterday to see if I was still interested because they had someone else lined up for a 2nd round and wanted to know if I had any other offers yet. I had been kind of ballsy and told them when I went on a second interview about a week ago that I should hear something from another job by the end of last week/beginning of this week. This sent me to call the lady from that first job and she had meant to call me earlier but got stuck in meetings and was going to call references today. So fingers crossed I get at least one offer before the end of the week. I'm pretty sure I know which one I'm going to go towards but it shall be interesting. Never thought this would happen in a million years.

[bostonmichelle]

Nov 11, 2015 11:37:46 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Its my birthday! This is the first year since I have been working as a professional adult that I've had to work.

Happy Birthday!!! Sorry you have to work though .

[sfy]

Nov 11, 2015 11:37:46 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Its my birthday! This is the first year since I have been working as a professional adult that I've had to work.

Happy birthday !!

I'm sorry you have to work.  On the other hand, I am super glad you aren't at your old job!  Will you do anything tonight to celebrate?

Fingers crossed, bostonmichelle!  Between you and womet, I'm ready to pick up and move lol!

[winnieandwine]

I have so many things I want to bitch about; it's hard to pick one.


my job is like a really bad group project.

we have to meet productivity standards (billable minutes/time on the clock). only instead of individual goals, my boss takes the dept average. this would be fine if everyone in my dept had integrity.

unfortunately, there's one employee who totally scams the system. she's at work maybe 7 hrs/day but puts 8 on her time sheet. and if she has what she deems to be too heavy of a caseload for that day (boss schedules our patients), she'll sit on her ass texting her boyfriend for most of it and put in for OT (9-10 hrs). she's told me not to be *too* productive so as to not set higher expectations for the group.

all of that above? not my business, right?

wrong.

the past few weeks she's been "forced" to work a half day each Friday because of the OT she purposefully puts in M-R. guess who gets stuck with her extra patients?

also, our dept average is 8 percentage points below the goal for this month. we had a meeting yesterday where we were told our current productivity is unacceptable. this is super annoying for the group, because 3/4 of us are meeting or exceeding expectations. hoping we could actually talk about the real problem, I asked for actionable suggestions for improving productivity... which turned out just to be an exercise in futility.

best part? scammy coworker is going to be the ONLY full time person in my department starting next month. my fav coworker who I interviewed with and who was supposed to continue my training for a specific skill put in her notice. they're bringing in a PT employee to replace her full time job.  favorite coworker actually told me to gtfo because she believes I'm "too good for this job." nice to hear, but I still don't have any other offers. sigh.

I. need. out.

[womet]

Thanks sfy. I should give you an update. Things are going well at my new job. And our house in Atlanta is under contract. We are scheduled to close in mid December.

Happy birthday, LoveTrains!!

[irene adler]

LoveTrains, happy birthday! I hope the day goes smoothly and quickly.

[sfy]

Nov 11, 2015 11:51:57 GMT -5 womet said:

Thanks sfy. I should give you an update. Things are going well at my new job. And our house in Atlanta is under contract. We are scheduled to close in mid December.

Happy birthday, LoveTrains!!

Very good to hear (read) !

winnieandwine, I'm sorry, that really does suck.  Just 12 more days until offer time lol.

[winnieandwine]

Nov 11, 2015 11:55:59 GMT -5 sfy said:

Nov 11, 2015 11:51:57 GMT -5 womet said:

winnieandwine, I'm sorry, that really does suck.  Just 12 more days until offer time lol.

this made me laugh. I REALLY HOPE SO.

I finally heard back from my interviewer yesterday (!). she asked if HR has contacted me yet (nope. I've checked my e-mail every 5 minutes since last week and obsessively dig through my spam and trash folders to be sure). she emailed them another reminder yesterday and I should get back to her by Friday if there are still crickets.

com'n HR!!! 

[winnieandwine]

Nov 11, 2015 12:03:17 GMT -5 Stan said:

It's the one time of year I'd let H get CFA, because it costs them money

happy birthday LoveTrains - sorry you're at work!

[MrsDarcy]

sfy, as a child of the 80s, I wore a lot of sweater pants. Maybe you can just call these sweater pants and get away with it being a throwback!

[steph96]

sfy Buy them! I bet they feel amazing on!

LoveTrains Happy birthday!

winnieandwine Sorry your job sucks. It's amazing how much one person can bring everyone down.

I just got home from my 3 interviews. I honestly don't know how they went. The first group was the supervisor and dept manager. The supervisor was probably a few years older than me. She sat with her arms crossed the entire time. She was kinda blah about everything. Monotone voice. No smiles. The dept manager was great. I really clicked with her. They asked me about salary requirements and all that jazz. The second group was for two different positions. The one guy was great, but it turns out that he has been promoted and won't be supervising this position anymore. I'm not sure why they didn't have his replacement join us. The other guy was very blunt about everything. He kinda looked like Si on Duck Dynasty. I'm not sure if he is someone I would want to work for. Soooo yeah...not sure what I think about my interviews.

[cheezer]

Nov 11, 2015 10:32:48 GMT -5 sfy said:

I'm not off today, either.

They're very attractive. Especially her. She's gorgeous, he's attractive, but standing next to her pulls him up to very attractive lol. I've noticed this works with different sex couples, but with same sex couples, not as much. I know this really good looking guy couple, but I have noticed is that one is better looking than the other. I almost feel bad about but they're gorgeous and rich, so I guess I should feel bad for me instead lol.

This is what I was talking about the other day. Look at these cashmere sweatpants. They're calling them pants and pairing them with heels to confuse me, but damn it, these are sweatpants!



My boss invited me to join her in a meeting where the client is bound to be pissed.  Um...hard pass?

I looked at a trip for H's birthday in February.  I didn't book it and now it's gone up $1100, wtf.

I hate that I've become so lazy that I really really want those pants to wear outside of my house.  But damn if those don't look like the most comfortable things ever.

[sfy]

Nov 11, 2015 12:03:17 GMT -5 Stan said:

 sfy, I would wear those pants constantly. My dog ate my favorite pair of (NY Giant) sweats. I'm heartbroken.

Nov 11, 2015 12:17:43 GMT -5 MrsDarcy said:

sfy, as a child of the 80s, I wore a lot of sweater pants. Maybe you can just call these sweater pants and get away with it being a throwback!

Nov 11, 2015 12:24:42 GMT -5 steph96 said:

sfy Buy them! I bet they feel amazing on!

Sold lol!!

Nov 11, 2015 12:29:18 GMT -5 cheezer said:

Nov 11, 2015 10:32:48 GMT -5 sfy said:

I'm not off today, either.

They're very attractive. Especially her. She's gorgeous, he's attractive, but standing next to her pulls him up to very attractive lol. I've noticed this works with different sex couples, but with same sex couples, not as much. I know this really good looking guy couple, but I have noticed is that one is better looking than the other. I almost feel bad about but they're gorgeous and rich, so I guess I should feel bad for me instead lol.

This is what I was talking about the other day. Look at these cashmere sweatpants. They're calling them pants and pairing them with heels to confuse me, but damn it, these are sweatpants!



My boss invited me to join her in a meeting where the client is bound to be pissed.  Um...hard pass?

I looked at a trip for H's birthday in February.  I didn't book it and now it's gone up $1100, wtf.

I hate that I've become so lazy that I really really want those pants to wear outside of my house.  But damn if those don't look like the most comfortable things ever.

Same!  I couldn't agree more.

Stan, I feel your pain!

steph96, I hope things went better than you think and you get callbacks/offers.

[raangoli]

Happy birthday LoveTrains!

[cajunmom]

Last night I had a dream that I had sex with Gavin Rossdale and then was freaking out because "OMG what if I get pregnant...H has had a vasectomy and he'll totally know!" and then saying to myself "Oh, we had anal. Nothing to worry about."

[sfy]

Nov 11, 2015 12:58:02 GMT -5 cajunmom said:

Last night I had a dream that I had sex with Gavin Rossdale and then was freaking out because "OMG what if I get pregnant...H has had a vasectomy and he'll totally know!" and then saying to myself "Oh, we had anal. Nothing to worry about."

[Deleted]

Nov 11, 2015 12:45:09 GMT -5 poundcake said:

I would love to know the secret to getting your hair to turn out like it does the day you get it cut and styled. It never happens. I've tried twice now by doing what I think is the same thing with the same product and it looks nothing like it did.

I've just broken down and asked my stylist for tips. I gave up the act that, "Oh yeah, I can totally go home and replicate this." The last few times I've gotten my hair done I've actually engaged in conversation with her about what she's doing (why she uses certain products, angle of the blow dryer, how close to hold it to my head, etc..). The feedback she gave me was really helpful.

Happy birthday LoveTrains! I HATE working on my birthday, but hope you have a great one!

Here's my randoms. I have a phone call scheduled with a university tomorrow to discuss their graduate program in my field. I'm 99% sure I'm applying, and will begin next fall. It's online (but from a real university) so I'd keep working throughout the program.

Also, today I showed my supervisor and a team of colleagues from other departments an online course I made. This course will literally be assigned to EVERY person in our company, about 10,000 people, so no stress (haha). They liked it! I got a little feedback, and it should go live next week once I make the final adjustments! Eek!

[cajunmom]

Nov 11, 2015 13:48:40 GMT -5 @rennido said:

Nov 11, 2015 12:58:02 GMT -5 cajunmom said:

Last night I had a dream that I had sex with Gavin Rossdale and then was freaking out because "OMG what if I get pregnant...H has had a vasectomy and he'll totally know!" and then saying to myself "Oh, we had anal. Nothing to worry about."

Was it good?

Most definitely. 

[hamster]

I hate that I went from loving my job to wanting to jump off a bridge in two short weeks.

[irene adler]

Nov 11, 2015 14:26:26 GMT -5 hamster said:

I hate that I went from loving my job to wanting to jump off a bridge in two short weeks.

This sucks.

You know how people are doing that 30 days of thanks? I'm attempting 30 days of no bitching. Lol. Failure, party of one.

My sister is pretty high strung about planning her wedding. She got upset with me last week when I didn't know how I wanted to do my hair. 9 more months of these shenanigans.