Ugh, back in the swing of things after being off last week. We had a nice Easter. I am absolutely grateful for the spring break but kinda wish I had Easter Monday off as well just because we're on the go all day Sunday. I feel like I could use another day to relax. I might consider taking it off next year.
DS is still home and off school. It's supposed to pour all day for like 4 days, so we can't even go do anything. Baseball is canceled though, which I'm not super mad about, lol.
My stomach isn't happy after eating with wild abandon all weekend. I'm super bloated.
I literally played Connections right before I opened this thread. Did it on my computer first and two of the pictures didn't show up. Switched to the app on my phone and everything was there. So annoying! I thought it might be a trick, like one of the answers was "nothing", but there were two of them blank so that seemed less likely...
I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow and I'm going to ask her to increase my anti depressant. It took a while to get to this point because on the bad days I just couldn't make the call to schedule, and on the good days I thought "I don't need it, I'm doing fine." But the truth is I have been struggling to cope a lot lately.
Yeah, Connections definitely threw me today. I got Wordle in 2 tries, though!
I also play Wordscapes and the daily puzzle today had all the words backwards. My brain does not work that way!
I cannot stress enough how much I DO NOT want to be in the office today. I mean, I don't want to be in the office on any day, but today, the day after Easter, when the kids are still home on Spring Break, and my knee is killing me because it's going to rain tonight. Just all kinds of meh. I'm reallllly hoping a couple of people choose to work from home today so I can leave early.
I'm so glad you mentioned this. I don't like it, but it makes more sense now lol
Funny, I thought Connections was way easier than usual today!
I crashed last night at 830 but then I couldn't sleep from 2-430 so I feel like my good night of early bedtime was kind of a wash. My brain is definitely not functioning at full speed yet today.
My Connections was missing two squares, so that made it fairly impossible! I got two of them pretty quick but the others not so much. I actually did have a brief thought that the one with the sheep was what it was, but "sheep" made no sense so I thought I was wrong. Grr.
Every Sunday I have this thought that I'm ready and motivated to hit the ground running and be super productive during the week, and then Monday rolls around and I don't wanna anymore. I had a really unmotivated/disorganized week last week, probably due to jet lag, so this week needs to be better!
When I was in Italy I paired up pretty quickly with the only guy on the trip, who is young but was a really fun person to hang out with and we have a lot of common interests. He messaged me a couple of times when we got back and since then it has been crickets, including not responding to my messages. IDK if I should be concerned for his well being or if my feelings should be hurt! Like I sent him one yesterday about the assignment, so not anything weird to be sending. It also occurred to me that maybe his girlfriend is uncomfortable with him having a female friend? Which would be understandable but also, I'm 18 years older than him and happily married so I am no threat, lol. I had actually hoped we could all get together sometime because he has a lot of similar professional interests to my H and I though my H could be a good mentor type of relationship for him. Oh well - I know travel relationships don't tend to translate into the real world so I can't say I'm shocked.
Post by lilypad1126 on Apr 1, 2024 11:03:11 GMT -5
Today is the first day of our new fiscal year. It's also the day/week when they announce company promotions. I'm like 98% sure they are going to announce that I got my full promotion, but no one has actually told me. I've been congratulated by 3 different people, none of whom get to make the decision, though all 3 said they heard it from the SVP who signs off on it. My boss is on vacation until the end of this week, so I can't even actually ask, lol. Trust me, it would be super weird if I reached out to the SVP to ask.
Anyway, I'm trying to keep myself busy so I don't spend all my time dwelling on it.
We are extending an offer of employment to a person who seems to be very well qualified to fill in for my office manager while on maternity leave and then really take off in her position when she returns.
I threw my back out on Saturday. I have a very high pain threshold and I was about to go to the ER. I feel like I can’t do anything right now for fear I’ll screw it up again or I’m just masking it with a lot of drugs and once I stop I’ll be there anyway. Also my new boss is an asshole. He told me about 2 weeks ago that he wouldn’t override a decision I made and then I find out today he did it anyway. He didn’t tell ME that he did this, he told my coworker.
ETA and I don’t have a clue what connections even is 🤣
lilypad1126 - We should be finding out what our bonus numbers are and any salary adjustments happening this week based off of our 2023 reviews so I'll be anxiously waiting with you! Good luck!
DD1 got her permit today! She was so nervous beforehand, but got 19 out of 20 questions correct. I told her I’d take her driving next weekend, in the back lot of the mall.
She’s been telling people she failed, as an April Fool’s Day joke 🤣
Post by pierogigirl on Apr 1, 2024 12:29:34 GMT -5
Our pedi only allows you to make physical appointments 3 months out. I had a note in my planner to call today for a July appointment. At 8:30 I remembered but it was too early to call. They I got doing things and didn't call until after their lunch hour. Phew! I still got a July appointment. It's like winning the lottery.
If I couldn't get one, I would have had to wait until May 1 to call.
Our pedi only allows you to make physical appointments 3 months out. I had a note in my planner to call today for a July appointment. At 8:30 I remembered but it was too early to call. They I got doing things and didn't call until after their lunch hour. Phew! I still got a July appointment. It's like winning the lottery.
If I couldn't get one, I would have had to wait until May 1 to call.
I would be less annoyed with Connections if they gave us some extra guesses to deal with the twist. I don't use emoji. I don't think I'm translating some of them correctly. I've gotten the yellow category (although I had the connection wrong) and only have one guess remaining.
My Connections was missing two squares, so that made it fairly impossible!
Mine was too, so I ended up switching browsers to Firefox to get the missing emoji to show up. But I don't track my Connections stats so it wasn't a big deal to me.
I ended up getting them all correct without errors, but I was really wrong on what I thought the yellow category was.
I'm fantasizing about a future trip now that we're done with spring break. For people who have travelled to the UK/Europe with kids, are all of the rooms double occupancy? We have 2 kids so I'm trying to figure out if we HAVE to book two rooms.
After my angry rant yesterday, I feel the need to mention that H did NOT ask me to cook breakfast for him today. I usually fix breakfast during the work week and pack lunch for him if he's going to be out on inspections past noon. Looking at my work calendar, I could probably fit in some exercise early in the morning. I would prefer afternoons or evenings, but i have standing meetings that would make that difficult.
So I do have the time to prioritize my health. Now I have to figure out where I'm going to get the energy 🙃
Does anyone like doing surveys for money? Pinecone sent me a referral link if anyone would like to join, and I can PM you a link. They pay "300 points" for each survey, which translates to about $3, and they usually only take ~10 minutes (assuming you qualify to take the survey). You can redeem your points for merch in their catalog, or "cash" in the form of gift cards (I think they have a visa gift card option now).
I've been doing this for years, and they are legit. They used to send products to test (I got to test a bunch of fun snacks and drinks, and I can't say what because of NDAs, but I've seen several come to market). Sadly the sampling/product testing basically stopped several years ago (a few years pre-pandemic), but I think they might be ramping up again because I got a survey last week about a product test (I didn't qualify).
Full disclosure, if you'd like the link, and you sign up and do a survey, I get 100 points. It maxes out for me at 500 points, but it doesn't say I can't refer more than 5.
Does anyone like doing surveys for money? Pinecone sent me a referral link if anyone would like to join, and I can PM you a link. They pay "300 points" for each survey, which translates to about $3, and they usually only take ~10 minutes (assuming you qualify to take the survey). You can redeem your points for merch in their catalog, or "cash" in the form of gift cards (I think they have a visa gift card option now).
I've been doing this for years, and they are legit. They used to send products to test (I got to test a bunch of fun snacks and drinks, and I can't say what because of NDAs, but I've seen several come to market). Sadly the sampling/product testing basically stopped several years ago (a few years pre-pandemic), but I think they might be ramping up again because I got a survey last week about a product test (I didn't qualify).
Full disclosure, if you'd like the link, and you sign up and do a survey, I get 100 points. It maxes out for me at 500 points, but it doesn't say I can't refer more than 5.
Our alley is under construction for about 2 months so we have to park out front on the street. Since it’s pollen season I got a monthly membership at the car wash. It’s not super convenient, but I’m still going like twice a week and I really love having a clean car.
Omg. Someone on a work call was trying to be down to earth and folksy and said something like "there's only ever been one person who walked the earth and was perfect; we all make mistakes."
1. Oh, do shut up. 2. Way to presume everyone is a believing Christian. 3. No, seriously, this is a call about compliance. Leave Jesus out of it. 4. Even if you want to bring JC into it, I note that regulations give 2 shits if you're divine. 5. I absolutely am going to raise this subtly with people in the HR world.