Friday randoms

[mrsukyankee]

I'm meant to be interviewing for a management position within my service today but due to Covid and the fact that I'm coughing a bunch today, I'm unable to do so. Luckily, they are going to try to find a time to meet next week, which is very kind of them.

I'm grateful that we have a house where I can be in a room with an ensuite so I can isolate. And weirdly, that my husband lost his job, because he's able to take care of the dog and me during this time so that I don't have to go downstairs and potentially run into my MIL who would be at risk if she got Covid. I've only gone downstairs once a day, so far, and that's to let out the dog in the morning as he wants to sleep with me (his normal sleeping routine) and it's during a time when I know my MIL is going to be in her room (and I wear a mask). I will say that my H will appreciate my contributions to the household more after this because he's having to do it all (which doesn't include laundry because I did everything right before I got ill luckily).

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I hope you feel better [mention]mrsukyankee [/mention] !

I’m taking leave today. It’s another teacher workday (we have about two a month), so C and I are going to go to Costco, then chill the rest of the day. He has a soccer tournament this weekend about 90 minutes away, and we’re going to drive up and back each day rather than stay.

[gerberdaisy]

I'm so disappointed that I couldn't see the northern lights last night! I kept looking outside, but didn't try taking pictures. Everyone around me saw them, including my neighbor, ugh. Someone even got a great picture this morning on the way to the gym!

However, another lady at the gym was complaining she didn't see them, come to find out that she was looking out her southern window all night. So, at least I was looking north lol.

[candreco]

Oct 11, 2024 6:24:32 GMT -5 gerberdaisy said:

I'm so disappointed that I couldn't see the northern lights last night! I kept looking outside, but didn't try taking pictures. Everyone around me saw them, including my neighbor, ugh. Someone even got a great picture this morning on the way to the gym!

However, another lady at the gym was complaining she didn't see them, come to find out that she was looking out her southern window all night. So, at least I was looking north lol.

Me too! I kept looking outside (with my camera!) off and on but nothing, when I know people nearby did see them. Fingers crossed for tonight!

[deadwing]

There's too much light pollution where I live to see the auroras. I did try taking a photo last night and all I got was a normal dark sky. My parents got an incredible view, but they live in the middle of nowhere. I might try driving to a state park tonight that should be much darker than my neighborhood.

[ssmjlm]

My neighbors have their backyard full of various solar lights in all different lumens, so we couldn't see anything.

Unraveling the shitshow of a employee being suspended is a nightmare. We're all frustrated, angry, and hoping they never come back.

[donutsmakemegonuts]

I saw everyone posting last night about the lights so I went outside and couldn't see anything. I took a picture on a whim and the way I gasped when the picture loaded! I just got the new iPhone 16 and it automatically did the long exposure, which my brick of a iPhone SE did not do, so I was shocked. I was able to capture stars! So so cool.

[fernweh]

I took Monday and Tuesday off work so we can do a long weekend at our cottage. The end of the workday can’t come fast enough.

[wildrice]

I did not see the lights last night, but admittedly I did not try very hard. I looked outside on our deck in multiple directions and then gave up.

My friend flew in last night so today we are doing brunch and then driving to Annapolis just to walk around. We may do a boat tour this afternoon too if it feels warm enough. It's bright and sunny so it should be a pretty day for it.

I just took my dog on a longer walk on a path near my house, and the light this time of year is so pretty! I just discovered that this trail can connect in a loop and it's less busy than the lake near me, so it may be our new daily walk. I'm getting pretty bored walking around my neighborhood multiple times a day with him.

[buckeyegirl]

Today is a teacher work day so I thought it would be a good way to phase back into working after being out the last 2 weeks. This disc herniation in my neck is no joke. I'm glad I'm getting better but this sucks. I'm grateful to my DH who has done absolutely everything for the last 2 weeks and he took off work the whole time to take care of me, the kids, and house.

[tacokick]

No lights here and I was even in a rural area! I saw a lot of stars. Maybe I should have tried with my phone? I didn’t really hear of it until we were starting to head home and saw people posting. I guess I’m not in the aurora loop?

There is an estate sale starting in my neighborhood today and I might go. Normally I only do the online ones but my neighborhood attracts the artsy weirdos so I think there might be good stuff. Rummaging through someone’s house seems a little creepy though. We will see!

[beerlover]

TGIF!

Not sure what we are doing this evening. H might want to go to some of the HS football game. I did my one game a year already so I'm out.

Tomorrow, we are going to an event at a brewery at lunchtime and then probably to a friend's house to watch PSU/USC. I don't believe we have any plans Sunday, but we need to spend some time putting the house back together after having everything up off the floors for the exterminator.

I've been seeing how long I can hold off turning the heat on. It's 62 degrees in the house this AM (low of 37 outside last night) but I don't feel that cold with proper clothing and occasional space heater usage. It's supposed to be warmer the next couple nights so I was hoping to hold off another few days.

[blondemoment123]

It's 61 and sunny! I wish I could just work outside today, but alas lol.

Feel better @mrsusyankee

[underwaterrhymes]

I posted this in the Aurora thread too:

You have to manage expectations and have a lot of patience.

If a substorm isn’t currently happening, you will likely need to go someplace dark and look for a white film in the sky. When you point your camera at it, you will see more color.

But, if there is a substorm, you can see it even if there is some light pollution. The substorms happen unexpectedly- there is no way to predict when they occur, so you have to be committed to sitting around and waiting. These you can actually see better with the naked eye, but they’re still going to show up better on camera. I recommend joining an Aurora FB group in your area and watching what people are posting. They’ll let you know where they’re watching, as well as when the substorms are starting.

[followyourarrow]

FI came home sick yesterday, he had what I assume is food poisoning. He'd had seafood the night before and it wasn't super fresh. Thankfully it was short lived after we got him some fluids.

My boss text me at 6 am that he was taking a vacation day. That's nice, but could it have waited until at least 7 am?

We have tickets to a college game for tomorrow night. It's for where I'm getting my masters and I thought I should attend at least one game as a student.

[midwestmama]

I have a job where I deal with very confidential information and situations sometimes. Today was one of those days where I had to work on something where the employees should be let go "for cause" but are being allowed to resign. It's just irritating, because I feel like they are being given special treatment because of their level within the company, whereas a regular/low-level employee would most likely not be given special treatment.

But, TGIF!! No plans for tonight. DS is working tomorrow and DD asked if I would take her shopping (now that cold weather clothes are fully in stock), so that is the plan for tomorrow. No plans for Sunday, except going to church in the morning. I bought a few new books recently, so it seems like a good weekend to take some time to read.

[hermione]

I am so frustrated with a colleague right now. I am out of town and she announced something to staff that has them all in a frenzy. We were supposed to wait until next week and announce AFTER we had all of the logistics figured out. Instead I have 72 emails with questions that don't have answers yet.

[litebright]

I have a measurement tech here today for the bathroom countertops and some of the shower surfaces (wall caps, bench, shelves). I just talked to our contractor and we should have bedroom flooring going in next week. Things seemed a little slow this week, but I am really looking forward to more progress next week as the surfaces get fabricated.

My workload (and pay) got cut by 50% at the beginning of September and I am still adjusting. I basically have a normal work day Mon/Tues/Wednesday a.m., then Thursday/Friday off. I thought it was going to be a good thing overall on a temporary basis (although obviously a financial hit), because we were just getting into the bedroom/bathroom/closet renovation work and that requires some on-site presence/meeting with people/confirming details, and makes it harder for me to focus on work anyway, because of all the noise and people coming and going. I also made a huge list of all the projects around the house that I was going to finally have the time for!

I've made some progress, but the on-again-off-again schedule is more disorienting than I thought it would be. At the same time, while I am casually looking and revamped my resume, I'm not ready to jump back into a FT equivalent job yet, especially if I were to consider jobs that require a commute (I've been WFH since 2010, so even hybrid would be a huge adjustment for me and my family). And I'm not entirely sure what I want to look for in a next job, so it's both exciting and a little unnerving.

But at the moment, I feel like I'm see-sawing every week between too much and not enough of both work and non-work time, and it's harder than I anticipated to feel like I'm doing good work on either front. I guess maybe I was expecting that my stress level would drop by 50%, since I was working less? Yeah, that's not happening. If anything, I put more pressure on myself to be "productive" with my time.

[heygrey]

We have a four day weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving and I am leaning hard into the lazy morning right now. It has been a really hard week both professionally (I was hurt at work) and personally (DS is being bullied at school - that's the school label, not mine). Why do all the crisis have to pile up on top of each other?? Thankfully both issues are being handled very well by the powers that be and I can actually relax and heal this weekend.

[prettypitties]

I leave tomorrow evening for a work trip to West Virginia. There's not much actual "work" involved on my end other than a board meeting on Tuesday morning, and I get to stay in a luxury cabin with a hot tub, so that'll be nice. However - I can't say I'm super excited to be the lone Democrat surrounded by Trumpers three weeks before the election.

[pinkdutchtulips]

I either slept through my alarm or shut it off instead of hitting snooze I woke up at 6a instead of 5:30. Missed my usual bus and had to take a later one. The universe works in weird ways ... on my bus was a an old co-worker of mine turned friend We got all caught up on our way to work! 

[expectantsteelerfan]

I agreed to let my ds have 6 friends sleep over tonight after the football game, and I'm already regretting it.

[lust2hart]

heygrey, what happened at work?

[emilyinchile]

I've gotten 5 or so emails in the past month with order confirmations of tickets to different events (a couple through Eventbrite, I think some through another platforms). They're addressed to different names, none of them have anything to do with me. Do I need to be worried about some kind of scam or security threat to my own info? I can't figure out how that would work (obviously I just delete them and don't click anything), so I'm thinking maybe it's just that they're buying tickets with someone else's credit card and using a random email for the confirmation, but it's weird!

[1confused1]

Oct 11, 2024 9:44:40 GMT -5 hermione said:

I am so frustrated with a colleague right now. I am out of town and she announced something to staff that has them all in a frenzy. We were supposed to wait until next week and announce AFTER we had all of the logistics figured out. Instead I have 72 emails with questions that don't have answers yet.

Do we work together?! My manager announced that she is leaving. They have an acting manager lined up but not everything in in place so they can’t announce who it is. So frustrating.

[sadlebred]

I am catching up on life today instead of job searching. It was a chaotic week. I did my ankle and hand PT, core work, upper body weights, and stuff I didn't have time for earlier in the week. (Of course I rode my ebike-I always make time for that.) Now I'm going to block off 2 hours to clean and then a nap.

The job search is basically 0 for 0 right now. There is nothing out there for what I do. Hiring managers I've spoken with say it will be Q1 next year before they really begin hiring again. I spent over 4 hours 3 days this week looking. I meet with the "executive career coach" Monday to see what she would do to "improve" my resume.

[NewGirlNic]

This has been the longest week ever, since I was on vacation last week. I want to be back at a swim up bar doing crazy fruity shots all afternoon and making friends with strangers. LOL

I just made a tuna salad sandwich for lunch and it was one of the best sandwiches I've had in a while. Toasted marble rye, pepperjack cheese, romaine lettuce and tomato. I need to add them into the rotation. I haven't made tuna in forever. 

H is going to our cottage tomorrow morning to close it up for the winter. I am looking forward to having the bed to myself for the night. DS wants to go to some Pokemon event that is like 30 minutes from home and there is a farm/orchard out that way so I think we'll go apple pick (if there are still any on the trees) and get pumpkins. Then go to dinner and maybe grab ice cream from a new ice cream shop that opened near us. They make all kinds of unique flavors. And homemade waffle cones, which is what is really selling me. We have another local place that we love (and it's closer) but they just use store bought cones. Homemade is the way to go.  

[jinkies]

Ilona Maher is a national treasure.

I have absolutely zero interest in Dancing with the Stars, but I've been watching her performances online. I just adore her.

[katb]

It's my one year work anniversary. I left teaching after 20+ years and now work for a local gov't agency. I am very happy in so many ways.

[cville]

There's this one other lawyer who I like on a personal level, but is annoying AF when he gets an idea in his head about something. He just can't shake his perspective.

This time it was about whether this category of thing was my responsibility or his. It used to be mine. Our boss made it his, effective 10/1. Annoying attorney sent and replied to about 700 emails all "but this was yours" and "I'm not trying to be difficult." Like. Wtf.

So I cc'd our boss with a "it was my understanding" and, of course, because I read the goddamned email redistributing the work, I was right.

It's not even that hard. In fact, it is not hard at all. I wouldn't even care but he was emailing our clients with confusing and conflicting direction to come to me about this thing and I was appearing to be an asshole to them because I was directing them back to him.

Stop making me look like an asshole, bro.