1. Trying to complete my least favorite part of this job this morning: status and utilization reports, and time sheets. They really require nitty-gritty reporting. To me, it just feels like justifying my existence. It grates my nerves, and I'm late every month because I hate it so much.
2. On the bright side, I'm only here two days this week, then vacation!
3. The near-debilitating sciatica I've complained about here before is really fading now. I found an incredible seat cushion at Wal-Mart, of all places, for $18. I bought one for the car and work, and the difference is remarkable. A year of pain is starting to (hopefully, god I hope) go away, at long last.

1. Stayed up a little too late and am mildly hungover this morning, but overall it was such a good weekend that I don't care.

2. Looks like I probably won't get to take any time off for the holiday this week... boo.

3. Had a bizarre dream last night that I can't shake off this morning. It involved a friend getting arrested for doing something totally out of character for him. I've decided not to mention it to him.

I am totally devastated right now. I've just been turned down for a promotion, that was well deserved. I'm the only one on my team with an exceptional rating this year. But I work for a very conservative organisation and there is one senior manager who can't stand my informal friendly approach when she feels I should deal with the seniors in my organisation with utter formality. Never mind that same seniors say my approach is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise stuffy place and as a result of their feedback I got the pay rise and exceptional rating.
But she has managed to keep me at this level for 3 years now. I really really enjoy my job, finally and the thought that to do better I will have to look elsewhere is killing me. As is the thought that the alternative is to do my current job but not bother about being exceptional. Just be an ordianry whatever I am. Fuck. I can barely speak I'm so upset.
Sorry for the downer guys, it just happend 10 mins ago and I really needed to vent.

Oh sorry, points 2 and 3 kind of slipped my mind
2. I have a lady coming from the Hospitals developmental unit to see what interventions can help my Aspie son
3. .......I was happier this morning than I have been for a very long time and I will get back to that state

1. I took a personal day today, and am catching up on laundry. I think the stress of the day at my sister's on Friday was more than I anticipated and I feel exhausted. The cats woke me up at 6am, fighting on my bed, a real fight with yowls, teeth and claws. It didn't last long, once I was awake. No-one was hurt.

2. My shoulders are aching and I think it's because I've been overdoing it with the weights. I want results and I want them NOW!

3. I am generally feeling more optimistic about life than I did a month ago. I have a full July ahead with more social things than I normally do, which usually fears me up, but as some of them are MeFi/MeCha related, I know those'll be fun.

On preview: that sucks, wilder. sorry.

1. Wilder – I can offer no advice – but that’s just terrible news to hear. (maybe some other bunnies can offer helpful suggestions.)
((((Wilder))))
2. Essexjan sorry to hear you’re feeling washed out. But good to know you’re positive. Yippee, to have something to look forward to….
3. I’m at work, but tired cause my brain will not let me sleep.

sorry to hear that, wilder. My unsolicited advice. Stay put. You should not change job because of this woman. You like it, you are appreciated by many, you got a pay rise. These are hard to come by simultaneously. Is it impossible that other people will realize how unjust she is and, um, kick her sorry ass out of there? And why can't you challenge her decision? I do not mean fight, I mean, ask?

No status report. Just work. And various parts of body that ache.

Aw, Wilder. That's a bummer. As much as I miss working (which is a lot), I don't miss that kind of petty shit.

1. Mr. Baby is so cranky and so drooly, but he's too young to give him something frozen to gnaw on. So he (and I) will just have to be miserable til the tooth pops through.
2. I made beef braciole last night. Why did no one ever tell me about this dish before? God DAMN is it good.
3. It's too cool to swim and I need to MOVE if I want to drop this last 10 pounds and take advantage of my waning hot years. I'm no Helen Mirren. I've got a shelf life, people!

1. Yuck, wilder...if it's any consolation, my mom just got her totally ridiculous boss fired by upper management after a few months of the ol' "document, document, document." The fact that the higher-ups like you might portend something good for the future - you never know - and you might not be the only person she's stonewalled before.

2. I can smell someone making really strong coffee right now, but it's no one in my house. Weird.

3. The laundry beckons - I only have college-logo-branded basketball shorts and a polo shirt left, and that doesn't work, does it?

What carmina said, wilder. Can you ask what the basis for the decision was? Is there an appeal process?

1. that lamb sandwich BTGOG had for lunch is making me drool
2. I got turned down for a good freelance job this morning. poop.
3. had a wonderful weekend doing nothing but watching movies, baking bread, hanging with the furry creatures and mrs chewie. Our neighbors across the hall just separated after being married less than 6 months. It made us appreciate each other that much more (if that is even possible). The end of this week is our 7th anniversary. The glow hasn't faded one iota!

The end of this week is our 7th anniversary.

Happy anniversary, chewies! That's awesome.

jrossi4, there are some kinda dissolvable tablets my daughter gives the Grandbun that work great. He just turned 6 months old, if that helps.

1. I am eating a turkey wrap I got at the healthplex. It's good.
2. My favorite instructor was subbing for the spin class I just took. I worked my butt off. It was good.
3. I get to see the Grandbun this afternoon. That WILL be very, very good.

1. Boss been gone a month. Time to come back, boss! Troops are getting restless!
2. Thinking on what I should bring to church july 4th BBQ, if I do indeed decide to go....
3. They're opening a Panera bread in Astoria! My heart is full of joy, and soon will be full of fatty, creamy soup! YAAAAY!

1. Haven't slept solidly in nearly a week - am still coughing up a lung as if it were a party whistle.
2. Am totally overwhelmed and psyched by the work I'm doing. It's hard to leave on time.
3. Brass quintet is playing a wedding next Sunday. Psyched for that too.

Guys you're all wonderful thanks.

I would challenge this but this woman has been sideways moved/promoted into every department of our institution. The fact that so may people she works with quit and mention this on their exit interview just has not had any impact. Which says one thing to my politically astute mind. She knows where the bodies are buried. When you're up against something like that, challenges are moot.

Again, many many thanks for the hugs, it helps!

1. Stat holiday! Slept in, went up to Bert's on Main for breakfast with my son, noted the pleasing ratio there of hipsters to old-time East Siders, then stopped off at Happy Bats Video to pick up our Buffy box set which arrived last week. Son tells me that when he gets back from Europe in October he'll have his barista job waiting for him, which is good news.

2. Going to walk the borrowed dog in the woods later on in the afternoon. Bliss.

3. Everyone seem to have agreed to take a day off from the family crisis. Thank jeebus.

1. Fucking tired because I spent all day Sunday working a wood chipper to get rid of the last piles of branches at our place
2. Sitting on the train playing with my MetaChat because we finally got our wireless remote access for our notebooks (after much lobbying and brief-writing by me), so I now have access to the IntarWebs throughout 98.9% of the populated areas of Australia! Woot!
3. Getting frustrated with the lack of action with our house - time to make some tough decisions, bang the heads of some contractors together and get things rolling before my two week holiday in August, when I want to stand the wall frames up and put the roof trusses on.