I'm taking over collections for the shady delinquent customers from three stores next month. At least I'm not one of the ones getting laid off. (sigh)

The little caramelized onions in this sauteed spinach are transcendent. (happy sigh)

((gaspode))

*whuffles for gaspode*

I have no projects to do at work because I'm waiting on other departments to remove the stick from their asses and ACTUALLY RESPOND TO MY EMAILS. (impatient sigh)

I'm not sure if this constant tiredness is boredom or burnout. (yawn/sigh)

I've been having future dreams and they're making me sad when I wake up and realize that nothing has changed. (sigh)

I think I might have to go over to my brother's house to see if I can whuffle his cats. (depressed sigh)

Aw, 'pode. I don't have much to sigh about, compared to you, but I'll put in my two cents.

I'm home sick. (sigh)

The flat's a mess and I want to clean but my head hurts and I'm grumpy. (sigh)

I really want to go to the allotment and sit in the late afternoon sun and have a glass of wine, but I don't think I have the energy. (sigh)

I am SO SO sorry to hear about your grandma and all the other woes!!!

:O(

Prayers are well on the way!!!!!!!!!

I'll probably never work again. That might not be so bad except that I like money and all the things money can buy. (sigh)

But not too much sighing from me! I'm flying to Colorado tomorrow, for some time with Marc's family.

My mum used to say, when I was a child, "Every time you sigh a little bird will die."

So, dodging falling birds, I'll just say I'm sorry for everyone's troubles. I have nothing to sigh about today.

Wow, about the paper? What a dick.

About everything else? I'm so sorry. The clouds will part. I hope you can get back to NZ to see grandma!

I'm doing a lot of sighing today too. So, *sigh*.

Big hugs, 'pode.

(((gaspode & others)))

Quitting time seems so far away, and I want to put on my swimsuit and go the secret rock quarry NOW! My clothes feel like a huge imposition, and now that I've mentioned the secret rock quarry, I have to kill you all. (siiiigh)

Big hugs, gaspode, for you and your whole family. Also for anyone else sighing out there, hope springs eternal; this is day number one. Turnout day!

Well, a little bit of an un-sigh. our boss ripped the dickhead guy a new one and basically said that his research wouldn't exist if not for me, and I would be first-first author. I'm glad I was not present at that fight.

and thanks for the hugs. Y'all are my peeps.

Woke up to the sound of my phone ringing over and over from the activists at the healthcare coalition - I'm now doing not only a press conference tomorrow, but several interviews and they also were trying to hit me up for call in's to NPR this a.m. Sigh....

Saw a film project I would have been involved with last weekend online this a.m. also and it's beautiful and sweet and I'm consumed with professional jealousy. Sigh....

People's egos (including my own) are horrible and toxic and we'd all live to Infinity and Beyond if we could get all the time back from having to marinate in them ((gaspode)) Sigh....

Aww gaspode honey I'm sorry you are having a rough time.

On the positive side with job ending we'll get more cute baby pics on flickr (^_^).

Sorry, gaspode. Science can be so cutthroat! I am not a scientist myself but have family and friends who are, and I hear stories like that all the time.

The Marmoset Song always makes me feel better.

gaspode, I'm glad to hear you've got someone watching your back. That's a good feeling. (It's a shame to have to go through the garbage to get to the good feeling, but...)

And for all the rest: I'm joining you in a big SIGH, and sending whuffles. Whuffles: they will help us through.

Also for anyone else sighing out there, hope springs eternal; this is day number one.

Hugh, how is it that whatever you say always brings me to the edge of tears, in a good way? Thanks.

*hugs gaspode*....but good for your boss!

pode, many hugses for you miss!

Nothing to sigh about here, returning to work Thur and am gonna do well there. MY KITTEHS ARE HOME!

Sigh. Working from home but busier than at the office. I can't wait til these projects are over and people stop calling me at 11pm about them. It's just books, people! No one's going to die if I go to a movie instead of work all night.

mini-sigh. I wanted to be done with my body lotion so I decided to just use the rest of it all at once. Underestimated how much there was and now I am a slimeball and my wrists are sliding off my keyboard.

sigh. Still feeling sick and tired and I want to cuddle with my bunny but he wants nothing to do with me even though he occasionally comes over to push on my ankles with his face angrily. What'd I do to you, Senator? You're well-fed and well-loved. Now let me pet your butt.

Hope things get better for you, gaspode.

Smallest paycheck since February means that if my refund for the previous course doesn't come through by the end of ... this week, really, I may not be able to enroll for my next class. Which would be pretty frustrating, as being able to make progress towards finishing my studies is the main thing keeping me from feeling like my life is already over.

Couldn't afford to move, so will have to tell the woman whose room I had said I would take that I won't be coming, after all, and this is undoubtedly going to be an inconvenience to her, and I hate doing that.

But my current landlord did let me sign another lease without increasing the rent, which I wasn't sure he'd do. And he looked around our living room, empty except for the coffee table, and beckoned me across the hall to the next apartment. The previous tenants left a sofa and a loveseat and a small dresser behind, all in pretty good condition. And now they are ours! Now it will look a bit less bleak in there.

On the whole, it's a much better month than the previous, so I'm not sighing very hard.

*sigh* Home sick today. Need to get my ass moving to store to get cold & sinus meds. Sinus headaches suck. Did make soup last night for me today, though, and that's awesome.