It's hard not to take it personally when your office (of only about 20 people total) decides to serve something you're highly allergic to, to celebrate your birthday.

Really? Really?

Even though I haven't posted here in ages. Work has been insane -- lots of late evenings, short-staffed, basically what a lot of people are still dealing with I 'spose. Also still getting by on a paycut and pay freeze, which I know is pissing off the whole staff ( Read more... )

Ha! I think I may be the only chick in the office today that got here all by herself. I stepped out the front door this morning and everything was covered in ice, nothing was cleared. It was kind of amusing trying to take my dog for her morning walk, watching her slide around. Wieners on ice! She provided entertainment for the other two people ( Read more... )

Oo, I need to plan what I'm wearing for our big company gala on the 29th! I already got a fantastic haircut yesterday (no one has noticed yet, or at least commented ( Read more... )

Anyone else ever notice how nothing ever happens in August? Unless you have a birthday then, I suppose. As mentioned in previous posts here, I'm on the 'party committee' at work, and today we attempted to come up with a different party theme for each month. And each month was really easy, except for August. Every month we're having an office ( Read more... )

HOLY SCHNIKES there's a lot of big news in this town this week! Big mergers torn asunder, major landmarks put up for sale, people getting laid off, banks buying each other, local big wigs getting sued ( Read more... )

Reason No. 245 that I love my new assistant ( Read more... )

This is so incredibly awesome - I finally got people in my office to wear costumes to work on Halloween! My assistant and I coordinated: we're mad scientists. I brought in lab coats for us, and we've got rubber gloves, medical pliers, pens and a fiber-optic thingie sticking out of our pockets. I'm also wearing a button that says, "Fools! I will ( Read more... )