So in the end I didn't actually fill out that miserable application I was working on last time I posted. But that's okay, because I have two (two!) interviews scheduled for next month, and they're both jobs I'd be happy to accept ( Read more... )

1) Someone called in sick this morning. (That someone was not me.) We had to turn in our timesheets yesterday, which means extra work for me, so this is no surprise to anyone. It's pretty standard practice around here, actually ( Read more... )

Today was problematic. We've gotten a few complaints about my department in the past week, which is not something that usually happens, since I am awesome and all. Granted, all the complaints were unfounded, but two of them were exacerbated by one of my underlings being short-tempered, so we are still at fault. I don't mind apologizing to ( Read more... )

So if you've ever been in my house you know that it's two stories, and there's a half bath* on the ground floor, right by the front door above the main water supply to the house ( Read more... )

Mostly for my mom's benefit. ( Pictures of my broken window. )

Thank you all for your concern, and I apologize for the dramatic post last night. The broken window took me by surprise, though really it shouldn't have because it's been sketchy since I bought the place, so it was only a matter of time and a strong gust of wind. The storm didn't actually last all that long, and my window is the only damage, I ( Read more... )

( What passes for entertainment around here these days. )

Arrived home to find a swarm of roofers on my house. They are still hard at work at going on 7:30. It is very loud in here. And I can't find one of my cats.

OMFG YOU GUYS. Do you know what I saw today when I looked out my living room window? Fucking kittens. Two of them. Black, probably about eight weeks old. Just staring in at me like they'd been there all along.

Not just in my yard, mind. They were sitting in the window box right outside my window. Like, several feet off the ground. (I saw ( Read more... )

This morning I put on my big girl pants, fished my flashlight out of the car, and crawled under my house to investigate the leak. It turns out there's enough space under there to crouch rather than actually having to crawl, so it wasn't so bad ( Read more... )