I've taken so much cold medicine lately that I think my blood is starting to taste artificial cherry flavored. I feel pretty good when I am fully medicated but I feel terrible as soon as it wears off. Every morning is a frantic ritual of consuming potions and pills to get back to a functioning level again. I want to be healthier soon ( Read more... )

So we had our first announcement of layoffs at work yesterday ( Read more... )

T'was a fine day at work. We had a going away part from a member of our team who is leaving the company and moving to California. Her husband got a new job and her children and grandchildren are there, so its away she goes. The downturn in the economy has made her reluctant to retire but she was unable to find any jobs with the company out in ( Read more... )

...continues to have difficulties, but I feel each day as though victory is just around the bend. So while the beasties keep attacking, which each battle one I feel the triumphant end of this war coming. My new boss seems to like me. She is usually generous with compliments but she was being extra generous this evening, expressing appreciation ( Read more... )

Spring has sprung, like a big springy thing.  The trees have mainly replaced their little flowers buds with tiny leaves.  Room temperature in my apartment went from rather too cold through a brief period of pleasantly chilly and has now reached the beginning of unpleasantly warm.  Like a lawnmower we had a few false starts but now I'd say that ( Read more... )