*makes a warm mug of hot chocolate with whipped cream* Here you go honey.
Sometimes people don't think further than their own desk and not everyone is used to, well think ahead. What can you do? I do think however that you need to get rid of that sunglare: it just isn't good. Is there a way to turn them monitor at let's say 90 degrees so that the sun still can warm your hands and you don't have to strain your eyes? I am very much a winter person, but I think nearly everyone has a January/February dip. I think I am a lucky mom to have a birthday to live towards end of January...
These days, I think that I would be perfectly happy as a hermit, save my husband and my Goldens and maybe (occasionally) a friend or family member who also counts as a friend.
There will be more pay back this winter Dawn, just think that now - instead of living in that appartment building with disturbances coming from every where, you can walk into nature any moment you feel like it, taking the pups and Bobby with you. Celegorm is agreeing here This year
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Thanks, Rhapsy, for your kind words (and so sorry that it took so long to reply. :( ) Short of closing the blinds, I'm stuck with sun glare for about 20 minutes each day; my computer is situated on the juncture of two desks. Actually, here is a picture from my old office to show what I mean:
Yes, much better; today is the first day I have gotten by entirely without painkillers and NyQuil to sleep. :) Thank you so much for asking. *hugs*
And yep, that is the famed spot where AMC and a host of other stories were written, where my love for The Silmarillion was cultivated, and where I "spoke" to many of you for the first time. Aww ... now I'm getting all sentimental ... ;)
I bet it's part you and part the rest of the world. You strike me as an incredibly idealist sort of person who holds the world to admirably high standards. As you grow up and become more sure of yourself and your values, your expectations for other people grow stricter. You're bound to notice more rudeness and be more disappointed at what you see. Kind of poetic in a way -- your best qualities are what cause you the most frustration in your daily life.
I think that part of it has to do with being 26, too. It doesn't matter that you're married and a two-Golden mommy; people keep seeing you as still a junior member of society. You've got the brains and enough wisdom to see people's pettiness for what it is, but you don't yet have the authority or the rest of the wisdom to do anything about it. One of the nicest things about coming into your prime is that there will come a moment when you realize that you have the personal gravitas to say, "I can't be having with this sort of thing," and you'll be able to put that into effectFor
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Thank you for your comment here--and my apologies for taking so long to reply. :) I think you hit the proverbial nail on the head in a lot of regards, as often you do
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I have a RL friend who also looks incredibly young for her age -- when this friend got married, she and her wife both wore matching gowns, which would have been lovely except that they both looked like they were twelve years old. You look at the picture, and you don't see two lovely brides, you see what looks like two flower girls. This does not help my friend in her quest to become either a mother or a clinical psychologist.
Yet I suppose young, blond, female, what else could I be, right?
I wonder if it's that no one really understands what a "research analyst" does, and their minds edit it to "secretary?"
a young female employee who looks like she's still in high school must be 1) really dumb and 2) not to be taken seriously.And that is why I did not hesitate to throw my weight around on my job at The TV House from Day One. If you're 25, look 21, and have a weird title like "librarian," you just gotta step up and let those "producers" and "associate producers" know that the technical definition of "library" is "fiefdom," and
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This does not help my friend in her quest to become either a mother or a clinical psychologist.
That's one of the crappy things about being female, I think. Even if you're a male with a baby face, you can grow a beard and people understand, "Oh, okay, he's at least hit puberty." Short getting gray highlights, I don't see a similar solution for a woman.
My cousin (a year older than me) once went to her daughter's elementary school to pick up an order from a fundraiser. The woman who was handing out orders gave my cousin a simpering smile and said, "Sorry, honey, but your mom needs to come and get your sister's order," and she had a helluva time convincing them that she was "mom!"
I wonder if it's that no one really understands what a "research analyst" does, and their minds edit it to "secretary?"In an era where every "menial" job title gets edited to some kind of engineer, I could understand this if I didn't work for the State. But State jobs (in Maryland anyway) only come with a limited number of titles that are then numerically
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Thanks, Oloriel. No, she didn't send an email about the changes in numbers ... at least not to me. Which I find bothersome in itself: We are separate units, but we work very closely with each other, and we do a lot of the same things, like file warrants as detainers. It's no wonder that government's so damned inefficient when a ten-second email could save multiple people ten minutes of work a piece trying to find the new numbers.
I can't move my furniture, unfortunately. I posted a picture of my office setup from the old office in Rhapsy's comment above yours: just imagine the same furniture in a bigger room with a window at my back. :) It's panel furniture so it's all one piece, basically to make a cubicle in a common office. I can close the blinds, though, if I need to work when the sunglare is bad, but usually, I'm reading during that time and not working on the computer, so it's rarely an issue.
Meteorologically, Winter has started two weeks ago, so you don't have to go with the 12/21 thing. Besides, the winter solstice is
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Ai, not me. I could live in summer (even Maryland summers) the whole year 'round.
Besides the cold being physically straining for me, I tend to get depressed during the winter, or at least dysthymic. The only good thing is that there are more holidays, read: days off of work! ;)
Psh, I think winter starting on a certain day is silly. I'm pretty sure winter began back in October when it first snowed.
For some reason, the Holidays don't really stress me out. Probably because I have finals to stress me out, so once I'm finished with those, holidays just seem like a piece of cake.
Maybe you should put on more clothes to keep warm? It generally works for me...(plus, I like that my long underwear makes it feel like I am wearing pajamas all day, when I am actually wearing jeans). Or try those little hand warmer things...
Anyways, Rhapsody is right - you're in a new place, and won't have to deal with icy stairways or the neighbor's yappy dog!
Are you implying that I run around scantily clad in the winter? ;) Most of my problem is my hands and feet: the former aren't covered indoors (though I've considered getting a pair of fingerless gloves to further bolster me in my image as the freak of my office) and I can't wear most shoes all day on my left foot on account of this enlarged bone that hurts terribly if forced to endure footwear all day. So I usually sit on that foot, to keep it warm and to hide that my shoe is off! :^P
When I was in uni, I was stressed because of the holidays only because I worked in a restaurant in a mall during the holidays. Which was much worse than the holiday stress I have now, which is all voluntary.
And you know, I think I am turning you into a pie-eyed optimist ... ;)
Are you implying that I run around scantily clad in the winter? ;)
Well, do you? :P I'll ask Finrod.
My hands and feet get cold too. I usually shove my hands in my lap, since my laptop is nice and warm! (It probably looks rather inappropriate, but hey, it works!) You could always bring some warm, fuzzy socks to work to put on when your shoes are off.
Which was much worse than the holiday stress I have now, which is all voluntary.
Simply hearing the muzak would do that. Twenty-two repetitions of "Frosty the Snowman" would stress anyone out!
And you know, I think I am turning you into a pie-eyed optimist ... ;)
I usually shove my hands in my lap, since my laptop is nice and warm! (It probably looks rather inappropriate, but hey, it works!)
*snicker* I always hug myself with my fingers under my arms but not actually in my armpits because that would look gross ... but then it looks like I'm grabbing my own boobs. Oh well. :^P
Simply hearing the muzak would do that. Twenty-two repetitions of "Frosty the Snowman" would stress anyone out!
Ha! You know, that's funny because I remember one of the things that I used to like least about working the mall at Christmastime is that they would blare the Christmas music and always overplay that Barbra Streisand version of "Jingle Bells" where it sounds like she's taking amphetamines with a Jolt Cola chaser! That song makes me want to twitch; add grumpy customers ...
Finrod says that, in the summer, yes. In the winter? Disappointingly, no.
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Sometimes people don't think further than their own desk and not everyone is used to, well think ahead. What can you do? I do think however that you need to get rid of that sunglare: it just isn't good. Is there a way to turn them monitor at let's say 90 degrees so that the sun still can warm your hands and you don't have to strain your eyes? I am very much a winter person, but I think nearly everyone has a January/February dip. I think I am a lucky mom to have a birthday to live towards end of January...
These days, I think that I would be perfectly happy as a hermit, save my husband and my Goldens and maybe (occasionally) a friend or family member who also counts as a friend.
There will be more pay back this winter Dawn, just think that now - instead of living in that appartment building with disturbances coming from every where, you can walk into nature any moment you feel like it, taking the pups and Bobby with you. Celegorm is agreeing here This year ( ... )
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It sounds like you made a big decision, so perhaps 2008 will bring many exciting things for you. Are you feeling better today?
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And yep, that is the famed spot where AMC and a host of other stories were written, where my love for The Silmarillion was cultivated, and where I "spoke" to many of you for the first time. Aww ... now I'm getting all sentimental ... ;)
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I think that part of it has to do with being 26, too. It doesn't matter that you're married and a two-Golden mommy; people keep seeing you as still a junior member of society. You've got the brains and enough wisdom to see people's pettiness for what it is, but you don't yet have the authority or the rest of the wisdom to do anything about it. One of the nicest things about coming into your prime is that there will come a moment when you realize that you have the personal gravitas to say, "I can't be having with this sort of thing," and you'll be able to put that into effectFor ( ... )
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Yet I suppose young, blond, female, what else could I be, right?
I wonder if it's that no one really understands what a "research analyst" does, and their minds edit it to "secretary?"
a young female employee who looks like she's still in high school must be 1) really dumb and 2) not to be taken seriously.And that is why I did not hesitate to throw my weight around on my job at The TV House from Day One. If you're 25, look 21, and have a weird title like "librarian," you just gotta step up and let those "producers" and "associate producers" know that the technical definition of "library" is "fiefdom," and ( ... )
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That's one of the crappy things about being female, I think. Even if you're a male with a baby face, you can grow a beard and people understand, "Oh, okay, he's at least hit puberty." Short getting gray highlights, I don't see a similar solution for a woman.
My cousin (a year older than me) once went to her daughter's elementary school to pick up an order from a fundraiser. The woman who was handing out orders gave my cousin a simpering smile and said, "Sorry, honey, but your mom needs to come and get your sister's order," and she had a helluva time convincing them that she was "mom!"
I wonder if it's that no one really understands what a "research analyst" does, and their minds edit it to "secretary?"In an era where every "menial" job title gets edited to some kind of engineer, I could understand this if I didn't work for the State. But State jobs (in Maryland anyway) only come with a limited number of titles that are then numerically ( ... )
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I can't move my furniture, unfortunately. I posted a picture of my office setup from the old office in Rhapsy's comment above yours: just imagine the same furniture in a bigger room with a window at my back. :) It's panel furniture so it's all one piece, basically to make a cubicle in a common office. I can close the blinds, though, if I need to work when the sunglare is bad, but usually, I'm reading during that time and not working on the computer, so it's rarely an issue.
Meteorologically, Winter has started two weeks ago, so you don't have to go with the 12/21 thing. Besides, the winter solstice is ( ... )
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I like Winter, actually. Much better than Summer. I prefer cold to hot & humid. :p
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Besides the cold being physically straining for me, I tend to get depressed during the winter, or at least dysthymic. The only good thing is that there are more holidays, read: days off of work! ;)
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For some reason, the Holidays don't really stress me out. Probably because I have finals to stress me out, so once I'm finished with those, holidays just seem like a piece of cake.
Maybe you should put on more clothes to keep warm? It generally works for me...(plus, I like that my long underwear makes it feel like I am wearing pajamas all day, when I am actually wearing jeans). Or try those little hand warmer things...
Anyways, Rhapsody is right - you're in a new place, and won't have to deal with icy stairways or the neighbor's yappy dog!
*hugs*
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When I was in uni, I was stressed because of the holidays only because I worked in a restaurant in a mall during the holidays. Which was much worse than the holiday stress I have now, which is all voluntary.
And you know, I think I am turning you into a pie-eyed optimist ... ;)
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Well, do you? :P I'll ask Finrod.
My hands and feet get cold too. I usually shove my hands in my lap, since my laptop is nice and warm! (It probably looks rather inappropriate, but hey, it works!) You could always bring some warm, fuzzy socks to work to put on when your shoes are off.
Which was much worse than the holiday stress I have now, which is all voluntary.
Simply hearing the muzak would do that. Twenty-two repetitions of "Frosty the Snowman" would stress anyone out!
And you know, I think I am turning you into a pie-eyed optimist ... ;)
You? No way...:P
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*snicker* I always hug myself with my fingers under my arms but not actually in my armpits because that would look gross ... but then it looks like I'm grabbing my own boobs. Oh well. :^P
Simply hearing the muzak would do that. Twenty-two repetitions of "Frosty the Snowman" would stress anyone out!
Ha! You know, that's funny because I remember one of the things that I used to like least about working the mall at Christmastime is that they would blare the Christmas music and always overplay that Barbra Streisand version of "Jingle Bells" where it sounds like she's taking amphetamines with a Jolt Cola chaser! That song makes me want to twitch; add grumpy customers ...
Finrod says that, in the summer, yes. In the winter? Disappointingly, no.
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