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Out Goes the Horse, In Comes the Sheep

Jan 02, 2015 22:51

Well, the Christmas tree has been put up and subsequently taken down; the menorah candles have been extinguished for the year, and all the latkes have been eaten. (There were a lot of latkes.) Who the hell said it could be 2015 already ( Read more... )

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hab318princess January 3 2015, 09:33:44 UTC

Happy 2015 to you too!

And yeah, totally agree with your sentiment about growing in character: it's horrible while you're on the journey but you wouldn't want to be different either.

garnettrees January 6 2015, 01:51:24 UTC

*hugs* I hope your New Year is off to a great start!

Isn't it funny how life works? Damn thing should come with a warning label. ^_~

hab318princess January 6 2015, 20:33:12 UTC

Thanks, not so bad so far... I think

and yeah, warning label would be good.

garnettrees January 10 2015, 17:39:08 UTC

*hugs* Hopefully, it will only get better! ;-)

badly_knitted January 3 2015, 10:45:31 UTC

Awwww! Thankyou! *squishes* Happy 2015 to you too, I hope this year is a happier one for you! Character-building is all very well, but I think you could use a break from it.

You proved yourself the better person when you ran into your old manager by speaking to her politely. The fact that she fled just proves she's the one with the problem. It must have been rather gratifying to witness, I'm sure I would have experienced an almost obscene amount of glee at the sight.

Wishing you a happy, healthy, stress-free 2015! *hugs*

garnettrees January 6 2015, 01:54:35 UTC

Character-building is all very well, but I think you could use a break from it.
*hugs* Thank you! Couldn't we all use a break, huh?

You proved yourself the better person when you ran into your old manager by speaking to her politely.
Heh-- my brother later advised that it was something of a 'creepy' polite, but I'm surprised I managed that.

The fact that she fled just proves she's the one with the problem.
Most former co-workers (or classmates) I've ever run into pretend friendliness and interest, even if we despised one another. You're right, it is very funny. ;-)

I hope your new year has started off right!

badly_knitted January 6 2015, 12:43:30 UTC

Not bad aside from mum's carers being scheduled at 8am over the entire holiday period meaning I had to get up at 7 every single day. Now they're scheduled for 7.35 over the weekend and I've put my foot down - or I'm trying to, if I could get an answer from the agency. No way am I getting up at half past 6 when I often don't get to sleep until 2 in the morning. I think they're trying to kill me from exhaustion =(

aside from that, things are okay, I'm managing to keep up with writing challenges and I've already written over 4000 words this year! I wrote over 200,000 last year =D I doubt I'll keep up that pace this year, but I'm enjoying it anyway.

Here's to a happy and fulfilling 2015!

garnettrees January 10 2015, 17:42:38 UTC

Sorry for the delay in responding! I'm sorry you're having trouble with the agency-- sometimes I think bureaucrats completely forget that some people don't work/live on a traditional 8 hour shift schedule. I hope you're able to get more sleep soon!

Wow, you've already been a lot more productive than I have this year-- but I'm just excited to be writing on a semi-regular basis again. I think that was a sign of how unhappy I was at my old job: I wasn't writing, and that's usually an indicator of too much stress, for me. ;-)

*toasts with hot chocolate* Cheers!

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minttown1 January 4 2015, 00:45:06 UTC

I love you, Meredith. You're not a horrible person at all -- sometimes those "lower vibration" actions, as Deb calls them, are what keep you going. And your manager, to be blunt, more than deserved a few moments of discomfort. :P

Happy new year. <3

garnettrees January 6 2015, 01:55:48 UTC

I like that! "Low vibrations"! It makes me want to sing the Beach Boys. ^_~ (That might help me feel warmer-- are you guys getting all these winter storm warnings, too?)

*hugs* Happy New Year, doll! I love you too!

gamesiplay January 5 2015, 05:25:14 UTC

"Hello, Ms L---! How are you doing?" in such a pleasant voice that my brother for a moment thought he'd misidentified her. I've never seen a look like that on anyone's face, but she yanked her cart around and got out of the pharmacy line, stalking away while I said, "I really hope you're doing well!"

You are the greatest. :D

So much love to you, Meredith. I'm really glad to hear that you're okay. I am, too, despite the fact that I never envisioned this future for myself either. Life is strange.

garnettrees January 6 2015, 01:58:48 UTC

You are the greatest. :D

Not really, but I try. I honestly had no idea what was going to come out of my mouth when I opened it. It was one of those moments when you say to yourself, 'Why am I talking!?'

So much love back, Leigh-darling. Life takes us down some decidedly unexpected paths-- it makes me want to laugh out loud when I think of all the 'career days' and 'future planning' we had to do in high school. The best preparation would probably been an honest-to-god copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-- DON'T PANIC. ;-)

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garnettrees January 10 2015, 17:45:51 UTC

I hope you have a happy new year, too!

*evil smirk back* It's nice to know that the cliche is true-- that bullies are just cowards in disguise. ;-)

I miss working in fraud. My job now is not unpleasant, and I'm learning a lot, but I miss the 'thrill of the chase', as it were. I'm hoping that all the programming skills I'm developing now will make me an asset in the sort of data analysis needed to detect those patterns. I am obviously waaaay geekier than you! ^_~