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Post by Kapitan on Jul 1, 2024 11:48:25 GMT
I am finally taking a week off work (You should have heard the Director’s groan last week in my Zoom meeting!). I’m just beat and after you accumulate 300 hours of PTO, you stop accruing more time. I have 285 hours. Not my fault there has been an open position since November of 2022. So what do I do on my first Monday off? First, I wake up at 4:30. Then, I’m going finish a Newsletter to be sent out today and order inventory once day shift gets it done. Then I will take a little break, after which, I will enter data for work I did last week into spreadsheets, so I can get them quickly printed and signed next week. Then I’m going to edit an SOP and send it back for approval. At least I can do it in my PJ’s on my sofa while watching You tube videos! You're even in a worse spot than I am. I definitely relate to working on days off, though. It's generally just easier than trying not to, and risking absolute chaos upon my return. Yesterday finished that first family thing. I spent much of Saturday and yesterday morning shopping, cleaning, and prepping food. (I did a Greek-like meal: lamb, herb and feta meatballs in a yogurt sauce; sauteed chicken with garlic and gerbs; roasted lemon potatoes; white bean, tomato and spinach salad; and a homemade garlic-herb focaccia-like bread.) It's pretty annoying to have lost the weekend, and be back working already. Now I get the fourth off, but I'm supposed to go to my brother's for another family thing. And there is a day of heavy rain in the forecast.
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Post by kds on Jul 1, 2024 12:30:06 GMT
I am finally taking a week off work (You should have heard the Director’s groan last week in my Zoom meeting!). I’m just beat and after you accumulate 300 hours of PTO, you stop accruing more time. I have 285 hours. Not my fault there has been an open position since November of 2022. So what do I do on my first Monday off? First, I wake up at 4:30. Then, I’m going finish a Newsletter to be sent out today and order inventory once day shift gets it done. Then I will take a little break, after which, I will enter data for work I did last week into spreadsheets, so I can get them quickly printed and signed next week. Then I’m going to edit an SOP and send it back for approval. At least I can do it in my PJ’s on my sofa while watching You tube videos! You're even in a worse spot than I am. I definitely relate to working on days off, though. It's generally just easier than trying not to, and risking absolute chaos upon my return. Yesterday finished that first family thing. I spent much of Saturday and yesterday morning shopping, cleaning, and prepping food. (I did a Greek-like meal: lamb, herb and feta meatballs in a yogurt sauce; sauteed chicken with garlic and gerbs; roasted lemon potatoes; white bean, tomato and spinach salad; and a homemade garlic-herb focaccia-like bread.) It's pretty annoying to have lost the weekend, and be back working already. Now I get the fourth off, but I'm supposed to go to my brother's for another family thing. And there is a day of heavy rain in the forecast. Similar forecast here. Today, tomorrow, and Wednesday look great. Thursday (the 4th) not so much. Although, yesterday was supposed to be a bit of a wash out, and other than a brief shower around 8pm, we didn't get anything.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 3, 2024 16:31:02 GMT
Yesterday finished that first family thing. I spent much of Saturday and yesterday morning shopping, cleaning, and prepping food. (I did a Greek-like meal: lamb, herb and feta meatballs in a yogurt sauce; sauteed chicken with garlic and gerbs; roasted lemon potatoes; white bean, tomato and spinach salad; and a homemade garlic-herb focaccia-like bread.) It's pretty annoying to have lost the weekend, and be back working already. Now I get the fourth off, but I'm supposed to go to my brother's for another family thing. And there is a day of heavy rain in the forecast. And this is one reason I don't enjoy family obligations. I had checked with my brother about what I could bring for the 4th. He said unless I wanted something to drink beyond water or soda--his family doesn't really drink, nor does much of my family--I didn't need to bring anything, that they had everything covered. He was likely at least partially thinking that I'd just hosted and cooked the other day. And so after last weekend's effort, that sounded fine with me, especially in that I'll be driving an hour and a half each way for this. This morning my sister texts me "asking" if I'll make and bring a pasta-Spam-Velveeta salad. To be clear, my sister's family does not eat that way: they are solidly if not upper middle class, reasonably health-conscious, etc. What's more, her husband and my mom are both gluten-free. Various others in the family have high blood pressure (including her). This dish, if I were to make it, would go mostly uneaten, and the whole point was clearly that it's a supposedly funny, nostalgic/ironic thing. "Remember the '70s?" etc. I said that because our brother told me not to bring anything, I'm not bringing anything. And that if I were, I wouldn't bring that, because I don't even want it. She (not the host) told me "change of plans, we can bring apps or sides" and said I should do it "because it's funny." Maybe I'm a wet blanket, but I don't see the point in wasting time and money (though admittedly not that much of either) to make food nobody actually would want to eat, including me, and some people couldn't eat, just because she thinks it has some ironic-nostalgic humor. Not happening.
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Post by kds on Jul 3, 2024 16:44:42 GMT
Yesterday finished that first family thing. I spent much of Saturday and yesterday morning shopping, cleaning, and prepping food. (I did a Greek-like meal: lamb, herb and feta meatballs in a yogurt sauce; sauteed chicken with garlic and gerbs; roasted lemon potatoes; white bean, tomato and spinach salad; and a homemade garlic-herb focaccia-like bread.) It's pretty annoying to have lost the weekend, and be back working already. Now I get the fourth off, but I'm supposed to go to my brother's for another family thing. And there is a day of heavy rain in the forecast. And this is one reason I don't enjoy family obligations. I had checked with my brother about what I could bring for the 4th. He said unless I wanted something to drink beyond water or soda--his family doesn't really drink, nor does much of my family--I didn't need to bring anything, that they had everything covered. He was likely at least partially thinking that I'd just hosted and cooked the other day. And so after last weekend's effort, that sounded fine with me, especially in that I'll be driving an hour and a half each way for this. This morning my sister texts me "asking" if I'll make and bring a pasta-Spam-Velveeta salad. To be clear, my sister's family does not eat that way: they are solidly if not upper middle class, reasonably health-conscious, etc. What's more, her husband and my mom are both gluten-free. Various others in the family have high blood pressure (including her). This dish, if I were to make it, would go mostly uneaten, and the whole point was clearly that it's a supposedly funny, nostalgic/ironic thing. "Remember the '70s?" etc. I said that because our brother told me not to bring anything, I'm not bringing anything. And that if I were, I wouldn't bring that, because I don't even want it. She (not the host) told me "change of plans, we can bring apps or sides" and said I should do it "because it's funny." Maybe I'm a wet blanket, but I don't see the point in wasting time and money (though admittedly not that much of either) to make food nobody actually would want to eat, including me, and some people couldn't eat, just because she thinks it has some ironic-nostalgic humor. Not happening. Yeah, that seems like a big ask. The farthest I go for a nostalgic goof these days is my annual Bud Ice. Back in 1998, one of my best friends and I went to Ocean City for "Senior Week" after graduating HS, and our drink of choice back then was Bud Ice. I'm by no means a beer snob, but my God, we really didn't know any better. So, each year, when the anniversary comes close, I'll get a single can or bottle of Bud Ice (usually 24 oz) at the liquor store and we'll text each other pictures. I usually chase mine with an Ibuprofen.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 3, 2024 16:52:32 GMT
And to be clear, I'm not that big a food snob, either. I do like good food and enjoy cooking, but I also like burgers, chips, etc. If the hosts had asked me, or my parents, I'd have done it. But for another guest to overrule the host and tell me what I ought to do, and it's for irony?
Sorry, that's not just a waste of time and money, but food. When I was little, we actually were relatively poor to the point of being on food stamps. We actually ate government-subsidized bulk foods. (As I recall, in those days it wasn't, or wasn't just, getting money to buy food; there were actually "surplus food." Dried and canned foods, cheese, powdered milk, etc., which as I recall were packaged generically.) So not only do I not think it's especially funny, to make it and waste it seems downright disrespectful.
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Post by kds on Jul 3, 2024 17:15:22 GMT
And to be clear, I'm not that big a food snob, either. I do like good food and enjoy cooking, but I also like burgers, chips, etc. If the hosts had asked me, or my parents, I'd have done it. But for another guest to overrule the host and tell me what I ought to do, and it's for irony? Sorry, that's not just a waste of time and money, but food. When I was little, we actually were relatively poor to the point of being on food stamps. We actually ate government-subsidized bulk foods. (As I recall, in those days it wasn't, or wasn't just, getting money to buy food; there were actually "surplus food." Dried and canned foods, cheese, powdered milk, etc., which as I recall were packaged generically.) So not only do I not think it's especially funny, to make it and waste it seems downright disrespectful. I agree, totally wasted effort. I'm sure there's a more practical way to invoke the older times.
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Post by carllove on Jul 4, 2024 2:21:49 GMT
Third day of my PTO and I worked 2 1/2 hours. Did all of my laundry, spent time weeding, planting more sunflowers and gladiolus in the garden, then prepped cucumbers for pickling. Then - grabbed my favorite guitar and amp and worked through the Led Zeppelin Songbook I just received from eBay. I was in heaven! Spent at least an hour working out “Tangerine” and “Going To California”. So very relaxing.Those two songs have very few chords, so you can feel your way through them. I just shut my eyes and played along with my Klipsch Bluetooth speaker. Just the best! Haven’t been that relaxed in a long time. Yeah - I should have grabbed the Les Paul for the heavier stuff, but I’m not gigging anymore, and I sort of hate playing it even with the very nice ebony fretboard. I like a 7 1/2” radius. Also Strats and Vox amps are a match made in heaven. Wish I hadn’t taken off from playing for so many years. I guess it’s time to start writing songs again. Somewhere in my basement are two cassette tapes full of my 1980’s compositions. Yeah - it was a tape recorder back then. So much more sophisticated now.
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Post by carllove on Jul 4, 2024 3:11:24 GMT
Funny because i thought today, that the only thing I miss about my first ex-husband, is that he always appreciated that he could give me the key of the song and a chord structure, and I could always play the rhythm guitar part. I do sort of miss jamming and gigging and the fact that a couple of bands (including Fools Face, who were pretty great in the day and Jim Wirt told me I had talent, also Liverpool because I dated the bassist and he told me the same) wanted me to open on my own for them with my acoustic set, but I hated performing on my own because my songs were so personal. I feel like I could perform on my own now that I’m older and DGAF what people think, but at 61, no one wants to see an old lady perform. Maybe I can get a set ready for the next Fools Face reunion 🤣. I do feel like when I retire, a whole lot of great songs are going to pop out of me!
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Post by carllove on Jul 4, 2024 3:30:22 GMT
I am finally taking a week off work (You should have heard the Director’s groan last week in my Zoom meeting!). I’m just beat and after you accumulate 300 hours of PTO, you stop accruing more time. I have 285 hours. Not my fault there has been an open position since November of 2022. So what do I do on my first Monday off? First, I wake up at 4:30. Then, I’m going finish a Newsletter to be sent out today and order inventory once day shift gets it done. Then I will take a little break, after which, I will enter data for work I did last week into spreadsheets, so I can get them quickly printed and signed next week. Then I’m going to edit an SOP and send it back for approval. At least I can do it in my PJ’s on my sofa while watching You tube videos! You're even in a worse spot than I am. I definitely relate to working on days off, though. It's generally just easier than trying not to, and risking absolute chaos upon my return. Yesterday finished that first family thing. I spent much of Saturday and yesterday morning shopping, cleaning, and prepping food. (I did a Greek-like meal: lamb, herb and feta meatballs in a yogurt sauce; sauteed chicken with garlic and gerbs; roasted lemon potatoes; white bean, tomato and spinach salad; and a homemade garlic-herb focaccia-like bread.) It's pretty annoying to have lost the weekend, and be back working already. Now I get the fourth off, but I'm supposed to go to my brother's for another family thing. And there is a day of heavy rain in the forecast. Yeah - Definitely Chaos the week back, if I don’t work while I am off. Several urgent email threads this week and I’m prepping for inspection, but working on my sofa in my PJ’s is pretty great. The cat is a bother though, her tail was on my screen this morning and I was trying to move it off without upsetting her, but it wasn’t working. I think the cats love the warmth of the laptop. Better than being in the office though. Damn - you got me hungry for Greek food. I have some feta meatball mix, fresh cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden, onions, yogurt, black olives, sirracha , basmati rice, basil and some frozen naan. Yum yum.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 4, 2024 10:58:46 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 4, 2024 22:37:51 GMT
Family obligations are over. It rained lightly to moderately the entire drive down; rained most of the time we were there; and rained hard the whole drive home. Thankfully there was a break during which we could grill, but that was literally it in terms of decent weather. Being cooped up with family indoors (even in a relatively large house, for which I was thankful) is a bit much for me, especially having hosted some of them just a few days ago.
Now it's back to work tomorrow, then a weekend, which will feel like the first one in forever. When in reality, I'm just a bit of a brat, as I had a perfectly great weekend just two weeks ago. But I am looking forward to some relaxation on my own terms.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 5, 2024 13:25:37 GMT
Because I gave both members of my team the day off, I'm working today. Well, "working." Discounting sales/marketing spam*, I haven't gotten a single email, IM, or call yet today in the two hours I've been logged in.
*Sorry, salespeople and marketers out there. (And I'm in marketing, myself.) But unsolicited outreach is always spam in my book. I unsubscribe from every single one, and if there isn't an option for it, I mark spam and block.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Jul 5, 2024 13:44:29 GMT
I did a little work earlier this morning but now I'm taking off the rest of the day. The way the 4th Of July fell this year (on a Thursday) makes this a...different...kind of week. It's hard to keep track of what day it actually is. It feels like a weekend today. I think a lot of people are off anyway. It's going to be in the 90s. I'm yardworked out for now. I'm just going to kick back and listen to some music and watch some TV. Maybe post something.
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Post by Kapitan on Jul 5, 2024 14:00:04 GMT
This sort of week definitely throws me off, too, Sheriff John Stone. Work three, off one, work one, off two? Yesterday felt like both a Saturday and a Sunday, today feels like both a Monday and a Friday (and kind-of a Sunday), etc. I wish I'd taken the day off entirely, but considering I gave the entirety of my team the day, that wouldn't have been particularly responsible of me. Yet I don't imagine there will turn out to be much need for us today, anyway, because it does seem most everyone is off.
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Post by kds on Jul 5, 2024 14:12:07 GMT
If I didn't have my yearly vacation starting in a week, I'd have taken today off.
Right now, I'm trying to drum up the motivation to get some stuff done while it's so quiet in the office.
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