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Post by efmcc67 on Nov 9, 2017 8:48:32 GMT -5
It's Thursday, and it will be a busy one. Desk shift, plus four other meetings (30-60 minutes each). I can't complain too much, though, since I was responsible for scheduling three of those meeting. We needed to move the work along, and today was the only time all of the people required could meet. Oops.
On the plus side, tonight will be another dinner at the hospitality school, which will be a nice reward for a busy day. Tonight's theme: "The food drinks so you don't have to." Everything will be wine soaked, whisky glazed, and beer infused. I'm pretty excited about it.
How are you all doing today?
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Post by righthandman on Nov 9, 2017 9:01:59 GMT -5
That dinner sounds amazing efmcc67. I was hoping to have the big talk with my boss today, but his calendar is booked solid all day and he's supposed to be off tomorrow. I'm getting very close to the point where I need to have it figured out for sure if I'm going to have a job after January or not so I can start transition planning if I need to. Blah. |
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Post by ravenclanna on Nov 9, 2017 9:15:10 GMT -5
That dinner sounds delicious efmcc67!!! Good luck talking to your boss righthandman. Hopefully he’ll have some time soon. What are you hoping for? Troy is back to himself. Which is great. Except for the cone. He acts like he’s not wearing it, which is not great for my legs. I give this cone a few days before it’s completely mangled! H and I really need to clean the house, and I need to go out to buy more towels and pillows. But it’s minus about a million here right now (-31C/-24F with the windchill), so I will not be leaving the warmth of my house. My parents get here tomorrow really late, and my brother and his FI don’t get here til Saturday, so I’ll probably do it tomorrow. I think this winter is going to suck balls, and I’m happy I won’t have to work outside for it! Baby snuggles >>>> freezing my ass (and all other body parts) off |
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Post by eba1012 on Nov 9, 2017 9:15:20 GMT -5
That dinner sounds fantastic, efmcc67! I hope you’re able to get a meeting soon, righthandman. I’m currently trying to log into an extra computer right now, since my monitors don’t seem to want to turn on, and IT gave me a FOUR HOUR window to come look at it. And I can’t even go home because I have to be here for IT. Sigh. |
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Post by ravenclanna on Nov 9, 2017 9:16:17 GMT -5
That dinner sounds fantastic, efmcc67! I hope you’re able to get a meeting soon, righthandman. I’m currently trying to log into an extra computer right now, since my monitors don’t seem to want to turn on, and IT gave me a FOUR HOUR window to come look at it. And I can’t even go home because I have to be here for IT. Sigh. FOUR HOURS??? That’s half a work day... |
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Post by eba1012 on Nov 9, 2017 9:27:27 GMT -5
That dinner sounds fantastic, efmcc67 ! I hope you’re able to get a meeting soon, righthandman . I’m currently trying to log into an extra computer right now, since my monitors don’t seem to want to turn on, and IT gave me a FOUR HOUR window to come look at it. And I can’t even go home because I have to be here for IT. Sigh. FOUR HOURS??? That’s half a work day... Yep. This was my face when he told me:  I'm signed in on another computer. I can't get to everything, but I can get to enough. |
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Post by righthandman on Nov 9, 2017 9:29:09 GMT -5
WFH full-time. I'd like to go to WFH part-time/office part-time starting very soon as an "accommodation" and then full-time WFH after RightHandBaby arrives. Most of my job is "remote" anyways because I deal with people around the country. I'm hoping to leverage the fact that Boss is losing 3 other employees within a very short time frame, and I'm basically THE SME on my project. |
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Post by righthandman on Nov 9, 2017 9:29:49 GMT -5
FOUR HOURS??? That’s half a work day... Yep. This was my face when he told me: I'm signed in on another computer. I can't get to everything, but I can get to enough. I'm glad you were able to get logged in. IT problems are the suck; you can't just afford to lose half a day waiting around though. |
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Post by eba1012 on Nov 9, 2017 9:31:02 GMT -5
WFH full-time. I'd like to go to WFH part-time/office part-time starting very soon as an "accommodation" and then full-time WFH after RightHandBaby arrives. Most of my job is "remote" anyways because I deal with people around the country. I'm hoping to leverage the fact that Boss is losing 3 other employees within a very short time frame, and I'm basically THE SME on my project. They'd be fools to let you go, so hopefully they'll work with you. |
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Post by ravenclanna on Nov 9, 2017 9:36:41 GMT -5
WFH full-time. I'd like to go to WFH part-time/office part-time starting very soon as an "accommodation" and then full-time WFH after RightHandBaby arrives. Most of my job is "remote" anyways because I deal with people around the country. I'm hoping to leverage the fact that Boss is losing 3 other employees within a very short time frame, and I'm basically THE SME on my project. I hope they can make that work. I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to if you don’t have to work with people in your office. Good luck with the conversation! |
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Post by LINGERLONGER on Nov 9, 2017 9:45:37 GMT -5
I hope you get what you want righthandman. Im so jealous of your dinner efmcc67. I have a drunken cookbook (I think I may have gotten it for SS). Everything in it is made with alcohol. I want to make a drunken dinner with like 5 courses. Lol. I'm still reeling from Tuesday but trying to pull myself up and think positively. It's damn cold here and the cold aggravates my CRPS so yay! |
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Post by righthandman on Nov 9, 2017 9:46:01 GMT -5
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Post by efmcc67 on Nov 9, 2017 11:16:05 GMT -5
righthandman, I hope you can talk to him soon, and work out full time WFH. ravenclanna, I'm glad Troy is feeling better. eba1012, I'm glad you could log into another computer. 4 hour windows are ridiculous enough from Comcast. From IT at a job that requires a computer? That's not reasonable. LINGERLONGER, 5 course drunken dinner sounds amazing. I'm sorry you're having a rough time, both pain-wise and from your appointment Tuesday. I hope you can at least get a break from the cold soon.
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Post by eba1012 on Nov 9, 2017 11:18:41 GMT -5
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Post by sarahbelle on Nov 9, 2017 15:18:25 GMT -5
Ugh. It's been a day. I got an 75 on my French test  and I had grand plans to work on my thesis in the library this afternoon but I forgot my laptop at home. I'm at a library desktop but it's hard to concentrate with people talking around me. efmcc67, I'm so jealous of your hospitality dinners. I hope the talk with your boss goes well righthandman. ravenclanna, I'm glad Troy is feeling better. Sending warm thoughts LINGERLONGER. |
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Post by eba1012 on Nov 9, 2017 15:41:38 GMT -5
Sorry about your French test, sarahbelle. Will you have more opportunities to bring up your grade? |
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Post by sarahbelle on Nov 9, 2017 15:53:16 GMT -5
Sorry about your French test, sarahbelle . Will you have more opportunities to bring up your grade? Yes. I'm mostly annoyed at myself because I made stupid mistakes. All the tests together are actually only ~30% of my grade. Homework and attendance/participation make up the majority of the grade. I just really need to get at least an A- in order to keep my 3.9 GPA. |
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Post by eba1012 on Nov 9, 2017 15:58:20 GMT -5
Sorry about your French test, sarahbelle . Will you have more opportunities to bring up your grade? Yes. I'm mostly annoyed at myself because I made stupid mistakes. All the tests together are actually only ~30% of my grade. Homework and attendance/participation make up the majority of the grade. I just really need to get at least an A- in order to keep my 3.9 GPA. Oh good. FX the next test goes better! It's always helpful when homework and participation are the majority of the grade. |
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Post by ravenclanna on Nov 9, 2017 16:05:24 GMT -5
I feel cheated. None of my courses in university had attendance/participation marks. Most of them had 60% finals and like 20% midterms... I’m glad you’ll be able to increase your grade though sarahbelle |
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Post by righthandman on Nov 9, 2017 16:26:26 GMT -5
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and I had grand plans to work on my thesis in the library this afternoon but I forgot my laptop at home. I'm at a library desktop but it's hard to concentrate with people talking around me.