I love a good sherry, which is what Amontillado is, I prefer fortified wines in general. I'm surprised they didn't get the reference.
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I love a good sherry, which is what Amontillado is, I prefer fortified wines in general. I'm surprised they didn't get the reference.
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That awkward moment when you realize the email you replied to in a not so nice fashion, thinking it was an exchange between you and the DH, actually went to said customer as well. I need a vacation
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Originally Posted by Sky King
I need a vacation too.
I'd been thinking that the micromanager distrusted the other people on the team as much as he distrusted me, so it wasn't personal. But now I realize that's not the case. I recently started working with a new-to-me programming language. So far I've been able to do everything asked of me. But the micromanager is inviting a more experienced person to our meetings even though the more experienced person has no day to day involvement in the stuff we're doing. So this is his way of saying that he doesn't trust me to do my job. I've produced high-quality work here for more than 15 years, and am still considered less than competent.
I need to gain more experience with the new technology here before I can think about looking for a new job. I try to take it one day at a time but even that is too much sometimes.
Sorry to be such a downer on a Friday morning. The non-stop gray skies are not helping. Nor is the CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP of the new upstairs neighbor stomping across his uncarpeted floor with his shoes on. I want to run away!
I just saw on the Today show that the DC area has had 6 straight weeks of cloudy, rainy skies. This is usually us, and while last week was bad (cold, too), I still got to ride 3 times. So hang in there.
These kind of work situations disturb me greatly. I just thank G-d for the fact that even when I was 20, I knew I could not work in a business environment. Not that teaching or counseling don't have their "things," but they are different things and more in tune with my personality. I figured out a few years ago, that even though in both of my careers, I obviously have had bosses and colleagues, both are the kind of thing where when you are doing the real work, you shut the door and have total control over your environment. You know when people are doing a bad job (more in teaching than therapy), and I did have people observe me for evaluative purposes in teaching. But, in the end, the stuff you are describing doesn't happen. I did have to work on a team as a middle school teacher, and at times that was tough, but for the last 10 years of my teaching career, it was collaborative and exhausting. I had the best colleagues in the world. Now, I don't really have to interact with anyone, if I choose not to, except my clinical supervisor. There's a few other therapists I talk to, but it's just polite stuff. I actually like it this way, after 30+ years of having to be "on" all of the time. It's hard enough to do this for my clients, and since that is the priority when I am at work, polite chit chat is all I can manage.
Hang in there, NY.
Thanks Crankin. I'm trying to focus on the challenge of learning the new programming language; there's lots to learn but also lots of free documentation and blogs and developer forums online that I can learn from. Regardless of anything going on around me, I feel like I'm making good progress.
And the sun came out today!!! FINALLY!!! It rained as I drove to work -- after all this rain people still don't know how to drive in it -- but then the winds came in from the NW and blew all the clouds away. Blue skies at last. Of course we will have rain again tomorrow afternoon as a stronger cold front comes through and then it will be colder than average for May but it will be SUNNY on Sunday. So tonight when I leave work I am going for a bike ride.
I sometimes wonder. Do we really need all these programming languages? All the variants of C++ (C++, CPP, C#...) for instance or all the variants of LISP (Haskal, Closure, Common Lisp...) then there are those dealing with web Ruby, drupal, Java... okay drupal really isn't a language, its a development platform.
Wish you lots of fun learning a "new" computer language. It's just matter of syntax, personally.
Nybiker, hope you will find more learning and ways to demonstrate your strengths. If you didn't have to do programming, what would be your other strong natural skills?
I'm not of the programming language world at all. I can't even do html coding. I always have to check the simplest codes for my blog widgets..
I'll take 6 weeks straight of cloudy day over what we have had here.
We have had near or at 90F/32C for 3 or 4 days straight. And alternating with mid 50F/10C. We do two farmers market per week, one on Wednesday and one on Saturday. I froze one day even with borrowed sweater over my three layers of shirt, wool hat and a borrowed scarf. On another day our veggies literally burnt up in heat and I was GUZZLING water just to stay hydrated and trying to stay cool. Then back to freezing the last two markets. Out on the field, I wore just a thin T-shirt and an arm cooler for the top, again drinking lots of water with frequent breaks because it was so darn hot. And yesterday and today, its been miserably cold and wet. Saturday and Sunday, it barely made it into mid-50's/10C. Today is supposed to be drier and temp is getting back into the low 60's. Later this week? yup its back into the 80's I think.
At my house, it has been switch to AC then to heat. Back to AC then back with heat... right now heater is turned on. cause low temp in at night is in the 30's (less than 5C) and when the day time high is only in the mid 50's, house gets pretty cold.
Yikes! Guess I shouldn't complain about our colder than normal monsoons...
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WAWWWW!!!! 57F/14C for high tomorrow and .4 inches (10mm) of rain?! Oh that's right I live in Pacific Northwest. It's green here for a reason. :D
Catching up... thanks very much for your support, ladies. I really think that no, we do not need all these different programming languages and development platforms! The stuff I'm learning is database development so in addition to the syntax of the programming language there's also much to know about how the database does things and how to makes things run as fast as possible. I am fortunate that some of my colleagues are very helpful and supportive. I'm trying to focus on that.
As for the weather...yesterday ended up mostly nice and today is finally a beautiful spring day. Before that we had rain and various shades of gray in the skies. There were opportunities to go outside without using an umbrella but you still needed to have it with you just in case. Tomorrow it's back to heavy rain then several days of on-and-off showers. Overall not a great weather pattern. At least there hasn't been anything severe/damaging other that a few trees knocked down by the wind here and there.
They say that warmer-than-average weather is on its way soon. And the long-range outlook indicates a hot summer for us, with more 90+ days than average. I didn't get many chances to wear sundresses last summer but I guess we will make up for that this year. Good thing I went to the gym for weight training last night -- gotta keep those shoulders in shape. ;)
They are predicting 85 for here on Thursday... of course the day we are leading an after work ride!
okay this was just too funny and I am still giggling. Our S24O trip had to be postponed due to weather so we decided to treat ourselves and attend the Famous Motel Cowboys music reunion. Donned the rain gear and rode downtown. We are so not night life people, in 25 years of living in Boise, we've never been to this bar. Anyhoo, having a nice time, enjoying the music and decided to do a bit of dancing. The floor was crowded - more mosh pit than dancers and these two very large women kept crashing into us. I do mean crashing not bumping. Finally, the DH reaches out and pushes one of them on the shoulder - the intent to bring their attention to the fact that other people we also trying to enjoy the music. It was a "tipping cows" moment and both of the women fell over! We didn't realize how drunk they were and of course he helped them back up and all were fine. It was pretty darn funny and I really hope they took a taxi home. It certainly raises my awareness of biking home after 10pm, even with my lights. Our ride home was fun, as always, except the 1 bike rider on the wrong side of the road, in the dark, with no lights - now that's living on the edge.
That made me laugh, Sky King.
I always decide no, when we think about riding our bikes 1.7 miles to the village, for dinner and a glass of wine. I would walk, rather than ride, because I am just afraid that even a glass of wine would impair my riding ability.
Wrong way riding in the dark with no lights, noooooo! I see this a lot in the city, as well as in places where there are large immigrant populations. The city of Lowell, near where I live, has had some major educational campaigns to help immigrants understand the rules of the road. It's also a problem on Cape Cod, where there's a large number of college age workers from other countries during the summer. You hear of deaths every year, and it's sad.
The unsafe riding I see just terrifies me, even more when I'm in the car and struggling to give someone space when I can't even see them because of cars ahead of me, until I'm right on top of them.
Sky King - glad you had a sense of humor about it. Your experience reminded me of when we went to see Willie Nelson a couple of years ago, and some very drunk middle-aged guy decided that I was his best shot at staying upright. It got old really quickly, especially since he wasn't putting a hand on any of the men standing just as close to him. He wasn't deliberately trying to grope me, it was just that he felt he had a right to put hands on me and not on anyone male. I finally swapped places with DH, who somehow did not turn into a convenient handhold.
Twice in the last two days, someone has come into my office at work and said, it smells really nice in here. Now don't get me wrong, I much prefer that over the alternative. But I have no idea why it smells so nice in here. Maybe other people's offices are just really bad? :eek:
Meh, I am sick. Started feeling weird yesterday afternoon. Achy and like I had a temperature. No other real symptoms. Woke up this morning, and took my temperature, it's 100, which for me is a raging fever. I don't have any blantant symtoms. Stomach is off a bit, but nothing terrible. Every once in awhile my ear feels weird, but, no cold, chest stuff, etc. I don't have to be at work until 11, so I stuffed myself full of Tylenol and I will hope for the best.
Feel better soon Crankin!
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Hope it passes quickly. Eat chicken soup and sleep a bunch, best cure in the world.
Dang, Crankin. Didn't you just get over something not too long ago? I am sorry! I hate being sick and know you do too.
I have not had a cold since we returned from Mexico. I seemed to get a lot more colds there and in Belize (record four in one year there!) than here in the US. I blame the tourists from all over bringing in all their germs I'm not resistant to.
No, I haven't been sick, just normal allergy stuff. The last time I was sick was in February, when I was on vacation!
I had a hellish day yesterday. Didn't get home until 7 and my fever was 102.5. Crawled into bed with crackers and my water bottle full of Nuun! It's definitely in my sinuses, my stomach still is off, too, ears hurt. Took Tylenol when I got home last night, fever is 100.5 this morning. When I don't feel like eating, something is wrong. Of course, it is gorgeous out. Going to the doctor... my club's bike rally is Saturday, we are leading the most popular ride (30 miles) and we have theatre on Sunday night, last one of the year. Not a good time to be sick.
In the spirit of thread drift, our friends we do everything with are probably going to be moving to Amherst, MA this summer. It's pretty upsetting to me. It's not that far away, and we will most likely see them once a month, at least, but we really don't have any other close friends we ride with. We'll still do our vacations together and holidays, etc., but things will be different. I can't begrudge their choice, as he is going to be the director of a prestigious center at U Mass. I've had enough change this year!
Ugh, Crankin. Feel better soon.
Man, Crankin, that just sucks! Hope you feel better asap.
Feel better soon Crankin, and I hear you about your friends moving. It's hard when friends you do so much with move away.
So, I am now back from the doctor. I didn't see my regular pcp, but I really like the new office I go to, as it's a huge group and big enough to have urgent care docs for same day appointments. I realized that for about the last 2 weeks I have felt like I kind of might have a UTI. But, I also definitely have the other symptoms in my sinuses and ears. I didn't do the urine sample until after the appointment, but based on my symptoms and the fact I have a fever, she gave me something that will work on both. Of course, she was a bit concerned about Lyme Disease, but I haven't noticed any tic bites and the last time I was hiking, it was cold enough to be wearing long pants and sleeves. She said if I am not better in 2 days, come back, but I really doubt that Lyme is the issue. Very weirdly, just as I was taking my first dose of Bactrim, my younger son texted me and asked me how I found out he was allergic to sulfa drugs...
Trying not to obsess on the sunny 75 degree weather on my day off...
Ugh, Crankin, sounds like some icky symptoms. You're right, I was remembering your vacation illness -- can't believe it's already been since February. Time flies! But still...I haven't had so much as a cold during that time and only the very mildest cold at some point during the fall in Mexico, so I still think you've had more than your share of the crud. Feel better soon!
Ha, this is nothing to how I used to be. I used to be at the doctor's office at least once a month, sometimes weekly. After my saga a few years ago, with an inconclusive diagnosis of fibromyalgia (which I still am not sure of), I tend to just deal with things and go on. My illnesses all have certain patterns, and the reason I went to the doctor yesterday, is that I had a fever, very unlike what usually happens. Overall, I am very much healthier than I was 25 years ago. And a lot of it is allergy based. I know that really strenuous exercise sometimes sets me off, but I am not stopping.
Good choice! I hope you are feeling much better soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Within 2 hours of taking an antibiotic, I felt somewhat better. Woke up this morning with a temperature of 98.8. Felt a little bad throughout the morning, but didn't want to take any Tylenol, to see if the temperature went up. At lunch, I started feeling better, then I took Tylenol around 1:00, as I usually feel worse later in the day as I am getting better from something. But, since it's now after 9 PM and the Tylenol has long worn off, I feel better, no trace of fever.
I am thinking I might have actually had the flu, a mild version, because I did have a shot. I have never experienced such a sudden onset of horrible body aches and a fever, except for when I had the flu in 1993. That was 4.5 days of a 104 degree fever that came on so suddenly at work, I didn't know what hit me. It ended up going into bronchitis, and a cough that lasted for 8 weeks. I couldn't teach aerobics for 2 months.
Just a bit worried about leading a ride Saturday, but I will do something mild tomorrow and see how I feel, if all goes well.
And, I never can predict when/how strenuous stuff sets me off. I just try to get good rest and push through.
Glad you're feeling better, Crankin! Usually sudden body aches and fever do indicate flu. And the flu shot, as you know, only protects against whatever strains they think might be around that season, so you may have just gotten a different strain -- a relatively mild one, as influenza goes?
Hope leading the ride goes okay....
Went for a 4.5 mile hike today, with no ill effects. There wasn't much climbing (just a few rollers), but I think I will be fine. My temperature was below normal this morning, yay.
The only thing I am worried about now, is that you have to be super careful in the sun when taking sulfa drugs. I always use sunblock, but I will be using a lot tomorrow, as it's going ot be sunny and 82 degrees. A lot of the ride is shady, thankfully.
Glad you did okay, Crankin! And I saw on another the rides thread that you were able to do your ride leading as well. GOOD that you got better so quickly!
Yeah, I think i am not 100%, still, but I was able to get through it. Being the sweep helped! There were points in the ride that I felt like I was swallowing pollen and my sinuses are a bit worse today. I used my sinus rinse, but it still is "off." Rain today, so it all will be gone. My black car is yellow from all of this pollen.
We've already passed through the yellow-car stage of the pollen season here. I think I can actually stop using antihistamine eye drops now, certainly am not needing them twice a day at this point. I love seeing all the flowers and green trees which helps me get through pollen allergies -- at least there's an upside to the suffering -- but I do have to be prepared to suffer more for a day or two after every spring bike ride.
One of my friends in this area posted on facebook recently about having the flu. Maybe a springtime strain is going around? Meanwhile I have a sore throat today. I woke up with it yesterday, considered not going for a bike ride but I needed the exercise and yesterday was the better day of the weekend in terms of rain storm likelihood and severity. So I rode, and felt fine. But now this morning the sore throat is worse. If it's not better tomorrow I might work from home in order to rest my voice -- after the paralyzed vocal cord experience last year I try to be very careful to avoid any laryngitis.
Glad to hear you're recovering and you got through the ride!
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The mom of one of my teenaged clients called to cancel, saying they all had the flu. Same progression as my stuff, so I guess it's going around.
Riding Saturday set me back a bit, but I rested yesterday until we went out for dinner and theatre, and I seem to be ok from lifting at the gym today. I have to be good, as Friday I am going to Philadelphia for the weekend, for a baby shower for my DIL, who lives in CA (her mom and sisters live there, so she is there for a week). My son is off teaching English to military cadets in Paraguay and then to officer training in KY, so he won't be home until a month befor her due date.
Glad you're feeling better. Have fun this weekend! Hope your DIL is doing okay.
OK, this is kind of gross and kind of embarrassing, but too funny not to share. So let me preface it with a reminder that we do live out in the country, and in an older, cheaply built home - so while we're hoping to keep the inside in somewhat better, there's really no keeping the outside completely out.
So, after stuff got stolen out of our house last week, we set up some webcams and (kind of apprehensively) went away for the weekend to a music festival (which was great). Saturday evening we're listening to a band when our phones alert that the camera by the front door detected motion. I bring up the visual ... waiting for our slow home internet to respond, then waiting for the overloaded cell network at the festival site to respond ... and finally see a roach crawling across the lens. :eek: :p So now we know the cameras work, and respond plenty quickly to motion ... and no one came in the house while we were gone. :D
Hahahaha!!! That is too funny, Oak! That's some sensitive cameras you've got there.
I will miss the web cam photos of turkeys, squirrels, and chipmunks when we close on the house. The funniest one had to be yesterday. A huge bird, species unknown, landed on the camera, and the wingtip (it was huge) was in the photo.
Glad you haven't seen anything really scary.
That's funny, Oak! :D And a good test of your system!