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must be Monday
When I was driving to work today my car had the dashboard idiot light on saying "check coolant." I realized my inspection sticker had expired a month and a half ago. And I'd stepped in gum in the Target parking lot yes… -
learning curve
I learned some things about being a manager this week. One was that I really ought to have everybody's phone number stored in my phone, or at least have a list somewhere at home as well as at work. The big thing, thoug… -
decision, of sorts
I guess the real sign that I meant to apply for the promotion, before I knew I meant to or had admitted it to anybody, is that last week I delegated one of my favorite things to do: ordering movies. The requests and the… -
comings and goings
At work I've been the acting head of the reference department since the end of January, when the real department head got shifted to one of the branches. She then decided she liked it there, and applied for the permanen… -
hosanna
Is that a flight of angels singing hosanna?Oh, it's just my vacation starting. I had actually scheduled this entire week off, but I pushed it back a day so that I would be there for a new hire's first day yesterday. Yo… -
what I did at work
I had to work on Sunday, and as I sometimes do on weekends I kept track of everything I did.Guest pass for the computer; he's from outside the parishI let a teenager use the phone to see if his team members are coming to… -
Look what I got!
Yep. A replica of Arwen's sword from the Lord of the Rings movies. I found one on eBay for a fabulous price and couldn't resist...it's good to be easily amused, and to have some disposable income. The one I got came … -
good news/bad news
I did get a temporary raise after all, to go with my temporary promotion. Nobody told me I would, but it showed up on my paycheck today. That was a high point.The low point was some office politics that I don't really … -
upheaval
omg y'allThe head of my department at the main library has just been sent out to take charge of one of the branches, after the manager there abruptly gave notice. (The departing manager came to us as a Katrina refugee, …
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