very true

Lessons

Pearls Before Swine Blog

I should have ducked. Since I may be ducked. I went to sign up for temporary secretarial work and it is definitely not the days of yore. I will have to push to get any work it seems, though I am pleased to hear that if I do get it, it's a fairly decent hourly wage.

In any event, my lesson learned from this whole adventure is to think about what I need and not be afraid to ask for it. One would have thought I had already learned this lesson, but it seems I have not. I should have asked for the entire weekend to think about the decision since it impacted my life so much. Because I was worried about their needs (wanting someone to start that Tuesday) I gave myself only 3 hours, then realized I needed at least 24 hours. But really, I needed the weekend. Because by the end of the weekend I was thinking about all the things the job would have given me despite the low salary.

I'm in a different place now. I don't have the luxury of networking. I have to make money. Welcome to the real world!

One more reason to have kids

if you are me.

Marie Curie Zombie

From the web page xkcd.com.

I have this up on my wall now - Happy Friday!

If I knew who drew it, I would buy the original. I love it that much.

44 years young. or not.

Found when looking online for irony definition

Monkey see monkey do

The dangers of the computer era

Speaking of food

Pooch is in love, and chatting with his loved one. Laughed because in part I was eating lunch at the time.



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Speaking of food

Pooch is in love, and chatting with his loved one. Laughed because in part I was eating lunch at the time.

Freaky Friday

Classic Ziggy.

Save the planet

Made me LOL out loud

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All managers have their Dilbert day

This is one of the issues I have with my boss. Now, let me just say that I vent in the extreme here. Given what it could be, my boss is amazing. But that still doesn't make it comfortable for me in the long haul. And her attitude towards me is soured given all the mistakes I've made in the last year+ with all the stress I had been under. I came to the conclusion Friday that I need to do something to make real change. I'm still not sure yet how to define that - whether it be getting a new job or surviving on a half time job (my job is split in two there). I know how I felt when my job was on the line - scared but also relieved. That was about a year ago. Right now I'm stronger, and I can make change. To what and how, not sure... I'll be working on that and maybe daydreaming here. IN the meantime, my attitude is that I have to work extra hours to get done what my boss expects to get done. And that's that and I won't whine about it (unless I get really tired). I've had it realllly good for three years, and it's time to suck it up. Work/life balance can be tilted to one end and I can still survive. Just watch me.

And I believe someone will love me, and I'm not a sheep... ;-)

Pearls Before Swine

This gave me a much needed laugh yesterday morning (I get the comics a day early). It's now on my fridge.

Live life like you're on a leash

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As I ate my cereal this morning: Get Fuzzy

On to something else