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You Guessed It. in These Foolish Things
The saga continues. The Cutie Pie company’s young owner came back today with flowery compliments and offered me the $20K more I was asking for. Why I didn’t just tell her NO, I’m not sure. I th...
Offer Update* in These Foolish Things
Updates Below! This morning I sent in my “thanks but no thanks” email to the Cutie Pie Company. It was a thoughtful email thanking them for how much time they’ve put into interviewing me and maki...
Funemployment, Week 8 in These Foolish Things
Hello! So, so many things to write about, but I need to tell you about the employment situation right now and then I’ll get back to writing about all of the things. I’ve been taking notes on my i...
5 Things at 5:30am in These Foolish Things
It’s 5:30 on Easter morning. I found out there’s going to be a sunrise service at the amphitheater next to The Treehouse, so of course I’m going to go. When they bring the service to your own b...
Funemployment, Week 6 in These Foolish Things
It’s now Tuesday, April 12th, and we are deep into Week #6 of my Funemployment. We are halfway through the severance plus my vacation time. I have 6 more weeks of being paid for this nonsense. T...
RAC: The Cutie Pie Company in These Foolish Things
This is the first in what may be a series of rating in-person interviews as I go through this process of trying to find my next JOB. I’m using the same format as our beloved RAD (Rate-a-Date) and...
#TMIFiles: Update to the Trifecta Scares in These Foolish Things
Yesterday was all doc appointments, all day. I had a physical starting at 8am (needed to be there by 7:45), so I dropped Martini off at her old doggy daycare because they open at 7am) and go to t...
Was that a Date or No? in These Foolish Things
So, to continue where we left off from last entry, Captain K picked me up in the fancy Tesla since he told me that he didn’t like flying into the little airport near my apartment. It was early. 6...
Funemployment, Week 4 in These Foolish Things
Well, it’s been a month since I was let go from my job. If it weren’t for the sometimes feelings of yuck, and those aren’t all the time, I’d say I am doing quite well, thank you. I mean, it’s a ...
Mid-Week Bullets, Now with More Bull in These Foolish Things
If only you could see me right now. My hair has been up in an excruciatingly messy topknot for two days now while I finished up this “interview project” for Company #3. I don’t look like mysel...
Funemployment, Week 3 in These Foolish Things
So, I’ve settled down some since the Great Mammogram Panic of 2022. The mammogram was on Monday, the callback was on Tuesday, I had a well-woman exam on Wednesday where the gynecologist took a l...
The Trifecta of Cancers in These Foolish Things
Hey girls and guys (and others, whoever you are), how’s your Tuesday going? Today I felt like I rested a bit in the between time. Between doc appointments and interviews and insurance bullshit (l...
Funemployment, Week 2 in These Foolish Things
Well, here I am on a Friday, deep into unemployment! Is it bad that I’m enjoying it for the most part? Well, I’m enjoying not going into that effing office (save for the couple of friends I loved...
Old and Boring Now. in These Foolish Things
Good Saturday evening. I’m thinking about going to bed pretty soon so I can wake up early since we’re losing an hour overnight. Ugh. I hate these time switches. They screw me up. Anyway, tomorro...
Funemployment, Week 1 in These Foolish Things
Well, it’s Friday. No going to the office for a whole week and what’s going on? It’s funny. This week was National Sales Meeting (NSM) for my former company. I feel a couple of ways about that...
Funemployment, Day 1 in These Foolish Things
Monday morning and I’m calling it my first “official” day of Funemployment! I don’t even know where to start. I went to the office over the weekend to collect all of my personal stuff (nine year...
Paralyzed** in These Foolish Things
Ugh. You guys. I’m paralyzed with fear. I have a meeting invite for 12:30 with my boss’s boss titled Org Change Meeting. I can’t concentrate. Update: Meeting was scheduled for 12:30. At 12:25, I ...
WFH and The Saddest Phone Call in These Foolish Things
We are getting shitty weather again. It came on quicker and stronger than the weatherperson (and even the weather app) predicted. I hate to say it, but I wasn’t prepared either. I’d looked at the...
A Tale of Three Dog Walks in These Foolish Things
…or maybe a “tail” of three dog walks? Walk #1: my “normal” morning walk with Martini - the first walk of the day and the morning “potty” run, usually right before we take our weekly trip to Ta...
Before We Celebrate... in These Foolish Things
Approaching 4pm on Friday and I’m just D.O.N.E. My boss just informed me (a mere three weeks before our company’s national sales meeting) that we are going to have to blow up my product lines a...
Oh Solo Mio* in These Foolish Things
Today I just let things slide with Cunty Support Girl because it was taking up too much of my brain space and affecting my heart space, and I don’t like that at all. Sadly, I did have a discus...
How The Grinch Stole My Chill in These Foolish Things
See if I can get an entry in really quickly. My fucking support person is being a super cunt today (and I haaaate the “c word” so much, but that’s the only word I can use to describe her today). ...
In Good Hands in These Foolish Things
I just found out that the director who hired my incapable support person is leaving the company…tomorrow! So I asked her about where we stand with all of our projects and she said, “Don’t worry....
Snow Balls in These Foolish Things
What? I haven’t written in a week? I’ve had so much on my mind. Guess I’ll do another bullet entry (little ball bullets - ha!) Working from home today because my area got hit with a big ice a...
Wordle! in These Foolish Things
Thursday morning at the office. It’s the first morning all week where I haven’t had a fire drill of some sort, so I’m slowly easing myself into the workday. Are you playing Wordle? Seems like e...
