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Post by mmhmm on Aug 8, 2014 22:02:32 GMT -5
Great news, Kara! Really great! So glad you're going to have the weekend to just relax, and I sure hope you do so! As to the skinny-dipping fly, at least you only ALMOST swallowed 'im!
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 9, 2014 7:45:11 GMT -5
Better than finding half a fly. Seriously, though, you are so due for a break it just isn't funny. Hooray!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 9, 2014 13:10:23 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Me too!!! And in other, less happy, more horrific, news.... Went to take a drink of water and almost swallowed a fly who was skinny dipping. I'm still gagging. Hey, don't make faces at a good source of protein!
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Post by KaraBoo on Aug 10, 2014 20:32:25 GMT -5
Uh Oh! I'm in trouble now! DH has been reading this forum over my shoulder for years now. Irritates me to no end - usually because he wants to know what I'm typing, why I'm responding the way I am, who I'm responding to and all sorts of other questions that just throws my concentration off. I have told him for years - if he's that interested in what I'm typing about, then to just join the forum, read for himself and post! He hasn't wanted to do that - until now. I thought he had already posted something - but apparently not. I know he created an account today - so we should see him at some point. Anyway - he told me he's read the entire thread (all 28 pages), and we're still together and he hasn't threatened to divorce me yet! LOL! You should know him by his screen name - Evil Fisherman. Try to be nice to him - he doesn't know you guys like I know you!
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Post by Jaguar on Aug 10, 2014 20:37:45 GMT -5
Oh welcome, I was wondering who was from the same IP.
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Post by andi9899 on Aug 10, 2014 20:43:38 GMT -5
Welcome Evil Fisherman! Nice to "meet" you.
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Post by KaraBoo on Aug 10, 2014 20:51:01 GMT -5
Oh no!! I totally forgot about the multiple screen names from the same IP address issue/rule!! He logged in using my laptop - will he still be able to get on or will he have to use the desktop? (I never use the desktop any more - I joke that it's full of "kid cooties".)
Let us know Sug - we're not trying to break the forum rules or anything.
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Post by taz157 on Aug 10, 2014 20:51:11 GMT -5
Welcome Evil Fisherman! Nice to "meet" you. Yeah that.
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Post by Jaguar on Aug 10, 2014 20:53:48 GMT -5
Oh no!! I totally forgot about the multiple screen names from the same IP address issue/rule!! He logged in using my laptop - will he still be able to get on or will he have to use the desktop? (I never use the desktop any more - I joke that it's full of "kid cooties".) Let us know Sug - we're not trying to break the forum rules or anything.
Paging moon/Laura , mmhmm
issues LOL
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Post by Jaguar on Aug 10, 2014 20:54:34 GMT -5
Oh no!! I totally forgot about the multiple screen names from the same IP address issue/rule!! He logged in using my laptop - will he still be able to get on or will he have to use the desktop? (I never use the desktop any more - I joke that it's full of "kid cooties".) Let us know Sug - we're not trying to break the forum rules or anything.
I believe he's fine but I'm paging the boss and second in command.
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Post by KaraBoo on Aug 10, 2014 21:09:59 GMT -5
No worries if he can't use the laptop - I know the rule is there for a reason. We'll make it work on our end. ~~~~~~~~~ DH's back to being ADD again - he's supposed to be getting ready for his interview tomorrow and getting in bed early. So where is he at? In the shed....doing lord knows what. Good thing I love him - it's like keeping up with a 5th kid some days!!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 10, 2014 21:32:39 GMT -5
I've approved your DH, KaraBoo. Sorry it took awhile but I was away from the computer working with mother. Please let him know he wasn't being ignored!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 10, 2014 21:33:03 GMT -5
Oh no!! I totally forgot about the multiple screen names from the same IP address issue/rule!! He logged in using my laptop - will he still be able to get on or will he have to use the desktop? (I never use the desktop any more - I joke that it's full of "kid cooties".) Let us know Sug - we're not trying to break the forum rules or anything.
I believe he's fine but I'm paging the boss and second in command.
I approved his application.
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Post by KaraBoo on Aug 10, 2014 21:41:35 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Y'all are awesome! I'm going to try really hard to make sure he doesn't get back on the computer tonight - he's got to be up for that interview!!! I'll ask him to pop in tomorrow though so you guys can say hi and get his side of the story (if he'll share that is!). Now - off to bed for me as well! I'm still exhausted!
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 10, 2014 21:43:10 GMT -5
Thanks guys! Y'all are awesome! I'm going to try really hard to make sure he doesn't get back on the computer tonight - he's got to be up for that interview!!! I'll ask him to pop in tomorrow though so you guys can say hi and get his side of the story (if he'll share that is!). Now - off to bed for me as well! I'm still exhausted! It will be great to "meet" him, KaraBoo!
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Post by greeniis10 on Aug 11, 2014 11:13:01 GMT -5
Great updates - thanks as always for keeping us informed. Hope you had a relaxing weekend off and I'll be anxious to hear how the interview for DH goes. Good luck!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Aug 11, 2014 12:42:56 GMT -5
Everything is starting to sound good. I think it will be fun to have Mr. Boo on the boards!
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 11, 2014 12:46:31 GMT -5
Hmmm, I'm going with just Welcome Evil Fisherman!
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Post by Sharon on Aug 25, 2014 22:14:42 GMT -5
Any updates on the job interview? I have been trying to send good thoughts that way.
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Post by KaraBoo on Sept 1, 2014 12:41:30 GMT -5
Well great....just great. After all that time and him saying he was going to get on here and say something, I see DH never bothered. I think it was more the thought that I didn't want him to, so he was going to do it anyway and then finding out that I didn't care in the least - he's just like a little kid some times!! Anyway - I missed Sharon's question and just now saw it. He did not get the job at the school district like he wanted. At least they let him know instead of leaving him hanging. He did get a call back from the job that laid him off - they want him to come back. So he is supposed to call on Tuesday to find out if they have a truck ready for him or not. The company ordered new trucks and they are in the process of getting "stickered" (company logos with license numbers, etc) and they might not be ready yet on Tuesday. As soon as the vehicles are ready, they'll be ready for him to start working. He might not get one of the new trucks, but one of the old ones instead - but it doesn't matter. A company vehicle means a company credit card to pay for gas - so we don't care if it's old or new - just that he doesn't have to pay for gas is what's important!! I'm still working insane amounts of overtime and still dropping balls. I can't wait until I'm only doing one facility as I just can't keep up with the work.
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Post by Apple on Sept 1, 2014 12:55:36 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about the school job falling through, but at least he'll be going back to work soon! Does that company often have lay-offs? (I used to work for a hardware/lumber store that would have lay offs every winter, some of the same people would come back year after year, and just take the lay off.)
Hopefully they hire someone to do your old job soon! Until them, just remember how much that OT money will help, even though it's stressful and a strain on your time, it shouldn't last forever.
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Post by KaraBoo on Sept 2, 2014 21:38:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure about this company with the frequency of lay-offs. They are typically known for doing sprinklers and either just recently got into the fire alarm business or the division has been very quietly starting up. I think the division DH is/was in is fairly new because when DH first started, he had to tell them some of the things they were buying to tag the alarms with were not correct per fire alarm codes (he thought they were fine for sprinkler codes though). Anyway - he talked to them today. He will "officially" start back working with them on Monday. HR had to put the brakes on him starting work today because he had to re-do a drug test from being off for 3 months. All of that is done/completed - just have to wait for the test to come back and Monday to get here. I'm ready to cry - actually, I have been crying. I'm so mentally tired from my job and it isn't getting any better. I worked 13 hours today - and my work still isn't done and I'll be up against deadlines tomorrow - again. I was informed this morning that the other employee in my office put in her resignation notice last week. Boss didn't say anything because she didn't want me to stress over the weekend and instead rest and relax. Didn't work - I suspected she either had already or was planning on resigning because of comments made on Friday (Boss had the day off - planned for months to go wedding dress shopping with her daughter in another state). If it was just her resigning, I'd be fine. I started out in the department doing her job - did it and the job I'm currently doing 6 months into the position (over 2 years ago) with next to no training. It would be stressful, but I could do it. However, they still haven't even begun interviewing for the position I resigned from 6 weeks ago. The expectation has been that I would continue to "float" the position until someone is hired. It's getting to the point that I'm going to have to just let it go and allow work to be un-done. I can't do it all. And it's making me feel like a failure. I know, I know!! That's not rational and I keep telling myself that, but I can't help it.
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Post by Sharon on Sept 2, 2014 21:44:20 GMT -5
Kara it is time to tell them I resigned the other position 6 weeks ago for a reason. It is too much for my health and my sanity. If the stress is not relieved you will be needing to fill 3 positions because I will be reduced to a sobbing ball of mush that is curled up in a fetal position underneath my desk.
With your DH working again hopefully you can just walk out after 8-10 hours on the job and go home and relax. Just shut the door to your work area and leave the work behind. I know easier said than done.
-hug-to you and hang in there.
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Post by taz157 on Sept 2, 2014 21:55:35 GMT -5
Kara it is time to tell them I resigned the other position 6 weeks ago for a reason. It is too much for my health and my sanity. If the stress is not relieved you will be needing to fill 3 positions because I will be reduced to a sobbing ball of mush that is curled up in a fetal position underneath my desk. With your DH working again hopefully you can just walk out after 8-10 hours on the job and go home and relax. Just shut the door to your work area and leave the work behind. I know easier said than done. -hug-to you and hang in there. Said perfectly.
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Post by tallguy on Sept 4, 2014 1:12:24 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread at all, so admittedly don't know anything about the story, the back-story, or anything else. I just happened across this page. The question I have though, is why anyone would think that telling bosses you can't handle stress says anything perfectly? There are ways of saying things that don't make one look weak. Far better to find one of those.
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Post by Peace77 on Sept 4, 2014 21:16:27 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread at all, so admittedly don't know anything about the story, the back-story, or anything else. I just happened across this page. The question I have though, is why anyone would think that telling bosses you can't handle stress says anything perfectly? There are ways of saying things that don't make one look weak. Far better to find one of those. Sure, everyone wants to work 2 full time jobs at the same time.
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Post by tallguy on Sept 4, 2014 21:41:35 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread at all, so admittedly don't know anything about the story, the back-story, or anything else. I just happened across this page. The question I have though, is why anyone would think that telling bosses you can't handle stress says anything perfectly? There are ways of saying things that don't make one look weak. Far better to find one of those. Sure, everyone wants to work 2 full time jobs at the same time. Do you want to try reading it again to see if you can find the point this time?
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Post by Apple on Sept 4, 2014 21:55:11 GMT -5
Sure, everyone wants to work 2 full time jobs at the same time. Do you want to try reading it again to see if you can find the point this time? What you missed by not reading the whole thread (or the recent parts relating to the job change) was that the stress has already been brought up at work, and that the issue would be with getting her OLD boss to hire someone, not her NEW boss. And she left that old job because it wasn't a good fit, yet. So, it doesn't seem as big a deal to say "hey, this isn't helping anyone", especially if it's going to make her fail at the new job. But yes, I can agree that normally you wouldn't want to say something that makes you look weak if you can approach the subject differently.
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Post by KaraBoo on Sept 5, 2014 17:34:14 GMT -5
I haven't followed this thread at all, so admittedly don't know anything about the story, the back-story, or anything else. I just happened across this page. The question I have though, is why anyone would think that telling bosses you can't handle stress says anything perfectly? There are ways of saying things that don't make one look weak. Far better to find one of those. I agree with your point. However, as Apple stated, there is a difference in telling your boss that you "can't handle stress" and "I've hit my limit, I can't handle any MORE stress". For me, I'm at the latter point. The new boss knows what level of stress I am at - she insisted I take today off work (slept till 12pm!! Man that felt good!) and Monday as well. She wanted me to get some time off before the other employee left because it is going to get even more stressful with just the two of us. My boss isn't the only one who has noticed the issues. Her boss - who is the CMO (Chief Medical Office), the facility Lawyer and the President of my facility were all in a meeting I was in yesterday (Thursday). The President and the Lawyer both stated that as of Friday, September 12, I am to not touch anything work related for the other facility. That I gave plenty of notice and transition time and it isn't our fault if the other President sat on her hands and didn't fill the position. That the other President will have to learn a hard lesson of what it means to not have anyone in that position. My boss and I talked - it is going to be hard for both of us to not want to help out - we both know the consequences of the job being left un-done. But trying to "help" will also cause our facility to fail because work won't be done properly at either facility. Finally - I see the light at the end of the tunnel - and it's not an on-coming train!
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Post by Sharon on Sept 5, 2014 19:45:06 GMT -5
Kara I am glad that the big guns have noticed and are acting on the fact that no effort has been made to fill that other job. Enjoy your weekend of rest. Which probably includes watching kids in Marching band tonight and who knows what other assorted kid related activities that are planned for the weekend. I have a feeling that you are not going to be laying around eating bon bons for the next three days.
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