Put On Your Big-Boy Rants

[Prawninator 138]

1 hour ago, SAT said:

 

Yeah man! 

Fishing season!

Hunting season!

 

I gotta go fishing now...

Catch me a salmon (or 3)

 

Hunt me some elk (or deer, I'm not picky)

 

I can stir-fry the ####### out of venison.

[trudi 1,317]

8 hours ago, NikLR said:

I feel a little odd about going back to Canada. Prolly cause hubs vetoed.  In return he is going to my work xmas party. He doesnt want to.

 

So i dont know what is is about my work but either i have to live up to some insanely high standard or else im useless and doing nothing.  Other people get a card on their 1 year anniversary, but not me.  Other people have allowances for having not finished training and get overtime to do it, but i help them out and get in trouble and have to explain every minute im working past 40 hours.  Im really frustrated. I can't get the training done, (at least they already gave me a raise) and im being tsked on left and right. I dont get it. Im really glad for a holiday.  

I wonder of my depression is getting worse due to the time of the year. 

Can you talk openly with management? You might be misreading things but if there is a problem it would give you both a chance to discuss?

(That's the optimistic side of me talking)

I have no real advice but have a (hug) anyway

 

I have similar issues at work but in my case I know it's because my direct supervisor is scared senior managers realize I can do her job better than her - and I could - and they know this...it's making for an uncomfortable environment because I don't want her job, I've told her this but she doesn't seem to believe me and keeps trying to minimize my contribution. It's sad as all it's done is highlight her immaturity to senior management

[SAT 9,609]

1 hour ago, Prawninator said:

Catch me a salmon (or 3)

 

Hunt me some elk (or deer, I'm not picky)

 

I can stir-fry the ####### out of venison.

 

Hmm....

[NikLR 13,228]

10 hours ago, Prawninator said:

Seasonal Affective Disorder is a real thing. Is getting a sunlight lamp an option for you, whether at work or at home? The lack of Vitamin D could be a contributing factor.

 

As for your work situation, I hope it works out. I'm a little overwhelmed at my job, too. 2 more weeks to my first anniversary here, and I have so much on my plate and never enough time to do it. Maybe it's because I'm currently on VJ... Hmmmmmm... 🤔

 

Either way, safe journey!

 

10 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

Colorado still gets a lot of sun during the winter.   Even here in Minnesota, we get enough winter sun to kind of make the SAD thing not a big deal.  Our local library does have one of those sun lamps that anyone can use, though.  I think it is generally more a problem further north, like in Canada or Scandinavia, where the angle of insolation is smaller.    Denver is on the same latitude as southern Italy after all.

 

Maybe it is just the stagnation and work frustration that are doing it?  

 

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So, I've been sick and busy on and off for 2 months and done nothing towards my capstone class in my major.  Now I have like 3 or 4 weeks to get it all done.  I'm pleasantly surprised at how quickly reviewing some of the classes is going, anything calc III or before I can do in my sleep.  However, I'm really trudging through these more advanced classes that I took years and years ago.  It hurts, a lot.   Aaaaaand I still haven't started my term paper that is due in less than 3 weeks.  I think it'll be fine because it is on mathematical physics, but I'm still sick, it isn't my only class, and this sucks.

 

I'm sorry you are feeling sick.

Unfortunately a side effect of working indoors is not getting enough sunlight.  10 hour shifts means I leave and arrive in the dark.  There are windows, thankfully, but it's been a gloomy fall so far. 

 

10 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Talk turkey with Management, si Niki-B. ma'am.  Sounds like a double standard (intentional or not) or that you're being used, boo man.  Wait until you come back, si ma'am.

And we still don't have a sandwich on our plate, get crackin' si P ma'am.

No i just work so hard to begin with that anything less seems like I'm slacking I think?  Ya know you give 110% but you can only do that for so long, so 100%, or a person walking around a corner at the wrong moment can look badly upon you even though it was seriously the only 30 seconds you haven't been busy!

 

4 hours ago, trudi said:

Can you talk openly with management? You might be misreading things but if there is a problem it would give you both a chance to discuss?

(That's the optimistic side of me talking)

I have no real advice but have a (hug) anyway

 

I have similar issues at work but in my case I know it's because my direct supervisor is scared senior managers realize I can do her job better than her - and I could - and they know this...it's making for an uncomfortable environment because I don't want her job, I've told her this but she doesn't seem to believe me and keeps trying to minimize my contribution. It's sad as all it's done is highlight her immaturity to senior management

I don't even think management realizes what they're doing to be honest.  They see bottom lines and dollar signs.  And it's not so much management as the equal footing staff.  It always hurts a little when you realize you're not as well liked as you had hoped, but it is what it is.  I will get over it, I always do.  

[TBoneTX 45,594]

12 hours ago, N-o-l-a said:

My lack of sleep and breastfeeding might be contributing to my not so great immune response

These are both kick-butters, experience one observe the other we man.

We hope for your return from the wish-you-were-dead soon, si Nola-B. ma'am.

[TBoneTX 45,594]

12 hours ago, Prawninator said:

Mr. Lobster

Did we miss who this is, huh P ma'am?

12 hours ago, Prawninator said:

I'm not good at making sandwiches, actually....

You redouble your efforts and get to work on this NOW, si P ma'am.

Make-excusing P ma'am!  Make-excusing, MAKE-EXCUSING P ma'am!

[TBoneTX 45,594]

7 hours ago, Prawninator said:

I can stir-fry the ####### out of venison.

Then make us a venison sandwich NOW, si P ma'am.

We knew that you were sandbagging us,   P ma'am.

7 hours ago, Prawninator said:

Catch me a salmon (or Many)

Number of desired caught salmon precised, si and  P ma'am.

 

This revives our first and arguably best (actually, all are best) Spanish haiku, see man:

     Soy no un salmon,

     tampoco tilapia...

     solo soy atun.

 

     I am not a salmon,

     nor tilapia...

     I am only a tuna.

[TBoneTX 45,594]

7 hours ago, trudi said:

I can do her job better than her

You're just too capable and qualified, si T ma'am.

Too-capable overqualified T ma'am!  Too-capable, TOO-CAPABLE overqualified OVERQUALIFIED T ma'am!

[TBoneTX 45,594]

3 hours ago, NikLR said:

I don't even think management realizes what they're doing

Make them realize it, why suffer silently Niki-B. ma'am.

3 hours ago, NikLR said:

I will get over it, I always do. 

Resilient Niki-B. ma'am!  Resilient, RESILIENT Niki-B. ma'am!

[TBoneTX 45,594]

3 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

     I am not a salmon,

     nor tilapia...

     I am only a tuna.

This translation inspires an English-haiku translation of the Spanish haiku, see man!!!!!

 

I ain't a salmon;

I ain't a tilapia;

I'm just a tuna.

 

Everyone may lavishly reputation-point us now, justified man.    

[TBoneTX 45,594]

Today looks to be the last foreseeable day for short pants and air conditioning, sigh man.

Weather going to suck for the next week to Many days, sigh man.

Probably going to have to see if the casa heat still works, first use of season man.

 

Texas weather Many for longer than anywhere else, weather elsewhere sucky and invasive, sigh man.

 

In fact, wind, rain, or both has just now begun, sucks man.

[TBoneTX 45,594]

Just limped outside to check on weather, reconnaissance we man.

Steadily raining, much prefer drought we man.

No wind yet, but coming man.

We hate Winter, gag man.

At least we recently blew neighbor's oak leaves off our driveway, can't stand wet leaves man.

 

Used same limp to reconnoiter for big bag of cheaps we'd bought the other day, bought us cheap man.

Nowhere to be found, cheapless we man.

Then, spied them hidden behind the coffeemaker, jackpot man.

 

Cat awoke and wanted nightly ration of treats, expectant miu man.

This casa is filled with demanding chicas, miu and Mrs. T-B. man.

[N-o-l-a 7,168]

8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

These are both kick-butters, experience one observe the other we man.

We hope for your return from the wish-you-were-dead soon, si Nola-B. ma'am.

 

I started feeling a little better yesterday.  Then, night came and I had the worst sinus pain of my life.  It felt like I had broken a bone in my face or been hit by a baseball bat.  It was even radiating down to all my teeth in quadrant.  600 mg of ibuprofen, flonase, and benadryl later and I got some sleep.  I hope this isn't what Ontarkie feels like with her sinus issues.

 

Woke up this morning to mostly just a sore throat and my eyes crusted over.  

 

In other news: It is the oldest one's celebration of her decade of life on earth today.

[mrmvkjts 459]

51 minutes ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

I started feeling a little better yesterday.  Then, night came and I had the worst sinus pain of my life.  It felt like I had broken a bone in my face or been hit by a baseball bat.  It was even radiating down to all my teeth in quadrant.  600 mg of ibuprofen, flonase, and benadryl later and I got some sleep.  I hope this isn't what Ontarkie feels like with her sinus issues.

 

Woke up this morning to mostly just a sore throat and my eyes crusted over.  

 

In other news: It is the oldest one's celebration of her decade of life on earth today.

Get better!!! 

And happy birthday to her, one decade is big!

[SAT 9,609]

1 hour ago, N-o-l-a said:

 

I started feeling a little better yesterday.  Then, night came and I had the worst sinus pain of my life.  It felt like I had broken a bone in my face or been hit by a baseball bat.  It was even radiating down to all my teeth in quadrant.  600 mg of ibuprofen, flonase, and benadryl later and I got some sleep.  I hope this isn't what Ontarkie feels like with her sinus issues.

 

Woke up this morning to mostly just a sore throat and my eyes crusted over.  

 

In other news: It is the oldest one's celebration of her decade of life on earth today.

Try nasal rinse?

 

Wotju guys doin for Little Trophie birthday?