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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Bit of a wild swim in that wind. Very choppy waves hitting the beach at 45 degrees (usually they're parallel). Ended up 80m down the beach in a few mins from where my kit was. Certainly wasn't a south easterly as per BoM but nth. easterly.
So no wave tonight just sand in the wind:
They denied my raise. Apparently doing 45 hour weeks isn't enough. Go fuck yourselves. Give me insanely difficult clients and then tell me the relationship isn't great. Pretty much what I expected.
The relationships were damaged significantly from issues between respective leaderships. Very little could be done and none of them had anything but praise for me.
Ahh well, act your wage I guess.
Damn straight. Now they get an average employee.
Silver lining is you know exactly where you stand with them. When you move on, it won't be a shock.
What a bunch of fuck heads. Losing staff left right and centre and then refusing to accommodate you is so stupid. They know the place is going down the toilet.
These guys are a whole other level of stupid.
That really does suck. Time to stick to the job description and use that time for other applications
That's so bad. Really digging their heads in the sand with the chaos going around them.
I was working with one of my clients to sign a 1.5 million dollar contract.
Not anymore.
🤯
What a bummer. Especially when this place had such promise when you first started. Sounds like you've exhausted every avenue and it's time to move on... Hope you manage to jump this sinking ship soon, seems like nothing but bad news all around.
Sooner you get a new role the sooner you can think about moving house too.
Today is a shut down and try again tomorrow day. Was not productive at all, too sleepy.
Can't sleep gang checking in.
Ted decided it's breakfast time and woke me up with some gentle patting
he's hungry, Bill ate his dinner two days in a row , now they are fighting cos Ted got early/extra brekkie
"Oh what's that? I'm feeling really sick? Sorry guys, I'll be away for the next 2 days recovering."
Fuckers.
I'm not as active on here on the weekends as during the week. It's easier to write something when I'm not worried about two toddlers wrestling on the couch compared to when I'm at work.
I still dip in and out to see what everyone is doing
Dentist today. First checkup in....a lot of years. Little scared about what my mouth and wallet are going to look like after
Met the new neighbour down here. Dude was born here but moved to the US as an equine vet. Now he's moved back. Turns out he went to the same school and grandparents lived next to mine. Small world. Seems decent so that's good. He'll apparently be back and forth and renting it out as a holiday place in between so might get a few partays to crash.
He's not in today. Will know tomorrow.
I've already accepted it isn't happening. So either way I'm out.
I've never seen such incompetence in leadership before.
TW Functional depression, suicidality
Well, I’ve reported the trees in case they fuck up my house. Now to wait and see if I’m once more subjected to crazy aggressive behaviour in retaliation 😔
Melbcat is medicated and fed and resting her sore little self. She’s due her arthritis shot soon. I’m begging for her to perk up because this is scaring me.
Life really kind of sucks and it feels permanent. I can’t even do my hobbies despite the desire to. It’s not even living. All I ever seem to do is struggle and suffer.
Watching someone so important to you as they get closer to the inevitable is the absolute toughest thing. Sending kindness and grace down the interwebs. Lean into the cuddles and the good bits. We are here for you.
Alright. Let's see what these captains of industry have decided.
Hoping for the best outcome for you 🤞🏼
Thank you :)
I have gymed.
There will be soup and dumplings later, but for now I must pack my work bag
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On a whim purchased Balatro last week.
I swear it's the most addictive game I've played in so long.
listening to a greatest hits of Mancini on YT, this guy was a big as John Williams in his day, everyone knew his tunes, everyone
I feel like I have brainfog today and I'm on autopilot, I hope the work day goes quickly so I can get back home and rest.
I don't think I slept very well last night.
I live for brain fog.
one half step removed from reality.
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Sickie called in. Now I chill