I'm going to crack the facade here for a moment. (Those of you who've known me forever and to whom I have somehow managed to maintain the illusion of placidity and competence can look away)
OMGWTFBBQ.
Seriously.
A brief recap of the past two weeks, and a horrible run-on sentence that the grammar justiciars will scourge me mercilessly for:
Oh hey, gas leak in my new place, NSTAR comes and is surprisingly competent and professional and fixes, but point out that nothing whatsoever is legal about the brand new furnace I just paid several thousand dollars to install, so they're shutting off some of my gas service, which necessitates me taking a half day from work to go back to collect quotes for, the best of which calls for a complete replacement with a brand new furnace and demolition through three walls for the minimum required venting to the tune of 5 grand, which results in me very politely calling the contractor who did the work who tells me that there's no way he's doing anything or cares without a court order because he "sees the game [I'm] trying to play", which leaves me nauseous with worry for 3 days because there's no way I can get the money together to pay that until October at the earliest and even that requires nothing but ramen from now until then, which I was far too happy to put aside for my birthday party which I quite enjoyed, thanks for all the well-wishing, and yet the shitstorm was inescapable because when I tried to get my car's emission testing done I find my registration wasn't renewed and my insurance has been cancelled as a result which now I need to spend a ludicrous amount of time and money I don't have remedying this week instead of going to work. Did I mention that last week the person in charge of our accounts at work gave two days notice to go to another company, and we had to fire the only other person working in accounting because she was showing up from lunches reeking of alcohol? And that I'm one of three people in the office that can do project oversight work that is being royally screwed by the lack of a financial department? And that I'm preparing the numbers for a multi-million dollar sale of one of our buildings this week and my life would be far simpler with an accounts person to talk to? And that my annual review is next week, during which my long-term role in the company plan will be a major focus?
Anyone care to light me on fire and kill my cats to round things out?
OMGWTFBBQ.
Seriously.
A brief recap of the past two weeks, and a horrible run-on sentence that the grammar justiciars will scourge me mercilessly for:
Oh hey, gas leak in my new place, NSTAR comes and is surprisingly competent and professional and fixes, but point out that nothing whatsoever is legal about the brand new furnace I just paid several thousand dollars to install, so they're shutting off some of my gas service, which necessitates me taking a half day from work to go back to collect quotes for, the best of which calls for a complete replacement with a brand new furnace and demolition through three walls for the minimum required venting to the tune of 5 grand, which results in me very politely calling the contractor who did the work who tells me that there's no way he's doing anything or cares without a court order because he "sees the game [I'm] trying to play", which leaves me nauseous with worry for 3 days because there's no way I can get the money together to pay that until October at the earliest and even that requires nothing but ramen from now until then, which I was far too happy to put aside for my birthday party which I quite enjoyed, thanks for all the well-wishing, and yet the shitstorm was inescapable because when I tried to get my car's emission testing done I find my registration wasn't renewed and my insurance has been cancelled as a result which now I need to spend a ludicrous amount of time and money I don't have remedying this week instead of going to work. Did I mention that last week the person in charge of our accounts at work gave two days notice to go to another company, and we had to fire the only other person working in accounting because she was showing up from lunches reeking of alcohol? And that I'm one of three people in the office that can do project oversight work that is being royally screwed by the lack of a financial department? And that I'm preparing the numbers for a multi-million dollar sale of one of our buildings this week and my life would be far simpler with an accounts person to talk to? And that my annual review is next week, during which my long-term role in the company plan will be a major focus?
Anyone care to light me on fire and kill my cats to round things out?
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but it is really good to hear from you. I didn't think you were still around these parts darlin
no bullshit.