A Few Asides
I’m feeling better today. I started feeling better yesterday and noted to myself that it seems this bout of low-energy-downness lasted about two weeks. Seems like a good idea to make a note of these things so that I can know whether another one is coming. It’s also just about time for me to bleed, and who knows, that could be part of it as well.
As an aside, I will note that I continue to feel generally bitchy and impatient (although that may well just be part of my personality) and in the spirit of bitchiness, let me just say that it really annoys me when women say things like, “I’m just about to start my cycle,” or “I was on my cycle at the time,” etc. You are always “on your cycle.” That’s why it’s called a cycle, because you are constantly cycling through. (And as a further aside, if any of you have said this, I forgive you because I love you and you know that when I’m commenting on the general stupidity of the human population, you are of course exempt because your intelligence is so clearly demonstrated by the blogs you choose to read).
In other news, a fifteen year old boy keeps sending text messages to my cell phone. For a long time I ignored him figuring that he’d realize by the lack of response to his cleverness (”kels rox ur sox!”) that he had the wrong person. And then last week he asked if I was coming to his party (”kels rox ur sox!”) so I finally behooved myself to send him a nice message explaining that I don’t know him so he should stop sending me messages. He responded by insisting that he does know me and he proved it by telling me my name (Zoe). I did not bother to respond figuring that one day he might actually converse with the real Zoe and she’d confirm that she’s not receiving his messages, but then on Sunday he sent me an actual photo (two even — thus confirming for me his status as a fifteen year old boy) and the regular text messages continue (”kels rox ur sox!”). I feel like I should do something about this but I’m afraid he’ll be mean to me if I address him more firmly and since I never even come remotely close to using up my allotted text messages in a month, it feels easier to let it continue to be this minor irritation.
But speaking of irritations, I must say that I’m about at the end of my rope with the guy who replaced me in my last position. He’s three months in now, a point at which I had pretty well mastered the job despite coming in with negligible SQL knowledge, and yet he can barely be trusted with the simplest task. I give him a task, something that should take him ten minutes at most, and hours later he asks me a question that clearly indicates he hasn’t gotten anywhere. Then, after I walk him through it step by step and then send him on his way, he calls me over to check his work and we have to go through it all over again because it’s entirely, entirely wrong. I wouldn’t care so much except that when he doesn’t get his work done and he comes up against deadlines, I’m the one who has to step in and do it for him so that the deadlines are met.
In less gripey news, I just got my five year old into a very cool summer camp program that I’ve been trying to get him into for months. He’ll be taking a field trip every week, going swimming every week, and going to the park every week, and best of all, it’s maybe four blocks from my house and is about $100 a month cheaper than what I pay for his preschool. I think he’ll be sad to not see his preschool friends any more, but I also think he’ll have a better time. And this program becomes his after school program once he starts school, so yay for easier transitions!
May 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Glad to hear you’re having a better day. x