Ellis

Thanks!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Today marks 12 years together and 6 years of marriage.

My cat lounging on my husbands legs, front legs dangling in mid air with the expression of get me out of here, why are you doing this, and this is pretty comfortable on her face

Have a candid picture of my cat at the ER. She’s fine now, but the expression speaks volumes

Just gotta get through the work day and then vacation. Just wish I had the PTO to make it last all week.

We made a last minute change to our vacation because we didn’t want to miss something which at the time, only was going to be on the first day we were there… now I find out, we didn’t need to make a change at all. This hurts my planner soul

This is a very true statement.

I won’t be doing much work for the next two days. No point starting anything with vacation coming up

Pretty much everything that was supposed to happen for my dept back in Sept, did not. Nov. 1 we are expected to lose about 30-40% of our "customer" base because they are shifting them to another org. However, without my department, my org would crumble. Yay? 😒

We've only been into the pottery studio 5 times this month because of all the chaos. We were going 4 times a week. I hand make my gifts for Christmas and started last month, but due to time lost, I have to completely shift gears. Exquisite to basic.

The month started off bad, continued to be bad, still is bad, and now that we are closer to vacation, weather forecasts are not ideal.

My husband and I pretty much spend every anniversary at food and wine, we will be there in 3 weeks, it’s totally worth it.

I truly can’t grasp why people cannot walk on one side of a hallway or path, they MUST walk down the center.

The last 5 days have been awful. Total life disruption, additional responsibilities thrust on us because of poor planning, bad news at work, could keep listing things but that will make it worse.

We are caring for my inlaws 3 dogs for the next week. Bringing us to 5 dogs and 4 cats in this house. This disruption of routine is gonna be a struggle but we have vacation and anniversary too look forward to at the beginning of November.

🤤

I volunteer

I personally don’t care, they are pointless, a waste of time and resources, but the others at least like the time away from their desks.

Issue with my department, we cannot fully shut down at all. Plus, I don’t think there are any celebrations being planned, if so, not for my org.

It’s the same for the non HQ sites when the CEO (previous one was always visiting, current never visited once) visited. Pointless mandatory celebrations all while our inboxes fill up.

A ceramic bowl in natural light showing the glaze effect from a combination of Mayco glazes. Brick Red Engobe, Macadamia, and Green Jasper, shown from 4 angles

A ceramic bowl in natural light showing the glaze effect from a combination of Mayco glazes. Brick Red Engobe, Macadamia, and Green Jasper, shown from 4 angles

A ceramic bowl in natural light showing the glaze effect from a combination of Mayco glazes. Brick Red Engobe, Macadamia, and Green Jasper, shown from 4 angles

A ceramic bowl in natural light showing the glaze effect from a combination of Mayco glazes. Brick Red Engobe, Macadamia, and Green Jasper, shown from 4 angles

We bought 3 specific glazes just for this combination and it was worth it. This was one of my first larger bowl shapes that I had not glazed yet.

I cannot for the life of me keep up with the days of the week anymore. Tuesday was Wednesday, Wednesday was Tuesday, today is both Friday and Tuesday, but it’s a WFH day so no idea what’s going on there.

Attention received. Always a pleasure to see

Downward spiral. After nearly making it to the top, the stairs turned into a slide.

Sadly, I know what the rest are capable of and.... I hate seeing them struggle. I'm too kind. Plus, they have accepted the hostile work environment 🤣😒

Lucky you!

Do they also turn to you to help plan events and celebrations?

I know Koreans love when others try to honor Korean culture. As long as you do it right and keep it authentic and honor the subject material, you should be fine. However, there will always be the entitled few to have issues.

Cries in SE US.