Break room etiquette

If you work outside the home and share a break room with your co-workers, there are a few simple rules of etiquette that you (and they) should follow to make your breaks more enjoyable. 1. Clean up after yourself.  Now wouldn’t you think that everyone would understand this one?  Apparently there are a lot of [...]

Oh, how I hate good-byes

I do, I really do, hate to say good-bye…I’ve never been good at it, it always makes me sad and usually makes me cry.  Of course this all goes back to those childhood issues of abandonment, but that’s a story for another day.  Today I want to talk about saying good-bye to a girl (her choice, [...]

The long and winding road to fitness, day 44

Long day at work today, just about 12 hours.  I’m so glad to be home.  Of course, I’ll just have to do it all over again in the morning…hopefully not for 12 hours though.  I do feel like we accomplished a lot, but there’s always so much more to do.  I guess the day there’s [...]

I might be crazy…

Okay, the people who know me best would tell you there’s no “might be” about it, but that’s for another day.  Today, one of the women I work with (Diane) was eating her lunch in her car out in the parking lot.  We wear headsets so we can communicate with one another all day and [...]

Early morning walking

I got up this morning and decided to get an early morning walk in.  I started out with a jacket because, well, because it’s been chilly every morning…but not this morning.  I shed that jacket not too far into the walk.  Of course, then I had to carry it the rest of the way.  Could [...]

The secret lives of cats

I’ve always had cats.  When I was growing up, we had dogs (my brothers) and cats (me).  I like dogs, don’t get me wrong, but cats are just different…more independent, less work, and maybe just a little sneakier.  I was heading out to work this morning, had closed the front door when I saw the [...]

Taxes (and thankfully, no death today)

While waiting around for the flooring guy to show up today, I decided to tackle my taxes.  I have a bad habit of putting it off until the absolute last-minute.  No real reason for me to do that either…I do usually manage to get a bit of a refund (and yes, all my CPA buddies, I know [...]

“I couldn’t find the restroom”…really?

Okay, this is beyond weird…this is just plain nuts.  This afternoon, one of my department managers paged me.  When I called her, she was a little upset, a little shaken…she said, “There’s this chick peeing in the breakroom sink!!!”  “What?” She said she saw a girl sitting on the counter in the breakroom and didn’t [...]