winterbymorning
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8 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday Open Thread · 2 replies · +12 points
Husband and I are going on vacation tomorrow (Switzerland to see my parents and then Cyprus). I'm really excited :) And scared about the flights, but I have enough Ativan to knock out a horse so I should be fine. My cocktail of 1 Ativan + 2 Benadryl is usually enough to put me to sleep for most of a transatlantic flight.
8 years ago @ Clever Manka - Friday open thread · 0 replies · +4 points
8 years ago @ The Toast - The Final Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +22 points
This has been so great, and we were all so lucky to have it.
8 years ago @ The Toast - Things Lucy Maud Montg... · 2 replies · +75 points
8 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 0 replies · +2 points
8 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 3 replies · +7 points
8 years ago @ The Toast - "I saw writing from pe... · 1 reply · +16 points
We'll always have Toastie Twitter!
8 years ago @ The Toast - "I saw writing from pe... · 8 replies · +109 points
To give you an example - I mentioned in the link roundup that I am starting a new job soon. My current boss told me that she would be really short-staffed due to a bunch of people being on vacation around the same time that I'm leaving. She said, "I can call [my future employer] and ask them if they can push back your start date by a couple of weeks." (Which, ??!!!!???!!!) I smiled gently and patiently, like a baby sloth, and said, "I don't want to stay here another couple of weeks."
2014 me would probably have agreed, even at the cost of pissing off my future employer, just to avoid awkwardness and potential bridge-burning. 2016 me has learned that sometimes I can afford not to give a fuck. That I don't always need to inconvenience myself for the sake of sparing other people inconvenience. And I think The Toast deserves a good part of the credit for that.
8 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 11 replies · +68 points
On a lighter note, I finally got that job offer; it's signed and safely filed away and I start on the 13th of July (because I took the 11th and 12th off so I can spend a long weekend in DC with a Very Handsome Man). I just handed in my resignation and my soul feels light as a feather.
8 years ago @ The Toast - Aunt Acid: Advice on P... · 0 replies · +98 points