I got a new shadow. I had to get rid of the other one...it wasn't doing what I was doing.

[psyche29]

1. So. Work is stressful. Friday night was... Let's just say that I have not been THIS stressed in a VERY LONG TIME. So many things are so very messed up, so very confusing and so very irritating; we get told nothing but are expected to be happy to keep producing while they dink around with this and that. Changes are one thing, but when you don't keep your people informed adequately or flat-out ignore them, their desire to just do the work wanes significantly.

On top of all this, my new manager? Her father suddenly passed away, so now she's gone in South Africa for a month. I feel horrible for her, because I'd probably lose it if that happened to me - but also, what horrible timing on the part of fate!

And there are people here who are already suspicious of the timing, wondering if she got a better offer from another place and jumped ship, since this particular ship is so wrought with holes. *rolls eyes*

2. I updated my reading list; I took a few books off because I don't know that I want to read them all. I'd rather just start with the first and see if I'm interested enough to move on to the others.

1. The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife - Philip Pullman
3. The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
4. A Place Called Here - Cecelia Ahern
5. Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern
6. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
7. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
8. The Sorceress - Michael Scott - FINISHED, 05/31/09
9. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
10. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
11. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis ...I meant to read this when my sister checked it out for me last year, but never got to it before it had to go back...
12. Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
13. Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
14. From the Kingdom of Memory - Elie Wiesel
15. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
16. Wobegon Boy - Garrison Keillor
17. Love Me - Garrison Keillor I checked this and Wobegon Boy out once as well, but didn't get a chance to actually read them, either.
18. Homegrown Democrat - Garrison Keillor
19. Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama
20. The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
21. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
22. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
23. Damage - Josephine Hart - FINISHED, 09/10/09
24. Sin - Josephine Hart - FINISHED, 09/12/09
25. Oblivion - Josephine Hart
26. The Stillest Day - Josephine Hart
27. The Reconstructionist - Josephine Hart
28. The City of Ember - Jeanne Duprau
29. The Love of a Good Woman - Alice Munro
30. The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
31. The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan
32. The Quillan Games - D.J. MacHale
33. The Pilgrims of Rayne - D.J. MacHale
34. Raven Rise - D.J. MacHale
35. The Soldiers of Halla - D.J. MacHale
36. Magyk - Angie Sage
37. Flyte - Angie Sage
38. Physik - Angie Sage
39. Queste - Angie Sage
40. Graceling - Kristin Cashore - FINISHED, 05/02/09
41. A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin - FINISHED, 10/20/09
42. Bridget Jones' Diary - Helen Fielding
43. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
44. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare - FINISHED, 04/11/09
45. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare - FNINSHED, 04/17/09
46. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
47. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
48. Fool Moon - Jim Butcher
49. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer - FINISHED, 03/25/09
50. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
51. A Wrinkle In Time - Madeleine L'Engle - FINISHED, 10/21/09
52. A Wind in the Door - Madeleine L'Engle
53. A Swiftly Tilting Planet - Madeleine L'Engle
54. Many Waters - Madeleine L'Engle
55. An Acceptable Time - Madeleine L'Engle
56. The Stolen Child - Keith Donohue
57. Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
58. The Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
59. Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
60. What Jesus Meant: The Beatitudes and a Meaningful Life - Erik Kolbell
61. A Passion For The Possible - William Sloane Coffin
62. Letters To A Young Doubter - William Sloane Coffin
63. Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater - Frank Bruni
64. Utopia - Thomas More
65. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
66. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

I had The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) on hold at the library, but never got there in time to pick it up, so it'll have to wait. Currently, I've started A Wind In The Door (Madeleine L'Engle), and I still have both The Stolen Child (Keith Donohue) and Letter to a Christian Nation (Sam Harris). I also picked up A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L'Engle), since A Wrinkle In Time went so quickly.

3. Vikings play the Packers this Sunday at 3:00 P.M. I'm making a big-ass pan of tater-tot hotdish and inviting people over to watch the Vikes kick Packer ass...or lose miserably, as the case may be. I love me my Vikes, but I am not delusional about their abilities! BETH - you and Dana and the girls are invited - we hope you can come! Let us know.

4. I've gotten more done at work yesterday and today than I have in the last two weeks combined. Is that sad? I'm just not into this whole supervisor thing. PAY = YES, PEOPLE = NO.

5. HALLOWEEN!

Made for me on request by xsprite at nightbreeze_gfx.

What are everyone's Halloween plans this year? We're spending the afternoon at Bunny and John's place, since that's where we'll be taking Mikey around for trick-or-treating. Mikey's going to be...get this...a WHOOPEE CUSHION. I shit you not, he has the costume already and everything. As soon as I get a pic, I'll put it up, I promise.

6. That's all for now, methinks. ;)

Comments

[herminia.livejournal.com]

Oh, you haven't read His Dark Materials yet? You will love it, I promise. The third book is just spectacular.

I'm sorry work has been so stressful :-( *hugs* And your poor manager. I'm sure she isn't ducking out on you guys, but how awful for her.

[psyche29.livejournal.com]

Nope, haven't read it yet. Will at some point though, definitely.

I know, right?! I guess it was a sudden thing, and she's so far away - I can't even imagine.

[herminia.livejournal.com]

OMG, a whooppee cushion? I love your kid. What are you going to be??

[psyche29.livejournal.com]

I'll post a pic in a few minutes. XD.

We don't dress up or anything; we never go to parties because we're never invited to any, we just go all-out for Mike and make sure he goes trick-or-treating and has a great time. Although Matt keeps contemplating - each year - getting a red T-shirt and being the Kool-Aid guy. *ROTFL*

[psyche29.livejournal.com]

Posted the pic!