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Dec. 19th, 2002 08:51 amah, sick days. I've taken three this year so far, which is probably a lot to most people, but I'm all for not working all the time, and I see no reason to hoard vacation days, especially since I'm only going to be here for three years. Am curious whether ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dreamattack329 decided to go in to work after all.
( Today's to do list )
Reasons why I'm cranky about the office holiday party:
-all email reminders about it have been in red text with a green background
-requests to make cds with Christmas music
-ornament contest
-tree and Xmas stuff in main office, with nothing of other holidays/wintery stuff
-requirement that we pay $5 and bring something, and guests pay $12 (which i got changed by being righteously cranky) when we're an academic department with considerably more money than Academic Services, who is hosting a catered brunch and not making us pay anything.
If you're going to have a Christmas party, then have a Christmas party. If you're going to have a pre-winter break party, then stop dressing it up like a Christmas party. And if you're going to basically require that I attend, don't make me pay $17 and bring food. Grr. So now we're paying $10 and bringing two dishes, which I still don't think makes it right, and I'm trying to find some non-Xmas songs that are wintry. Luckily, I made a winter mix last year, so I can just use that, mostly. Sigh. I'd list the songs, but that'd be way too many lists for one entry.
In other news, I bought "Knitting for Dummies" so I could give it to a friend, but started reading it and liked it so much that I'm keeping it as a reference book and giving her my Debbie Bliss workbook, which is glossier anyway. I'm also going to give her lessons after break, so probably no real need to give her any books, but it makes a pretty present. That, and Buffy trading cards :)
Time to face the world...
dreamattack329 decided to go in to work after all.( Today's to do list )
Reasons why I'm cranky about the office holiday party:
-all email reminders about it have been in red text with a green background
-requests to make cds with Christmas music
-ornament contest
-tree and Xmas stuff in main office, with nothing of other holidays/wintery stuff
-requirement that we pay $5 and bring something, and guests pay $12 (which i got changed by being righteously cranky) when we're an academic department with considerably more money than Academic Services, who is hosting a catered brunch and not making us pay anything.
If you're going to have a Christmas party, then have a Christmas party. If you're going to have a pre-winter break party, then stop dressing it up like a Christmas party. And if you're going to basically require that I attend, don't make me pay $17 and bring food. Grr. So now we're paying $10 and bringing two dishes, which I still don't think makes it right, and I'm trying to find some non-Xmas songs that are wintry. Luckily, I made a winter mix last year, so I can just use that, mostly. Sigh. I'd list the songs, but that'd be way too many lists for one entry.
In other news, I bought "Knitting for Dummies" so I could give it to a friend, but started reading it and liked it so much that I'm keeping it as a reference book and giving her my Debbie Bliss workbook, which is glossier anyway. I'm also going to give her lessons after break, so probably no real need to give her any books, but it makes a pretty present. That, and Buffy trading cards :)
Time to face the world...
