Not having a good day

Me and this boss dude are gonna have to have a talk. From what he has told me he has asked for my services at least until February 14. Trust me, he is no Valentine.

I cannot believe I have not had a blow up with him yet.

Today I had to tell him that I think a big part of the problem with out responses are that 2 people are responding.

He agreed. I am the lead and responding.

And then he sent out another response.

Grrrrr.

I wobble along like the Michelin Man

I found the old Dennis Basso coat. That coat took me through the coldest winter in Europe in years when I was in Graz. It is missing a button but it is warm. I also acquired a trapper hat with faux fur flaps from Moose Jaw and it snaps below my chin. Then we got the tall Ugg boots in the plain suede and sheepskin. My big savings of the day, my hairdresser told me about No Nonsense cotton leggings. Thin enough to wear under pants/jeans and $ 12.00 a pair. That and my scarf and sunglasses (whether you need them or not) and I made through the day. However we did not dip below 10 degrees. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be 0 with high winds.

I did not feel well all weekend so got nothing accomplished. I need to finish taking pictures for the hand softer than soft post, finish the chili recipe for Badger and do some work around here.

Big Daddy got a recipe out of the Sunday paper for a pork extravaganza. He is taking photos so I can show Punkin Head how this turns out. Yesterday we had a pork roast with roasted root veggies, acorn squash, and brussel sprouts. It was all very good. Tonight is stir fry pork and a green salad. Did I tell you about the sugar snap peas from Trader Joe's? I am all over those for salads and just for snacking they are great. Wednesday is pork tacos and Finally on Thursday is a soup finishing up the pork. I told BD if this turns out well-in the future I think the portions should go into the freezer and maybe a once a week pork dish. If the recipes are keepers. But you could always use it for hash too. We will see.

Well, four more days and this month will be over and then February is pretty short so maybe this will be okay.

It is just too damn cold for me

I do not have the clothes for this weather. I am not besties with the woman who owns the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe and is also the heiress to the Carhartt fortune. I need one of those orange suits. Walking to and from my car is a fucking frozen nightmare. It is ridiculously freezing cold. No shit, it is cold.

My walk into work is no joke, it is an assembly plant parking lot and I park in the very back and at one plant I cross a major thoroughfare. Today I wore: tights under jeans with knee high socks, a long sleeve tee and sweater with my poly plastic orange safety vest, a down coat to my knees with a cashmere scarf, knit hat, and North Face huge gloves, along with sunglasses and the hood up on my down coat and it was not enough. What fucking more can I wear?

Tonight I am looking for an old winter coat from Dennis Basso, and a fur hat and I am buying Uggs and leggings and more fur and whatever looks warm as this is supposed to go on into February. Problem is, just how much does one invest in these cold weather togs that are usually not needed here in Motown.

And I have to cart all the stuff I bring into the plant with me, maybe I need a new roller bag. And I hear there is stuff called hand warmers and foot warmers and always the old standby---Pearl's baked potato in your pocket. I would attach that post if I remembered how.

When your stuff breaks

I have 3 broken things now. Yes, the Comcast is still broken and Big Daddy is laying in the sun in Mexico pretending to work while I am slugging it out here in the frozen Motor City. So that one is BD's baby and he will pay for every extra minute I am forced to endure the asshats.

My car is still broken, the auto start, but now I am thinking my Verizon phone is also on the fritz. When I called people on the Sync in the car it starting calling what I thought was random people. I am now thinking it called the last call made regardless of my voice instruction. I thought it was the Sync. Now I am thinking it is the phone as it happened again when I made the call from the phone.

Maybe this is a multi virus situation and I am just a growing infection of crap.

Tomorrow it is supposed colder than cold and 50 mile an hour wind gusts. They expect the electric to go out. I think this might be a snow day. I have new respect for Pearl and the Minnesota peeps who live in this weather year after year. I think it is because their brains are frozen and have never really thawed out.

Undeclared War or don't piss on my tree

Yes indeed, they are at it again. Every once in a while someone decides they are The King of The World and mounts an aggressive campaign to make sure we are all aware of this. And it always fails because, well, no one gives a shit except the campaigner. And every one else piles shit on this person because really, well, we all have too much time on our hands.

The campaigner in this war should really know better as he/she has the largest file Human Resources has ever seen. Yours truly is even in that file through no fault of my own, and I did not say one bad word about this asshat as they did not ask me the right questions. I cannot say much about this, but remember that old saying about give a mouse a cookie and he will ask for a glass of milk? Well this guy told the world that not only are mice too stupid to eat cookies, you also cannot teach that species to drink milk. Oh yea, he is a prize. And protected somewhat since he is another species on the protected list.

So yes, I am doing my part to stir the pot. At the same time I have been offered the opportunity to work with a pretend intern. I love interns. They are just so damn naif. And sincere. It is just more fun than I should be allowed to have at work. And this one runs to meet me and show me my problems with such enthusiasm. If I was a good person I could tell him he could reasonably make me wait an hour or so, but why would I do that.

Once again it is freezing cold, my hair is fly-away and I forgot to buy tights for the 10 minute walk to the car. Brrr cold as Big Daddy says.

Sad

Today my brother died. Actually my half-brother but I think that is kinda stupid to have to add. We had the same dad.

He was always sick. He had a horrible disease. I always felt guilty that he was sick and I was not. I worried that Punkin Head might have it.

I never met him, nor spoke with him.

My sister, aka my half-sister had to do the heavy lifting on this one alone.

And she sounds so sad and so heartbroken.

I just feel so bad for her.

Dumb Stuff

Everyday I see the most ignorant shit on the highways and byways to my work. One road is especially bad and naturally it is in that spot that is sketchy, not quite the hood-but real close.

Today there was a small yucky car, not quite a hoopty, but close. It was sitting in the middle of 3 lanes going southbound as if it was in it's own little driveway. No flashers, no brake lights, no person outside the car waving don't hit us (it is 35 miles on hour posted) and what comes up right behind them, a big ass semi truck. I don't know how that semi stopped in time with no warning.

Yesterday there were 2 pick um up trucks stopped in this area, again to lights and stuff. But aha, I espied the chain connecting the vehicles and surmised someone was trying to illegally tow the other one away. Were there flares? No.

Today I stopped behind a bus at the stoplight, leaving what I consider to be just normal stopping space. The next thing I know this women is trying to pass between me and the bus to get to a fast food joint and I swear I am amazed there is no extra paint on the front fascia.

So now when I hear that someone has died by being hit by a car when they exited their vehicle, I don't feel all that bad anymore.