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mamajoanBoy, you know something is seriously wrong when tomorrow's weather forecast calls for a high temp of 91 and you think to yourself, "Oh good, it's going to cool down." O.O
Seriously everyone is talking about the weather. I know it's a conversational cliche, but these days it's the top thing on everyone's mind. Today I had conversations about it with three total strangers. It's wacky.
Isaac is sleeping at grandma's house tonight, the better to facilitate their usual Thursday adventures tomorrow; so it's just me and baby at home. It's a little weird, but good. Last night Ruthie and I slept in the air-conditioned living room, and I felt guilty about Isaac sweltering in his non-air-conditioned bedroom; but hey, I did offer him the opportunity to sleep in "the cool room" with us and he declined, so, whatever.
I'm totally, completely out of my mind with paranoid obsession about a power failure that could potentially ruin my stash of frozen breastmilk. I bought a freezer alarm -- thingie that makes a loud beeping noise if the freezer temp gets above 15F -- and shall perhaps install it tonight. Of course, I don't know how much good it'll do, since if we do lose power there's nothing I can do to save my stash! Except maybe dump it all into a cooler and rush it over to mom's place; but if it's 2a.m., that ain't so much gonna happen. Ah well. I shall just have to continue to fret.
On a cheerier note, a few of the good things about my new job:
* Learned that my new boss is a single mom with two adopted daughters from China.
* Learned that one of my two closest coworkers is a big Red Sox fan.
* My new boss arranged for a little private room for me to pump my breastmilk in. The room didn't have a lock on the door, so they had one installed for me, and they made up a "Do Not Disturb" sign.
* She also arranged for my work computer to be a laptop, and I got a spare network cable, so I can plug it in in the pumping room and work while pumping. And I can take the laptop home, to facilitate working from home on my Thursdays.
* They like me! They really like me! People keep saying "we're so glad you joined us!" and they're truly not just saying it. They MEAN it.
* The cafeteria is pretty good too.
yay!
And now, if you'll excuse me, the air-conditioned room is calling my name. whew!
Seriously everyone is talking about the weather. I know it's a conversational cliche, but these days it's the top thing on everyone's mind. Today I had conversations about it with three total strangers. It's wacky.
Isaac is sleeping at grandma's house tonight, the better to facilitate their usual Thursday adventures tomorrow; so it's just me and baby at home. It's a little weird, but good. Last night Ruthie and I slept in the air-conditioned living room, and I felt guilty about Isaac sweltering in his non-air-conditioned bedroom; but hey, I did offer him the opportunity to sleep in "the cool room" with us and he declined, so, whatever.
I'm totally, completely out of my mind with paranoid obsession about a power failure that could potentially ruin my stash of frozen breastmilk. I bought a freezer alarm -- thingie that makes a loud beeping noise if the freezer temp gets above 15F -- and shall perhaps install it tonight. Of course, I don't know how much good it'll do, since if we do lose power there's nothing I can do to save my stash! Except maybe dump it all into a cooler and rush it over to mom's place; but if it's 2a.m., that ain't so much gonna happen. Ah well. I shall just have to continue to fret.
On a cheerier note, a few of the good things about my new job:
* Learned that my new boss is a single mom with two adopted daughters from China.
* Learned that one of my two closest coworkers is a big Red Sox fan.
* My new boss arranged for a little private room for me to pump my breastmilk in. The room didn't have a lock on the door, so they had one installed for me, and they made up a "Do Not Disturb" sign.
* She also arranged for my work computer to be a laptop, and I got a spare network cable, so I can plug it in in the pumping room and work while pumping. And I can take the laptop home, to facilitate working from home on my Thursdays.
* They like me! They really like me! People keep saying "we're so glad you joined us!" and they're truly not just saying it. They MEAN it.
* The cafeteria is pretty good too.
yay!
And now, if you'll excuse me, the air-conditioned room is calling my name. whew!
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Date: 2006-08-03 02:35 am (UTC)Yay for the new job, the fact they are doing that stuff is really positive! :)
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Date: 2006-08-03 03:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 03:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-03 04:13 am (UTC)The weather was big in the news here too. There were a couple of small tornadoes spotted in the provice yesterday. (Ob We're Not in Kansas, Toto!) And the wind and lightning caused a couple of deaths, and some property damage. My mother & I saw a huge tree broken in half that had nearly collapsed on top of a house when we drove home from the dentist this afternoon.
The upside in the news was that the power required for all the air conditioning in the US makes for lucrative Québec electricity exports.
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Date: 2006-08-03 07:11 pm (UTC)