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Re: Almost Friday Randoms
Haha. People in your neighborhood would think we were heathens. It's not uncommon for us (just H now) to walk over to the neighbors with drink in hand to visit (neighbors probably have drinks too) or sit on the front porch and sip beer/wine/martini while talking about the day/week.
That is crazy to me. Anyone know if it's true that mowing your lawn on Sunday is still illegal in Jenison?
Wha...?? This used to be a real law?
Oh yeah, good call on the sprinklers! They are the best!
Wow, that's interesting about Zeeland/Holland.
None taken!! It is crazy how some people are...thankfully, we are NOT like that!
Hudsonville is still a dry town (as in, you can't buy alcohol of any kind on any day), right? And recently (like within the last five years), didn't Zeeland just repeal their no alcohol laws?
I know that within the last five years, Ottawa Co. repealed the Sunday liquor prohibition. I remember all of the "Say Yes to Sunday" signs in Grand Haven and was so happy it passed. It was something I couldn't vote on (we live in the southwest corner of Muskegon Co.), but affected me since we party in Grand Haven.
Yeah, I have seen a few Berners around. They are easy to spot! Since the art fair was going on, I thought such an event might have drawn you to the lakeshore. We aren't often out and about in the G-Rap.
Your willingness to offer beer to runners passing by definitely made me think you are not the traditional Zeelander.
I remember when the Zeeland and Ottawa County laws changed. The Zeeland one only passed by a slim margin, didn't it? I didn't realize that Hudsonville is still dry though.
And I have also heard that it's frowned upon to cut your grass on Sundays in some of those towns.
That is crazy - I could never live in a place like that. I would be judged right out of there...lol.
Here's a random photo of a dog wearing doggles:
LOVE!!
I am a huge fan of doggles. I am CRAZY bored right now and anxious to get the H out of here. And, FYI, when nerds get bored they google image search for funny pictures of dogs.
I am also crazy bored, but suppose that I could spend some time cleaning up this desk. I could also spend some time to wrap up one of my projects. I just know that the amount of work I have to do is much less than the time left in which to do it, so I'm not highly motivated. Plus, my boss is out of office right now, so that does little to increase my motivation level.
I'm leaving this office probably around 3 to go to the other office closer to home to order my fans.
Okay, off to do something productive...
Bwahahahaha! I am a total dog nerd.
I am always happy to see dog pictures of any kind.
And on a related note, I get to see my nephew-dog this weekend! I'm always happy to see him. I can get my "dog fix" from spending a little time with him.
I've been working on cleaning my desk and email inbox today too. I could tackle another big project, but I decided to put it off until I got the aforementioned (ha!) desk and inbox organized, and until I complete some other miscellaneous little tasks that have been hanging over my head. I'm feeling better about my workload today now that I'm more organized and have some of those little things done.
Is your last day tomorrow or next week?
I can't imagine how low motivation would go after putting in your 2 weeks.
I actually don't suffer from lack of motivation at my job, I suffer from lack of work.
Kasa, I agree that a clean desk is so helpful in increasing productivity. It's weird to be cleaning out permanently. Lots of things get to go in the trash. I'm only keeping things that might be of use to an unknown successor.
Juli, I suffer more from a lack of work than motivation, too. But lack of work seriously impacts lack of motivation. I'm highly motivated when my to-do list is long.
My last day is next Friday.
If any part of the day must drag, I prefer it to be the morning. I'm finding the same thing to be true today.
Afternoons are always worse than mornings for me.
Especially Thursday (my Friday) afternoons.
Especially Thursday (my Friday) afternoons when I'm leaving for somewhere fun after work.
Especially Thursday (my Friday) afternoons when I'm leaving for somewhere fun after work and I didn't get enough sleep last night because I stayed up to late visiting with an old friend in town.
Guess what! Remember the Supreme Court ruling that I mentioned yesterday that would make my (work) life more difficult? Well, they just rescinded that order! They've now opened it up for a "comment period" on the language which runs until November 1, and then they'll re-evaluate at that point. Woot woot!
(I know this doesn't effect anyone here but me, but I'm pretty happy about it.)
Juli, have fun in AA. Our friends decided to skip the Ypsi beer fest because they have a lot of house/yard work to do.
They also had a blast yesterday wandering around art fair and grabbing some noms.
Yay!
If I remember correctly, the last election results made me greatly dislike the composition of this court.
The ruling made me think of those full page spreads in magazines that sometimes look like articles but have "advertisement" printed at the top of the page.
Our Supreme Court is ridiculously disfunctional and completely a political machine. I'm pretty bitter about it, actually. The results of the last election were upsetting to me.