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What should we talk about this afternoon?
I have a feeling this afternoon is going to drag by for those of us at work.
Re: What should we talk about this afternoon?
The debt ceiling situation?
The federal appeals court decision re: Michigan's ban on affirmative action?
Neither of those are very fun, though.
Meh. I haven't been following either very closely at all.
What about Glen Beck's departure from Fox News?
If it's just you and me chatting, we could talk about our cats. I've been sort of freaking out about my girl lately. She's 8 years old now and while I really hope for another ten years with her, I've just had a bad feeling lately that something is wrong. I can't really put my finger on it, and I'm pretty sure it's all in my head. She's due for a vet appointment soon, so I'll have them do the blood work that they suggest for kitties over 7 just to check.
How about how Glen Beck and his family got heckled in NYC? That's interesting.
What makes you think that something is wrong with G? Is she acting differently? If she's slowing down a little, it may just be middle-age. I hope her vet tests come back fine and you get some reassurance.
Zoey has been a terror lately. All she does is complain. She's just pissed off on a regular basis and constantly complaining (very vocally). I wish I knew why she's been so unhappy and what we can do to fix it. We gave her a new toy which made her happy for about five minutes, and then she was back to comlaining. She had a check-up a month or so ago, and got a clean bill of health. So, there's nothing physically wrong with her. She's just unhappy. We need a Cat Whisperer.
Jinx has a heart check-up at the end of July. I'm hoping her tests show that she's still stable, but I'm afraid she's going to start going downhill soon... she won't be stable forever.
That made me lol a little.
I got to work at 11:10, took my lunch from 12:25-1:00 and then played human foosball ffrom 1:30-1:40.
We are having a company cook out today, hence the reason for me hardly working. My team got their @ss kicked in foosball, and some huge dude stepped on my foot and now it hurts really bad. I guess it's my fault for wearing flats instead of tennis shoes.
I knew cats would be a great discussion topic!
First, I thought I saw a little head twitch a week or so ago. At some point around that time I came across the "senior questionnaire" my vet gave me at her last visit and one of the symptoms it asked about was twitching. After the passage of a few days, I don't think it was anything serious. Then some days she seems more clingy than usual or some days she seems more lazy. I don't know, like I said, I really think it's all in my head.
Is Zoey mad that her deck privileges are revoked? She seems like a pretty high maintenance girl. Have you seen the Animal Planet show, My Cat from Hell? It's pretty cool. I love the cat whisperer guy.
Good luck with Jinx's checkup. I hope it all goes well. Clearly I would be wreck if my cat had real issues.
Your office sounds so fun sometimes! It makes me a little jealous.
Sorry your foot hurts. That's no fun.
I have an ache in my right side that randomly appeared this morning and has continued. My hypochondria has kicked into full gear. It's not good.
I'm going to say it wasn't your fault. Tennis shoes wouldn't have spared you the pain of a huge dude stepping on your foot. I'm going to say that huge dude was taking human foosball a little too seriously.
Of course cats are a good discussion topic!
Zoey has been unhappy since before she lost her deck priveleges. In fact, I think her unhappiness may be one of the reasons behind her flying leap. B and I joke that she desperately wants to run away from home. Between her jump off the deck and the fact that she tries to escape everytime we open the door, she doesn't seem to like living at our house anymore.
I have seen My Cat from Hell! I need that guy and his guitar case to come help.
Do you think G has been acting a little different because you've been traveling more lately?
Yeah, I love the guitar case! There was an episode with a highly active sphinx cat who tried to bolt out the door all of the time. The owners built a little platform by the door so the cat could look outside whenever the door was opened or closed and that solved the problem.
It's possible that my travel has G acting weird, but most of the time I'm not gone overnight. Cats are supposedly extremely perceptive and sensitive to change, so maybe she knows something is up. I feel like I've been making a special point to give her lots of attention knowing that I won't get to be around her as much starting in August. It's also possible that she isn't actually acting differently at all.
I'm going to have to agree with you. They were acting a little ridiculous.
LOL, you don't find serious discussions about cat behavior and neuroses terribly interesting
I am also sometimes jealous of your workplace. It sounds like they work hard to make it a fun place to be!
Ha! I totally didn't mean it like that, but that's hilarious. I always manage to say the wrong thing at the right time.
(Right? Wrong thing, right time? Because if it was 'wrong thing at the wrong time', nobody would care because who cares if you say something at the wrong time? Wrong time probably means nobody is paying attention. But if you say it at just the right time, then that's when it means the most. That's when it actually counts. Right?)
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I have been noticing when I hear words with more than one meaning, I take a few extra moments in my brain to analyze the word, and go over the definition of each meaning in my head. And then I start thinking about the origins of how the same words ended up with different meanings. It's been quite time consuming.
Haha! Nice.
Oh and you are right. The "Uppers" here definitely work hard to make this a fun place to work. It's in the company creed or whatever to make this as fun of a workplace as possible.
They have a cookout once a month and have games at each one. Human foosball, egg tosses, tug of war, free throw contest. We have a regular foosball table, air hockey table, ping pong table and dart board in the warehouse. And we have annual tournaments in Euchre, horseshoes, darts, ping pong and I'm sure I'm missing some. And they give PTO days to the winners...holla.*
*Obviously the best part.
I agree, wrong thing right time. That's funny!
In my experience, anything that delays the time between when a thought pops into my head and out of my mouth is a good thing. Thinking before I speak is something that I can stand to work on.
I have a concern this afternoon. L dropped me off at work this morning and will be picking me up since leaving from GR is more on the way than leaving from home. I'm hoping to get out of here sometime before 5, but even 5 would be okay. The last time this (me being carless because of a carpool situation), L had a late afternoon crisis at work and didn't get here until 5:30 (once again on a day we were hoping to leave early). I'm freaked out about that happening today because I'm quite sure no one will be working late at my office and I'll be standing in a parking lot for 30 minutes.
Dudes, I'm so high anxiety these days. About everything. If it can be worried about, I'm worried.
I'd be surprised if there's a late-afternoon crisis on the Friday before a holiday weekend. I think most people are ready to get the hell out of Dodge (dodge?).
If you do get stuck in a parking lot, at least you have your iPhone to amuse you!
I'm a worrier too. Particularly when it comes to travel. Or my health.
The only problem with this theory is that some of his customers are not in this country and the previous issue was with the customer in another country. He did text and say he hopes to collect me by 4:30 (this was in response to a text from me pleading with him not to be late).
This is true. iPhone has definitely eased my anxiety about waiting around in general. I do freak out about standing alone in downtowns, though. It's one of my paranoias. This is something I'm going to have to really work on over the next three years. There is some serious character building in store for me.
Wait, are you working in downtown GR? If so, we must lunch together sometime!
That makes sense about the foreign customer. Hope he gets out of there on time, though!
I am today. My schedule is kind of erratic (as far as where I am on any given day) and technically I'm not *supposed* to get a lunch break. We have a 50 hour/week minimum, so regular working hours are 7a.m. to 5p.m. I also usually squeak by with 7:30-4:30 accounting for my drive time in the mix since my role change. But I could definitely make a lunch work. Tuesday or Friday next week could be possibilities.
50 hour work week? Yuck.
I could do Friday next week. Keep me posted.
Tell me about it. Thus, the future plans don't scare me *too* bad. Although I am acutely aware of exactly how much more hellacious 60 (which I do occasionally), 70, or 80 hour weeks would be.
However (lol), if I no longer have to deal with farting competitions and daily recounts of one's poops, we're moving in the right direction!
Will do.