Arrived back home last evening from our excellent long-weekend away. Well, excellent apart from the football result – which was dire indeed. Even though we missed out on the tickets (one of the 12% of the member ballot to miss … Continue reading
Of course, as is the way with SML, things do not go quite as smoothly as planned. And so, for the time being, because she ramped up the ExtremeCrazy to 11 (okay, 11,000,000), AnxiousMum is not my direct report. Rather … Continue reading
Remember that Reckoning I’d hoped for? Today, much to my surprise, there actually was a Reckoning! A redundancy for Hecate! A very unexpected promotion for me! And, most hilariously, AnxiousMum is now my direct report! Bwahahahaha! A day full of … Continue reading
I dared Heather, at his divisional management meeting this afternoon, to ask Hecate whether she had considered me as a possibility for the TntdP/DeB role, and wagered that she would recoil in horror at the very prospect. one of my … Continue reading
Me: “you know, I really should apply for The(now thankfully departed)Professor’s (formerly DishyBoss’s) job, it is absolutely made for me”. but I digress Don: “of course it is, but you cannot work with Hecate as your manager”. Heather: “yes, yes, … Continue reading
It should go without saying that all the names on this blog have been changed to protect the innocent. The family Don: husband extraordinaire Joan (formerly dfkan formerly nancy): favourite oldest daughter Joe/Frank: favourite son Bessie: favourite baby daughter BabyKitty: … Continue reading
Measured self and trawled back through the archives to compare to the last time I wrapped a measuring tape around my vital stats. It would seem that it is the time of year for FAT anxiety, because I embarked on … Continue reading
At the SaltMinesLimited Christmas Party, God is wont to give a speech and this speech tends to involve the name-checking of (and in better climes, gift giving to) various SML slaves. Despite being a VeryHighAchiever (no, really) I have never … Continue reading
Holy!Goodness! what a weekend! The Holy!Goodness! started with the SaltMinesLimited Christmas Party on Friday afternoon where I became infuriated about yet again not getting any props in the CEO’s speech, despite the (if I do say so myself) very significant … Continue reading
Who could have imagined that the disgruntled girly who started at SaltMinesLimited as the admin chick and planned to escape as soon as she could, would, almost seven years later, have found a husband, almost tripled her (admittedly very, very … Continue reading