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I feel you, Sarky. I was like that with my first job.
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My job situation hasn't even been on my mind lately.
My mom's boyfriend's cancer is getting worse and the situation's getting pretty messed up for both of them.
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Oh sorry to hear that, Sarky. Cancer sucks.
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Having to go to destinations way out the way that LOCK THEIR BATHROOMS on the weekend. WTF?!
Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
Something pithy!
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Maybe they think the kitchen sink is too easy to steal.
I am at a bank now. Air conditioning is broken, no ventilation whatsoever, not enough seats, long ad terribly slow queue. For non withdrawal/deposit transactions there is no organized queueing system. I hate it. In a few months I will close my account and gladly take my business elsewhere
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Just got two rejections today - one for an article, one for an award.
It's been a couple months of steady rejections.
It's strange - I'm not down like I would have been in the past - I'm glad I at least write and submit stuff cuz so many people don't even bother with that bit.
But I'm also thinking that I need to readjust what I'm doing and how.
Hum.
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Sorry to hear that, Andy.
Rejection is never easy--I've gotten quite a few articles rejected over the year; can't say I've been up for enough awards to be rejected for one--but it can indeed show you where you need to adjust your priorities.
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Had a grievance meeting Monday about the packing in of students into my classroom. There are only 16 inches between the desks. My union rep fed them a line I had handed him in an email, "Mr BB is the only one in this room that could come even close to fitting between those desks. The three women were particularly not pleased with the comment, though one on the admin side of the table did kind of nod agreement, lol.
Admin seems to think that "7 square feet" are what is required." Now for the Math challenged, that is NOT 7 feet by 7 feet. That is seven normal sized floor tiles. Try that for 50 minutes, seven times a day.
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My boss will not shut up about why I should vote for Donald Trump. Every time he mentions him oh my GOD why do I pray for him?!
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Talking to my grievance rep, I noticed all the political signs out front of the union building, there wasn't one for county commisioner, two of the biggest names in local politics. Asked why no endorsement? My "rep" said, "....one can't control his wife and the other is always looking into peoples' business (meaning, keeping an eye on things)"
sigh
I want a new union rep. I want a new union.
A couple years ago, the Superintendent sent out a mass email, thanking all the teachers for their hard work. One wonk wrote back, "show us the money." I looked her up. Spec Ed (about 2-5 students per hour with the help of a para) making 70G.
sigh
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So my ex-husband popped back into my life because he had a horrible car accident and wouldn't be able to get a new car, leading to him losing his jobs, etc. He thought suicide was an option.
So I put the down payment on a car for him. I realize I will not get the money back (nor any of the money owed in the relationship). But I felt like this was the last time I would have to deal with him.
Fingers crossed.
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Jeez, sorry to hear that, Andy.  Hopefully this is the last time you have to deal with his problems. On the bright side, you should feel good about possibly preventing him from making the decision to take his life. Every life is valuable after all. 
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Tough one Andy. You don't want to enable and get further ensnared, but it sounds like he really did need a helping hand. It's your Christmas good deed! At least you accept that you're not getting the money back, so we won't see you on Judge Judy.
Holy Cats of Egypt!
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Picked up a new chainsaw to do some hurricane cleanup. Made two cuts with it and did something I've never done before, jammed the blade. Couldn't pull it out without bending the blade. Tried lifting the limb and letting the boy pull it out, but couldn't lift it high enough. Had to chop it out so naturally I busted the chain and the bar doing it.
Good saw. Dumbass operator.
Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
Something pithy!
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So I spent today doing cleanup with the chainsaw. My shoulders are killing me because i frankly abused the hell outta them when I was a kid.
And then, my wife shows up crying because the one of the two puppies that disappeared about two weeks ago shows up having just been hit by a car.
It didn't make it.
Really ready for this year to be over and done with.
Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
Something pithy!
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ah hell rick. Really sorry to hear about that.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Rick, hope what's left of the year ends on a high note for you.
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Really sorry to hear that, rick.
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I teach at a private university on Long Island. I have been having a bad year with my department chair - whom I find incompetent. This chair has made every choice possible to undermine my tenure prospects - not through malice, but because he doesn't understand how the university is run.
The year before we go up for tenure, the university issues a letter that gives the financial prospects of your tenure - that is, can the university afford your line for 30 years. My university is very tuition driven.
I got my letter today. It's a bad letter.
I am Teacher of the Year at my school. I have published 9 articles when we only need 2.
I'm over it.
While I could go back to my former career as a health executive, I really do love being a professor. The pay is crap but the breaks are fantastic and I can generally do what I want.
Also, this means I'm going to have to move since New York is a hard nut to crack into the universities
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I teach at a private university on Long Island. I have been having a bad year with my department chair - whom I find incompetent. This chair has made every choice possible to undermine my tenure prospects - not through malice, but because he doesn't understand how the university is run.
The year before we go up for tenure, the university issues a letter that gives the financial prospects of your tenure - that is, can the university afford your line for 30 years. My university is very tuition driven.
I got my letter today. It's a bad letter.
I am Teacher of the Year at my school. I have published 9 articles when we only need 2.
I'm over it.
While I could go back to my former career as a health executive, I really do love being a professor. The pay is crap but the breaks are fantastic and I can generally do what I want.
Also, this means I'm going to have to move since New York is a hard nut to crack into the universities The Fools! (if they don't give you tenure)
Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!
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Myg, you might want to try some Mid-West colleges. I went to a small private college, and I really enjoyed it and most of the professors seemed to have fun too. I also got an uncle who does Career Services (like resume reviews) for a living, so feel free to send me a PM if you would like any help.
Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb
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Not much between despair and ecstacy
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Andy, don't be afraid to look at some other teaching options. I teach at a for-profit institution, and it is by far the best place I've ever taught in terms of how faculty members are treated and how the focus remains on the students.
The best part is that, as an all-online institution, we have faculty scattered all over the country and even overseas.
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Wow
Thanks, folks!
I appreciate the support
I'm trying to just get through the anger before making a decision
I have two interviews at SoCal schools ... guess I'll be moving!
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Myg, if you are doing what you love, fight and don't give up. Being stuck in a job you hate is soul deadening. Moving isn't always bad, so I'm wishing you the best.
Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
Something pithy!
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Thanks, Rick!
Appreciate it
After the initial shock, I'm approaching it with a "let's see what life has next" attitude
After all, the next thing can't happen unless the current thing is over
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