SMISEN-Congrats on the house and the impending marriage! Is that you a pic of you belly dancing? You look gorgeous. I have been belly dancing for a few months now and I love it. I'm learning a dance called "Jasmine Drum Solo" right now. It's fun, lots of shimmy-ing.

Stella, I wish school work was all done. I have two midterms next week, along with 2 papers due this week and a massive 15 page paper due the first week of April. I've still got a ways to go.....

Stella - I hate that!!! When I was working in animal rescue I LOOOVED what I was doing, but couldn't stand the people I worked with. Unfortunately there will always be people like that where we work :C

Hey everyone -- Hope everyone had a great weekend (and weren't as bad as I was, yikes!)

stella -- I pretty much feel the same way about my job. Two of my best friends are my co-workers, but there are so many other people there that I'd just rather not work with and make my day (and several other peoples days) miserable. Most of the time they take their BS from home and bring it to work and then expect us to deal with them. Unprofessional and immature imho.

Mary -- I didn't know you did animal rescue -- that's awesome! What exactly where you involved with? My fiancé and I are huge rescuers and animal adoption supporters (only with no-kill though!).

And a couple of 's for all of your in school coming towards the semester's end! Good luck with all of the papers and exams!

And I have to complain about shorts... why is it that every cute pair of juniors shorts I find leave me putting them back because my bum is hanging out of them?!? Seriously! I hate short shopping (that and I don't like my legs...) but I don't like a lot of the styles found outside of a juniors department or stores that carry clothes for our younger generation. I just want a nice, cute pair of shorts that look nice on me and won't let my butt cheeks fall out.

Today is my last day off on my long weekend and it'll be all laundry. Have to make a couple phone calls, but other than that, it'll be another lazy day of nothing. I haven't left my house for anything (except to get outside with the dog) since Friday... I'm getting a little crazy! I might just have to go window shop just for the sake of getting out!!

I ate badly this weekend, but I plan to get back on track this week. I keep going up in weight, but I know it's my own fault. I just have to keep kicking myself in my can't-fit-into-shorts butt and get going on my weight loss. It'll happen, then I can stop whining about it not going anywhere.

I've been looking at fun dresses to wear for bridal showers and the rehearsal dinner... There are SO many cute options out there! When I actually decide on one, I'll post it up.

Have a good Monday everyone!!

Jules - That's great! I worked for a local no-kill shelter. We're close to the pine barrens so we got a lot of feral cats, we'd take surrenders, and rescue cases from neglect. I loved the work, I miss it. And I totally hear you on shorts shopping - they're WAY too short these days! I always feel like I'm pulling them down!

Hey all

Mary/Jules - Its actually work stuff going on at work. I have a certain co-worker who tries to micro manage me. I have more experience and I've been here longer, so he kisses the boss's a$$ and I get to deal with that. He's just a big d-bag, and I hate him.

Also - I am anti shorts. I gave up trying to wear them years and years ago. I settle on capri pants or skirts, if I'm going to the pool I wear pajama shorts, but jean shorts are a no-no.

And if I find a pair that fit this year and I post pictures, feel free to throw the above back in my face

OMG Stella, the a$$kisser...that's the worst. We have one of those, here, BIG time. I feel like crap today, attributing this to the weather, and know that I look about the same. He makes a point to turn around, on his way to his office, to say, "Hey, you look stunning today." Stunning? Really?

He's nice enough, but it's all BS. He just continually blows smoke up my tail and tries to get me involved in every one of his conversations. He'll be in the front office talking as I work and peek his head in to say, "Well, Lauren knows all about this from MBA school...blahblahblah." Go away, brother, you annoy me.

If I ignore him, he'll tap me to get my attention. I am actively ignoring you. Don't touch me. (Big believer in personal space bubble.)

I can hear him on the stairs when he's headed from his office to mine. I often make a beeline for the bathroom or plot some other exit strategy. He's also a Class A Blameshifter. Nothing is ever his fault, he's "just an estimator". Let me tell you...this is a small SMALL company...no one is ever "just" anything. I am f-ing MacGyver. You blew it, buddy, own that. Oh and I look like sh!t today, too, just so we're clear. lol

Yeah, its similar. He's one of the only guys on our project, and he thinks he's smarter than all of us. I've been working in clinical research for 6+ years, he's been in it for 2 and before that he worked in a gas station, so please don't walk around like you know more than I do - he tries to blow smoke up my butt when he wants me to go his way, but he's usually wrong and I get blantantly obnoxious. There was this situation on Friday where he was trying to "help me" - when he tries to help someone all you hear for the next 3 months is how he had to jump in and lend a hand because that person was drowning. I jumped into my boss's office and I was like LOOK when I need help, I'll ask for it, I don't need him sticking his hands in my work. If he's so anxious to help me, maybe he should do those things that he keeps saying "oh, Jennierose and I will handle it" because 9/10 times, I wind up doing it myself. She didn't know what to say. She loves him, and he's crap, and he will ultimately be the reason I leave here.

Love how he volunteers you for work, then drops it on you. When things start heading south, I will often hear that I was "deeply involved" with one of our guy's bids...spreading that blame my way. I make a point to jump up and note that I've never see the project, know nothing of it, etc., but one of the higher ups is a textbook Narcissist, so the a$$kissing just endears this man to him.

The higher up is also going somewhat senile, so he conveniently incorporates bits and pieces of conversations into his reality. He'll hold onto the fact that I was "involved" in something that went bad, and then begins a new struggle to prove the a$$kisser is a d-bag.

The "help" that your guy offers is about the same as our Narcissist's position in the company anymore. He comes in and creates a sh!tstorm, then crafts some way to correct it, then lets us all know how lucky we are that he was here to save the day. Thank you oh great one. Oh yea, and that one is my step-father. No joke. FML.

Stella - Congrats on the 14 mile hike. Screw that brown-noser. I hate people like that. Law school is full of them. But if your boss is too blind to see that, it SHOULD be time you move on. You should tell the guy straight up (nicely if you can) that you don't need his help and that you will manage things fine. If you really do need him to step in, you'll ask for it and that you appreciate his generous offer but sometimes you function better on your own. Maybe he doesn't know he's being annoying? (Doubtful but some people...)

Haley - YOU ARE KICKING ***. Let's get to Onederland! By the way, for your mac and cheese, do you like it plain or can I put things in it? I like ham/bacon in mine and stuff like that.

Shan - Good luck with your papers!

Jess - Uh, I told him that not-so-nicely. He knows exactly what he's doing. We do not get along.

Stella - Good that you stood up for yourself. It would be 10 times worse if you let him trample all over you.

I don't get it. I gained a pound this week. Dear scale, you are a douche. I'm going to kick your *** next week.

I can't do it and I don't want to. Going to the gym lately has been a huge struggle.

I'm in a feeling sorry for myself mode where I just want to veg out.

My new medication sucks and it makes me want to cry.

I had to take the boy to the airport today, I won't get to see him for at least a month. I don't know how people do long distance where they don't see the other person for longer than that.

That's why we don't get along. I'm not a little wall flower of a woman who's going to let this "big, strong man" take care of me. He really is such a douche.

Sam - I'm sorry! x 43