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Re: Things

• pegasuskat member

  

  October 2014

  Re - #2 -  I had never watched AHS before, DD has a series recording set up here since she doesn't have cable.  I watched last weeks, and that clown is terrifying, I kind of liked the show but wish I had gotten into it last year, she told me it was witches then, I just don't like clowns and know he will cause nighmares.

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• tawillers member

  

  October 2014

  Do you have Netflix, @pegasuskat?  The first two seasons are there.

  
  

  The best season so far is the first one.

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• pegasuskat member

  

  October 2014

  Yes, I'll have to watch them.  I'm not sure why I didn't watch from the beginning, but last weeks seemed pretty good (other than the clown). 

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• 6fsn member

  

  October 2014

  Big fat no to ahs. We didn't have sick days. If we needed time we called off and it was up to our supervisor's discretion if it was allowed. It seemed to work. I don't like that you would lose time though.

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• VarunaTT member

  

  October 2014

  Peg, I didn't like season 3 and quit watching about 2-3 shows in.  Season 1 took a bit to get into, but then it was really good.  Season 2 is actually my favorite, even though it's b/c i basically ignore half of the plotline b/c it's ridiculous.

  
  

  I'm hoping this one gets back to more of a structure like Season 1 had, which was the strongest in terms of structure and plot.  Season 2 spiraled out of control when it came to plots.  Season 3 just never captured me.  From my understanding, it also suffered from too many silly plotlines off the main one.

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• *Barbie* member

  

  October 2014

  that sucks that you would lose sick/vacation time - especially if they also require you to take sick time to go to Dr. appointments. 

  
  

  i'm fortunate that my company is pretty flexible on sick/vacation time. Vacation time is based on your years of service - I have 20 days (8.5 years). We have "unlimited" sick time - within reason. For the most part, our bosses will let us work from home if we're not feeling well, or if we leave early/come in late for a doctor's appt., or if a dependant is sick, it's no big deal as long as work isn't being impacted. I think HR wants you to have a doctor's note if it's more than [###?] days in a row - but I think it's because of disability pay and liability of having clearance from the doctor that you're ok to come back to the office.

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• Heffalump member

  

  October 2014

  
  

  *Barbie* said:

  i'm fortunate that my company is pretty flexible on sick/vacation time. Vacation time is based on your years of service - I have 20 days (8.5 years). We have "unlimited" sick time - within reason. For the most part, our bosses will let us work from home if we're not feeling well, or if we leave early/come in late for a doctor's appt., or if a dependant is sick, it's no big deal as long as work isn't being impacted. I think HR wants you to have a doctor's note if it's more than [###?] days in a row - but I think it's because of disability pay and liability of having clearance from the doctor that you're ok to come back to the office.

  This, except for some reason my boss is violently opposed to working from home.  It doesn't seem like a corporate thing, just a him-thing.  So when DS was out of DC on and off for like two weeks, he and I just played blocks and stuff, even though I was totally willing to log on and reply to emails and stuff.  I did a few on the sly, but nothing to Boss.
  
  Also, I'm not sure if I care about Friends on Netflix, either.  I remember watching it with my friends in our dorm (I am so old) and laughing, but I get the feeling that if I watched it again now, it would be very "Is that all?"  I had the same reaction to watching Ghostbusters as a grown-up:  it was fine, but not the cinematic tour de force I seemed to remember from my childhood.
  
  And clowns should be banned outright.
  
  Things:
  

  • DD has two more birthday parties this weekend.  I'm going to have to start declining, but Saturday's is for her new kindergarten best friend, and Sunday's is for the third friend in their triad, so we're going to both. 
    
  • My mom is coming again for soccer this weekend.  Which, fine.  I am working so hard to cut her some slack, and I don't know why it's hard for me.  She offered to bring lunch this time, which was really generous, but now I've had to field 52 emails about "What if I make X?" "What if I bring Y with Z instead of X?"  "What if I bring X, Y, and Z?" etc.  Her heart is in the right place, she's trying to be helpful, she means well--I keep reminding myself of all of these, even though I die a little bit every time I get another email from her with the subject line "Saturday???"  
  • I woke up this morning and genuinely couldn't tell if I had woken up at some point during the night feeling flu-ish, or if I dreamed it.  DH and I have sore throats, so I may be getting a cold, or my flu-ish feeling may have been a reaction to last week's flu shot.  I felt okay this morning, which makes me more uncertain about dream vs. real.  
  • I want to return to the mountains and stay there.  But I would probably feel very differently come January.  I think mostly, I just want to return to a state of just having fun, no dishes to do, laundry to fold, etc. 
    

  I have a couple of spin-off topics, but I'll post them separately.
  

  
  
  

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