For some reason, I ran out of energy very early yesterday. Got up, took Tam off to the doc-in-a-box, and then, at her suggestion, went to a franchise wings place.
It was...not good. "Mild" boneless wings were over-spicy and dry; adding ketchup did nothing good for them. Side "cool-off" veggies were of dubious quality: carrots chalky, celery soggy and browning at the cut ends. The fries were adequate and my drink (lemonade) was fine. And of course the music was too loud.
Got back home and went to change from shoes to sandals; that seemed like such a good idea that I swapped my dungarees for soft lounging pants and y'know, the bed was an inviting placed to look at a little TV from.
I watched the 2004 production of "A Wrinkle In Time," the movie edit (it had aired as a four-hour TV mini-series), and nodded off briefly a few times. This is not a negative reflection on the movies, which is an honest effort, marred by small effects budget and somewhat plodding directing: it's all there and there are occasional brilliant touches (Kyle Secor's Man With Red Eyes is spot-on) but the pacing is not quite what it should be and it is an unsubtle reading of the original book.*
After that, I fell asleep. Woke up around eight to make a little dinner -- leftover picadillo, mine topped with an egg (very good!). Thought I would nap a but after and instead slept the night through, woke to feed the cats at six, and slept until Meet The Press came on.
Friday, I went into my yearly Employee Review on about four hours sleep, concerned that the huge recent changes at work (everyone between me and the Chairman of the Board was hired within the last three years; I've been there for thirty) are squeezing out my job. Instead, I learned they like the quality of my work, want me to be "a little nicer" and are concerned about the same deadline-slippage that bothers me. I must have needed the rest.
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* Having recently read the book helped a lot, especially with the scenes between departing Camazotz without Charles Wallace and returning to save him, which were barely explained.
I'm about the longest server in our place. Get asked a lot of questions about why things are set up in the way they are.
ReplyDeleteSo you get to keep your job but no raise? Been there done than.
ReplyDeleteRaises are not linked to reviews. Never have been. It's just a yearly justify-your-existence exercise.
ReplyDeleteReviews. Gah. I need to get started on mid-years...
ReplyDeleteI think my self-assessment to the boss is likely to read something like I wont bother, you ignore everything else I do or say, so what's the point?"
Sorry, don't mean to vent here, I have my own blog for that...
What I actually meant to comment is that that wing place you went to is the only business here in town, and one of two in the region, that is actually posted as a no-self-defense zone. (The other being IKEA.)