Top of the shopping list ... though he may have to retire from being my pocket Sam 😂

After all we have been through, and all he has survived over these many years, today, I killed Sammy 😶💀

My current POV 🥰

Hi. 👋
Proof of life post.
I've been in extra-introvert quietly lurking around mode for months. I don't really have anything to say except that I'm still here, and I miss hanging out with pocket friends. ❤️

Yay! I have also not yet ordered my files from Austin 😂
I really should do that.

I get really frustrated at work sometimes, as we all do.

Then they do something like invite us all to a drag queen lunch meeting, and I am reminded why I like working here so much ❤️

Recruiting sometimes involves some investigation skills.

If you are going to send a potential employer 2 resumes with 2 different work histories and overlapping dates, be prepared to be called out on it.

If you get confused and can't remember where you are currently working, that's a problem 🚩🚩🚩

That was my reaction when he opened his mouth. Honestly, I can't make up the stuff I hear in this job. It's wild.

Unprompted job search tip of the day (based on actual in office interactions)

Walking into a meeting with a potential employer and announcing with your full chest, out loud, that you are racist.

Don't do that.

Bonus tip - Don't then rage at being denied an interview
🚩🚩🚩

Fezzik 🥰

I feel like I don't post online much anymore ... introvert is introverting.

Proof of life post!
Look at my shiny new book mail!
It has map!
❤️

That is gross

Big hugs friend 🫂
It's absolute BS. I locked all my fic down a while ago but that's no guarantee. The AI thing has been such a depressing thing to watch that I completely stopped writing. Once those bro dudes announced they were opening an AI publishing house to cash in on booktok I was over it

I know from experience how high your standards are in your work, even with what you deem imperfect. 100% his loss.

As frustrating as that is, I kinda love this. I hope dude feels dumb.

In America, health care is big business. In Canada, it’s a right.

That's because workers like the women and men of SEIU provide that care every day.

Together, we’ll build a better health care system — for workers and for patients.

Today in my slow wade through grief & finding my joy again, I randomly put one of my fav artists on at work. The kind whose music feels like it wrote a part of your soul and shaped who you are.

I didn't realize I was avoiding it. ❤️

He was Mom's fav too. We saw him together a year ago this week.

Looks like Brian Buckley.

a man and woman in a kitchen with the words that 's so unfair in green ALT: a man and woman in a kitchen with the words that 's so unfair in green

My favourite repetitive conversation with job applicants in my job is having to explain that obtaining employment is not a first come, first serve process. 😑

"I applied first, but my friend got work before me."

❤️❤️❤️❤️

This can fuck all the way off, & fuck off some more. Keep fucking off until a gate that says 'you can't fuck off beyond this point' & then take a pause, dare to dream the impossible fucking dream, open that gate & fuck all the way off until it gets back to where it started.
Then fuck off some more.

You are absolutely right. I can't change what I don't acknowledge. One day at a time. ❤️

It's a process and it has its own timeline. I know I'll get there, I'm just not there yet.

Appreciated friend 🫂❤️

I stood in front of the mirror and told myself that I'm not okay.

Then I took a deep breath and went back to work.

It only dawned on me now that I have been doing this for months, like it is no big deal, like it is just my new normal.

I need to figure out how to reaccess my joy. 🫤

Ewwwwww

Remember, it’s perfectly acceptable if your weekend plans consist of nothing other than reading a good book, drinking multiple kettles of tea, and indulging in various pastries.

In response to President Trump’s tariffs on our auto sector, Canada will impose a 25% tariff on all U.S. vehicle imports that do not comply with our free trade agreement.

All revenues from these tariffs will be used to support our Canadian auto workers and their industry.

Self care at work today.
Changed the orientation of my desk so the bank of florescent lights are now in my periphery instead of direct line of sight.

It does mean I have turned my back on the entire office 😂

Migraine mitigation over socializing. Still to come, light blocking desk umbrella ☂️

Oh he was handed his find out phase already. My manger was on that so fast and called him out. Dude tried to plead his case and convince manager he was justified speaking to me like that but was hard shut down. He is now blacklisted from being hired anywhere with us across the country.