Wednesday the 8th

[coachdoc]

Full moon last night. Slept well anyway. Got all my howling done by midnight.
Stay well.

[drlj]

Storms last night. Dreary today.
Stay healthy & sassy.

[brucemacneill]

Good morning.

Thunder last night and more expected intermittently today. There was a break in the clouds that allowed me to get a pic of the moon last evening.

Guess I'll play with my webcam today and see if I can figure out how I'd do a video if I wasn't so allergied up I can't possibly sing.

Stay well and safe if you can.

[Cosmic Wonder]

Sposed to be 70 here today. Yay warm weather. Mowed the grass yesterday. Place looks good if you can get past all the boxes. More putting away today. More shelter in place. Found pellets for the Traeger last night. Barbecue teriyaki chicken tenders tonight.

Mike

[Cornflake]

Good morning. All's well here.

[t-bob]

good morning ee cummings no haiku breathe no prine rip regrets wash your hands stay home pick your nose strum your guitar sanitize enjoy your day okie dokie peace

[kenlarsson]

good morning

[TKennedy]

More moon shots. It was cool.

Lake still frozen but got up to 60 yesterday and I made my cycling debut on the road. I remember how exhilarating that first spring ride used to be. It is a little different now😀. Still fun.

[Marshall]

[billhammond]

Good day, another stay-home-and-work deal, broken up only by a pest control outfit treating my house for carpenter ants. Damn, isn't that silver maple stump enough for the nasty little buggers?

[Shannon]

Hi, all. I haven't dropped by much lately. Work is all topsy-turvy, and I haven't felt much like socializing when I get home.

I hope everyone is fine. I'll try to attend more regularly.

[mnhermit]

Chilly,, but clear and dry. Spraying more weeds, pulling more weeds, moving some gravel, and some donkey fertilizer.

Better days y'all

[coachdoc]

Apr 8, 2020 9:21:36 GMT -5 Shannon said:

Hi, all. I haven't dropped by much lately. Work is all topsy-turvy, and I haven't felt much like socializing when I get home.

I hope everyone is fine. I'll try to attend more regularly.

Thanks for hanging in with your office hours. I'm doing mine via computer or phone with the patient. Given the age of the patients, not sure how it's gonna go. Be safe. This too shall pass.

[drlj]

It has turned sunny. Nice.

[TKennedy]

Hang in there Shannon. How are you involved? Any insights? Still seeing patients?

[Cornflake]

Shannon, you've been out of sight but not out of mind.

[howard lee]

Tonight is the first night of Passover. My company is on holiday break until Friday the 17th, when we go back to work from home.

Yesterday, via Microsoft teams, our Director informed us that upper management asked him to compile a contingency list of names of people who might have to be laid off when we return from the holiday break. Midway through the conversation, he broke down into tears. He oversees about 94 people in our main group. Management asked that the list contain 30% of those names (that's about 28 people). The website I edit might be seen as an essential face of the company right now, and valuable to sales (since the store closed and 150 sales associates have already been let go), but that remains to be seen in a company whose managerial model has always appeared to be based on chaos and pandemonium.

Our CEO sent an email memo reassuring us that no action would be taken until after the holiday, if necessary, and that we shouldn't worry, stay positive, and enjoy our holiday. Yes, enjoy your holiday while you twist and turn in the breeze, wondering if you'll still have a job next week, or whether  the company will extend your health insurance coverage as a courtesy (wishful thinking). So, happy Passover!

[Editor's note: The only advantage I have over my younger coworkers is that I am eligible for retirement, which I was hoping to put off for a couple of more years. <sigh>]

[aquaduct]

Apr 8, 2020 10:44:37 GMT -5 howard lee said:

Tonight is the first night of Passover. My company is on holiday break until Friday the 17th, when we go back to work from home.

Yesterday, via Microsoft teams, our Director informed us that upper management asked him to compile a contingency list of names of people who might have to be laid off when we return from the holiday break. Midway through the conversation, he broke down into tears. He oversees about 94 people in our main group. Management asked that the list contain 30% of those names (that's about 28 people). The website I edit might be seen as an essential face of the company right now, and valuable to sales (since the store closed and 150 sales associates have already been let go), but that remains to be seen in a company whose managerial model has always appeared to be based on chaos and pandemonium.

Our CEO sent an email memo reassuring us that no action would be taken until after the holiday, if necessary, and that we shouldn't worry, stay positive, and enjoy our holiday. Yes, enjoy your holiday while you twist and turn in the breeze, wondering if you'll still have a job next week, or whether  the company will extend your health insurance coverage as a courtesy (wishful thinking). So, happy Passover!

[Editor's note: The only advantage I have over my younger coworkers is that I am eligible for retirement, which I was hoping to put off for a couple of more years. <sigh>]

Been there, done that. At least 5 or 6 times in the last 20 years.

Stay tough and keep your chin up. I'm a testament that it's survivable. But it ain't pretty.

Wishing you all the best of luck.

[epaul]

I think this a Super Moon period. I was driving back from the farm yesterday evening, and that big old moon was hanging so low, full, huge and bright I had to pull over and just stop everything... and open up to it.

[howard lee]

Apr 8, 2020 11:13:34 GMT -5 aquaduct said:

Apr 8, 2020 10:44:37 GMT -5 howard lee said:

Tonight is the first night of Passover. My company is on holiday break until Friday the 17th, when we go back to work from home.

Yesterday, via Microsoft teams, our Director informed us that upper management asked him to compile a contingency list of names of people who might have to be laid off when we return from the holiday break. Midway through the conversation, he broke down into tears. He oversees about 94 people in our main group. Management asked that the list contain 30% of those names (that's about 28 people). The website I edit might be seen as an essential face of the company right now, and valuable to sales (since the store closed and 150 sales associates have already been let go), but that remains to be seen in a company whose managerial model has always appeared to be based on chaos and pandemonium.

Our CEO sent an email memo reassuring us that no action would be taken until after the holiday, if necessary, and that we shouldn't worry, stay positive, and enjoy our holiday. Yes, enjoy your holiday while you twist and turn in the breeze, wondering if you'll still have a job next week, or whether  the company will extend your health insurance coverage as a courtesy (wishful thinking). So, happy Passover!

[Editor's note: The only advantage I have over my younger coworkers is that I am eligible for retirement, which I was hoping to put off for a couple of more years. <sigh>]

Been there, done that. At least 5 or 6 times in the last 20 years.

Stay tough and keep your chin up. I'm a testament that it's survivable. But it ain't pretty.

Wishing you all the best of luck.

Peter, thank you for the words of encouragement. I have been through this twice before—ejected from two magazine jobs, one after 13 years, and the other after 16. I am hoping to ride this out until I decide I'm ready to retire, not because I lose my job and can't find another at my age. In the worst case, I collect unemployment while I straighten out all the SSA paperwork and finish the outlook project with the financial planner. I really do want to work for a few more years, though. Our local Italian cafe owner keeps joking that he would hire me to work for him, as a barista. Maybe it's not so much of a joke, after all.