Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 319

GeoffC · 05-12-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

I'd like to help, but I'm not sure I know enough about working in the military. I suspect some of the processes and customs are different from industry or academia, where my experience is. Still, feel free to drop me a pm if you want to discuss details without posting them here.

ditto if you need another angle ....

krisk · 05-12-2009, 01:45 PM

yeah, I need to escalate this, I like my supervisor a lot, but she is pretty clueless about the actual work we do

. I need to go over her head, but I need to do it in a fashion that does not make her look bad. I really don't want to burn her.

GeoffC · 05-12-2009, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krisk

yeah, I need to escalate this, I like my supervisor a lot, but she is pretty clueless about the actual work we do

. I need to go over her head, but I need to do it in a fashion that does not make her look bad. I really don't want to burn her.

one way would be for both of you to take the action upwards - that way she will not be made to feel bad, and you don't antagonise someone who could upset you ....

(feel free to pm me, as mentioned earlier, Nekochan will also, i'm sure be able to help with suggestions)

krisk · 05-12-2009, 01:52 PM

I have very nervously emailed the supervisor over her who has given every indication that she likes me and asked if we could go out to lunch and talk.... *eep*

GeoffC · 05-12-2009, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

I have very nervously emailed the supervisor over her who has given every indication that she likes me and asked if we could go out to lunch and talk.... *eep*

good move .... but take it very gently ....

krisk · 05-12-2009, 02:02 PM

yeah, I am... I won't be accusatory at all, just explain the situation and ask for her advice. provided of course she doesn't just blow me out of the water.

vivaldirules · 05-12-2009, 02:14 PM

A POX UPON THEIR HEADS!!!!

(that's what DixieGal thinks, I think)

desertgrandma · 05-12-2009, 03:20 PM

We are home, and all is well, thank you all fro your kind thoughts.

Abbey is in no pain, and very little discomfort. I must say she loooks kinda funny, one eye is very dilated, the other normal. I think both mommy and child willhave haing a restful nap soon. They both need it.

Hopefully this will be the final surgery. Only time will tell.

Glasses and patches don't work for her particular problem.

Kazbats, I know that cough. Hope your daughter gets much better really soon.

Yvan, I save the stick for those who really need it.....like some members here.

. We don't know what causes her problems, other than a weakness of her eye muscles...

Now I go to eat.

zelda_pinwheel · 05-12-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

was that recently Zelda? - and for what is called 'lazy eye'.

it was a few years ago. i don't know what "lazy eye" means ; basically the inner muscles of both of my eyes (for looking towards the center) were weaker than the outer muscles. so when my eyes were tired, they didn't want to converge, making it hard to read, use the computer, or focus on anything close to me.

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Originally Posted by kazbates

Am - I hope your headache goes away. Can you get a chance to rest your eye for a few minutes? That helps me sometimes, although, closing my eyes when I'm teaching can be decidedly dangerous.

DesertGrandma - I hope all goes well with your granddaughter. It's such an awful feeling when they tell you your little one needs surgery of any kind. Hopefully this last one will do the trick, 3rd times a charm and all that.

another good trick for resting the eyes, particularly when you've been reading or staring at the screen :
take a deep breath and hold it, simultaneously tensing all the muscles you can : arms, stomach, legs, etc. and squeezing your eyes shut tightly. hold it for a few seconds, then let out your breath and relax all your muscles. the reason this works is that the involuntary muscles (in your eyes) are contracted along with the voluntary ones (arms, etc.) and when you relax them all at once it forces the involuntary muscles to relax as well. i do this and it helps a lot. it does make you look a bit foolish though so best to do it when you're alone.

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

A POX UPON THEIR HEADS!!!!

(that's what DixieGal thinks, I think)

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

We are home, and all is well, thank you all fro your kind thoughts.

Abbey is in no pain, and very little discomfort. I must say she loooks kinda funny, one eye is very dilated, the other normal. I think both mommy and child willhave haing a restful nap soon. They both need it.

Hopefully this will be the final surgery. Only time will tell.

Glasses and patches don't work for her particular problem.

i hope it's the last surgery too dg ! i hope she gets lost of rest and feels better soon.

ravenne · 05-12-2009, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by desertgrandma

We are home, and all is well, thank you all fro your kind thoughts.

Abbey is in no pain, and very little discomfort. I must say she loooks kinda funny, one eye is very dilated, the other normal. I think both mommy and child willhave haing a restful nap soon. They both need it.

Hopefully this will be the final surgery. Only time will tell.

Glad to hear she's ok

Curly · 05-12-2009, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

We're on our 6th day of flu watch with my 2nd grader. Now it's gone into a croop-like cough where every once in awhile she sounds like she's barking.

They've put her on meds and she is finally doing better. Hopefully, she'll be back to school tomorrow. I am fairly certain she's getting bored with me!

Kaz

Hope your daughter is starting to feel better and can get back to school soon. Six days is a long time to sit on the couch watching Scooby Doo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

We are home, and all is well, thank you all fro your kind thoughts.

Abbey is in no pain, and very little discomfort. I must say she loooks kinda funny, one eye is very dilated, the other normal. I think both mommy and child willhave haing a restful nap soon. They both need it.

Hopefully this will be the final surgery. Only time will tell.

I'm glad to hear she is back home and everything went well. I hope it works and she won't need any further surgery.

We are still waiting.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 05-12-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by kazbates

Am - I hope your headache goes away. Can you get a chance to rest your eye for a few minutes? That helps me sometimes, although, closing my eyes when I'm teaching can be decidedly dangerous.

The meds cleared it, thankfully. Closing my eyes tends to get me accused of napping

Although I can sometimes sneak into the comms room and hide!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 05-12-2009, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

We are home, and all is well,

Glad to hear it!

Moejoe · 05-12-2009, 06:12 PM

Watching: BBC documentary on Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights. It's very good

EDIT: And if you've never read the poem, here it is:

The horizons ring me like faggots,
Tilted and disparate, and always unstable.
Touched by a match, they might warm me,
And their fine lines singe
The air to orange
Before the distances they pin evaporate,
Weighting the pale sky with a soldier color.
But they only dissolve and dissolve
Like a series of promises, as I step forward.

There is no life higher than the grasstops
Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind
Pours by like destiny, bending
Everything in one direction.
I can feel it trying
To funnel my heat away.
If I pay the roots of the heather
Too close attention, they will invite me
To whiten my bones among them.

The sheep know where they are,
Browsing in their dirty wool-clouds,
Gray as the weather.
The black slots of their pupils take me in.
It is like being mailed into space,
A thin, silly message.
They stand about in grandmotherly disguise,
All wig curls and yellow teeth
And hard, marbly baas.

I come to wheel ruts, and water
Limpid as the solitudes
That flee through my fingers.
Hollow doorsteps go from grass to grass;
Lintel and sill have unhinged themselves.
Of people and the air only
Remembers a few odd syllables.
It rehearses them moaningly:
Black stone, black stone.

The sky leans on me, me, the one upright
Among all horizontals.
The grass is beating its head distractedly.
It is too delicate
For a life in such company;
Darkness terrifies it.
Now, in valleys narrow
And black as purses, the house lights
Gleam like small change.

-Sylvia Plath

desertgrandma · 05-12-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

The meds cleared it, thankfully. Closing my eyes tends to get me accused of napping

Although I can sometimes sneak into the comms room and hide!

Hooray! Glad to hear you are better also....

05-12-2009, 01:45 PM	#4772
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	yeah, I need to escalate this, I like my supervisor a lot, but she is pretty clueless about the actual work we do. I need to go over her head, but I need to do it in a fashion that does not make her look bad. I really don't want to burn her.

05-12-2009, 06:12 PM	#4784
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Watching: BBC documentary on Sylvia Plath's Wuthering Heights. It's very good EDIT: And if you've never read the poem, here it is: The horizons ring me like faggots, Tilted and disparate, and always unstable. Touched by a match, they might warm me, And their fine lines singe The air to orange Before the distances they pin evaporate, Weighting the pale sky with a soldier color. But they only dissolve and dissolve Like a series of promises, as I step forward. There is no life higher than the grasstops Or the hearts of sheep, and the wind Pours by like destiny, bending Everything in one direction. I can feel it trying To funnel my heat away. If I pay the roots of the heather Too close attention, they will invite me To whiten my bones among them. The sheep know where they are, Browsing in their dirty wool-clouds, Gray as the weather. The black slots of their pupils take me in. It is like being mailed into space, A thin, silly message. They stand about in grandmotherly disguise, All wig curls and yellow teeth And hard, marbly baas. I come to wheel ruts, and water Limpid as the solitudes That flee through my fingers. Hollow doorsteps go from grass to grass; Lintel and sill have unhinged themselves. Of people and the air only Remembers a few odd syllables. It rehearses them moaningly: Black stone, black stone. The sky leans on me, me, the one upright Among all horizontals. The grass is beating its head distractedly. It is too delicate For a life in such company; Darkness terrifies it. Now, in valleys narrow And black as purses, the house lights Gleam like small change. -Sylvia Plath Last edited by Moejoe; 05-12-2009 at 06:18 PM.

05-12-2009, 01:52 PM	#4774
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I have very nervously emailed the supervisor over her who has given every indication that she likes me and asked if we could go out to lunch and talk.... eep

05-12-2009, 02:02 PM	#4776
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	yeah, I am... I won't be accusatory at all, just explain the situation and ask for her advice. provided of course she doesn't just blow me out of the water.

05-12-2009, 02:14 PM	#4777
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	A POX UPON THEIR HEADS!!!! (that's what DixieGal thinks, I think)

05-12-2009, 03:20 PM	#4778
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	We are home, and all is well, thank you all fro your kind thoughts. Abbey is in no pain, and very little discomfort. I must say she loooks kinda funny, one eye is very dilated, the other normal. I think both mommy and child willhave haing a restful nap soon. They both need it. Hopefully this will be the final surgery. Only time will tell. Glasses and patches don't work for her particular problem. Kazbats, I know that cough. Hope your daughter gets much better really soon. Yvan, I save the stick for those who really need it.....like some members here. . We don't know what causes her problems, other than a weakness of her eye muscles... Now I go to eat.