Hope betrayed maketh the heart sick

[flemmings]

The fool hath said in her folly, Do not have to be up at 8 am tomorrow, meaning waking up at 6:30! That's asking for someone to call her at 6:30 to ask her to work an 11:30 shift. This is considered excessive lead time even by those at work. Then someone else calls at 8:10 asking her to work an 8:30 shift. This is considered excessively short notice except by me who calls it dead on normal. Neither is what I wanted after staying up to 1 a.m. reading Zen poetry.

But the day's miseries got themselves over with, including the 30C mug, the pressure-induced aches through the day, and a 2 hour post-work seminar. The evening is cooler than expected, and I am going to unplug my phone before going to bed.

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[incandescens]

(winces) Much sympathy. I hope today is better.

2 hour post-work seminar? Ow.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Our working hours are shorter than usual, even for the full-time staff, on account of pushing all breaks and lunch shifts to a hypothetical end (or beginning) of shift. Also, being a coop, we already have a number of after-work meetings. So it's not that unreasonable. Y'day's first aid presenter was brisk and breezy and focussed on the highlights, which kept us awake. The by-the-bookers are the ones who kill.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

More details on next week!

Conference is 8-5 Tues-Thur, meaning in practice I'll be in TO from 8:40PM Monday on. So will be free Mon-Tues-Wed nights. Am staying at the Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. W. Phone number and email are still the same. Let me know what's convenient for you.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Naturally forgot to check my work schedule for next week, but at the moment Wednesday is looking best. In my end of the world there's good cheap Korean; there's also a couple of Japanese-something places I'd like to try out but that sort of require company, if you'd be up for izakaya or Japanese tapas food. (There's also the Blue Sky sandwiches place recommended on FB, that doesn't totally knock my socks off, TBH, but is pretty good.)

My treat, whatever.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Wednesday it is, then! I would definitely be up for some izakaya or other Japanese. :D