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It looks like it will be continuing when I get back tomorrow night, too. It will be likely be weeks before the workload is caught up on, if they continue at this rate for another week or so. And I have to really save up vacation time until next August. Got, like, only 40 hours' worth. :(

What I am more worried about is the manager Nel griping us out anyway for not being able to magically keep up 100% despite it being too much work for two people per shift in my area right now, let alone one. God willing there will be no complaining emails from him or anyone else waiting for me when I get back tomorrow. Because not being appreciated - acting like I could somehow do better - despite working my tail off for 12 hours straight and for multiple days at a time, is what would really be my personal pet peeve at a time like this. But the Lord says not to worry. So I will try not to.

Thankfully an extra three hours' or so worth of work got done my last night there, on Monday, because a coworker named Haley did her best to step in and help from another lab when she had the lightest bit of downtime going on there. I took a few minutes before clocking out that morning to send my praise of her in an email to our two direct supervisors. I hope she feels appreciated for it, because I doubt very many others in the lab, were they in her position, would lift a finger to put in the extra effort to help another tech who is swamped, so long as they were not directly obligated to (which she wasn't), much less three hours' or so worth.

But for now, sangria on ice, and some gaming. ^-^

Ever thinking of finding a new line of work?
 
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Today’s Insight
  • There are many things I’ve done that God didn’t tell me to do.
  • Places I’ve gone He didn’t tell me to go.
  • Connections I’ve forged He didn’t tell me to make.
  • Actions I’ve taken (based on His insight) He didn’t tell me to begin.
Sometimes assumptions get the best of us. We move before we should. It’s best to ask.
Sometimes it better to ask for forgiveness than to get permission. Putting aside all impulsiveness and rashness, I admire it when people can go about doing as they please and still get their approval from God doing them. Personally, I think it's a mark that they've reached that shows the truth has permeated their being to the point where they can go on delighting themselves in God as He gives them the desires of their hearts at the same time. I'm not sure if I've reached that place in my own life. Thank God He still holds an override and has veto power regardless. Lol

It's going to be good hearing back from that GospelS poster from India. (Whenever she decides to rejoin CF)
 
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He’s a bad leader. He makes the unbearable worse and seems to delight in causing angst. If the Lord reassured you that’s more than enough.

Indeed. :)
 
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Today's Epiphany:

You just can't have a whole fruitcake...

...without some nuts...

lots actually.

And who doesn't enjoy a good fruitcake...

especially at this time of the year?
 
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Sober-minded comes close. What you’re referencing is fairness. :)
Sober-minded is a good word. I think emotion gets the best of us because we want to ride that high, or weird as it sounds, that low, because we get lost in feeling something.
 
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Sober-minded is a good word. I think emotion gets the best of us because we want to ride that high, or weird as it sounds, that low, because we get lost in feeling something.

True. We can wallow in both depending on our temperament. :)
 
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It seems someone abruptly deleted her POF account. :( So much for asking if she wants to move beyond site messages.

It would appear so. :( That sucks.
 
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Just got back on social media after a 45 day break. It will take a while to catch up. Found out the guy I was dating in the spring bought a fire red sporty old style boat. Another influence that came from our conversation and something that will add to his image for his clients. I feel in a much better position now with the friends/brothers in Christ and support from friends since everything happened in July.
 
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Thanks for the prayers. I’m still not feeling well enough. Frustrated that supposedly I lost it due to ‘slow down’ yet I’d walk in to over 20 calls in queue. I had customers who vouched for me to keep my job. I’m so stressed out over bills.
 
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It seems someone abruptly deleted her POF account. :( So much for asking if she wants to move beyond site messages.

I'm sorry to hear that. How long were you conversing?
 
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Please say a prayer for me and include me in your lighting.

I'm scrambling to get the elements and to light all lights tonight...the last day of Hanakkah!

I will light mine with all of you in my mind and heart as well.

Yah bless and shalom!
 
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Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. We can't force anyone into compliance. They have a right to agree or disagree. All that we can do is accept the answer. We can't make them change. God won't bend their will for selfish reasons.
 
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