Random things
This afternoon I had just answered my office phone when suddenly my cell started to vibrate across the desk. I couldn’t answer it, of course, but the number on the caller ID looked similar to that of Miss T’s daycare. I began to worry that she had gotten sick at school and they were trying to call and tell me. Then inexplicably, all reason flew out the window and I became increasingly more frantic over the course of a 15 minute phone call with a faculty member who would. Not. Shut. UP. I couldn’t focus on what he was talking about even though I needed to, and proceeded to work myself into a panicked frenzy. By the time I got off the phone and was able to check my voicemail, I was totally freaking out that MAH POOR PRESHUS BAYBEE IS SUFFERING! SHE NEEDS HER MAMA AND THEY CAN’T REACH MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! (As if the daycare wouldn’t immediately try N in an emergency.) And then I listened to the voicemail, which was just the pediatrician’s office reminding me of Miss T’s check-up tomorrow morning. Oh.
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I took the dog for a walk after work, and was busily fiddling with my iPod as I crossed the entrance to a parking lot. I didn’t bother looking for cars before I stepped off the curb because…well, because honestly I didn’t think about it. Suddenly I saw motion directly off to the left, and fortunately the driver of that SUV saw me too. Oops. Maybe N should be the one to teach the kids how to look both ways before crossing the street, as it does not appear to be a skill that I possess.
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I’m curious. Theoretically, if another employee wore this:
to your business casual office – for most of the day, during regular work hours – would you find it odd?
January 29th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
well, not today…The Steelers are playing in the super bowl this weekend and I would just assume they were VERY EXCITED about that.
January 30th, 2009 at 7:25 am
glad your little gal is ok. thanks for the NYC recommendations! mind if I ask where you stayed??
January 30th, 2009 at 9:04 am
someone wore that to work?
January 30th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I wouldn’t think it was odd because I’d assume they’re a rabid Steelers fan. And it’s COLD in our office, where people routinely wear scarves, mittens and sometimes, their winter coats.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:14 am
To clarify, she wears this all the time, Super Bowl or no. And Steelers fans are kind of hard to come by in our neck of the woods. I don’t really have a problem with her wearing a beanie, necessarily, but the fact that she pairs it with clothes I deem too ratty to wear around the house…that is what makes it a bit of an issue.
January 30th, 2009 at 9:38 am
I still think you all should stage a “Beanie Day” and see what management says.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pm
I was going to go with the super bowl thing, but that seems to be out. We actually have certain days on which you are encouraged to wear hats, by which I assume on other days they are silently discouraging you from wearing hats. But I’m kind of a rule freak myself.