Our office had its - holiday party aka the winter event. Two good pieces of news:
1. Happened today. When we got the afternoon off (by tradition), most of us got home before the brutal wind and rain storm. I didn't quite make it home before the beginning - had gym class for an hour, so when I got out at 3pm, it was Venus murky with the rain coming down in sheets.
2. We are getting a 2% raise, starting in January 2007. Don't call me ungrateful, I love it, its much better than a bonus (a raise is forever), but...
Could it have come from a pro-active assessment, rather than a reactive one (smart, confident people slamming our office during exit interviews)? Wait a minute...what am I saying? What company ever does this?
Guys, if any of you are watching the Thursday night football game on the NFL network, I want you to remember that Seattle is always like this. Always. You don't want to be here. We never see the sun, we're never dry. Mountains? What are those? We never saw them until the satellite pictures clearly showed them. 
And finally, to the junk mail industry: I nearly caught pnuemonia sprinting out in the sheets of rain to get the mail in the mailbox. What was in the mail? Crap.
Saving log - 1$
Spending log - 1$. Our banquet table had a bet as to who would win our main award. I didn't win. I won due to the fact that it kept me distracted enough to have just one dinner roll while we were waiting for lunch.
Winter event and rants
December 15th, 2006 at 01:50 am
December 15th, 2006 at 04:39 am 1166157548
a philosophical thought, if pay raise is below inflation, is it really a raise?
December 15th, 2006 at 06:18 am 1166163480
December 15th, 2006 at 07:31 am 1166167901
lucky robin - I'm waiting for a couple of trees to crash down here. We already have a fatality down here in Seattle. A woman was in her basement utility room when water came crashing through, filling up the room and the basement so fast that she couldn't escape. She drowned.
December 16th, 2006 at 02:40 am 1166236850