The R&R thread is a place to vent about all things negative and/or praise the positive. Posts like the one above, the ambiguous one liners are neither. Either explain a bit more or if you've posted in the past about the issue at hand at least quote the thing so we have some idea WTF you're talking about.
Rave: According to an email we all just got from the CEO, we'll be getting an additional week of vacation starting Jan 1, 14. That's a full month for me, just like the rest of the civilized world. Fucking awesome!
Rave: Working for a British company means that I ge(o)t 4 weeks holiday Rant: I negotiated to work from home as a contractor which means that now I get zero holiday and zero sick time Rant: I have had a flu for the past 3 days. Near hallucinating means that I haven't worked on my project this week Rant: Either I make up this time or I dock my own pay Rave: The negatives are far far far outshined by the positives. My boss is cool and all I have to do is meet his expectations and I have nothing to worry aobut. I have to remind myself that if I stand on my tip toes I can see the beach from my office window. I live on an amazing island with amazing people. My wife doesn't have to work and all I have to do is keep my shit together and be about getting my deadlines met and its all good.
Rave: I have a son! Rant: Due to some complications he had to go straight to the NICU after birth. Rave: He's doing awesome and we got to come home today. My daughter is already super protective of him and doesn't want anybody but her dad or me to hold him. Rave: So thankful for a happy, healthy baby. We got to come home after 6 days, most of those babies in the NICU aren't so lucky.
What a difference a couple of days makes. RAVE: Apparently there is or was no problem with my paperwork and she didn't say a thing to me. Thank God. RAVE: Found out from our lawyer we definitely have a case with my wife's employer and if they try anything funny we will be able to either sick the Employment Security Commission on them or sue them directly ourselves. They haven't got a leg to stand on.
Rave: I'm at that weird place on my belt that whenever I take a good solid dump, I go down a notch. This makes me feel way prouder than it should.
Rave: Finished with my internship! Not gonna lie...got a little emotional saying goodbye to my favorite people. My ex -Special Ops badass/sweetheart hopped off the mat and gave me a bear hug, telling me how much he appreciates what I've done with him. I think my heart melted into a giant puddle of goo. It kinda sucks not having the closure of seeing someone get to 100% and discharging them. Instead, I have to say goodbye to people who aren't there yet. And, it was much easier to say goodbye when people were shamelessly working the system and/or had psychogenic overlay.
Rave: Finally home after three weeks on exercise and being way too drunk. Rant: Still fighting the infection in my elbow although it is getting better. Rave: Last night madness on trip resulted in a stripper taking a dislike to the shoes I was wearing and so for the last song of the night dragged me up on stage and lashed the absolute shit out of my legs. Laughing at her as she was whipping me with a piece of leather might not have been the smartest thing to do but it was pretty funny. Massive bruises up my right leg.
Rant: Stuck at work with the fair in town. I would cut a bitch for some Fisk Fries right now. Rave: Free Montgomery Gentry concert tonight. Not the best band, but a free concert by a nationally known act in this town? I'll take it.
Rave: Holy shit this place is still here. Completely forgot about it. Rave: Life is awesome. Moved out of the barracks and into my girlfriend's house. I'm not paying rent, and she buys me groceries and does my laundry... I'm kinda spoiled. Rant: My friends laugh at me and say that I've been domesticated. Rave: I might be okay with this.
Rant: I was looking forward to being able to do something outside today, after the weather had been perfect the last four days and I had to work 15 hour days all four days. I was just going to go for a walk, got a little ways down the street, and all of a sudden noticed that there were about 100 red paper wasps flying around. I always lose my cool even when I see one of those, but to see that many at once? I ran back to my apartment faster than I have ever run before, and now I am gasping for air and my legs feel like they are burning. I don't care if those wasps usually aren't aggressive, I am just glad that I did not get stung. Rant: As much as I am liking the extra money, the 60 hour work weeks are taking a toll on me. Making it 1.5-2 more months is going to be rough. Rant: I turn 28 on Tuesday and still don't know what I am going to do with my life. I am still trying to decide if I should apply to graduate school for next Spring, since I will probably lose my job at the beginning of next year, or continue to look for other jobs and hope for the best. I could really use some things to rave about right now.