>In fact, I think it is colder today. I got a migraine from the cold, I think it is one of my triggers. Now my head is pounding and as much as I want to tell you about my day, my head just won’t let me. So I will sign off and get back to you tomorrow.
Em and I are going to Manhattan, I am sure I already mentioned this. She is getting a facial, I am getting my nails done.
Enough said, I am not even reading anything online, just trying to get some sleep.
>It was a two pant day today. One pair of jeans, then my yoga pants over them. I was hoping for a snow day but that was not to be, there was snow, but not enough to justify not going into work. Maybe the cold was but I just bundled up and went in. I am glad I bought that gray jacket in Manhattan a while back. The hood kept my head nice and warm. I also had a fleece jacket on under it and had that hood over my head too! It was so cold in my bedroom tonight I actually dragged out my space heater and turned it on. So now I believe I will be able to sleep tonight. I turned it off a little while ago, but I think I will turn it on while I go wash my face and brush my teeth to warm the room up a bit before I sleep.
Em asked me to get her some more of the Chili Pepper infused Olive Oil, so I went to the store, but they had none. They didn’t even have a space for it on the shelf. So today I went to another store, down 47th Street next to the new Duane Reade. They didn’t have the Chili Pepper infused Olive Oil, but they did have a Garlic and Chili Pepper infused Olive Oil. I sent a text to Em, but she didn’t get back to me until I was back in my office. I will have to get it another day. Maybe tomorrow if I get a chance.
In other news, a plane fell into the Hudson River, it may have sucked some birds into its engines, there is an article about it in the NY Times. Some minor injuries but over all not too bad. Everyone survived.
Well, I need to wash my face and go to bed. Tomorrow is Friday, S said we would go to lunch. I am not holding my breath.
>”My parents told me to keep coming to school even if I am killed. The people who did this to me don’t want women to be educated. They want us to be stupid things.”
– SHAMSIA HUSSEINI, 17, who has returned to school in Afghanistan despite being injured in an acid attack. From the New York Times.
I wanted to clarify my last post about the four day work week. I would love to only work four days a week, even if they were longer days. What I don’t like is the hours proposed and the days. Since I have a two hour commute, that means I wouldn’t get home until 8:00 pm, leaving time for me to do nothing in the evening. Also I would have to use leave time on Wednesday to get home in time for my class.
However, I feel this would not be very soon in the making, considered the compressed work week program, after a successful trial run, has yet to make it to the rest of the state.
The comment left expressed the thought that studies show 4 day work weeks do not cause a reduction in energy use and I am sure that is true in general, however, if all the State Offices are closed an extra day, that would save the state the cost of operation for that one day. However, there are some departments that have offices in non-state owned building, like the one I’m in, and the one in White Plains that I used to work at, I don’t know how reducing to a 4 day work week would affect us.
On an unrelated topic, I had to get a new counter for my blog, the other one just stopped showing up. Weird. Anyway, this one doesn’t count visits from my IP address so the count will be more accurate. It is also more depressing.
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January 12, 2009
4-Day Workweek Proposed to Ease the State’s Deficit By A. E. VELEZ
A Queens assemblyman has proposed a four-day workweek for some state employees to help offset the $15 billion budget deficit faced by New York in 2009.
The assemblyman, Michael N. Gianaris, said on Sunday that even though his plan called for no pay cuts and would exclude education, transportation, public safety and hospital workers, it would save the state some $30 million a year in building maintenance and transportation costs.
Under the plan, all state agencies providing what Mr. Gianaris called nonessential services would change their working hours to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday instead of from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. five days a week. New York has about 237,000 full-time state employees, according to census figures.
Mr. Gianaris said electricity and fuel bills would be lower because agency offices would be dark and vehicles would not be driven on the fifth day.
Mr. Gianaris said the savings could prevent some of the severe service cuts anticipated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/m/metropolitan_transportation_authority/index.html?inline=nyt-org ) as well as increases in express bus fares and fees for driver’s licenses.
Mr. Gianaris pointed out that Utah installed a mandatory four-day workweek for its state workers last summer. Utah, which has a state work force that is about 18 percent the size of New York’s, is expected to save $3 million annually.
>Not about the weather and not about my commute.
Neither one is nice though.
We have a sink here at work, it’s a small kitchen sink, everyone puts crap down it. I can’t be more specific because I don’t know exactly what people are putting down the sink. There are coffee grounds in the sink sometimes and today I could see and smell grease in the sink. Yuk! So now the sink is draining slow, very slow, I have been pouring hot (boiling) water down the sink, today I added a little dish detergent with the water to see if that will help the problem. It has helped a little, I think, but I hate all that water going to waste, but people will not be more careful, they about FOG, but don’t care.
The other thing is that Em sent me an e-mail this morning that Tigger has lost his phone (and some other unspecified) privileges. So I will not be getting my afternoon pick me up from Tigger, now that I think about it, I haven’t been getting it unless I send him a text. It seems he has gotten a little too friendly with one of his friends at work. Em said she didn’t yell at him, but she wanted to ‘slap him silly’. I didn’t point out that he was already there.
So now I have to get ready to leave, allergy shot today. Since I didn’t get to the gym yesterday I have to go tonight.
P.S. I typed this in an e-mail from work, but it didn’t post so when I got home I copied and pasted it. That is why the time posted doesn’t match the post.
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I am set at work. I have all I need to get me through the day, a box of Splenda, a jar of loose tea and a canister filled with P.G. Tipps tea bags. What more could I ask for? A place to take a nap where my boss won’t find me comes to mind.
>^. .^<
>another cold day. Hey people, its New York, it’s January deal with it, not the time of year for shorts and t-shirts.
I had a bad tummy ache this morning, felt like an ulcer. When I came upstairs to leave, after beating myself up to get ready, Stitch was still in bed! So I missed my train and had to ride the dreaded express, the dreaded, crowded express so I didn’t get my make-up on or any of my book read. I also had to drop off my prescription since I am out and have to start taking it on Wednesday. It’s $70 but I get the money back from flex spending so that makes it a little better.
Now if this bad tummy ache and headache would just go away.
Maybe I shouldn’t have made it a goal to post every day. Some days are like today, with nothing for me to say. It is no wonder there are more followers on my book blog.
Today was WI for Weight Watchers, and I forgot again. Well, with my period and my stomach feeling the way it was, probably was ok I missed it. I also forgot to do any laundry today.
Tomorrow is my allergy shot, and Saturday Em and I are going to Manhattan. We are anxiously watching hte weather report, at first it was supposed to be a high of 15ºF. Now they are saying it is going to be above 20ºF. Woo Hoo! Em has an appointment at Lancôme for a facial and make-up application, I decided that instead of sitting around waiting for her, I will find someplace to get my nails done. So I googled nail salons and now I have a list of places to try. So maybe Saturday afternoon, I will have beautiful nails.
>Is another of those tests that makes the circuit of blogs, like the “What type of reader are you?” that is going around the book blogs. I have my results posted on my reading blog.
Today I actually got up on time. The only thing icky was my period started. Yuck, but not a big mess just yuk. Gwen rode with me and home with me, we stopped for soup and was going to stop for gas but I forgot, so after I dropped her off I went to go get some. We were going to do the Bible reading, but D wanted her to help him with putting plastic on the windows so I came downstairs. Did a few things on my computer, we did it, then dinner and now I am here. I was thinking about Allsport, but I did too much yesterday, after a month of not going, I should have just picked up where I stopped.
Not much else to say, I guess I will check my message boards and then play my game some more. Then I will read. And be back here tomorrow.
>Barbara Stanwyck
You scored 40% grit, 24% wit, 38% flair, and 17% class!
You’re a tough dame, a bit of a spitfire, and you can even be a little dangerous, but you do it with such flair that almost all is forgiven (and even when it’s not, you’re still the most interesting woman in the room). You can be witty and charming, all right, but you have a tough streak that keeps you focused and sometimes deadly. You’ve had quite a climb to get where you are, but you’re a hard worker and you mostly deserve all you get…and then some. You might end up destroying everything around you, but you must admit…you’ve got style. Your leading men include Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, and when you forget yourself, Gary Cooper.
>I had been planning to go all day. Then I went on my game, just for a few minutes, and someone started talking to me, then when I was almost ready to leave my boyfriend came online so I stayed a little longer, I finally got out the door.
The roads were icky because it has been snowing all day. As I drove up I was afraid they would be closed, they weren’t so I got my workout and showered, of course now my legs are itching because of the dry skin problem I have in winter, anyway, I got a workout in and Em didn’t. After I went to Starbucks, as is now my routine, go to Allsport, stop for a non-fat latte. As for the exercise and WW progress, I forgot to weigh myself last week, but my jeans are a wee bit looser. That is a nice feeling.
Tigger got some songs and sent them to me, he was going to put some songs Em got on my I-Pod Nano but D was on the computer. He can do that later, no rush. Maybe when I go up for dinner, which will be soon. Speaking of Tigger, he knocked on my door and asked if I could help him. When I opened my door, the cat was on his back and he was bent over, so I pushed Butterscotch off him. He and Stitch will not stand up when the cat is on their back. They are afraid he will scratch them. Silly boys.
Thursday, 18 July 2013
May 21, 2008
NYT > THE CITY
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 