And then there were the comments to the Crash Course on slavery. Good gods. Is it really 2013?

I thought about things in the shower this morning. Showers are great for this sort of thing. I ran through in my head my various options, and determined which would accomplish something (and what it would accomplish), which were driven by emotion rather than logic, and pared down my options for dealing with the situation to this:

Do nothing but my job until the day of transfer; engage in delightful things every day in the meantime, and brew more tea during work.

Anything else would not actually do anything useful (my manager turns a deaf ear to criticism, for example, and my transfer date is set in stone) or were only to satisfy my emotional needs (which doesn't mesh well with work).

So there it is.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

*hugs*

*offers pot of tension tamer tea*

Fb arj guvat zl znantre unf qbar: gung thl jub xarj bhe flfgrzf sebag-gb-onpx jub jnf yrnivat ba gur guvegl-svefg? Zl znantre qrpvqrq gb fpurqhyr uvf rkvg vagreivrj, jvgubhg gryyvat uvz svefg, ba gur guvegvrgu. Nf zl znantre gbyq gur grnz guvf va gur zbeavat, ur jnf fb boivbhfyl unccl gung vg jnf znpnoer.

Gur thl jub xarj bhe flfgrzf sebag-gb-onpx, jbj, ur zhfg unir orra n wrex, evtug? Jryy, ab; ur bssrerq gb tvir hf na rkgen zbagu bs fhccbeg juvyr jr genafvgvbarq gb n ynpx bs uvf cerfrapr.

Ghearq qbja ol zl znantre.

Zl znantre, jub gbyq zr naq nabgure grnzzngr gung V unir n ybg bs perq jvgu uvz orpnhfr V punyyratr uvz ba guvatf. V jnagrq gb fnl, nf V nyjnlf qb, "Ohg V unir perq jvgu lbh orpnhfr V QBA'G punyyratr lbh. Rirelbar jub punyyratrf lbh raqf hc ba lbhe fuvg yvfg."

Netu, V srry yvxr V'z n pbjneq. Ohg V erpbtavmrq gur fvtaf bs nohfvir orunivbe, funyy jr fnl, naq univat tebja hc va gung raivebazrag, V nqncgrq.

Jvyy gb yvir snqvat. Zhfg. trg. natel. ntnva.

Zl znantre unf qbar fbzrguvat arjyl fghcvq. Arjf ng 11. Be jurarire V trg gb gur obng nsgre n qnl yvxr guvf.

SURPRISE!

That is very true. I am so, so glad that this will all be over in several weeks as opposed to, say, a year.

The only question left is how soon this group will implode, and who it takes with it.

That's a good way of looking at it! Basically NO REGRETS

zl znantre vf na vqvbg. Obl, vf ur na vqvbg. Naq n sevraq gb iraqbef rireljurer; va cnegvphyne, guvf vf n cnencuenfr bs ubj n pregnva pbairefngvba jvgu n iraqbe jrag:

Iraqbe: Naq jr unir ebyr-onfrq nhgubevmngvba srngherf.
Znantre: Lrnu, ebyr-onfrq nhgubevmngvba vf whfg abg syrkvoyr rabhtu, fb V ercynprq vg jvgu n fpurzr onfrq ba uneq-pbqrq fgevatf.

(Sbe gubfr jub qba'g xabj: ebyr-onfrq nhgubevmngvba ahzoref nzbat gur zbfg syrkvoyr rkcerffvbaf bs nhgubevmngvba fpurznf nebhaq. Hfvat n fgevat vf n frevbhf naq fghcvq qbjatenqr. Ohg vtabevat gung....)

Iraqbe: *oyvaxf* Bbbbbbxnl. Jryy, jr unir guvf cebqhpg gung cebivqrf gurfr srngherf *qrzbafgengrf ebyr-onfrq nhgubevmngvba*
Znantre: Lrf, gung'f rknpgyl jung V jnag!
Iraqbe: V unir n oevqtr gb fryy lbh.
Znantre'f sevraq jub unf nppbzcnavrq uvz ba gur gevc: *snprcnyz*

Zrnajuvyr zl znantre vf irel, irel unccl gung ur'f xvpxrq bhg gur thl jub xabjf nyy bhe flfgrzf sebag-gb-onpx juvyr fvzhygnarbhfyl ybfvat zr, gur bar jub xarj ubj gb bcrengr gurve Yvahk flfgrzf. Vg'f trggvat naablvat. V pnapryrq nyy zl 1:1f jvgu zl znantre, orpnhfr ur gbyq zr vg jnf BX vs V qvq fb, nccneragyl orpnhfr vs V'z yrnivat V unir abguvat hfrshy gb pbagevohgr gb gur grnz. Naq ur qbrfa'g obgure jvgu urycvat uvf grnz jvgu gurve pnerref naljnlf.

Ur'f cevznevyl vagrerfgrq va uvzfrys, pbzr gb guvax bs vg. Rirelguvat gung gur grnz unf qbar, ur unf cuenfrq va grezf fhpu gung vg jbhyq nccrne gung jr ner zreryl zbaxrlf qnapvat gb uvf betna tevaqvat. Vg vf gung onq.

V unir bire n zbagu bs qnlf yrsg jvgu guvf grnz. Fvtu.