F off to the Shunning Bitch at my workplace. And F off to everyone else around her. Not only does the Shunning Bitch (my name for her) not get addressed for how she is, she gets sucked up to. She gets ALL of the prime projects, she got full time telework just because when it's absolutely not allowed for anyone else, and whenever there's an event, people will practically belly-surf across the top of her cubicle to convince her that she's wanted and included. Yet, she acts like she hates everyone and snaps at people and has been seen literally running down the hall to escape when she sees someone coming. I've never in my life seen such extreme behaviour in the workplace. It's not even her that bugs me. It's that everyone rewards her for it. It triggers me because it feels like back in the day when SD shunned me and everyone around us was so afraid it would happen to them that they sold me out and sucked up to SD. I can't stand it!

My Irish ancestors would be so disappointed in me with my favourite St. Patrick's Day tradition. I usually make champ, which is supposed to bring you good luck for the year, but my favourite tradition is to get a shamrock shake from that place with the golden arches. Yes, there's something about those chemcial shakes with fake flavouring that is irresistable to me. LOL I don't know what the hell is in them but I crave them after marathons. LOL 

1. Eff off to Toxic Troll Again! For her 21k settlement on "head case". And Eff off to all her good luck in everything. While I slog away at work and home and dont have much of a social life because I live behind the "lettuce curtain".

2. Eff off to the storms that filled the levee and the levee that broke and flooded an entire town near to where I work.

3. Eff off to the state governor. Nuff said.

St patricks day traditions - typically go listen to local music. Drink green beer. Eat something with cabbage and beef in it.

Tonight Im definitely going out. Except Husband is getting some dental work done today.

Eff off to work.  Nuff said.

F0rn

Favorite irish meal is probably beef and guiness stew with mash.  Or potato pancakes.  Or Tayto crisp sandwich.  

Tayto crisp sandwich

• Take one bag of Tayto cheese and onion crisps
• Get some cheap white sliced bread.  You'll need 2 slices.
• Butter both slices.  It has to be real butter and preferably Kerry Gold
• Pore the crisps onto one of the slices of bread and cover with the other slice
• Push down on the top slice to crush some of the crisps
• Eat *diablo*

For my american friends, crisps are chips and Tayto is an Irish brand.  So beloved that there is even a theme park dedicated to the Crisp.

Eff off to the bureaucracy surrounding insurance. Just spent 30 minutes on the phone and we were cut off. Claims not filed right, filed under wrong insurance, wrong primary and secondary payers, even the wrong state. And denial of coverage for something necessary. It doesn't end.

Forn: Gotta be Irish soda bread today. But I didn't make or buy any. I've done well and lost some weight and having that in the house calling my name would not be good.

Eff off to early work days...getting up at 5:45 am two days in a row to be on the work site is tiring. I don't know how I did it pre-C days - lots of caffiene I think!  

Eff off to my subordinate who left, been cleaning up almost every project she worked on at least a little bit. Found one big 10K + mistake and there may be another but I'm not opening that can-o-worms today. At least the person I'm working with on it, and who is effected by it, has a sense of humor.

Eff off to kitty kidney disease. My fuzzy boy needs the fluids a little more frequently with less volume b/c his system isn't handling the standard treatment any longer. After a week of the new amount he's bounced back and is is busy little self again. He is still less active and sleeps more and still gets MILLIONS of kisses a day.

I have Mon/Tues off work just because I need a break and I'm going to RELAX and maybe do a little shopping for myself.

DH really hates 3/17. It's kind of funny actually. I do love good corned beef. I've made the whole spread before in a past life, started cooking at 10 am on the day. No more. Now that I'm thinking about it I may make it Monday or Tuesday!  Just beef and potatoes though. Maybe some Guiness for DH and a cider for me.

Eff off to whatever gave me an allergic reaction under my bottom lip... it's better then this morning..it's not noticeable.. only to me. 

St. Patrick's was always a big holiday for me... the parades, the social scene etc. Always a fun time. Getting with SO slowed that haha. We always make corned beef in the slow cooker with carrots, potatoes, and cabbage! I LOVE corned beef! So it's a treat every year for me.

Eff off to my immature coworker who gets so overwhelmed by doing a bit of actual work, that he lays down on the floor in the middle of the office to nap. He also like to build things with legos instead of helping me answer phones. When I am actually on the phone trying to hear someone, he likes to have shouted conversations with one of the managers about his video gaming hobby. I feel like I am a kindergarden teacher sometimes. Why is this allowed in an office? ARRGH. Ok. Rant over.

My favorite food for St Patricks day is anything. My mom always made corned beef and cabbage but its a bit too much salt for me nowadays.  I hope everyone is having  a great St. Patricks day. The sun is out here and its a balmy 60 degrees, so I'm happy. 

This crap hurts.  My 4th round in 7-ish years.  This one is scary. It started as a slight burning sensation behind my R ear and within a few hours had progressed to my entire ear being swollen and red then swelling behind the R side of my jawdown my neck into the lymp node at the corner of my jaw and behind my eye.  Due to a big facility shut down today (Sat) I did not leave work until after 7PM Friday evening and went directly to the Quick care clinic near our home.  About 5hrs after the first symptoms started.  The doc asked what  was wrong, I told him "Cellulitis", he looked at my ear and said.... "Yep." then asked if he could look in my ear. Of course, please do. He looked, proclaimed that it was not in my inner ear (a good thing)  Rx'd two monster antibiotics (two horse pills twice a day for 10 days) and told me if it gets worse, if I get vertigo, if I start to lose my hearing, or it is not significantly improved in 5days, go to the ER.

So, I am in pain, extremely exhausted, and slept all day.  I had to let my #2 know I would not be in for our shut down.  Not a huge deal since it is his weekend to cover escalation calls.  Instead of getting out into the beautiful mountains as planned, we will be in all weekend trying to keep me out of the hospital.  (Cross fingers).

Then there is Effo0ff to the trauma of organizational change.  It turns out, my new #2 suffers from anxiety and is medicated for it. He does not do well with high stress situations. So, I am in a revised version of the situation with my former #2.  Though my new #2 is calm, and very strong with soft skills , great at building collaborative relationships, as well as technically proficient. Unfortunately, he has a tendency to call my boss when things get stressful. So... I am now spending a crap ton of time on calls with my boss who is on calls with his boss because.... my new #2 used to work for my bosses boss.

F0rn:  Nothing planned. This crap comes with some nausea and general feelings of malaise.  So, I will do what I can to not feel like crap or feel sorry for myself. Just another part of having an Auto Immune disease.  Depressed immune system that allows otherwise fairly inconsequential skin bacterias to jeopardize your life.  I wish I was being over dramatic, unfortunately, this crap can kill you. Not my plan for sure.

It is beatiful here.  High of 66, low of 43.  Snow on the mountains.  My bride finally was intimidated by the pissed off humming birds into cleaning and refilling the feeder outside of her home office window. Now, they come to sit on the window sill and flirt with her.  If I were not confident in my marriage, I might be jelouse.

Have a great weekend.