Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Good timing

Email I received today:

"To celebrate the start of summer, parents of the under 12 set will be bringing our kids into the office for part of the morning on Thursday, July 1st for fun, games, snacks, sing-along with Jill and otherwise barely controlled chaos."

Since about 40 percent of the staff at my organization has kids in that age group, and another 50 percent are young single women under 30 who just loooove babies, this place is going to be a zoo. I will literally be the only person who isn't either accompanying a child or fawning over one.

Thankfully, I will be an entire continent away for all of next week. I feel like I dodged a bullet. Sometimes, the gods smile.

14 comments:

  1. Before I got to your last sentence I was thinking SICK DAY all the way. Sigh.

    Happy travels, friend. :)

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  2. Whoa, I was thinking the same as Trinity - call a mental health day for sure :). You definitely dodged a bullet on that one!

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  3. What fortuitous timing for your trip! I'm glad you won't have to be at the office to endure that.

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  4. same here, i was going to advise you take a sick day. or complain to HR that kids 13+ should be included, as well as all pets.

    i hope you are going somewhere lovely!!!

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  5. What Trinity and callmemama said!

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  6. I was also thinking SICK DAY! I'm delighted you won't need it.

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  7. I think that the stupid IF fairy that doles out IF curses decided that making your 40th b-day fall on mother's day was, perhaps, going a bit too far. So, she decided to cut you a break on this one... I hope that time on another continent is WONDERFUL!

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  8. Thank goodness for your travel plans!!! what makes people think that bring your kids to work day is a good thing??!!!

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  9. Nightmare! Glad you don't have to be involved with this.

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  10. It's the cutesy "barely controlled chaos" part that made my heart go da-dum-dum-dum. Glad you won't be anywhere in the vicinity:)

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  11. I saw your comment on Bunny's post about therapy. I love my therapist in NYC, let me know if you need contact info, she does a lot of IF work. If you want to email me I am at cdg.adventures@yahoo.com
    That sucks that your therapist is moving away :(

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  12. Good timing indeed! Hope you have a wonderful distracting trip.

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