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work has been weird. when i got back after my days off last week, i looked at my schedule for this week. turns out i have ALL evenings (2.30 to 11.00 and 3.30 to 12.00) which is highly unusual. they use a computer program that does it randomly, so there is no one specifically to go to about this. then i looked to see when i would be working with the two co-workers i like the most and saw that they had been given manager's schedules! they were both promoted and i was not! i about fell off my chair, except i was standing up. i am not so much disappointed that i was not promoted in this round, (although that is certainly part of it) as i am disappointed that none of the managers took me aside and told me what was coming down. it's the first time i've been unhappy about the way this company operates in the whole time i've been there. i have been reassured that i will be promoted "in a few weeks time." trust me i am not going to hold my breath. i remain confident that it will happen, but now with a measure of chastened reality in the mix. i'll keep you posted...

the rest of my life has held some humbling moments as well. the canning venture last week included a spectacular failure on the green bean/carrot project. the beans shriveled into disgusting little wrinkly things that tasted like a salt lick. i sampled them and promptly threw them all out.

i plan more canning for this week...something called rummage relish and another shot at the beans and carrots. i have the technique down and can accomplish the whole process in under 2 hours, including clean-up. the hunting/gathering part, where i drive around and get vegetables and vinegar and jars and salt takes as long as the actual chopping/cooking/processing part. it will be so nice to eat these things all winter long. i am trying to take the long view on that.

things in general just seem a little "off" lately. i suppose after such a fabulous ride over the last 8 months it's time for a "market correction"--time to put the brakes on the irrational exuberance, as the reverend greenspan would put it. i guess i'm up for that...or "down with that," as the kids of today say. somehow that seems to fit better anyway.

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