-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 14-Aug-2015 06:55 <=-
 DAG> Re: Summer plans  was: shinies and sickies
 DAG> By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Aug 06 2015 14:19:14
 
Continuing....  

 NB>> And learning to work through the agoraphobia is a very good exercise. :)
 NB>> The knitting could be useful, too... ;)   And having something to keep
 NB>> your mind and fingers occupied can get the mind off the fears as well...
 DAG> 'Tis one of the reasons that I picked up making hemp necklaces and
 DAG> bracelets. I think it'll be very good for the same things.  :)  Plus
 DAG> it's always nice to have hobbies where you can put actual effort into
 DAG> gifts for friends or loved ones, instead of just picking up crap. 
 DAG> Unless, of course, they have a specific need for aforementioned crap,
 DAG> or a piece of crap that they've very much been coveting for some time. 
 DAG> Anyway, you catch my drift I'm sure. 

Quite so.  :)  And that sort of thing can be a fall-back too when the
meds issues arise... as long as you have enough focus to find them...

 NB>> Bravo on the accomplishment... :)  Keep that in mind to balance out the
 NB>> insecurities that are sure to arise again...  :)  A few more triumphs
 NB>> like that, and maybe you can dispel the naysayers in your mind...  :)
 DAG> Well...  Things didn't go exactly as they had seemed at first,
 DAG> actually. There've been some more minor triumphs, and some big
 DAG> quagmires... 

Sounds a lot like life to me...  ;0  But if you can focus on the
triumphs instead of the quagmires, you'll be able to deal with the
latter better...  :)

 DAG> I think I need a few more nice big triumphs before I'll
 DAG> be totally secure with this.  I got a call from my contract holder the
 DAG> other day and I was FREAKED OUT because this marketing person has
 DAG> picked me as her target because she doesn't understand tech and....  I
 DAG> guess she scheduled me for a phone call with another marketer (who was
 DAG> supposed to be answering code-level questions for me-- yeah right), and
 DAG> then never told me about it, never got my RSVP of 'No' sent several
 DAG> hours early, and didn't get the email that I sent about not going for
 DAG> the pointless and expensive (for them) phone call.  So needless to say
 DAG> she was pissed with me and 'filed a grievance'.  Luckily, my contract
 DAG> holder kind of hates her, and has my back (and that of my teammate). 

Sounds like your contract holder (who's the one that really counts here)
is the person to pay attention to...  the marketroids can be ignored
most of the time, especially their inanities... ;)  As long as those
that really count have your back, the grievances won't be any sort of
issue...  Kinda like the kid threatening to sic his mom on you when you
and the mom already have an understanding that you are the adult in
charge when the kid is in your company, and any reasonable discipline is
quite in line as far as she is concerned... :)

 DAG> He even put some new rules in place about stupid crap like that in
 DAG> order to avoid future frustration, and thanked us for putting up with
 DAG> their crap. So while I'm not as secure as I was there for a bit, I'm
 DAG> doing better with it again.  God the workplace drama.  I'm so glad I'm
 DAG> working from home; though it might help better with strategy to see
 DAG> that marketer in person so that I could figure out better how to negate
 DAG> the roadblocks that she throws up. Eh, well, life goes on. 

In person might only be more annoying, you never know... ;)  Although,
maybe, she might throw some clues by body language... which might or
might not be any help... ;)  Mostly you probably just have to ignore her
anyway... :)

 DAG> Work's been keeping me busy as hell lately.  And, well, med flux has
 DAG> been screwing me up to the point where I can't concentrate on emails
 DAG> very well (or haven't been able to until today), so I've procrastinated
 DAG> like crazy.  I think I've got at least a dozen more messages hanging
 DAG> around in different places right now. !Viva las cartas!

I KNOW that I have lots more messages to answer... one at a time...
eventually maybe they'll all get answered...  :)

ttyl        neb

... "Th-th-that's easy t-t-to f-f-fix."  "That's easy for you to say."

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