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Post by chicojuarz on Sept 26, 2012 13:15:17 GMT -5
Tough day today. Tough work. I have an employee that got evicted last week. I want to help them but when they dont make it in today it makes it difficult to take them to lunch, get a bus pass and whatever else I can do.
GRRR, my car is falling apart. I really don't need a car payment right now. I had hoped to wait until my hubs gets a job or I get the last kid out of daycare next year. Not sure if I have that much time. Spending time on the side of the road tonight makes me nervous.
GRRRR for the $1040 it is going to cost to get my truck fixed. That plus the ticket I got while driving to Music Midtown is going to make the first half of October's budget really uncomfortable.
Post by mizvalentine on Oct 1, 2012 13:55:08 GMT -5
Grrr to house buying. We found a house we LOVE, but we want an income generating multi-unit property and this is a single family...thought we could convert it, but they won't come down in price and the renovations/drawings/zoning/etc would put the investment way over what the neighborhood will bear. It sucks, I'm disappointed and frustrated and ready to throw in the towel. I never thought this would be so anxiety-inducing and stressful.
My family is having a rough go of it right now. My mom is recovering from a stroke and my brothers are still trying to find their lots in life. It's been a bit taxing. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by abrakapokus on Oct 1, 2012 19:27:42 GMT -5
Sending good vibes to all of you.
I'm surprised that they didn't test the surrogate for nicotine. I have a friend who carried a couple's baby and they tested her for EVERYTHING ever time she went to the Dr which was every 2 weeks.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
My family is having a rough go of it right now. My mom is recovering from a stroke and my brothers are still trying to find their lots in life. It's been a bit taxing. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
Consider them both sent. Hope things improve quickly on all fronts!
Y'all, I want to CHOKE THE LIVING HELL out of some people...I just don't know who deserves it most.
Today is SUPPOSED to be payday. My assistant got paid; my colleagues got paid. But me? Nope. This is the SECOND TIME it's happened since summer. And to make matters worse? I just called HR in a panic and tried not to burst into tears while talking to a clueless temp who informs me that the entire HR/Payroll division is at a conference UNTIL THURSDAY, so this will "have to wait" until then. My response? "Don't they have cell phones you can call, because this is an EMERGENCY!!!"
Problem #1: Neither my boss (who has plenty of experience) nor the Dean's sweet but otherwise incompetent secretary (who started in July) noticed the error, either this summer or now. My boss should've retired years ago, since she's now teaching the kids whose parents she taught in the '70s. (Problem #1B: boss has no plans to retire any time soon, so I'm basically quacked six ways from Sunday.)
Problem #2: I'm now overdrawn and had planned to pay bills today. And buy groceries.
::: takes deep, cleansing breaths :::
Fortunately I have an ally in the Faculty Senate president who's raising hell on my behalf as I type this. An irate email has been sent to all of HR, so hopefully by day's end they'll have cut an emergency check. Just like in July. That debacle gave me an ulcer; this 2nd incident is giving me a migraine. GRRR.
So, my electric company showed up today. Turns out I owed them 11 dollars from my past bill. So what do they do? SHUT OFF MY ELECTRICITY
No notice (although they claim they've sent me 3), no call, no nothing. So, to get it turned back on WITHIN THE NEXT 72 HOURS, I had to pay them the 11 dollars PLUS a 90 dollar "deposit" PLUS a 75 dollar "reconnection fee," and I still currently have no electricity. Now I'm stuck at home while I have tons of work to do JUST IN CASE the dude comes by to turn it back on, even though I'm sure they wont show up to my house till at least tomorrow.
Y'all, I want to CHOKE THE LIVING HELL out of some people...I just don't know who deserves it most.
Today is SUPPOSED to be payday. My assistant got paid; my colleagues got paid. But me? Nope. This is the SECOND TIME it's happened since summer. And to make matters worse? I just called HR in a panic and tried not to burst into tears while talking to a clueless temp who informs me that the entire HR/Payroll division is at a conference UNTIL THURSDAY, so this will "have to wait" until then. My response? "Don't they have cell phones you can call, because this is an EMERGENCY!!!"
Problem #1: Neither my boss (who has plenty of experience) nor the Dean's sweet but otherwise incompetent secretary (who started in July) noticed the error, either this summer or now. My boss should've retired years ago, since she's now teaching the kids whose parents she taught in the '70s. (Problem #1B: boss has no plans to retire any time soon, so I'm basically quacked six ways from Sunday.)
Problem #2: I'm now overdrawn and had planned to pay bills today. And buy groceries.
::: takes deep, cleansing breaths :::
Fortunately I have an ally in the Faculty Senate president who's raising hell on my behalf as I type this. An irate email has been sent to all of HR, so hopefully by day's end they'll have cut an emergency check. Just like in July. That debacle gave me an ulcer; this 2nd incident is giving me a migraine. GRRR.
I have been going through the preparations of graduating with a B.A in Philosophy this December. I'm in my 6th year of undergrad due to being medically withdrawn (kidneys and varicose veins) from 3 separate semesters and losing some credits through transference. I have had a graduation check from my departmental advisor and with my specific college from within the university. BOTH CHECKS claimed that at the culmination of this semester that I would have completed 125 hours and all requirements to fulfill my major. Today, mind you it is halfway through what I had perceived as my final semester here, I receive an email from the overall university graduation checker and she informs me that I have one ONE!!!!! credit that is needed for my graduation and that I'll need to take one more class in the Spring when I had planned on working (to start paying some of these loans) and prepping for the GACE (Georgia Academic Certification Exam). Both of which I can still do really, but if ANY of my advisors had caught this previous to now, then I would have taken the course thru session this past summer. Not sure if this small book is GRRRR worthy, but I'm fucking disappointed/pissed!
02/08 Tool 02/11 Jeff Mangum 02/17 of Montreal 02/29 Blind Pilot 03/31 The Naked & The Famous 05/14 M83 and I Break Horses 05/19 Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Dawes and AWOLNATION 06/07 Bonnaroo 2012!!! 06/13 Roger Waters 07/28 Toadies
Post by Dave Maynar on Oct 2, 2012 16:18:32 GMT -5
Do you really have to take it? I had to apply for graduation three times at UTK because the person checking it didn't understand her job. I ended up having to go down to that department and speak with her supervisor.
End of day summary: no check. The entire payroll dept was at a conference in the Smokey Mtns (really? AYFKM?) so they were unable to cut an emergency check and NOT ONE PERSON on the entire campus could help until tomorrow. My poor assistant loaned me cash to cover my overdraft fees, bless her kind little heart. I left early and am now home & ready to drown my Irish luck in a bottle (or two) of Argentinian Malbec.
People handle stress differently: some chain smoke, some bite their nails or eat. Me? I've started cutting my hair. I probably lopped off about 2" today alone. If the stress isn't alleviated soon, this is how I'll look by Thursday:
PS: mc, dude...I hope things get better for you ASAP!
I had to apply for graduation three times at UTK because the person checking it didn't understand her job.
That's the UT system for ya: incompetency in EVERY DAMN DEPARTMENT. You have no idea how many students have cried to me because they were supposed to graduate but got screwed over by the Records Office. For a university that's been around since 1794, you'd think we'd have our act together by now, but noooooooo...
jmhayes: ask your advisor if you can get a waiver for that last course. In most cases, your major's department head can petition on your behalf to get it waived. And if all else fails, maybe your school will let you walk in December (which would allow you to get a job & start working) then take the class in the spring semester? That's assuming your work schedule would let you do so. Either way, good luck to you! That's a spectacularly craptastic situation.