-=> 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   
      
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