First thing - my colleague Denise has just phoned to say her 17-year old diabetic daughter is out of ICU, and complaining like a real teenager. She collapsed on Friday and Denise spent a very anxious weekend in Southampton - Holly was taken ill on a trip away. Big sighs of relief all round here, Denise is a sweetheart and devoted to her kids. So we've been pacing up and down in sympathy for her while she wore out corridors in Southampton.
Second thing - Rachel, my line manager, has finally got a proper job in the outside world. Three cheers for Rach, who has tolerated a lot of bullshit in recent months. And she's offered to write a nice reference for me, when I decide to go over the wall. My other bosses are now in a quandry. They really need us all to work as a team for the greater good, blahblahshit. Translate as 'work till you drop, it's only 2 unfilled posts' as Texas Lal wasn't replaced by a full time post - there are no guarantees that Rachel will be replaced either. The niceness levels from one boss in particular have been stomach churning.
Third thing - a nice line in bitchiness from a straight guy! On hearing someone described as a star, he retorted with, "Why? Gassy and flaming annoying? Or only comes out at night?" Pretty good for someone with no links to the School of Physics and Astronomy :) Could see the 'flaming' bit, but need to find out why stars are annoying him though, this could be an interesting discussion...
Good job he wasn't describing me though.
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