Oh wow Wednesday

Tracy, we must have grown up in the same household lol! The cooking gene does not exist in my family at all. I am stressing out over my ear situation and work. I am trying to get up the nerve to ask if I can telework for the next week or so. Technically we are only allowed 1 day per week but I am getting desperate. I can't hear a thing, one of my coworkers said today she noticed my hearing has gotten worse as the week has gone on. Trying to have any type of conversation is next to impossible and nearly every hour I want to break down and cry out of frustration. Plus I basically need to lie down every couple of hours to let my ears drain out. Not to mention how uncomfortable and miserable I am. If I teleworked, I could actually be a bit productive yet take breaks during the day instead of going to work for a few hours then giving up and going home. I just dont know how well this will be perceived or if I should just call in sick for the rest of this week. They have let some people telework for a couple weeks for being pregnant and one guy after his wife had a baby, so for medical reasons it seems to be ok. Maybe I will just suck it up and ask. that or I need to suck it up and tough it out. *frustrated* anyone have any advice?

Julie, you have a valid reason to request working from home. Ask. If there is any hesitation, you could even get a doctor's note.

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Julie, you have a valid reason to request working from home. Ask.

I most definitely agree.  Most any reasonable employer/boss/supervisor should realize that your productivity would be much increased by working at home and your recovery will be quicker too. 

Thanks, Julie.  I guess i shouldn't complain.  Feel better.

I'm with Barb and Jackie.

Tracy, my parents grew up during the depression and people ate differently then, and so did they, which also meant us.  Mother was a good, basic cook, but, she canned the veggies grandma grew and the canning process really overcooks veggies in my opinion.  Add to that the fact that Mom liked veggies NOT cooked and veggies were not a huge part of our meals.  Meat and taters mostly. Canned veggies.  Salads?  Hardly ever.  As for Todd's mom, if it didn't come from a can or a box, she didn't fix it.  His dad was a good cook though.  The older I get, the more totally into veggies I am.

I have to admit that I've always gotten a secret thrill out of my sons still enjoying my cooking best!

Thanks, you guys are right. I emailed my direct boss and he has no problems with it but it needs to be approved by the higher ups so I am going to go in to the office in the morning so we can all discuss it.

tacran

All the posts about picky eaters remind me of my childhood.  My sister and I didn't like anything -- just basic stuff like chicken, hamburgers, potatoes, and corn.  I realized much later that it wasn't just us being uncooperative or stubborn.  It also was because my Mom is not a good cook (I know that's not the case for you, Lisa -- but there isn't a cooking gene in my family!). 

For years, I thought fish was frozen fish sticks or canned tuna (always a go-to during Lent).  When I was about 20, I had salmon prepared by a gourmet cook (fresh, not frozen, with a dill sauce).  I thought, "This is fish?  Well, I would've eaten more of it if it tasted this good!"  As for veggies --- I only knew them as mushy things that came from a can or boiled to death.  I was an adult before I had fresh veggies roasted or sauteed with tasty seasonings.  Heck, now I even eat brussel sprouts and asparagus!

 

I cook so rarely, and I actually can make good stuff. I cooked tonight actually. I made rosemary ranch chicken. The recipe is for kebabs, but my mom just got chicken breasts and I baked it. It smelled good, but I wasn't really thrilled with it that way. It needs to be cut up into small pieces. Being really fancy, I made some orzo out of a box to go with it, and threw a few pieces of frozen broccoli and something yellow in there with that. I'm not sure what the yellow stuff was, but I'll eat it. There was also carrots and cauliflower in the bag. I didn't feel like carrots worked with this, and I will not eat cauliflower. I used to be allergic to it as a kid. I don't know for sure that I still am, but since I was allergic, I never developed a taste for it. 

I'm watching Nightline, and they were talking about Syria just now. One of the kids I work with, her family is from Syria. Or, at least I know her mom's family is. Last month, they had a friend staying with them for a few days. Earlier this week, that friend's brother was shot by snipers in the street. She knew about it before her friend. Her friend's husband was away, so the friend was home alone with the two little kids for a bit. She was trying to convince her friend to come over again for a bit. She didn't want to give her that news while she was by herself with the two little kids. The girl I work with, her mom was telling me that when she calls her family there, she can hear the fighting in the background. They're just used to it there. I can't imagine living in a world where I'm used to that type of thing.