I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream

[raybear]

I walk into work and my officemate is freaking out. "They need you downstairs, there's a HUGE project, they need to know your skills, it's due by 8 am, they need to talk to you, blah blah blah." Ok. I log into e-mail, I see that there's a power point presentation project. I wander down to the 12th floor, and every person possibly involved is not at their desk. So I come back to my desk and see that there's an e-mail about a birthday party in the main conference room for one of the namesake partners. So while my officemate is freaking out about whether she will "have to work overtime, I didn't want you to be lambasted, they said they would be busting heads if it wasn't done by 8 am, blah blah blah", I'm getting smoked salmon and cotswald cheese and roast beef mini-sandwiches and pouring a glass of champagne while talking to the person about the project, who is eating a piece of cake. I don't understand false emergencies and making everything a Big Deal. I mean, I have anxiety issues, but damn. We work at a place that is feeding us snacks and champagne and cake and no one is bleeding. What's your damage, Heather?

Today I called a 24 hour nurse hotline (my doctor's office is closed on Thursday) and discussed my rash. Based on all these fun things like the size of the dots, whether they turned white when I pressed them, and the symmetry of the placement on my body, and the circumstances in which it appeared, she said it was strep rash. That my fever and swollen tonsils two weeks ago were probably had strep throat, and the bacteria in that causes strep rash in some people because of reactions to the toxins, something something. When I had strep throat when I was 13, I had a rash after that too, and she said that probably means my body is just predisposed to it. So, no West Nile Virus for me. But of course I hung up the phone and googled strep rash and do you know what it is? Scarlet fever. That is way more literary and awesome and makes me feel less freakish about my rash. Just please, no one try to burn my velveteen rabbit in the leaf pile tonight while I'm sleeping.

I always think I don't like carrot cake, and then I have a slice of good carrot cake and I realize, damn, I really like carrot cake.

Comments

[drinkasyoupour.livejournal.com]

I bet you'd like my carrot cupcakes with ginger cream cheese frosting.

[drinkasyoupour.livejournal.com]

Also, hi, I miss you.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

hi, i miss you too. i was thinking about you especially after hanging out with ky_fried_woman last week! it was worlds colliding in the most awesome way.

[dommeyourass.livejournal.com]

um...is it contagious?

[raybear.livejournal.com]

not anymore! it's basically just a long-form of strep, which is only contagious the first couple days. i think you're ok. *touch wood*

[tracijean.livejournal.com]

velveteen rabbit reference made me LOL!
i always get weird rashes when i have strep throat. rashes on the palms of my hands!
DUDE i want some carrot cake. i only don't like it with raisins (and i'm a raisin fan in most things).

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

Your stuffed animals should be safe... what with modern medicine and all.


now onto cake - golden raisens or none?

[raybear.livejournal.com]

I am not a fan of raisins in bread or breadlike things, of which cake qualifies. I'll eat a box of them, or have them on my salad, but otherwise the texture difference squicks me out.

[crafting-change.livejournal.com]

ahhh, so it is the texture.. ok.

[fuzzilla.livejournal.com]

>I have anxiety issues, but damn. We work at a place that is feeding us snacks and champagne and cake and no one is bleeding. What's your damage, Heather?<

Heh. I can't stand people who are not only anxious but try to domino their anxiety onto you, like "why are you NOT anxious? Get with the program!"

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's always trying to shape it like she's helping me -- "I just wanted you to be prepared! I didn't want you to be lambasted!" You know what's making me feel 'lambasted'? You, lady. Going up to people and discussing work projects assigned to me is my daily average existence.

I think the more stressed she gets, the more laidback I get in response. Which is kinda weirdly cool.

[fuzzilla.livejournal.com]

>I think the more stressed she gets, the more laidback I get in response. Which is kinda weirdly cool.<

That must be a neat therapy trick or something. They make me wanna scream or go HULK - SMASH! or something. Heh. (Hmm...I think my Mom is the "WHY AREN'T YOU ABSOLUTELY PANIC-STRICKEN?" sort...).

[raybear.livejournal.com]

Its more like, in the moment I get all chill and laidback. Then the moment I'm out of the conversation, I'm all blah blah blah can you BELIEVE what just happened???!?!? Like here on livejournal. Haha.

[wearemany.livejournal.com]

my not-consumption is a little jealous of your scarlet fever.

and "what's your damage, heather?" totally just made my day.

[ky-fried-woman.livejournal.com]

Wow...Scarlet Fever...now that is a sexy sounding rash to me.

[thebrownhornet.livejournal.com]

That whole thing is the awesome. I'm also drunk right now.