Fun with the vocabulary of thingy.
February 16th, 2008 | 
Author: Today I laboriously said "I need a new… c…carrier… shoulder messenger tote thing."
"Bag," my brother said patiently.
Later on I called a USB flash drive a "crocodile", for reasons inexplicable in the English language and all others I know. (It has to do with crocodiles' gait. In my brain they move both legs on one side of the body at the same time, causing the head and tail to bend in the same direction. This becomes somehow relevant when my brain is searching for the words "pen drive". I HAVE NO IDEA.)
You should have heard me earlier, though, when I was really stressed. Could not string words together. Grammar goes right out of the window—almost wish I'd recorded myself, really, so I could transcribe the rubbish my mouth says when my brain's paralytic from adrenaline.
Because I have to laugh about it with you guys, or I'd start to feel the fear.
I think my contract at work isn't going to be renewed in March. I don't know for sure—got a letter saying "as things stand, you finish on that date, so remember to take any outstanding leave before then". Will have to ask my manager. I don't really understand management speak, and what they mean when they leave things out.
As for leave, I've got a bunch yet to take (I ALWAYS DO THIS) and we're mad busy, so perhaps I can cash it in. You aren't supposed to be able to do that unless you've applied to take leave and been turned down, but if my boss is willing I might 'apply' for some time in the middle of our current huge project, get turned down and take the cash alternative. (If there won't be some kind of unforeseen adverse effect on the department from me doing that, I think she'd be game; for a manager in a media corporation, she's amazingly much like a human being, and a nice one at that.)
So, well, saves me having to take extended sick leave if there is something wrong with me, I suppose…
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