Why are you unhappy today?

Because Miss Moneypenny died yesterday.

Mate - she was 80 - not like you were even gonna get a go on it.

True, but it was nice to dream

I had a nightmare last night where I was in the South West of Berlin, and I kept missing trains to get back to my house. The map of the bahn network kept changing, and these girls were saying very mean things about me in French and laughing at me (I don't know French). I finally found a tram, but all the information was written in Cyrillic, and I was scared to death as every single transportation option seemed to take me further from my destination. I woke up panting and sweating.

But... how do you know they were mean things if you don't speak french?

hate might be a strong word, but at the moment i think i might hate my job. it's beyond simply being disgruntled by it.
I think it'd be a bit better if i didn't work with some complete idiots!

you come on here to get a break from the idiots?

My boss died this morning, from a massive coronary. I thought I would never post here, in this thread, but I am devastated. By moments. On a human level and on a work level (although my team was pretty independent) everything has gone out the window.

It's about the people. Thurs, we were drinking together and I was telling him, in passing, that I liked working with him.

And I now need to tell 50 or so persons that this crazy and nice and strange and funny guy is gone.

Sorry for you. That is rough. Hang in there.

Completely surreal - half a dozen people on vacation - my phone rang all afternoon - I can hear his very German "uNbelieVable" ...

My "host manager" in Germany keeled over from a massive coronary a couple of months ago (my "real manager" is in USA so we get a "host manager" in Germany to look after local matters). This (nice) guy who was only a couple of years older than myself worked massive hours & I guess the cause of death was really overwork. Didnt help him much that the world-wide chief of services in our company flew over from US for the funeral...

One of my aunts past away last evening in the UK...

Yet another member of my family has been diagnosed with terminal cancer she is only 53. feel helpless being over here.

My job sucks and Germany is rubbing me raw. Just tired of it all, really need a trip home to recharge. Maybe a one-way trip is the answer.

Sounds like you have language issues. Are you over-taxing yourself on learning German? Just a thought.
@ zemonkey - How devastating! I hope at least your job is secure so you can come to terms with his death and carry on with his work.

I can still taste last night's wine and want to sleep instead of work!

A close family friend back home has been diagnosed with breast cancer and a 42 yr old friend here had a fatal heart attack at the weekend.

No more bad news please !

My MIL got home from hospital on Saturday and was scheduled for "Reha" on thursday. But the lame healthinsurance didn't work on the application yet as the even lamer hospital (which sent her home to early in my impression) didn't hand in all information to the insurance and they won't be able to do it before thursday and therefor the "Reha" was postponed for at least a day. Which means one more night with little sleep for me and one more full day for my wife as my MIL needs quite some attention at the moment. And all this in addition to having a newborn (5 weeks) and a 1,5 year old at home.
And if the Reha doesn't help I will have to deal with the whole process of getting her into a "Pflegestufe".

that`s what I am thinking.

Sara, HEM - thanks. Spent the day consoling staff, calling partners and contacts and managing a "crisis cell". I am drained. My job seems pretty secure, so I don't worry about that (actually my staff is worried I'll run off to the next assignment). Horrible day, poor guy. Joined the company 27 years ago, exactly day for day.

You all take care of yourselves and your own.

Because my bf was unable to cook for me after a long day. He was so busy sleeping after work @ 6pm
What kind of man?!

i'm not even looking forward to teaching tonight
it's one of the highlights of my week, but due incompetent coworkers and this crap job I just want to go home.
Heck, i don't even want to walk the dogs- just be left alone.

grr my job is ruining me!

I was just informed i cannot borrow a dog to take on a potential hike in a month. The dog's owner didn't say no (she'd gladly allow it), but the fellow hiker did. Not allowing me to take a dog with me when i can is like not allowing some people their computers.
How does someone expect me to function for 9-10days without!?!??!

edit: only half joking... am a bit serious.

Why do they not want you to take the dog? I am sure the dog would enjoy the activity too. So unless they have a dog allergy I don't see what would be a problem... You'd be the one taking care of the the dog, right?

ditch the other hiker and take the dog instead. less agro

oh.. good thought- or find another hiker that would make a good third wheel for dog and me!

mariposa- yup!

we'll see if i can win this out.
no, no dog allergy. i think just being a pain in the butt and sick of it being them, mere, and dog(s).

I fell down the stairs on the way to the KVR this morning. Now I have a puffy ankle and an awful bruise on my butt. I should have just stayed home, because I accomplished nothing at the KVR...just shoved back and forth between two departments, neither of which wanting to talk to me. The beamte for K is about as helpful as a cranky grizzly bear. I shouldn't complain too much, because my boyfriend is willing to sign the Verpflichtungserklärung for me...I just wanted to do things on my own :-(. And that means going back to the KVR on Monday and seeing my beamte friend again...

It could be worse, you could have a bruised ankle and a awfull Puff on your butt!

cos the weather sucks

Cuz everyone is going to the fest all the time and I am working too much to be able to go

And they keep rubbing it in. May have to rethink how I approach life and such now

my roommate is out of town and her dog pooped all over the carpet this morning...so I was late to work

Cause I have to go back to SA tonight, leave my husband behind and will only be back in Munich in two months time!!

A friday night in Edinburgh on expenses and every one of my friends has just pulled out.

Anybody in Edinburgh and need a beer.

its raining out, not helping my mood, and I am homesick, all my friends and family back home are getting ready for the Thanksgiving weekend, and I am missing out.

I mistakenly bought a pack of paper towels instead of toilet paper from Aldi. If only I'd look through the plastic wrapping more carefully, or at least noted the sign on the supermarket shelf, I wouldn't have to be spending the next week or so wiping my butt with the same thing I wipe my hands clean when I'm in the kitchen.

You should go shopping with Scogs: He bought twelve rolls of toilet paper that looked like paper towels ...

because, I am just not good enough! In anything I do, it just isn't good enough! I feel like shit at the moment... my work is shit, my personal life crap, and well, you can guess the rest.

HMMM...HOW ABOUT THIS: just found out I owe 20k to IRS due to capital gains and cashing out some ivestments as I was putting money in real estate projects last year. RE market in US sucks...will rent out my place but still have negative cash flow and will subsidize the place out of Germany while waiting for right time to sell...my first salary check was to come from Germany as I work here supporting EU business and it is taking over a week and money still has not hit my account...

Beats the dog poop and hating a job I think...

sorry you are going thru shit at the moment, but this thread is not about one upman ship dude. Its about a place to whine, moan, cry, what ever has upset you... so, let the people do that. Its not a contest.

yeah ok...sorry

I just can't be arsed today. I am totally disinterested in work. So not fucking interested I may need to send myself home shortly.

An early mark?

Wassat?

That is what we call it in Oz when you get to go home from school early

Or skiving... I feel like doing exactly the same. The onset of winter is approaching and I'm all Wiesned out...

My eye infection is getting worse At work again today in my glasses

I had a nice recovery day planned today, but daughter has a earache, our kinderarzt is on holiday so now we are trapising to the other side of the river ( ) to see if she is really in pain or just wants to stay home.

Wies'n cold.
Sore throat, coughing when I try to sleep and now I'm dead tired.

My last klausure is tomorrow and I'm at my wits end. The rest of my family is celebrating CAD thanksgiving together in british colombia and I probably won't even get the chance to phone them, the gf is sick and my classes start back up on monday and I have a shit load of stuff to get done before then. baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

I've got Wiesn something, and I only went one night
Eye infection requires antibiotics - and no contact lenses for 10 days now
Antibiotics seem to be scaring the bugs into my sinus and throat
Persistent, icky hacking cough has started
Went to bed at 9:30 and still slept through two alarms - meaning kiddo #1 was late for school
am still tired and can't see properly

I should have spent more time at the fest, dammit, then at least this all would have been worth it!

a patient made me cry, I told her I might be leaving in spring (99% sure I am leaving) and she started to cry, she doens´t want me to go, I felt so bad for her, that I started crying... yes, I am a suck.