well

We have 170-some odd people to put through three different types of testing in April and May, around 10 people who have to get a different sort of testing, and at least three days when our room that we use for testing is going to be used for taking photographs (What? Why couldn't they do that someplace else? Eor thinks the boss's office would be the best choice.) and I think there might be some classes to do with the new payroll system which is being rolled out. Meanwhile, since this is our training room, nobody gets do catch up on their other trainings.

Yeah, my pay went up, but I still haven't dug myself out of the financial hole created by buying this condo. And there's at least two people who hate me because I got this job, which they considered to be rightfully theirs (yeah, I don't know how it could have belonged to both of them) and are doing all they can to undermine me.

Oh, we had some more snow this morning. The other stuff had melted, and this was melted by this afternoon, so the total amount on the ground is reducing, over all.

There's other stuff I'll leave for later. Right now I'm going to guzzle my cider because Eor has just invited me out for a milkshake at Johnny Rockets. :)

can't decide

I bought jeans for both myself and Eor, yesterday - Levis 501, 505 and 550 - and Eor decided one of his three pair should go back, the 501s with a really dorky fashionable fade in the lap. He's planning to wear them to work, so the "I've never washed these and have been wearing them for three months" look is not really the look he's going for.

I tried my own on this evening and found that the black ones are faded in a rather dorky looking way, and that both the black and the brown pair are kind of tight around my thighs and loose around my lower legs. They're 505s, so this is the 'traditional' fit. I don't like that look. The blue pair are relaxed fit with tapered legs, the 550s, and are, in my opinion, the most flattering, and also not fashionably faded, so they're definite keepers.

Now here's the thing: Tomorrow I might be able to return the ones I don't like. Should I return the ones which fit but are not quite perfect? For $40 I feel I have a right to be picky. And if I do, should I try on the skinny, low rise, plaid jeans? They had one pair in my size, and those might be gone by tomorrow, but if they're not, should I give them a chance? Plaid? Jeans? Skinny low-rise? They might be severely unflattering, but they might be really cool, I'm not quite sure.