Item value is determined by:
1) the cost of said item, if purchased at a store (non-cursed items)
or
2) the amount you would have to pay - based on the market rate in your area - to banish / exorcise / permanently remove the item from your life (cursed items).
Also, with Monkey’s Paw parties, there is no swapping. Once you touch an item, it is yours permanently, unless and until any magical prerequisites are fulfilled.
Nothing
It’s been a quiet day. Not a lot going on. One issue at work that should have been wrapped up on Friday came back to us today (Tuesday) and was immediately taken care of. It should not have come back to us though. There was another issue that one of my staff members worked on over the last month or so. He wrapped it up nicely last week. We were talking about it yesterday and we were both a little sad that his hard work did not seem to rate a pat on the back or a thank you from the customer. It’s okay if they just move on with their lives, but this was a kind of issue where we thought a simple thank you would have been nice. Well, he got a thank you today. Thanks for the thanks, customer.
Most years at work I am part of two holiday celebrations. One is a big lunch with a yankee swap and the other is a smaller, quieter group lunch. The yankee swap happened today. The quieter group lunch happens tomorrow. Both of them take place in Foxborough, which is the office that is as far away as I am willing to go to. It could be worse. It could be Fall River. That building has been open for a decade or so and I have never been there. It’s just too far away. If I ever have the need to go there I will, but I am not going by choice and I will avoid it whenever I can. I’ve been lucky so far. Foxborough though… today and tomorrow. It’s okay. I’ll handle it. It’s only about 70 miles away. Yikes.
At the Yankee swap thing today there was a sign that said there are only 15 days left until xmas. You know… I wasn’t feeling a holiday crunch before I saw that… now? Oh yeah, I’m feeling the holiday crunch. Panic is setting in.
There is a new episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew coming out at 9pm tonight. Hopefully that will make me feel a little better. I’m still not 100% sold on the concept of Goonies in Space, but I am liking it so far. I’ve only seen two episodes. I am optimistic that tonight’s episode three will be good. The bad guys are Pirates. Arrrr, righty then.
What else can I write about? Nothing. I think I need to wrap this literary masterpiece and click that publish button. Okay, loyal readers… here it comes!
#appreciation #Disney_ #groupLunch #holidayParties #Holidays #patOnTheBack #skeletonCrew #StarWars #starWarsSkeletonCrew #Television #thanks #work #yankeeSwap
Yankee Swap
I think I got the best Yankee Swap gift ever.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54194790947/in/dateposted/
Do I say that every time I participate in a Yankee Swap? If I do, I really mean it this year.
#explodingKittens #iphoneography #photography #TheOatmeal #yankeeSwap
Lunch Break
It’s Wednesday afternoon. My lunch break is coming to an end. If I were to sneak a post in before getting back to work, what would I write about?
I have no idea. My mind is a blank! So I guess we stream of consciousness this sucker? Ready… Go!
The Bruins beat the Red Wings last night. They play the Blackhawks tonight. Two teams that aren’t very good. Theoretically we should beat them both pretty easily. Last night they needed overtime to squeak out a win. Tonight? I’m almost afraid to watch.
If I could watch, that is. The NESN app is being a jerk. Well, I don’t know if it’s NESN or FiOS. I think it’s FiOS. It tells me I’m signed in, but when I try to watch something it tells me I’m not signed in and then won’t let me sign in. Maybe during tonight’s game I’ll pop in a single air pod and listen to the radio broadcast. I’m following each game but I am not listening to the goings on and I am starting to feel very much out of touch. I feel like I am too old and easily distracted to really give my full energy to a team that isn’t very good… lately they have been better but… yeah. They are currently in third place in the division so they are higher than a wild card seed for the playoffs. That’s good. Let’s keep it up, folks.
Current television binge watching projects:
Seriously, does anyone really believe that Juan Soto is going to sign with the Red Sox? Seriously?
We are going to Vermont this weekend. I want to bring my new/ancient film camera but I can’t really see a time or place where I could use it. Maybe. We’ll see. I did order my first roll of 120 color film yesterday. It won’t be delivered until after we get back though. Oh well.
I have to buy a gift for our work yankee swap. It’s Tuesday. Holy crap that came up fast. Yikes.
Okay. Back to work, Robert.
#Baseball #bingeWatch #bingeableTV #BostonBruins #BostonRedSox #Bruins #collegeKids #Family #fios #giftExchange #grownUpKids #Hockey #Kids #NHL #RedSox #StepKids #tech #Television #Travel #TV #verizonFios #vermont #yankeeSwap
Remember during this season of joy, giving everybody #1 for the #YankeeSwap is HILARIOUS.
From Nate's Insta | Thanks Andrew Perry for the Mug! #yankeeswap: https://www.instagram.com/p/B7MYfiplVZfgqDvshYecRNm48jsIXQL4fpwgC40/
