Hi all,

Haven't been around much this week--a lot harder being online during day shift, than nights and weekends.

Someone's nicked something from my cubicle at work again--this time a worthless gimcrack, a cheap plastic mini decorative plate, on an easel, that a co-worker gave me. What makes me worry, is that if this person will steal a worthless knick-knack, that came from the one-dollar store--this same person is handling thousands of personal records, and getting banking and credit card info. This theivery never used to happen here, but since the big pay cut/lay off this summer, when old workers left in droves, the company seems less inclined to screen new workers, and are just hiring whomever applies---last night, they were talking to some young, sloppily dressed guy, who spoke with a bad lisp! Wow, talk about going downhill in a hurry.

Anyway, it snowed here for two days straight--from 8am on Tuesday, until 11pm Wednesday. We got about 14 inches of new snow, on top of the four to six inches we had on the ground, already. Now we're headed into the deep freeze, with temps predicted to go down to zero (-17 C) or lower.

Things were slow here, so I picked up a hunting club magazine--the cover struck me as typically American: a photo of a 7 year old walking in a field, with a golden retreiver following alongside him, carrying a small shotgun over his shoulder--oh, that's charming, ey? Nothing tugs at the heartstrings like a picture of a seven year old with a lethal weapon and a puppy.

I've got a cold, but am managing so far to get through my shift, even witha bad sore throat. Got throroughly chilled yesterday, and so I guess I'm in for that bad cold that's been making the rounds here. Ah well, at least it's not pnuemonia, so I can't complain.

Take care all, and have a lovely weekend. Nancy G.