At a meeting of the Woods Hole “pod” this week, it was gratifying to see the number of women who are able to make a living in STEM fields in this area.
They claimed to value diversity in their work forces, but no one in these competitive fields wants to hear that their professional success is the result of luck and social class as much as hard work and ability, nor are they really willing to do what is needed to lower the barriers for those who weren’t born as lucky.
Got the truck back with a new emergency brake.
Ron and I cleared the pile of branches that’s been building up for months.
I blew off one stupid technical assessment but completed another that was successful.
Ron paid for my garden tools at WhatAGrind.
The old bathroom faucet is warranteed for life, so we were able to get a replacement. BCL did the install on the 1st. Phenomenal customer service from Allison at Ferguson.
Ron’s joint account debit card was compromised. Rockland’s fraud unit messaged him about a charge at a New York CVS. There was a 15 minute wait to get through to their customer service, so I called our local branch.
I got put on hold, twice. They were short-handed and although they had customers, stupidly answered the phone. We got cut off a couple of times.
Luckily, a “floater” picked up the phone the third time I called. She was able to resolve our problem as opposed to lecturing me about the importance of other customers, blah, blah, blah.
I’ve been cooking this week: lasagna, pork chops, turkey breast. We will not starve.
The firm in NY state wants me to take a coding test this afternoon using a technology I haven’t touched in seven years which wasn’t in their job description. Setup?
Ron applied for three jobs this week at Botello, Liberty Liquors and a funeral home in Bourne.
In between filling out applications and keeping me from blowing the roof off the house, he reinstalled the shower curtain rod.
I made orange chicken, lasagna, cherry pie.
Did 45 minutes on the recumbent bike.
Rented Manchester by the Sea. Not exactly “The Sound of Music”.
Made a Pantry supper last night (four-can soup) and Pantry lunches (cheese dogs; ground turkey and vegetable stew), the latter of which we enjoyed outside in 68 degree weather today.
After doing some quick errands, Ron made mac and cheese for supper.
BCL was here to fix our tub drain. After reconfiguring the drain pipes and adding a cleanout (dandy), they fished out a clump of hair the size of a rat! Ron bought me a lovely gift of drain grabbers for future maintenance. I bought him some flowers.
The ladies at the Pantry renewed my $25 voucher, so Alpha and I visited the thrift shop yesterday before our job search outing.
Turns out, they were having a sale on clothing, 50% off. We picked up a jacket and vest for her, a watch for her friend, a “Mr. Rogers” sweater and 3 pair of jeans for me.
We buzzed the stores along Cotuit Road to see who was taking applications and came up with half a dozen or more ideas for Alpha.
We came back here for lunch, grilled cheese and tomato soup, then tea. Ron drove Alpha and Robert home at 6.
One of the best descriptions I’ve read of a Lousy Boss
