Friday Thoughts
Apr. 3rd, 2026 11:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asphaltcowgrrlI'm all over the place today, so be warned.
I saw a Chevy EV on the freeway this morning and their license place read 'whatsgas'. I about died laughing at that.
The other night, I made a bologonese recipe for dinner. Maddie's boyfriend was coming over and I wanted something easy. However, since I was aware that these kinds of recipes often take hours, I made a point to look at the cook times and total times on all of the recipes before I choose one. The one I went with said 'cook time: 30 minutes' and 'total time: 30 minutes'. That probably should have been my warning because where's the prep time? Anyway, no big deal, prep for something like this is maybe 15 minutes. I get three quarters of the way through the recipe and it says SIMMER FOR TWO HOURS. Where was that in the cook time? 😂 It simmered for as long as it took to cook the spaghetti and tasted just fine, thanks. (Yes, it would have been amazing if it had simmered for those two hours but who has that kind of time on a Tuesday???)
My coworker, the one who alllllllllllllways makes me crazy, comes over this morning and starts asking about schedule of values and if I had a form, etc. Which set off alarm bells becuase HE KNOWS I have to do this for every job (an SOV is a breakdown of your scope of work - underground plumbing, roof drains, fixtures, etc.) since the majority of our contractors want to know why we're asking for the number we're billing for every month. Anyway, he gives me an email with the contact person as well as the breakdown to put on my SOV. I get it all entered on my AIA form and send it off. Only to be told it needs to be uploaded to this project management site (Procore if you care). And the lightbulb goes off - Joel has had a terrible time trying to figure out Procore. So, I log in and guess what? Nobody thought to have the contractor add me to the project. Y'all, it's only 10 AM and I want to murder him. Project manager, my big toe. He can't manage his way out of a wet paper bag. 🤣
To round this out with some more lighthearted talk, I got to work and found this:
I had to walk around the office to find out who was playing Easter Bunny. Turns out, it was my boss, Jeff. His wife had bought a bunch for their grandkids and had a spare, so he brought it to me. He gets bonus points for grabbing the one with the dark chocolate Lindt bunny in it.
It's a nice egg, too. There's the big bunny (3.5 oz/100g), a bunch of assorted candy, and even a little jar of Nutella (sorry, H).
Because I was on Procore this morning, and it seems like this contractor is going to make me use it (I've never had to before), I uploaded a picture. Annnnnd because I am ME, this is the one I went with:
Violet will have none of your shenanagins, sir.
I hope you all have an amazing weekend and a happy Easter, if you celebrate. Now, I am off to cause chaos with one of the 5 + 1 prompts I saw the other day.
I saw a Chevy EV on the freeway this morning and their license place read 'whatsgas'. I about died laughing at that.
The other night, I made a bologonese recipe for dinner. Maddie's boyfriend was coming over and I wanted something easy. However, since I was aware that these kinds of recipes often take hours, I made a point to look at the cook times and total times on all of the recipes before I choose one. The one I went with said 'cook time: 30 minutes' and 'total time: 30 minutes'. That probably should have been my warning because where's the prep time? Anyway, no big deal, prep for something like this is maybe 15 minutes. I get three quarters of the way through the recipe and it says SIMMER FOR TWO HOURS. Where was that in the cook time? 😂 It simmered for as long as it took to cook the spaghetti and tasted just fine, thanks. (Yes, it would have been amazing if it had simmered for those two hours but who has that kind of time on a Tuesday???)
My coworker, the one who alllllllllllllways makes me crazy, comes over this morning and starts asking about schedule of values and if I had a form, etc. Which set off alarm bells becuase HE KNOWS I have to do this for every job (an SOV is a breakdown of your scope of work - underground plumbing, roof drains, fixtures, etc.) since the majority of our contractors want to know why we're asking for the number we're billing for every month. Anyway, he gives me an email with the contact person as well as the breakdown to put on my SOV. I get it all entered on my AIA form and send it off. Only to be told it needs to be uploaded to this project management site (Procore if you care). And the lightbulb goes off - Joel has had a terrible time trying to figure out Procore. So, I log in and guess what? Nobody thought to have the contractor add me to the project. Y'all, it's only 10 AM and I want to murder him. Project manager, my big toe. He can't manage his way out of a wet paper bag. 🤣
To round this out with some more lighthearted talk, I got to work and found this:
I had to walk around the office to find out who was playing Easter Bunny. Turns out, it was my boss, Jeff. His wife had bought a bunch for their grandkids and had a spare, so he brought it to me. He gets bonus points for grabbing the one with the dark chocolate Lindt bunny in it.
It's a nice egg, too. There's the big bunny (3.5 oz/100g), a bunch of assorted candy, and even a little jar of Nutella (sorry, H).
Because I was on Procore this morning, and it seems like this contractor is going to make me use it (I've never had to before), I uploaded a picture. Annnnnd because I am ME, this is the one I went with:
Violet will have none of your shenanagins, sir.
I hope you all have an amazing weekend and a happy Easter, if you celebrate. Now, I am off to cause chaos with one of the 5 + 1 prompts I saw the other day.
