Yep. And Frankly, I'd do the same - log any hours you travel on the job as work hours. If you would get paid for it, it's only fair to log it as a working hour.
Yep. And Frankly, I'd do the same - log any hours you travel on the job as work hours. If you would get paid for it, it's only fair to log it as a working hour.
I should also clarify this - I don't charge driving hours as working hours, only on-site work, and only long-distance travel and/or other methods of travel - because half the time, if I'm on the train or bus, I'm working away on my phone or notepad anyway.
My friend and his girlfriend backed out of staying in my MAGFest Hotel Room.
This is the 3rd time. And not only that, but while they denied this because of budget reasons, they are still going to go to NYComicCon for the 2nd year in a row! Seriously? A 2 hour drive with a small hotel/badge fee is somehow more harsh than a convention 12 hours away in a much more expensive area?
And this also really hurts how I'm going to handle my hotel for MAGFest
My friend and his girlfriend backed out of staying in my MAGFest Hotel Room.
This is the 3rd time. And not only that, but while they denied this because of budget reasons, they are still going to go to NYComicCon for the 2nd year in a row! Seriously? A 2 hour drive with a small hotel/badge fee is somehow more harsh than a convention 12 hours away in a much more expensive area?
And this also really hurts how I'm going to handle my hotel for MAGFest
The hell? At least you have more than enough time to fill the slots and I can ping around.
I am thankful for that. Last time it happened, I got super lucky with Russ that he had an open spot because they backed out around CHRISTMAS. (It was worst this time because they were guaranteed suddenly until now)
I went to my Mom's house Thanksgiving morning, we all went up to Thanksgiving dinner 2 or so hours away. We came back that night, and I drove back to my apartment that night as well. *shrug*
My Thanksgiving experience consisted of my dad, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend's daughter and son in law with their baby. NOBODY from my family was there except my dad (oh yeah and my brother). It was fucking Heaven, and I hope to replicate the experience at Christmas and all future holidays. :P
I helped my parents host "the horde". 6 aunts, 5 uncles, 6 cousins, 5 significant others, 1 sibling and 2 parents. We cooked up a combined 31 lbs of turkey, 15 lbs of potatoes and 5 types of pie.
Now that that's done I can completely ignore the whole bunch of them until Christmas. From what I can tell the key to good family relations is not seeing any of them more than once every other month or so.
Naw. Old-fashioned. Everyone bringing meals. One my Uncles is super rich and has land on a hill on one of the finger lakes in NY. We all eat in his big converted barn up there. Lots of people bring food and everybody (Except me, the picky eater) chows down.
I had Thanksgiving with my family, my aunt's family, and one of my uncle's family from my mom's side of the tree. There was about 20 people total and it was pretty enjoyable, but I wouldn't know how the food tasted. My jaw is broken, so the best I could do is imagine eating the food as I sucked down my Weight-gain shake.
We would invite more family to Thanksgiving, but everyone on my father's side of the family is crazy, save one who lives in Texas(so, I guess he might be crazy), and my other uncle on my Mom's side of the tree is to lazy/religious to come down.
I helped my parents host "the horde". 6 aunts, 5 uncles, 6 cousins, 5 significant others, 1 sibling and 2 parents. We cooked up a combined 31 lbs of turkey, 15 lbs of potatoes and 5 types of pie.
Now that that's done I can completely ignore the whole bunch of them until Christmas. From what I can tell the key to good family relations is not seeing any of them more than once every other month or so.
My mom cooked two turkeys, totaling somewhere over 40 pounds. 2 gallons of stuffing. A gallon of mashed potatoes. Six different pies.
Corticosteroids are a bitch. I'm doing my earnest best to stay off of them, and I need to start cutting my caloric intake back to pre-fatness levels. :P
When I met my wife 10 years ago I was 135 (at 6'1"). Not saying that's healthy, either, but at least my clothes didn't chafe. :P
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This is the 3rd time. And not only that, but while they denied this because of budget reasons, they are still going to go to NYComicCon for the 2nd year in a row! Seriously? A 2 hour drive with a small hotel/badge fee is somehow more harsh than a convention 12 hours away in a much more expensive area?
And this also really hurts how I'm going to handle my hotel for MAGFest
What the fuck has exploded here, am I the only person who spent Thanksgiving with their family?
It depends on distance to family, I suppose.
Also, not everyone has family members that are enjoyable as ours.
I love being disowned by my extended family.
Now that that's done I can completely ignore the whole bunch of them until Christmas. From what I can tell the key to good family relations is not seeing any of them more than once every other month or so.
Well... unless they're at Disney World. Then I cope.
We would invite more family to Thanksgiving, but everyone on my father's side of the family is crazy, save one who lives in Texas(so, I guess he might be crazy), and my other uncle on my Mom's side of the tree is to lazy/religious to come down.
We had five people.
When I met my wife 10 years ago I was 135 (at 6'1"). Not saying that's healthy, either, but at least my clothes didn't chafe. :P