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Rouge H said:
OMG...how Precious. I’ll take everyone home❤❤❤❤
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You and me both, Rouge H! I am thinking of doing another virtual adoption from the Australian Koala Foundation. This description of Alinta is irresistable.

Alinta was born as a fourth generation Paradise Country female and is admired by many as a luminous little soul with a lovely, gentle nature. Her great grandmother, Snoopy, has taught her inherently to be polite, patient and above all kind. At ease with her status amongst the Koala colony, Alinta's clearly comfortable when commanding the limelight and will vocally announce her presence whenever she wants to be heard.

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At first I though someone put a hat on this koala but it's actually a couple of parrots resting on his head.
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I found this nice travel blog on Pin-interest by this couple that travel a lot. I read the post (it had pictures) of their experience seeing and holding koalas in Australia. They said that koalas are cute no matter what they do (such as sleeping a whole bunch) and that holding a koala at an animal sanctuary gave them a close-up experience of koalas' fluffiness, softness and surprisingly heavy weight. Of course I was drooling over their experiences. The blog popped up on Pin-interest when I was searching koala pictures. It's ourwanders.com.

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Our Favorite Wildlife Encounters In Australia – Our Wanders

Let us show you our overwhelming and unforgettable wildlife encounters in Australia while driving along the Eastern coastline.
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Two birds resting on a sleeping koala.
 
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I didn't realize you were a knitter, EB! I've been teaching knitting for years, and have finished quite a few sweaters during lockdown... are you also on Ravelry?

etoupebirkin said:
I'm back in the soup at work. I have two RFPs and one RFI all due by 7/26. And that RFP that I nearly quit over, we did not make it to round 2 as I predicted.

These other solicitations we have a much better shot at... so I'm working hard. I did finish a pandemic knitting project. I made up my own pattern for the thing.View attachment 4761808View attachment 4761809
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Work has been crazy busy. Last two-week pay period I worked 126.5 hours. The problem Is I only get paid for 32 hours per week. I finally opened my mouth to my boss and said it’s unsustainable. I need help. He promised to hire someone. At least I have access to a couple of interns

Luckily a proposal deadline moved back a week or I would be pulling out my hair.
Next year, I am not doing this.
 
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OMG...how Precious. I’ll take everyone home❤❤❤❤ You and me both, Rouge H! I am thinking of doing another virtual adoption from the Australian Koala Foundation. This description of Alinta is irresistable. Alinta was born as a fourth generation Paradise Country female and is admired by many as...
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etoupebirkin said:
Work has been crazy busy. Last two-week pay period I worked 126.5 hours. The problem Is I only get paid for 32 hours per week. I finally opened my mouth to my boss and said it’s unsustainable. I need help. He promised to hire someone. At least I have access to a couple of interns

Luckily a proposal deadline moved back a week or I would be pulling out my hair.
Next year, I am not doing this.
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I was 32 hours, too, for a chunk of time, for various reasons.
You're right, 126.5 hours/2 week pp is crazy. I have had to work far more than 32 to meet particular deadlines. If I was trying to finish an article I wanted to get published, that's one thing, it's creative and absorbing, the time flies. But that's not sustainable indefinitely, project to project. Burnout and fatigue are to my mind incompatible with the creativity and insight that make project results important and useful. Do other people constantly burn themselves out like this?

I don't know quite how to say this as I am unfamiliar with work calling for RFP's (I think that's what you called it) and other procedural aspects. But it sounds like you may be saying some of it really, really needs to be delegated. You're the brains of the project. It's inefficient if you're doing parts of a project that are way below your capability and pay grade.

But rather than delegate organizations like to say, "You do it." Been there, too. But not very often.
 
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The caption to this Instagram photo found on Pin Interest is, "Koalas are curious especially when they see beautiful birds." Yup. I've seen enough pictures of young koalas at sanctuaries who engage with birds, butterflies, etc. -- "making friends with them" is how posters put it.

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Hi hi :) I usually don’t come in the chat, but didn’t want to make a whole post out of this. Did prices go down on some items? I swear the Oran sandal was $650 and I just went online and it’s $630?
 
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madamelizaking said:
Hi hi :smile: I usually don’t come in the chat, but didn’t want to make a whole post out of this. Did prices go down on some items? I swear the Oran sandal was $650 and I just went online and it’s $630?
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Yes, recent price “increases” have actually been slight decreases in several categories, over the past few years. H is weird and applies non uniform price changes across thier entire catalog (some go up, some go down, no set percentages, seemingly scatterbrained!) :smile:
 
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I'm going out of my mind :facepalm: can't stop thinking about lindy 26 in gold, but it seems impossible to get it from h.com and I just can't make myself buy one from reseller.. would be thinking is it fake or not.. and since i don't have h store anywhere near I'm in a pickle:crybaby: well, maybe i can get other bags in the meanwhile..:blush:
 
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