Taco Says ROAR

humor and "wisdom" from a single mom

[condemnedouthouse]

[robinruns]

Reblog and put in the tags what is your favorite food that's not typical considered for favorite food status. Things like condiments or things that just ingredients or spices or whatever. I'll go first: sour cream.

[grickle14]

Good sounds.

[tacosaysroar]

The water in my office building shut off this morning, which meant we all got sent home around 10:00. I was pretty excited about it — basically the adult equivalent of a snow day, even if I did have to work from home — but then it became clear the water issue was a bigger problem. Adelaide’s school (in a different town) texted an hour later to say their summer office hours were cancelled because their water was off. A coworker said a bunch of businesses up and down 66 were closed for the same reason. Apparently there’s a break in a major water main for the area. And now there’s a boil advisory for those of us who still have water — which I’m absolutely not complaining about and absolutely prefer to not having water at all. I just have to remember to keep my mouth closed in the shower tomorrow.

[carys-the-ninth]

"The magic system is never fully explained" yeah that's how life works. Imagine having a story set in modern day America and the characters have several pages of exposition on combustion engines and telecommunication networks before we get to the plot

[et-in-arkadia]

i think this is absolutely correct and good writing advice but also victor hugo would like to have a word with you about the parisian sewer system circa 1832

[bendingsignpost]

victor hugo would like to have many words with you about the parisian sewer system circa 1831

[tacosaysroar]

A middle aged man just flew by me on a Vespa, wearing an outfit that looked like he was either on his way to mime school or about to tap dance with a cartoon mouse. I’m not sure what sort of midlife crisis that is, but I’m here for it.

[flightsofwonder]

being an adult is just saying to yourself “this is the weekend i’ll clean my [x]” and then proceeding to not do that because it’s the weekend and you deserve to relax, goddamnit

[flightsofwonder]

why does this have 85K notes

[randomslasher]

because we reblogged it instead of cleaning our [x]

[tacosaysroar]

My mid-year review is on Tuesday, and I’m full of anxiety about it because it’s a “where do you want your career to go?” conversation.

And the thing is: I honestly don’t know.

Managing people is already in the works for next year, but as far as what my “area” would be, I have no clue. We’ve taken on so many new things and are mostly just sharing everything since there’s only two of us (soon to be three). So I don’t know what our department is going to look like in a year. Will we all still be sharing? Will we be splitting into specialties? Maybe she doesn’t even want me to decide exactly what I want to do but instead how high I’d like to climb. I don’t know. I don’t feel like I know how to have this conversation. Which is making it difficult to gather my thoughts.

Also, listen, I’m so grateful to have a job doing something I like with people I like, and I realize it’s a privilege to be asked what I want to do rather than just being shuffled into a particular slot. But there’s part of me that would rather she just tell me what she needs or tell me two or three possible scenarios and let me choose.

And if I’m being 100% honest, what I REALLY want in my heart of hearts is to win the lottery and not work at all for the rest of my life. But I can’t say that in my review.

[tacosaysroar]

NFA FaceTimed me Friday, eyes twinkling, for the express purpose of being able to see my face while he razzed me about something. He barely got it out before he was wheezing with laughter. Absolute unbridled glee at his own joke. It was adorable. Love is really in the small moments. ❤️

[tacosaysroar]

This little lady got tricked into having her nails clipped yesterday, so she’ll be enjoying some extra attention this week to earn back some trust.

[scissorsaint]

In another life I would have loved to poison the abusive husbands of the women in my village

[tacosaysroar]

Do you guys remember the terrible boss I had before this current boss? The one who treated all of us like a sorority mean girl on a hazing streak? A year and a half of feeling like I could get fired at any moment. It was awful.

A company-wide announcement was made yesterday that she is “retiring.”

I haven’t heard any gossip about it yet, but smart money is on this being a forced retirement. She’s not quite old enough to retire; she eats, sleeps, and breathes work; and her best friend at the office was fired “effective immediately” two weeks ago. I think there’s a story there and calling it a retirement is letting her save face.

I was in a meeting with her today where I think she thought there was going to be a little fanfare for her retirement — she brought it up twice — but it was acknowledgement only. I actually felt a little bad for her. It was awkward.

But hey.

No matter how important your job is to you, if you lead with intimidation and treat people poorly, no one will be sorry when you go.

[grickle14]

Alienating.

[tacosaysroar]

If anyone has serious money to burn, this lovely ring on display in the Titanic museum will be auctioned this November.

But fair warning.

If I win the Power Ball between now and then, I’ll be competing with you.*

*Saying this steps on my joke a little, but I have to do it: Please note that I included the description so you’d know this ring made it off the ship with a survivor and was donated for display by a descendant. This wasn’t ghoulishly scavenged from the wreckage. No grave robbing. All above board. There were some things at this museum that felt a little dark tourism adjacent and in poor taste, admittedly, but this wasn’t one of them.

[tacosaysroar]

The very serene view from the house I’m staying in with extended family — Adelaide; my parents; the LA sister, her husband, and her two kids; and the Denver sister, her husband, and her two kids. All children who aren’t Adelaide are under age 8. So the view is the only serenity to be had, obviously, but we’re having a very fun time (and I have my own bedroom and bathroom so the chaos works).

[helenvaughans]

[grickle14]

Trouble.