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While waiting for ben to pick me up from the bus stop last night, I noticed that my calves felt really tight. Painfully tight. I don't know what happened! I was standing there! And it got worse all night. To the point where I wasn't sure I'd make it up the stairs for bed. And all through the night, every time I moved my legs, I'd wake up in pain.

They still hurt this morning too. It was awful on the metro when I discovered the escalators were broken. (Fun fact: Escalators on the metro only work for an average of 8 days before they break again.) I waited until everyone else went up, then I slowly dragged myself up.

Tonight I'm going to take a hot shower and see if that can get the muscles to relax.

Other than that, the evening was calm. Ben replaced two outlets. Without burning down the house! Cause he's awesome. The old homeowners had painted over all the outlets and light switches, so every single one in the house needs to be replaced.

Ben's birthday gift for me arrived in the mail. It's a t-shirt with a picture of two t-rex's sissy-fighting. We celebrated the shirt by having our own sissy-fight.

I made noname go out in the backyard last night. She was actually very good about it. She ran around sniffing and doing her business until she was done, then she ran back to the door to let me know she wanted back in. It would have been perfect if I didn't have to be standing out there with her.

I made use of the time by star gazing. Our new neighborhood is much darker than our old one. I am proud that I easily found orion last night. And I found the big dipper, which ben pointed out is part of ursa major. When it's warmer out, I will take my telescope out and find EVERYTHING!

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I was hoping that with my promotion I would get an office. After all, I've been here nearly 5 years and everyone in my dept was fired so there were plenty of open offices.

I kept asking about it and being told that they didn't know who was getting an office. One of my coworkers ended up asking around and learned that there are no plans to give me an office.

I also learned today that a new coordinator has been hired. She won't be given an office, thankfully. Instead one of the people in online will be getting an office and the coordinator will get her cube.

While I am very happy for the online person (she's probably the nicest person I've ever met), I am really annoyed that she's getting an office before me. I've been working here much longer than she has. In fact, I was here when her position was created. I was friends with her predecessor. I feel like via seniority I should have been given an office first.

It burns extra because I know now that I won't be getting an office at all. I have no hope.

It's also making me wonder if they plan on firing me. This, along with a couple other strange actions, makes me feel like they don't see me here for the long term. I haven't been open about looking for a new job, so there shouldn't be any reason for them to treat me as a short-timer unless they plan on getting rid of me themselves.