Nngh.
Don't wanna be awake this morning.
I'm not tired, and I"m not feeling unwell. . . I just don't wanna be awake. I wanted to lie in bed until I felt like getting out, then go and do stuff that made me happy, rather than made my boss happy. Basically, I wanted a vacation day when I got up this morning, and I still do, but it ain't gonna happen.
Oh well.
I'm doing my job and I'm doing okay. I've had decaffeinated tea and some of what was supposed to be lunch. (If you've got to be awake, you may as well do it with a full stomach, and since I don't eat breakfast...) I've got a decent CD in and I'm adjusting my office's main fundraising database as necessary for our mailing house. And I bought my mother her birthday present, namely one share of stock in Harley Davidson International.
They're a good, solid American company that makes a product in fairly constant demand. They have good labor relations, from what I've heard. They believe employees do better when they know exactly how the company is faring finacially. Presidents Reagan and Clinton have both praised them for being an excellent company, so it's not as if they're one particular party's corporate darling or something. They regularly make good profits, and have recovered from bad performance stretches. Their stock's been climbing over the past five years, and they're recovering from the same crashes that hit everybody else's stock this year. And their customers are ferociously loyal, without the company having to pull things like, oooh, spiking the product with nicotine to ensure addiction or something.
The fact that my mother has no interest in motorcycles is kind of secondary to the fact that I think she'll get a kick out of this, and that she has a strong interest in social justice and good corporate citizens. Oneshare.com sells individual shares of stock online, or by phone or fax; they've got LOTS of companies. Last year I bought mom a share of Disney from them - mostly because it was September 14th, I didn't have a gift yet, and all I could think was that we needed to do something for the national economy. Disney had a neat certificate, so, Disney it was. This year I have a little time to think, so corporate ethics and performance come into play.
I can't wait to see the look on Mom's face.
I'm not tired, and I"m not feeling unwell. . . I just don't wanna be awake. I wanted to lie in bed until I felt like getting out, then go and do stuff that made me happy, rather than made my boss happy. Basically, I wanted a vacation day when I got up this morning, and I still do, but it ain't gonna happen.
Oh well.
I'm doing my job and I'm doing okay. I've had decaffeinated tea and some of what was supposed to be lunch. (If you've got to be awake, you may as well do it with a full stomach, and since I don't eat breakfast...) I've got a decent CD in and I'm adjusting my office's main fundraising database as necessary for our mailing house. And I bought my mother her birthday present, namely one share of stock in Harley Davidson International.
They're a good, solid American company that makes a product in fairly constant demand. They have good labor relations, from what I've heard. They believe employees do better when they know exactly how the company is faring finacially. Presidents Reagan and Clinton have both praised them for being an excellent company, so it's not as if they're one particular party's corporate darling or something. They regularly make good profits, and have recovered from bad performance stretches. Their stock's been climbing over the past five years, and they're recovering from the same crashes that hit everybody else's stock this year. And their customers are ferociously loyal, without the company having to pull things like, oooh, spiking the product with nicotine to ensure addiction or something.
The fact that my mother has no interest in motorcycles is kind of secondary to the fact that I think she'll get a kick out of this, and that she has a strong interest in social justice and good corporate citizens. Oneshare.com sells individual shares of stock online, or by phone or fax; they've got LOTS of companies. Last year I bought mom a share of Disney from them - mostly because it was September 14th, I didn't have a gift yet, and all I could think was that we needed to do something for the national economy. Disney had a neat certificate, so, Disney it was. This year I have a little time to think, so corporate ethics and performance come into play.
I can't wait to see the look on Mom's face.