Buying ginger from a store and sticking it in dirt should work! I bought some Jerusalem artichokes from a co-op and stuck them in the ground this year - and the seeds from dried chilies sometimes sprout as well. It's fun to go seed shopping at the grocery store.

I did have something similar with an event and my mother last year. I thought she'd go for one day and she went for the whole weekend - AND she followed me around in a weird kind of way. You're right, though, no sense in worrying about it now. I won't bring this event up again and hopefully she will just forget about it.

My annoying interactions are annoying when they're happening. And I feel like my reactions are overblown. I wish I was more 'meh' about stuff instead of getting wound up. What you described with the info from the intranet - that sounds like something I would do, too. In the hour I took drafting the email that someone else would have sent the solution in the meantime!

The volunteer stuff - I really need to figure out how to manage it better. I am starting to think that the woman-who-always-wants-to-meet doesn't like me on a personal level. That situation wound up getting even more annoying. I asked the CEO for clarification on what was expected of the committee and sent a note to the committee suggesting we wait to hear back from the CEO... which prompted someone else to send an email to a secretary at the organization telling her that we would be doing X or Y based on the secretary's preference. Huh???

And this isn't that other group! I am just going to quit that one - they wound up scheduling the event I was looking forward to at a time I couldn't make it. I'm stepping away from a few groups, actually. The aggravation is just not worth it. I had a final straw moment last weekend that made up my mind for me. I work with a few groups that make it easy and fun to work for them. Those are the ones I'll stick with.

Whatever happened with your boss and the note-taking?