I do not have very many snappy days, these days. Dull, boring, tedious, stressful, depressing... none of those seem to contribute to snappy But, today was not altogether un-snappy. I had lunch with my friend, who's back in town visiting... it was really nice to see her and just blab for awhile. And then I came home and played computer games and ate chocolate and just had a grand afternoon - so maybe it was snappy after all!

Do you use LinkedIn to connect with people that install stuff at your house? Or did you mean in the work environment? Last year, I had a mild car accident... just recently the guy who handled the repairs tried to connect to me on LinkedIn. It was so *weird*. It's been a year, and I generally think of LinkedIn just for professional contacts (as in, people I work with, or might work with). I don't know, the guy was nice enough, but gave me a weird vibe at the end when I picked up my car. If you can imagine not realizing you need to tip someone, and them not leaving - because they're waiting for a tip - but you standing there feeling uncomfortable because clearly the interaction is going awry and you don't understand why they're not leaving, it was THAT feeling. Just weird. Blah!

That's interesting that your friend said anxiety is what's causing her to go on and on. Hm. If I knew this woman better, I'd pull her aside and say something, but she's new and I don't really know her that well yet. Toastmasters is a good idea, though I'm not sure that I have a huge problem speaking in front of people - it's only really recently, just this workgroup, where I've started feeling like people just talk right over me. On the other hand, I bet Toastmasters would be a great way to meet some new people! (Though all the meetings around here seem to be at ~7am! I'm so not a morning person!)

I hope you can get to a place of being less constantly overwhelmed too. It's a terrible way to live. Especially... I'm assuming (from what you've said about this company) a lot of the overwhelm is really not anything that is under your control, it's the dysfunction in the company? I think if that's the case, you've got to step back from time to time and remind yourself... not your fault, not your problem, do the best you can with what they're giving you and when you leave, let it go! (Easier said then done!)

Happy upcoming weekend!