Speaking of noxious fumes -- oh my god.

The bathtub is done, finally. They got here before 9, and have been scraping, stripping, sanding and coating since then. It looks gorgeous. It is emitting the sort of fumes that make my tongue go numb. It's about 45 degrees out, but I've got every window in the apartment open. And dammit, I took all my sweaters in for dry cleaning yesterday. Must get my polarfleece.

There. That's better.

I worked from home today (Shut up! I did work!). My boss is out of town, the tech bigwig is also working from home, and a couple people are on vacation. Andy and Eric are having fun:

andydehnart: eric's here. he got detained on the el
andydehnart: because he was already practicing
andydehnart: pants-optional day
sjerslix: Ha!
sjerslix: Too many groupies to let him off the train?
andydehnart: yeah
sjerslix: Or gropies, as the case may be...

sjerslix: Oh my god, the fumes!
sjerslix: I've got the fucking windows open
andydehnart: wooooooooooooooo
andydehnart: why?
sjerslix: Alas, not those kind of fumes
sjerslix: Although you may like them
sjerslix: I've never been a huff-on-a-permanent marker kind of person
andydehnart: it's not like you're seeing things [Inserts violently colored huge letters and flashy thingies]
sjerslix: Mommy?

sjerslix: So, how productive are you and eric being?
sjerslix: Does the lack of pants help?
sjerslix: Or do I not want to know?
andydehnart: yeah, definitely
andydehnart: it's all out in the open!
sjerslix: Oh dear. What, precisely?
andydehnart: I don't think you're allowed to ask that.
andydehnart: I'm calling HR.
sjerslix: Probably not. It's the fumes
sjerslix: That's my excuse for the rest of the week.

andydehnart: okay now eric's asking how to spell "trou" as in "drop trou"
sjerslix: I just laughed out loud.
andydehnart: it's amazing how all of the inappropriate stuff hasn't been coming from me today
sjerslix: thank god the tub guys are gone
sjerslix: I've been trying to convince them I'm working
andydehnart: hahaha
andydehnart: that is funny

And from Eric:

Singley: productivity update: I'm wearing my pants on my head like a turbin and choreographing a modern dance piece set to the tune of "Oklahoma"
sjerslix: Dude! Excellent!
sjerslix: that you have to film
Singley: done. it'll be up at dancinginturbins.com
sjerslix: Have you checked to see if that's available?
Singley: dancinginturbins.com Available
Singley: YES
sjerslix: Buy it!
Singley: I could also get dancinginturbins.org
Singley: the non-profit version

Sadly enough, I count as "Adult Supervision" at my workplace. This cannot be a good thing.

(Paranoid disclaimer: I really did get a lot of work done today, too. These snarky conversations were in between work-related IM's. Technology is a wonderful thing.)