Evil Flash Programmer and I exchanged "words" this morning in the kitchen (I was scrounging around for some oatmeal in a kitchen filled with everything but...) when he called my most recent schedule for The Project a "fantasy" schedule. Needless to say, I didn't respond well to this. He later told me that he was just "teasing." I told him that he shouldn't "tease" me about things that cause me back pain and could cost me my job. He eventually apologized (so evil) and asked me what I would give for some oatmeal. I offered $1, at which point he pulled some Quaker Instant Oatmeal Express from the supply closet (as if I couldn't walk into the supply closet and find my own damn oatmeal) and told me he would give it to me for $1 worth of patience. I agreed (because I really wanted that oatmeal) and now I'm doling out my patience in $.05 increments until The Project is completed and I can retreat to a chiropractor's office. However, at the end of the day Evil Flash Programmer did say that I had spent $1.00 and that The Project is on schedule...

Just for today, I can be patient at work.