The Not-So-Divine Lady M
@ladymadrigal17.bsky.social
She/her, secretary, creepy doll collector, writer of bad fanfic, mostly Good Omens. Sometimes Doctor Who. Lover of 80s music. Asker of the wrong questions....
"Welcome to hell, kid!" is a highly unhelpful way to greet the new hire, dude....
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"Welcome to hell, kid!" is a highly unhelpful way to greet the new hire, dude....
Two months ago today was moving day, and it was utterly chaotic. Today it is snowing and I am at home (new home!) doing peaceful things. Dinner is in the slow cooker and I just made biscuits. Later, when the snow stops, I'll clear the porch and the little driveway.
All is good.
All is good.
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Two months ago today was moving day, and it was utterly chaotic. Today it is snowing and I am at home (new home!) doing peaceful things. Dinner is in the slow cooker and I just made biscuits. Later, when the snow stops, I'll clear the porch and the little driveway.
All is good.
All is good.
I am *this* close to finding chalk and drawing an outline around the deceased cockroach that's been in the floor of the ladies room all day.
January 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I am *this* close to finding chalk and drawing an outline around the deceased cockroach that's been in the floor of the ladies room all day.
One of my coworkers just found a weird random plastic thingy on the floor and asked if it was off my hovercraft....
You know, it's a good thing Mark Bandola is cute, because I'm apparently *not* living this one down.
I have a bad feeling it's off the copier, but that's a different problem...
You know, it's a good thing Mark Bandola is cute, because I'm apparently *not* living this one down.
I have a bad feeling it's off the copier, but that's a different problem...
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
One of my coworkers just found a weird random plastic thingy on the floor and asked if it was off my hovercraft....
You know, it's a good thing Mark Bandola is cute, because I'm apparently *not* living this one down.
I have a bad feeling it's off the copier, but that's a different problem...
You know, it's a good thing Mark Bandola is cute, because I'm apparently *not* living this one down.
I have a bad feeling it's off the copier, but that's a different problem...
Waiting for twenty minutes for the microwave only to have someone cut in front of me with a smug grin and put in a muffin for five minutes.
I really hate my coworkers sometimes.
I really hate my coworkers sometimes.
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Waiting for twenty minutes for the microwave only to have someone cut in front of me with a smug grin and put in a muffin for five minutes.
I really hate my coworkers sometimes.
I really hate my coworkers sometimes.
My voter registration for my new address arrived today. I am ready for the midterms, baby!
January 5, 2026 at 10:18 PM
My voter registration for my new address arrived today. I am ready for the midterms, baby!
Dear NWS Albany: it's called an *Alberta* clipper.
Not Albert.
Not Albert.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Dear NWS Albany: it's called an *Alberta* clipper.
Not Albert.
Not Albert.
My neighbor, upon hearing just how LOUD the cabin fan is in my car: "That thing sounds like a hovercraft!" Can't get away from it, I guess...😂
I have no idea why it's so rattle-ly, but at least it passed inspection, hovercraft vibes or no....
I have no idea why it's so rattle-ly, but at least it passed inspection, hovercraft vibes or no....
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My neighbor, upon hearing just how LOUD the cabin fan is in my car: "That thing sounds like a hovercraft!" Can't get away from it, I guess...😂
I have no idea why it's so rattle-ly, but at least it passed inspection, hovercraft vibes or no....
I have no idea why it's so rattle-ly, but at least it passed inspection, hovercraft vibes or no....
According to our mail meter, it's November 42nd....
December 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
According to our mail meter, it's November 42nd....
The door on the office fridge sounds like a crypt opening. Given that it's where food goes to die, that's probably accurate....
December 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The door on the office fridge sounds like a crypt opening. Given that it's where food goes to die, that's probably accurate....
Although everyone has been nothing but wonderful to work with, I will be so happy when this move is over with next week and I'm in my new place. My ADHD side is loving the chaos, but my autistic side is in total meltdown mode.
Yes, I have both....
Yes, I have both....
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Although everyone has been nothing but wonderful to work with, I will be so happy when this move is over with next week and I'm in my new place. My ADHD side is loving the chaos, but my autistic side is in total meltdown mode.
Yes, I have both....
Yes, I have both....
You know the pun was good when you have to duck a paper clip hurled at you from over a cubicle wall....
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
You know the pun was good when you have to duck a paper clip hurled at you from over a cubicle wall....
Currently half-dead on my feet because the three pounds of electric bacon in my skull decided it just HAD to make a packing list for my upcoming move at one in the morning. Can I trade my brain in for one that actually works?
October 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Currently half-dead on my feet because the three pounds of electric bacon in my skull decided it just HAD to make a packing list for my upcoming move at one in the morning. Can I trade my brain in for one that actually works?
Just wrote the very dramatic scene where Mark, Rob and the others burst into the bunker to rescue Maddy - which they do - only to have the character who led them in walk in ten minutes later, because in addition to being the queen of the complex-compound run-on sentence, I also can't proofread...
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Just wrote the very dramatic scene where Mark, Rob and the others burst into the bunker to rescue Maddy - which they do - only to have the character who led them in walk in ten minutes later, because in addition to being the queen of the complex-compound run-on sentence, I also can't proofread...
Adulting sucks.
0/10, do not recommend.
I need to remember that I will get through this to something really awesome that I really really want, but the getting through this bit *sucks*
0/10, do not recommend.
I need to remember that I will get through this to something really awesome that I really really want, but the getting through this bit *sucks*
October 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Adulting sucks.
0/10, do not recommend.
I need to remember that I will get through this to something really awesome that I really really want, but the getting through this bit *sucks*
0/10, do not recommend.
I need to remember that I will get through this to something really awesome that I really really want, but the getting through this bit *sucks*
Coworker bragging that "we never got no silly little rainbows or raincoats or umbrellas. Our parents made us get wet!" Well, my mom always made sure I had all those, and a warm coat and gloves. I guess my mom actually loves me.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Coworker bragging that "we never got no silly little rainbows or raincoats or umbrellas. Our parents made us get wet!" Well, my mom always made sure I had all those, and a warm coat and gloves. I guess my mom actually loves me.
Quick request from a civil servant just doing her best - if someone leaves you a voicemail, for the love of Cthulhu please listen to it before you call back. At least get their name...
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Quick request from a civil servant just doing her best - if someone leaves you a voicemail, for the love of Cthulhu please listen to it before you call back. At least get their name...
Thank you for your attention to this matter
Thank you for your attention to this matter
In other news...
Me, on the phone: That's A like apple, V like - uh...
Coworker: Boy!
Me: V! Not B. V - like - umm - velociraptor?
I swear, my brain....
Me, on the phone: That's A like apple, V like - uh...
Coworker: Boy!
Me: V! Not B. V - like - umm - velociraptor?
I swear, my brain....
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
In other news...
Me, on the phone: That's A like apple, V like - uh...
Coworker: Boy!
Me: V! Not B. V - like - umm - velociraptor?
I swear, my brain....
Me, on the phone: That's A like apple, V like - uh...
Coworker: Boy!
Me: V! Not B. V - like - umm - velociraptor?
I swear, my brain....
Shout out to the yogurt spill making it look like my morning was much more interesting than it really was...
*Goes to get a wet paper towel from the ladies room*
*Goes to get a wet paper towel from the ladies room*
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Shout out to the yogurt spill making it look like my morning was much more interesting than it really was...
*Goes to get a wet paper towel from the ladies room*
*Goes to get a wet paper towel from the ladies room*
Turns out yesterday's not so good vibrations were courtesy of a circling helicopter. Which l suppose is a hovercraft of sorts, but also super weird and creepy given that someone thought they saw an "ice truck" a couple of days ago....
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Turns out yesterday's not so good vibrations were courtesy of a circling helicopter. Which l suppose is a hovercraft of sorts, but also super weird and creepy given that someone thought they saw an "ice truck" a couple of days ago....
Me: What's vibrating? That's so annoying.
Coworker, smirking: Maybe it's a hovercraft?
Me: Shut up.
They're still unconvinced....
Coworker, smirking: Maybe it's a hovercraft?
Me: Shut up.
They're still unconvinced....
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Me: What's vibrating? That's so annoying.
Coworker, smirking: Maybe it's a hovercraft?
Me: Shut up.
They're still unconvinced....
Coworker, smirking: Maybe it's a hovercraft?
Me: Shut up.
They're still unconvinced....
Just when I think that, like Stacy's mom, I got it going ON, I trip over air and bash my knee. Although I was able to bounce up and pretend nothing happened, this is totally going to leave a mark.
(Sadly, not the Mark of my current dreams. "Tear my buttons, skin my knee...")
(Sadly, not the Mark of my current dreams. "Tear my buttons, skin my knee...")
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just when I think that, like Stacy's mom, I got it going ON, I trip over air and bash my knee. Although I was able to bounce up and pretend nothing happened, this is totally going to leave a mark.
(Sadly, not the Mark of my current dreams. "Tear my buttons, skin my knee...")
(Sadly, not the Mark of my current dreams. "Tear my buttons, skin my knee...")
I say "That's some real white people shit" a lot for someone whose Ancestry test came back as 50% mayonnaise....
October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I say "That's some real white people shit" a lot for someone whose Ancestry test came back as 50% mayonnaise....
The question of the day is "How the fuck can you draw a submarine but not a whale?!"
Mad skills, I guess? I dunno.
Mad skills, I guess? I dunno.
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The question of the day is "How the fuck can you draw a submarine but not a whale?!"
Mad skills, I guess? I dunno.
Mad skills, I guess? I dunno.
Why do I feel like Mark Bandola wrote "Civil Servant" about me and my coworkers?
"Once again, I'm over my head and losing my nerve and my reason" is the bit about me, BTW.
"Once again, I'm over my head and losing my nerve and my reason" is the bit about me, BTW.
October 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Why do I feel like Mark Bandola wrote "Civil Servant" about me and my coworkers?
"Once again, I'm over my head and losing my nerve and my reason" is the bit about me, BTW.
"Once again, I'm over my head and losing my nerve and my reason" is the bit about me, BTW.