It's not a good idea to argue with Violet ... she keeps the office running.  If she has a bit of an attitude problem, it doesn't interfere with her being a highly efficient admin.

Now if only I could get her to straighten out my real-life manager ... who just informed me today that our next project won't start for a couple of weeks, so I have to take a "mandatory vacation" until the end of the month.  Well, I guess I'll be able to update regularly for the next two weeks or so ...

Thanks to all who have commented so far.  Keep talking, let's get a little back-and-forth dialog going!