nurse, here’s hoping that your hubby comes to acceptance soon.
Glad FCFiL is doing ok too.
I got back from a meeting at irk this afternoon to find the Chick tract This Was Your Life on my keyboard. Some wise ass’ idea of a joke and I think I know who. 
I guess Oklahoma works. I knew the Lenape lived in what is now eastern PA, New Jersey, and Delaware, but I didn’t know about Oklahoma.
{{{{picunurse}}}}
My Father died when I was sixteen. I was messed up for a while.
It will get better. It took a while for me, it may take a while for your Spouse.
Hang in there.
{{{{picu}}}}}
Pop quiz, before you get too smug 
- do you remember the species and any names for any other members of my household? (Hint: there are three of them.)
(snicker)
So today I had all 5 of the vehicles I will use for the Fantasy Fest Shuttle PM’d today. Ready to roll on Saturday when the craziness will ensue. Nudity, drunkeness and tom foolery. Bring it on.
According to the weather PTB we are in for a shit ton of rain this week. Bring that on too.
Still no content. 1 down and 5 to go.
Have a great rest of the irk week all! netty one of them is a cat named Princess? Right?
{{{{{{Baker}}}}}}. keeping you & your family in my thoughts and prayers, and prayers also for Picu’s hubby and for Picu too. Thanks for the Native American info, buff - that’s a lot of words out of the Lenape language! Being from Delaware & vicinity, I’m actually familiar with some of the places so named. 
It has indeed been a Moanday for me - I lost my balance and fell in the dressing room area of my bathroom. Just bruised, fortunately, and feeling sore and achy (I’ve already applied some Icy Hot to my knees). It’s really hard to get up at my age, and size. 
My knees are also so bad, and the only way I could get up was to get on my knees and pull myself up. On top of all this, I didn’t have much to eat today. Bleah. I’m looking forward to Tuesday now, and fortunately for me, it’s almost here!
Thinking good thoughts for the settlement, sari and FCM, I hope your trip back home goes well! Happy nearly Tuesday all.
Up, caffeinayed, off to work.
Nettie, DH is human.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 56 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 81 for the day. Another nice Fall day in south Jawja.
{{{nurse! and hubby}}} He has to deal with this in his own way. Just be there when he needs you, which he will. May hubby’s father have a peaceful passing.
{{{Herbs}}} hope you’re feelin’ better today.
Ok, that’s all I got for now. I need more caffiene and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and alack, purtification for irk must commence. A trip to the east forty and some local runnin’ around is in store for today.
Happy Tuesday Y’all!
Ah, blissful sleep! I was dead to the world before 9, up around 4 for bladder emptyage, then up at 6 because Higgs (named for Dr. Peter Higgs of boson fame - good for you, Pi!! ) decided to chew on my hand. She’s been fed, I’ve been fed, I’m caffeinated, **FCD **and his mother are up, and soon, we’ll all head back to the hospital.
For those studying up for the **FCM **quiz, Taz is a Bengal and Ziva is maybe part Persian, all gray, and possibly crazy.
{{{Nurse}}} - Hope your husband can deal with losing his dad without losing his mind. Losing a parent can be tough, no matter what your age.
{{{tarra}}} - take care of yourself, dammit!! Don’t make me do something we’ll both regret!! (I dunno, **swampy **does the scolding stuff better…)
**FCD **is headed to the shower. I shall go next, then we’ll be off to the big building full of sick people. But I did get him to agree to Sonny’s for lunch, so there’s that. And since I’ve got yarn, I may take it along to keep my hands occupied - I’ve started a navy blue and white afghan.
Happy Tuesday all!!
Blurf.
That is all.
I tend to refer to her as the Princess, so you get the point for this one. Her real name is Allie. Since she’s a Siamese, you can guess how she got the nickname.
Usually.
It’s looking like one of those days. My first call was from a woman who didn’t understand what she was talking about and since I don’t deal in her specific issue, I turfed it to someone who does know. I’m not wasting my time arguing with someone under those conditions. I’ve been working with the public long enough to know that the answer to everything is “People are dumb.”
I’ve already had one cup of coffee and desperately need another. I’ve got two meetings after work. At least I was smart enough to figure out the parking situation so I’m not going to be driving all over the county.
{{{{{{{{{{The Whole MMP}}}}}}}}}}
seems everyone needs 'em, so enjoy.
Ugh. Irk dilemma.
Got offered an interview tomorrow, however- they want me to pay for business car insurance
(which would be a few hundred £) and my own DBS (background check), both before they even consider offering me a job. There’s no guarantee that I’d actually get a job afterwards (though there’s no reason why not- I don’t have a dodgy criminal past or anything).
Everywhere else I’ve been or interviewed with that needed a background check has paid for it themselves. It does make me suspicious about this being a bit of a dodgy company, and I irk for enough dodgy companies right now, thanks. It’s also in a sector (home care) that is pretty well known for being awful, and I really don’t know if I want to get into it at all.
I think I’m leaning towards a response of ‘thanks, but no thanks’, which really feels bad considering my irk situation. Maybe that’s unreasonable, and it’s just standard for that industry, but something about asking me to actually bring money to an interview really rubs me up the wrong way.
Bah.
Happy Toosday!
The cable guys just left after hooking up the TV in my bedroom.
I’ve got mice.
Oh joy and happiness!
I thought I heard something out in the kitchen the other night. I looked around and didn’t see any evidence but today I picked up one of the boxes that needs to go upstairs and little gifts were everywhere.
The box is just fabric and yarn so maybe I’ll just throw the whole thing out.
I have to go pick up a script.
I’m waiting for taco hell to open because I told Sah-son I’d pick up some tacos for him.
Did I mention that I have broken both thumbnails way down. I have them taped up hoping they will grow out a bit more before breaking all the way off.
My phone keeps saying ‘emergency calls only’ so I can’t call out and nobody can call in. IN a way it’s nice
Minor irritations I know but the irritations never end.
I’m putting off calling the Maryland Exchange until Thorsday because I’m not sure I can talk to them today without being nasty.
My charger better come today or I will be very pissed. I have to jiggle the cord to get it to charge and all I have to do is breathe on the charger and it stops charging,
{{{Nurse and DH}}}
Nuts, stay away from that company. It sounds very suspicious. This car ins. & DBS cost, - they want you to pay it to them, right? not to 3rd companies? It’s a scam. Stay away. Something real will come your way.
Nuts, I was just thinking about you the other day – I had some hazelnuts in the freezer that weren’t getting any younger** and toasted them up. (Slightly burnt one batch, but not badly enough to not eat them!) They’re here w/me at work for snackies.
Concur that this sounds like a shady deal. Home health care is IIRC a booming industry thanks to all those aging, well, Boomers. You’ll find a different, better, gig.
** Kinda like the rest of us, amirite?
Good thoughts for nurse’s husband. Interesting that in this virginal MMP, his angst stems from never having lost a close loved one before … Anyway, that’s a lot to deal with for him, and I hope he weathers the storm OK.
Car insurance they don’t want me to pay to them, just prove that I have it before they will consider a job offer - understandable, I guess, though most places would give an offer conditional on you getting appropriate insurance, rather than ask you to buy it before they’ll consider an offer. The DBS check they did straight up want cash at interview.
They do appear to be a legit care company though, the NHS does a reviews page for private care companites (of which there are zillions round here), and they’re listed, but there’s no comments or reviews.
Anyway, I’ve told them I’m not interested. I can’t afford to buy insurance when I might not need it, and I’m not sure it’d be a good fit for me, given my dodgy back, as that work can be very physical, depending on what level of care the company offers and who they work with, but I can’t find info on what exactly they do offer…
I’m really not having a lot of luck with entry level jobs… Maybe I should just bite the bullet and try sign up for some Serious Proper Job qualifications- just I’m not wholly sure what I want to be when I grow up yet, I mean, I’m only 31! :rolleyes:
The enrollment I was supposed to do in the east forty flaked on me. He called about five minutes before I would have left to travel over there. Told me he went by the place yesterday and decided he didn’t want to be in “that neighborhood” because it looks like “there might be drugs in the area.” :rolleyes: He is now on the special part of the list for placements I reserve for the select few I will consider the day after I publicly declare fart blossoms to be an edible substance.
Nuts glad you decided not to do that. Sounds awfully suspicious. :dubious:
Ok, back to irk.