I think people sometimes completely forget that babies kind of change lives. Just a little. Maybe you just need to remind godfather of this. And no car.
Wow, rigs, what an enormous relief! There have been too many recent examples of everyone getting swept away because of one or two bad apples. Glad it worked out so well.
I suppose I should get up and find breakfast. We’re going out to lunch today, so I don’t have to worry about packing one…
Happy Wednesday!
GT
I am filled with much grrrrrrrrrr this morning.
I dutifully packed my gym bag last night, made my lunch, and counted out my fistfull of morning pills so I could leap out of bed and get to the Y for my workout. Set my alarm, and forgot to enable it. :smack:
VWife is having another lupus flare. Fred the neighbor is having fraud problems with his telephone, and has enlisted me to clear it up for him.
Og, I need a vacation. Next week can’t get here soon enough.
Rigs, I’m glad TH still has a gig, but if they made him acting Grand Poobah, won’t it be his job to clean up the messes made by the clowns that got axed?
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The really scary thing is that I could make sense of this without a lot of effort.
Here, have some extra vowels: aaaeeeiiiooouuu, and sometimes yyy.
Huh. Is that like the ‘you can read words even if all the letters are messed up’ brain thing? Because I can read it too.
Nat and I are currently having a disagreement about whether or not he’s going to sleep. Everyone keep fingers crossed for a better day today. So far he’s been crying for twenty minutes.
Let me preface it, however, by saying that I made it there ok.
Let’s just say that IBS and Plantar Fasciitis do not mix :eek:
On top of that, I’ve got a migraine threatening me and this was the first time so far that the thought of typing didn’t make me want to puke.
Other than that, I’m great! :rolleyes:
rigs, I’m glad to hear that things seem to be working out ok.
Blurf. Morning.
Sister and mother descended upon us last night to “celebrate” my birthday.
By 10pm, I’d kicked my sister out of the house. More details later as to why… I’m still seething right now. suffice to say, she may be 26 and engaged to be married, but she often acts more like a 2 yr old having a tempter tantrum and I no longer have the patience to humour her moods.
Mumsy is heartbroken. I feel bad about that part, but I think she understands that we can’t keep going on the way we have for the past 10 yrs.
LiLi, I don’t suppose we could fool them with a picture of two supermodels, could we? Please?
rigs, glad to hear things have worked out for DH. You must be very relieved.
Are we getting a Wheel of Fortune addendum to the MMP? Isn’t that another forum?
I hate being at work with (pretty much) nothing to do. It’s not that I don’t have work, but what I have either is already done, or waiting for review, or waiting for answers. If I’m getting paid to wait, why can’t I do it some place with better views?
Off to work again.
Yay for TH, rigs!
{{{{Pie}}}}
Gnat, it’s sleepy time! Listen to Mommy!
I just walked over to the kitchen to cut up the chicken and discovered one of my refrigerated tables isn’t working. It’s like the compressor tries to kick on, but can’t. If there’s a good side to this story, it’s that this particular table only stores stuff like condiments. So the only thing that I actually have to throw away is sloppy joe sauce.
Even my breakfast hates me. I was going to have part of a baguette that I had stuck in the freezer, but it is rock hard with no chance of softening and seems more like a weapon than something edible.
I just sent my dad a text message to see if he’ll at least come entertain me and distract me from this bullshit today.
Tigs- I love arcane knowledge! (I made a career of it). That was awesome!
gt- Water for Elephants- I was invited to join a book club (yay me!- I get to be social!). It was really good. I thought the ending was a bit of a cop out (too neatly resolved and happy given the tone of the book), but that was only the last page or so. It was riveting. It kept (most) of my attention yesterday and I got very little else done! 
Special1- South by southeast? Hmmm, now where would that take me… (feigns innocence)
Rigs I am so happy for you! What a relief.
My little one isn’t feeling so well today- she’s curled up in my bed. I told her that under no circumstances was she going to school. She did not find me amusing. (we’re on summer holiday…).
Dearest Pie, you seem stressed.
Have you thought about taking up a relaxing hobby… like drinking?
Drinking sounds good.
I wonder if I should phone the damn doctor and threaten them if we can’t have an appointment for today? We’ve got one booked for next Thursday.
I still remember wanting to kill your sister from years ago, Mahna. I’m really sorry she hasn’t grown up yet. And yes, supermodel pics.
{{{CutiePie}}} just cause it looks like you could use one.
Rigs good news about TH.
Vwls? w dn’t nd n stnkn’ vwls! 
Tht’s fn!
Takin’ a short break from listenin’ to voice apps. Some of these have been torture. I hope I run into an easy batch soon. It’s makin’ my brain hurt.
Nat… it’s sleepy time!
Back to work…
**Lili **-- is Gnat asleep yet? 
**Nava **-- if you’re bored, I’m awake and at my computer Just sayin’…
**Cutie **-- Authentic Battle Bread? Pratchett fans would kill for less!
Muppet – you don’t really think you’re going to fob a lowly picture of two super-models on us, instead of the lovely presence that is **Lili **and you! Only the very best for us mumpers, you hear!? :mad:
(OTOH, if you find a really good picture of supermodels (read: scantily clad :D)) we’ll be willing to compare them and point out where they fall short of you!)
**Ivory **-- lessee… South by Southeast will take you to… Providence…? Cape Cod…? 
:halo:
Hope your daughter feels better though. And that was a cruel joke to play on her! Which means it’s something like what I often do to my own kids…
Don’t you play innocent with me, young man. (takes halo and puts it on a high shelf)
mmmm… Cape Cod- now that sounds (almost) perfect- beach, sand, waves…
“Young Man”? No, that’s not me. I think you must have meant Swampy. not sure how well you wiles will work on him, though…
OK, OK… I’ll fill in for him as your companion there, if you insist… 
… Hey, where’s my halo…?
Using it for ring toss. ahem.
(d&r)
Hi all!
I’m taking a half day off from work 'cuz I have a doctor appt at 10:00. Apparently, you can only take a 1/2 day or a full day for sick time. It’s my follow-up appt after surgery.
I feel good! Some residual pain, but nothing like it was.
Yay for TH! Cool explanation of tenterhooks. I never really thought about it!
Boo for icky tummies, and sleepless chilluns. Sorry about you and your sister, Muppet.
See y’all later.
I’m here, but training has me knackered - I’ve caught up but haven’t the energy to respond to anything, sorry. I stayed up last night to catch The Guy on Skype, and before we knew it we’d been chatting for an hour and I had to go to bed (I have to be up at dawn these days to get to training on time). I cautiously talked to my mom about marriage and I think the prospect actually depresses her - she and my dad were something of an arranged marriage, and the idea that I could actually love this random guy as much as I love my parents seems to baffle her. She asked me why he and I are in such a hurry to get married (i.e., within a year) - I told her because it’s the only way we can be together. She remains skeptical.
My training sessions are boring as all hell and my peers range from charming to utterly annoying.
Miss you all! :: blows kisses ::