First on 7! Woo *AND * Hoo! Two in a row!
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Everyone knows there is no snooze button on a kitteh who wants breakkies, but yeah, if you feed the monster and then crawl back into bed, it is possible to sleep until 2:00pm - Trust me, I’ve done it more than once. (especialy when I’ve got teh Sick)
**gt ** - please check your PMs
I have chicken and veggies in the oven, flavored with balsamic and mustardy goodness. Yum.
Tonight I definitely am going to give the guys a call and brave the cold for a drink. I need to unwind.
Cuervo’s the only morning eater, so long as there’s kibbles in his dish when I go to bed, he’ll let me sleep forever. In fact, he was holding down my feet all morning, and seemed a little peeved that I chose to get up at all.
Off to play volleyball in a few minutes, then most likely some post-volleyball pizza & beer.
It’s still too frigging cold here. Is it summer yet?
Woo hoo! The weekend can commence now. 
Swampy, I wondered too if there’s a MUMPER at NBC4! And Haze, are you saying this is just the start of … your plot to take over the world?! LOL
Doggio, hope you’ll get some assistance at work–in the form of new (working!) assistants? Sorry you have to work such long hours! 
Dotty, that is a quandry! I think you’d get a better deal with the new company, but I understand too that feeling that you may be going from frying pan to fire. Gah, good luck, and I’ll be thinking good thoughts for you.
Still wondering about SCL; hope she’s just busy and doing okay … and that the cats are doing ok too!
I just jammed my right middle finger into the bullet wastecan in the kitchen-it hurts like hell. Judging by the shade of red it’s turning, it’ll be a nice black and blue before long. I am the epitome of grace.
I passed PALS. I had to sit through any number of distressing videos depicting children near death–unable to breath etc–before testing out. I didn’t let it show, but my god, that was tough. I have a great deal of respect for nurses who care for such kids on a regular basis. After 20 years of nursing, I cannot handle it. I’m sure if I had to, I would do what needs to be done, but it would make me a wreck afterwards. It mildly depressed me for most of the day, so I knitted and watched House for a bit.
Och aye-I’m off to a Burns night dinner tomorrow. The Husband was also invited, but he said no. His loss–free whiskey, nibbles, and (of course) The Haggis. I am no fan of haggis, but Scottish beer is fairly good (I’m no beer gourmet), and there’s all these cute guys in kilts… 
I will wear my scarf/whatever it’s called with my tartan (clan MacLeod if you must know). Or maybe I won’t. Depends on how cold it is tomorrow. I did NOT stop for gas today because it was too frigging cold outside, but the sunshine was nice to see.
If I wanted to make this mildly interesting, I’d tell you all about how I left for class on time, but was stymied by a 4 lane car crash, forced (by cops) to take a detour which had a freight train passsing, then realized that I had left my glasses at home, so had to use my lunch money to buy a pair of Walgreen’s glasses, which turned out to be not the right strength. :rolleyes: It’s a wonder I don’t drink, some days…
TGI Quittin’ Time!
Hi everyone!!! I’m home and have speed-read the MMP.
Dotty: Go with the new job. Even if they pay you more at the current gig, the disrespect won’t change. If current employer actually valued you (and had a plan) they’d have recognized that they need you long ago. It sounds like the new employer has potential to treat you better. If that pans out, you should be getting raises to get you to the extra money a little later. I’ve also never seen anyone be happy with a return to a previous employer.
I could never be a nurse, rigs; I could especially not deal with the kinds of things that require PALS (but really most of the rest of the job is just stuff I’d never be good at).
Hope things improve at work doggio. You too, MBG. I’m grateful my current hours haven’t been horrible (even though they’ve been stressful).
I’ll add you to the line-up, Rebo.
Off to review the Valentine thread…
GT
Congrats on passing PALS, rigs!
Trying to decide on whether I want to take a nap or not before drinking. Hm.
Hrmph!
:mad:
That is all for now.
Back from Bad Chinese. It’s damn cold out there! I figure I’ll have to go out one more time with the stoopit dogs. Other than that, it’s a nothing night. I’m not even going to bag the sketty sauce - I’ll do that tomorrow after it’s cooled. In fact, I’ll probably just set it in the garage to cool.
Now, the big decision facing me is whether to stay in jeans or don sweats. Yeah, it’s tough to be me.
I’m a moron. Yes, I am. Thank god Daughter reads things, because I’m a moron.
The Burns night is TONIGHT, not tomorrow. :rolleyes: I am not ready to go to a party. I am not in a party mood. It’s motherloving cold outside, and I LIKE cold, but not this much. Plus, it’s snowing like crazy out there.
So, I need to whip up some festive mood, change clothes and put on my social face. (this is why I don’t go out–it is so much work).
Off to finish making the cookies I started before I realized I was a moron. :smack:
I am never social on Friday nights. Nuh and Uh.
Are you me? 
GT
**Your human walks into the kitchen. This means: **
a) It’s hungry
b) It’s lost
c) You’re hungry
d) Let the begging begin
**Your human puts down a bowl of food for you. This is: **
a) Supper
b) Something s/he obviously wouldn’t eat
c) Something to keep you going till supper’s ready
d) Inedible junk to be scorned in favor of what the humans eat
**Your human removes you from the top of the television.
This means: **
a) You’re in trouble - better not do it again
b) Nothing - humans do this from time to time
c) The human wants to play, so climb up again to amuse it
d) It is time to chew on the cable wire again
**Staircases are for: **
a) Getting up to the human’s bed at 4am
b) Lying in wait in the dark at the top of
c) Walking down just slower than the human behind you
d) All of the above
**Your human talks/yells at you. You should: **
a) Listen intently, even if you don’t understand
b) Meow in acknowledgment and continue what you were
doing
c) Ignore him/her completely; you’re a cat, they mean nothing
d) Move on to the next annoying activity to encourage their
talking behavior
Phone and electrical cords and strings from fabrics are:
a) Important to humans and should be left alone
b) Playthings and deserve your total attention; no matter what
damage may result
c) Annoying and should be removed immediately
Birds, small rodents and large bugs should be:
a) Ignored (especially if your human wants them removed)
b) Played with until they stop playing
c) Presented to your human as a proud trophy
d) Hidden under your human’s pillow for safe keeping
e) Consumed for their nutritional value
**A human giving you a bath should be considered: **
a) Under no circumstances
b) Under no circumstances
c) Under no circumstances
d) An act of war
e) All of the above
Your human’s value is limited to:
a) Providing food
b) Providing water
c) Letting you out
d) Providing opposite-gender feline companionship
e) Leaving you alone
f) All of the above; if properly trained
Heh. I think there are too few “All of the above” choices, Bobbio.
GT
How come every pair of sunglasses that I like is over $100.00??
oK, because it is so fucking cold out, I am wearing chocolate brown cords, cream mock turtle, and a brown tweed hunting jacket with leather collar. Brown dress boots, hair down. Best I can do. I will also wear my broach with my clan’s crest.
That quiz doesn’t mention meowing for the sole purpose of hearing its own voice-stoopit cat.
And have we found our party mood, yet, rigsy?
d&r
but you forgot one possible answer to the last question
Your human’s value is limited to:
(a…e)
f) fulfilling your every need
g) all of the above