dang, rosie, you’d hate it here - my thermostat is currently at 62, and the warmest we set it is 67. We do occasionally supplement it with the fireplace, but not generally till evening.
Off to shower and dress so I can get my errands started. These doggone intrarwebz are a distraction… 
FCM sorry to hear the ending to the story. I was off the past 2 days, now getting ready to head back to Cahrlottesville to finish the Huguely trial.
I admit I always cringe when I see a page or hear of some breaking news where I know people live. I remember you said you had visited a marina, so of course the worst comes to mind.
Occupational hazard.
Morning everyone. Im sittjng in my astronomy class and trying to resist the deaire to run screaming in frustration. I have no idea ehat she is talking about and she is bouncing from topic to topic.
Typing on a nook isnt easy.
My head hurts - big shock. One more class after this and i can leave. Gotta pick p my eye records today.
I hate Monday.
Er, I mean Tuesday.
Oi, congo, now that I see you…
last week you said that your problem with Chemistry wasn’t so much with the chemical stuff as with “word problems”. I know it’s no consolation, but basically the students I tutored were divided into “people who can’t figure out how to go from words to equations” (but who could solve the equations once they had those) and “people who can’t figure out how to go from words to equations, but who also can’t do algebra at all”; yep, none of the students who came looking for tutoring in Chemistry needed tutoring in Chemistry, it was always Math (my coworkers had the same experience). If your ‘only’ problem is the first part, you’re actually in a relatively good position. I’m glad you’ve got good TAs, hopefully they’ll be able to walk you through the steps of translating words to equations. Remember to take notes on how they do that translation.
Guys, I need to ask someone else if this is weird. A woman just came in here, a woman I never met. She saw a picture of a black baby in some promotional materials, and said,
“I love black babies. I really want a black baby.”
She is whiter than white.
I really found it weird as hell, a professional woman saying something like this to practical strangers, and it made me a little uncomfortable, too. Not uncomfortable as in “I will never let her live it down” but just a little awkward. I didn’t really know what to say. “Good for you”?
Feeling a bit stressed today. I have to do observations starting tomorrow and the schedule for them that some idiot (me) created is going to be really difficult.
Hi, 'mika!
Do you work in a fertility clinic or an adoption agency?
If a fertility clinic, then say “Here’s our catalog”
If an adoption agency “Fill out the application and we’ll see what we can do”
Someone who is clueless as to the level of their bigotry does not deserve validation. Just be businesslike.
We’re a charity! I kind of just went back to concentrating on my work. She wasn’t here to see me anyway.
Just…how do anyone think that’s an OK thing to say? She also mentioned how her husband - who is “a white boy” - her exact words - would be “very concerned, of course” if such a thing happened.
So in the space of three lines she’s brought up race in multiple ways, adultery, and the idea of bearing a child from a black man who is not her husband. The trifecta! 
AND HI!
’Mika… wow… just… wow.
To thoes wanting pictures. We’re picking up the “candid” film today. The “posed” shots were done by a friend & I have already put a bug in his ear about getting them to me. The “honeymoon” shots do not exsist, and trust me, you DON’T want to see them anyhow
But I should have something up by today, I promise.
mika hey there! And huh?
Tis Tuesday and it feel like I have a short week this week as I am going on a supplier visit on Friday so I am out of the office. Whoohoo!
Other than that…my job bites. Urgh. I have plans in motion to make a change however.
Stay warm rosie that is where we normally have our heat set.
That’s really special mika…
My cold is finally going away. I haven’t had to take any medicine yet today, but I’ve got a headache and my stomach was really upset (took some ginger to fix that, which seems to be working).
Don’t wanna be at work.
Maybe she can find a crack ho with a kid for sale. :rolleyes:
I gotsta brag. I’m back in the office after meeting up with Moooooooooom herself, in what she said was a “sleazy parking lot meeting” (that’s a direct quote). Anyone with a camera would have gotten a great shot of her giving me a hug in public, too.
[spoiler] The actual event was her giving me a bag of shirts FCDad had and never wore. I promised I’d find them a good home.
And I instigated the very public buddy hug.[/spoiler]
To say it’s been an unusual week at work would be a bit understated. For over a decade I’ve been involved with exploration efforts at one of the world’s largest oil companies through a well known oil services company. Apparently my rate recently increased dramatically and a VP decided to opt for three replacement people and a rate cut instead of renewing me. No problem, my company immediately signed me to a long term contract at a competing large multinational. Yesterday the managers here found out and they went ballistic. They knew my value and apparently shit hit the fan, meetings hastily convened, etc. So now the VP is calling, saying we’ll sign! It’s been a nice place to work and I love my coworkers and the job, but no, I think I’ll go ahead and go with the other major. Tough call, but I think the right one. Careful what you ask for, right?
Nava - once I can get the word problem figured out and remember which conversions I need, I’m good. Unfortunately I haven’t managed to get to extra help yet because of this stupid headache. I’ve only been staying on campus as long as absolutely necessary before fleeing for the comfort of my bed.
Home now and eating my lucky charms before heading off to get my old records and visit Sweetie’s family. I’d prefer just staying home but I have to be there to get the medical records. Sigh.
Home at last. I have new glasses that aren’t all scratched up - so *this *is what the world looks like!!! :eek: Erranding was good. I dropped off 4 large bags of clothes at the thrift store in Leonardtown that supports an organization working with the mentally disabled in the county, so yay for that. Then I went to Target with my $10 gift card and got a little crock pot that cost me all of $1.65, so yay for that, too.
I had time to kill before my eye appt - next stop was Joann’s where I looked at fabric with an eye to replacing our living room curtains. Unfortunately, I was pressed for time, so I didn’t get any, but there were a couple of possible candidates. On to Bayshore Eye Care, where I knitted in semi-blindness while my new lenses were made and installed, after which I had the tawdry parking lot encounter with BBBobbio. Immediately afterwards, he rushed away - some silliness about lunch and work, so I called my sweetie and we met for marginally edible sushi, which I paid for to assuage the gnawing guilt of sleeze in the parking lot. 
On the way home, I made one final stop at the grocery store, and now I’m home.
I’ve got a fire started because it’s grey and windy and winter-like outside, and I want warm and cozy. I’ve got a chickie thawing for its date with the rotisserie. Life is good.
**Mika **- it takes all kinds to make the world, doesn’t it? You just lucked out and encountered one of the more, um, interesting ones… eeeeeesh
I really should do some chores, but I really don’t feel like it. Maybe I’ll knit in front of the TV till I figure it out.
“I want a black baby.” Really? That’s quite weird. I think in general black or Asian babies are cuter than white ones, but it’s a generalization, and I’ve seen quite-ugly and quite-beautiful babies of all sorts of different colours.
I believe, for example, that Elizabeth was gray when she was born. She’s a nice healthy fuschia now.
Bob and doggio, I will remember that sticking boobs in mouths is a good way to cheer you up. I won’t do it for you, mind you. I’ll just remember it. Pervs.
When I watched the C-section in action, that girl was kinda gray, started screaming, and turned pink almost instantaneously. That was cool to watch, and I’m glad I got to see it.
FTR, I didn’t say you should stick your boob in my mouth, I said you should stick it in the complaining girls’ mouths. Perv I may be, but I’m also not impractical.
I got up today and dressed only to notice a stain on my white shirt. Not wanting to change clothes, I decided to cover it up with a red cardigan. Then my 88 year old co-worker/aunt (the sister of my mother in law) showed up wearing basically the same outfit, white shirt, red cardigan dark slacks. :smack:
I may need a fashion makeover.
I’m glad to hear that everyone else was as weirded out as me. When she left, immediately afterward, I said what I said to you guys to my boss - that was weird, and who says that? She just giggled.