Oh, and where are the pictures?
We missed you terribly!!
I second that!
In other news, people are assholes. I went to bed around midnight last nite and for an HOUR the guy three doors down revved his un-muffled motorcycle, then roared off, then roared back, then revved some more. If it happens again tonite, I’m calling the cops.
This afternoon, I’m driving up Sunflower, which runs right in front of South Coast Plaza (i.e., shoppers dream). A little old lady not only crosses against the light, she walked at an angle so the guy trying to make a left had to wait. And wait. Meanwhile, his light is now red, and the three lanes of cars wanting to go straight on that side can’t go anywhere. Additional label of asshole to the left turner for waiting until the little old lady was on the sidewalk before he got out of the way.
Stopped at McDs for a snack. Mini pickup in front of me seems to be taking an awful long time leaving the window after he got his food, but maybe he doesn’t have all his order? Nope, when he finally left the girl told me he was just sitting there getting his life in order and it took two suggestions from her to get him to move along. Additional asshole points to this guy because she felt like she should give me something free because I had to wait for him! :smack:
Went to Dairy Queen for lunch before going to see Pacific Rim. Grandpa, Dad and two young girls in soccer outfits. Grandpa orders. Dad Orders. Girls take forever to order…water. Grandpa tries to argue them into getting pop. I’m still waiting behind them. They pay for their stuff, then stand there milling about in front of the register, grandpa standing there slack jawed and staring off into space like a stroke victim. Cashier is looking at me, I’m looking at them, wondering when the fuck they’re going to wake up and move aside. Cleared my throat. They looked all around like they were suddenly confused to find themselves in a DQ, then finally took their cups and twaddled over to the machine to fill them.
Next suggestion for when I’m Emperor of the World: Shock Collars that automatically detect when you’re making other people wait for no reason.
Came back from a camping trip this evening, and I have to say, there is nothing that is bugging the shit out of me more than bugs (makes sense). Damn, those mosquitos over there wouldn’t even stay away after applying repellant!
Or even because of no-underwire bras, I have one with metal hooks which triggers the machines. Of course, it happens to be my most comfortable bra, so I’m highly likely to use it for traveling :smack:.
I want to see you in a poofy dress and Bill in a tux!
I am redoing my quarterly taxes. I knew this quarter would hit me hard (don’t ask me how does the algorythm work, but half the time it comes up to 0 and half the time to O-shit), but I wasn’t expecting it to hit me as hard as it did…
:smack: fuuuuck, I’d included some stuff I shouldn’t have! So now I’m redoing them. At least hey, starting last year they don’t collect as you hit “send”, they do it on the 20th. Plenty of time to realize you’re a moron.
Oh, and, neighbor with the yappy dog? I hope the damn thing pees on your bed, preferably with you inside.
429 Damm Hummingbirds!
Now to call the PCP when the office opens. THIS will be a interesting conversation!
“Any doctor appointment you walk away from is a good one”? Now seriously, I hope you get more blood in your sugarstream soon.
I hate it when I wear long pants, and mosquitoes manage to bite me through the pants.
Honestly? I haven’t worn an underwire bra in better than 20 years - I had one that the wire poked through in the middle of the day at work so I went into the bathroom and pulled out both wires, nobody noticed, I didn’t notice any visual difference but a world of comfortable happening and I have never knowingly bought underwire since then, and I am 44ddd/f.
My roomie was in the habit of verbal recreational outrage during the whole trial and verdict thing. I have finally gotten to the point where I will ignore any court session or any accident while it is happening. Get back to me when you have a verdict, kthksbye!
ooo macadamia nuts … would they grow in the Florida keys?
Does your doctor’s office have an answering service in the off hours? I would think any PCP would want to know about Super High Numbers like that.
As for underwires, I think I’ve worn them during nearly all my plane travel and the only time they caused any hint of trouble was in one time I got body-scanned and the (female) TSA agent had to do a quick prod alongside to confirm that was all an underwire.
On my own end of things: Fuck cancer. It’s apparently about to take one of my favorite sisters-in-law. She had a rare type that spread all over, slowly at first, during the course of the last decade or so and now it sounds like she only has weeks to live.
And I will put down even odds that this will be a good trigger for a conspiracy-minded SIL to pull out her “pharma companies are hiding the cure for cancer and want people to buy their poisonous chemo drugs because those make more money!!1” ravings. You’d think these super-powerful pharma companies could have made a chemo drug that would have kept her alive longer, then, to keep buying more of it.
I’m really, really sick of death right now (having lost during the last couple months both the beloved uncle who saved me from drowning when I was little, and my mother-in-law), and I’m worried that any bullshit like that will set me off. I’m really good at holding my tongue normally.
Straight-up anxiety attack at 5 am yesterday morning made me miss my morning long run. I couldn’t get out of bed. Gave myself an hour…nope. Another hour…nope. When it finally subsided enough so I could function it was too late because I already had plans to meet a friend for coffee. Now I’m behind on my training schedule and need to giv’er this week to catch up.
At least my Jeep’s alternator held out long enough to get me through all my errands before finally dying in the parking lot of my last errand. It sucks when your beloved vehicle gets old and things start falling apart.
All the best for tonight Dr. G. hugs
Man, I’ve lucked out. Had my followup today at the hospital and she decided that I’m okay with just diet to control my GD. That said, I’m under strict instructions to get myself back there if I go over something like 170.
I can’t imagine what you must feel like at 400+
Sure I could go for a rant. It’s Wild Kingdom in my back yard this month. Racoons, possums, rabbits, foxes, deer, snakes, groundhogs.
The racoons, foxes, and snakes are trouble for my hens, I believe it was a raccoon that killed 2 hens. I paid $250 (!) for an automatic chicken door that closes at dusk and opens at dawn. Better than having to be home every night at dusk. I caught a big snake in a nesting box yesterday, he was after the eggs no doubt. No wonder egg production from my 2 remaining hens had been down.
My mother-in-law had a big party for her 65th birthday/retirement this weekend. I think I’m still processing all the things that were irritating me about the whole mess. Families, eh? Can’t live with 'em, can’t send 'em through the wood chipper.
Well the good news is that it’s not the alternator - apparently it tested out fine. The bad news is that we can’t figure out WTF is wrong now. Now begins the process of checking everything we can possibly think of. Thank God for Google and Jeep Message Boards…
Full Circle
12 years ago I quit my IT job because I was a bitter, angry person who hated his job, himself, the entire world and everyone and everything in it. I got married and divorced. I worked crappy jobs. I went through bankruptcy 3 years ago. Spent a lot of time learning who and what I was. Then I got this job on an 18 month contract, 17 months ago. Pay I could actually live on (50% more than my previous job) and a job I really loved doing. Six months ago I started working on getting them to hire me. In late June, they officially interviewed me for the position. A week later I had a panel interview. Have spent the time since then as a nervous wreck.
An hour ago I got the official job offer. For nearly $15k more than the salary range that was discussed and confirmed in both interviews. 90% more than I’m currently making as a contractor.
I can’t stop shaking. If I wasn’t at work, I’d be crying with joy and relief. I think I will do that as soon as I get home.
Congrats Chimera 
My mini-rant, from many other threadstonight - really troll, of all the random shitholes in the world to claim to be from, you picked Rutherglen? shakes head
Chimera, please don’t think I’m strange or anything, but I’m in somewhat the position you were in BEFORE you got your offer, and know what it’s like - I’m still waiting and probably will be for awhile - but damnit, I just cried - that makes me SO HAPPY that it worked out for you! Kind of gives me hope, too.