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Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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{{{kopek}}} - how sad that shared DNA doesn’t mean much to some folks. But you know we lurves ya, so there’s that!

I don’t know what’s in my mom’s will, but my bro is the executor, and one thing you can say about him - he’s honest. Well, except when he was younger and used to try to pick up girls. He’d tell them he was a surgeon, or an airline pilot - he’s actually a CPA. :smiley: Anyway, Mom says she plans to live to hit 100, and she’s 83 now, so there are still a few years ahead for her to go thru her fortune. (That’s a joke, son. If I came from money, do you think I’d be hanging with you losers??? :p)

Whatever. TGIF! Happy Firday!!!

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Happy Firday!

It’s raining, and supposed to rain for the next 4 days.
Guess I will find out how well a dish holds up.

I didn’t sleep well. I had all kinds of weird and disturbing dreams. There are several recurring dreams that I have and they all merged together last night.

{{{Ruble}}}
What can I say?

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Ruble hugs to you. Family drama is the worst. When my folks passed there was very little to fight over which was not a terrible thing. They did the best they could. I have really been missing them both a lot lately.

At irk, of course. Tahred. But at least it is Firday!!!11!!!

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Hey y’all!! Miss me here?

I keep saying I’m going to hang out here more then next thing you know, life intervenes.

Stoopit life.

Who would like to buy my kidney stone?

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Back from lunch with coworkers - it was fun, and the crabcake sammich was pretty good. Now I’ve got to kill 90 minutes so’s I can go home. :smiley:

I want chocolate. Dammit.

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Howdy Y’all! Yahd irk has been completed, JDD’s ‘rents visited (they were glad to see me, but then again who wouldn’t be :D), fish tacos ingested (YUM!), and nappage achieved. I’m callin’ it a productive day.

CatDude! LTNS! ::tacklehug::

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Assorted yays, boos, {{hugs}}, fishslaps etc. Have been readin’ for the last few weeks, but not had much to say, 'cos nowt’s been going on.

However… I now have news. I have just officially accepted a uni course offer :smiley:

I’ve told the landlord he can expect me to clear orfe at the end of August; I ain’t sure when I should tell me boss though, not until after he’s confirmed my time off request to go on my annual jugglin’ trip at the end of May, for sure. I don’t know if there’s any point in giving him more than a month or so’s notice; he’s a worrier, and for a waitressing job, more notice than that probably isn’t actually going to help.
Current thinking is that I’ll quit irk at the end of July so’s I have a full month to clear out/sell stuff/find a new place/move/find somewhere to take my bees, which also means maybe I can go on holiday first (there’s a big international juggling convention in Poland in the last week of July, which I wanted to go to, but it was going to be impossible to get enough time off for), though that is maybe a bit irresponsible. Possibly I should wait until I am actually a student before abandoning all sense of responsibility.

It all feels a bit unreal, to be honest.

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Be careful with catdude. He’hurtin’ right now.

{{{ruble}}} If you need some drama free family, there’s a sister in Tennessee who will adopt you.

I took a half day today. I’m currently in the Toyota dealership getting the new passenger airbag installed. This was supposed to be done last month but there was a problem getting one. With the millions of cars involved in the recall, they’re in short supply.

Tomorrow, I’m going with my heathen group to do volunteer work at Second Harvest Food Bank. Afterwards, we’re going for coffee. Such an exciting weekend. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yay Nut! Very good news indeed. Is this the one you were applying to a bit back?

{{{Ruble}}} May I suggest that you take those items you want, even if they are on the list? You want them, you are also an heir to the estate, and you already have a rift with your brother. Can this really make things any worse? Put it another way, will you regret not having them later? If so, get them now.

Other than that, I can report that my hubby also has a kidney stone problem, complete with blood clots and a painful back. He’s currently napping, poor thing. I’ll be taking him to urgent care in a bit.

Also, our home loan is all approved. We’ll be closing soon. :smiley:

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Sunny We are in the process of re-financing our home loan and the amount of paperirk is unbelievable.

This day has just drug on by and I am still at irk for now. I don’t see making it until 6 pm though. I need weekend.

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Cool.
I will pay off the mortgage on Mama Plant’s house in three monthly payments and change.

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Home, briefly. **FCD **wants pancakes, so we’re on our way to Cracker Barrel. I’ll have something really light since I had lunch a few hours ago. Maybe just a salad.

I may sleep with Mel tonight - I’s tahred…

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Yup, that’s the one Sunny :smiley:

I gets to go play with plants in an awesome space for at least 2 years (I’ve signed up for a 2 year foundation degree, with the option to take a 3rd year and convert it to a full honours if all goes well).

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Shrimpies have been ingested. They were good. I have an apple pie (bought frozen) in the oven and there’s ice cream to go with the pie. WIN-WIN!

Nuts congrats on becomin’ a slacker student!

red I like Second Harvest. When I was still irkin’, I partnered with ‘em as an irk trainin’ place and they hired several of the program participants. That coupled with what SH does makes 'em double plus extra special good in my book.

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I tried something new for dinner tonight. Sausage, egg, and cheese omelets that you bake in a muffin tin. Not so good, the sausage was salty and rest was tasteless. I think if I had some salsa to put on top it would have been better.
They might not be so bad squished between two pieces of toast, but I don’t have any bread. Although we could roll them up in a tortilla.

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**Nut **- CONGRATS!! I hope the program is everything you want it to be!

Our server at CB was a trainee, and **FCD **gave her an evening to remember. He loves goofing on n00bs - I just kinda sit back and watch. :smiley: He’s not mean, just silly.

I sent off a couple of emails to local landscapers to get a quote for cleaning up my gardens. I suspect it’s going to cost a lot more than I want it to. But if I can get someone to clean the leaves and lay some mulch, at least I can start from a clean slate. So we shall see.

Meanwhile, I have an evening of afghaning ahead.

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I worked, I walked Gordie, making Chipolte BBQ chicken with saffron rice and roasted corn for dinner. Watching Doctor Who.

I’ll trade you Flytrap for it.:wink:

and
: tacklehug :

Congrats, Nuts!

Congrats, Sunny!

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Dogbutt.

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He’s got a kidney stone, not dain bramage; why would he want that deal?
Congrats, Nuts!

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And that is really important; and coworkers and sane relatives help as well. On almost no sleep for couple days and on my last emotional good nerve, I went to work tonight and my friends there were great. It brought a little tear to my eye now and then not so much the situation as folks like them and you actually care.

All in all I can’t complain. It could have been tons worse by far. She could have refused or balked at the last minute and my brother would have had to legally and physically force the issue. He’s 70 and had like a triple bypass; all this pressure he brought on by finally taking a stand with her could have literally killed him. No one got hurt, no one got mad, and now I can rest knowing beyond a doubt mother will be cared for. She can hate me all she wants, I still love her as much as ever. But I’m still sad. This could very well be the last time we see each other alive since with mother living with him any relationship with me would be impossible for him. I just wish it had been about us and the good times and less about dimes and him playing the role of the Good One.