JtC Best wishes for VBC.
Well that was a shit couple of hours on various chats. Turns out my email wasn’t hacked…it was suddenly discontinued. Great. 18 years of business emails suddenly gone, and now my contacts can’t reach me. Gonna have to do a mass mailing to everyone.
With no notice? That’s shitty.
Yeah, pretty shitty. It was supposed to be at the end of Feb, I was planning on migrating next week.
If they were going out of business that’s one thing. Can’t count on that going according to any schedule.
But if this is an ongoing business terminating a product, and they pull the plug no-notice 2 weeks early that’s lawsuit material. Not that you’ll sue but somebody will, or at least should.
As to me …
Just met w my atty ref divorce. HL already hired hers who’s already called mine. The process begins.
Early omens favorable.
Overlygirl woke up this morning feeling much better with less of a linebacker neck. Since it had been more than 24 hours since she had a fever, I allowed her to go to school. She was out of here like the house was on fire.
It is absolutely beautiful outside. Almost 60F, bright and sunny. I managed to get out for a very short waddle during lunch; I’m hoping I’ll waddle longer later. I definitely need it. My waddlin’ partner dipped out on me because she couldn’t find her shoes. She texted me at 4:30 a.m., which was cool. At least I got to stay in bed.
Work is silly today - I would like to opt out now.
Wishing you every kind of successful resolution and peace possible.
Keep doing every bit of self care you can think of….and search around in unlikely places for more and then try that too. Anything that reduces stress, adds meaning or connection to other humans.
My new sneaks arrived yesterday. Woo-hoo! I’m going to try taking a long walk in them. We’ll see how far I get.
I’ve only been in DFW twice, but they managed to lose my luggage the first time, which didn’t help.
Can you distract him with a bath or a nice, big bucket of ale to splash in and out of?
VanGo, that IS shitty. Why would they do that? I take it your contacts aren’t on the cloud?
shoe, you should have named Monkey “Houdini.” I’m sorry about the bank account woes.
Oo! Then he could pretend he’s a pirate! Wait, it jingles. Tinkerbell, then, I guess.
I think a pirate named Tinkerbell would either be really wimpy, really gay, or the ultimate baddest mofo on the seven seas. Like the boy named Sue but turned up to eleventy. 
Thank you. Compared to your challenges this is small beer.
At a favorite waterfront drinkery now having a mojito & a yak w random folks. Enjoyed a great lunch earlier w other random convos. Probably having dinner w roomie Mike, and definitely having Big Boy lunch w pal tomorrow. Go on cruise on Sun w 1800 new friends, and if tomorrow’s warmer will golf for sure.
My atty is a friend as well. This is easy; it’s just dollars and business now.
Tuna half miles again, but today I made 3.05 mph. 
ETA (selfishly): as long as all of that involves you hanging out here at least as much as you have been.
As long as that means more of you for Mumperville and its denizens. I mean, what else could compete for reducing stress, adding meaning or connection to other fellow travelers in this mad, mad world of ours? It doesn’t get more human than us.
You are of course allowed to be occasionally out of touch because of surf spray, poor internet in exotic places, lack of charging outlets in pitiful airports. Just catch up with us as soon as you can.
I keep wishing we could put together a Mumper cocktail hour rolling Zoom room, BYOC (bring your own cocktail, or tea (brewed properly) or Diet Coke).
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While playing yesterday’s NY Times Spelling Bee, I couldn’t resist trying the following:
https://i.ibb.co/RvGB6Vt/doggio.jpg
It is too a word!! 
In other news, Cheryl’s bakery makes really good sugar-free stuff: it’s pricey, so I only splurge a few times a year, but I like to bring some to the jazz festival because (a) they’re individually packaged (and therefore super easy to carry around in a tote bag) and (b) the snack options at the hotel are pretty limited. I recently ordered a big box o’ goodies that was supposed to get delivered next week, just before I head to the festival, with the idea that I’d share…but it got delivered early/today! I may or may not have just eaten a sugar-free brownie. There’s no telling how much of the box will make it to this time next week… 
(Last year’s delivery was late, and I wound up leaving the festival and making a 1-hour round trip to grab the box off my front step before it could get stolen/soggy. Early is better!)
Today has probably been the least stressful/annoying day of the week, but I’m still looking forward to quittin’ time. My Aeron desk chair is the most comfortable thing I’ve ever owned, but right now I’m tired of sitting in it/being in this room.
I live alone and hardly ever use my kitchen table: when it isn’t decorated for Christmas, I pretty much only use it when I’m putting Lego sets together. So I could keep a puzzle out/in progress for as long as I want. 
How expensive Legos are depends entirely on what you buy: set prices range from $4 to $850. Stuff for little kids is cheaper than stuff for big kids. So far, the cheapest set I’ve bought was $40 and the most expensive was $230; in the past year I’ve spent close to $1000. The sets currently on my wish list are $150, $250, and $400.
I know absolutely nothing about counterfeit Legos/that market, sorry.
LOL!
OMG I love that…if I ever start performing again, you can bet it’s going in my promotional materials with the other quotes! 
I pay $31/month for their “All Access” service. Pricey, but it’s mostly all I listen to in the car – and when I’m in the office – so it’s worth it to me.
Sounds a lot like my “nontechnical project manager” position, only a grade or two higher.
In 1994, there were about six months when I shared a house with a bunch of friends. I quickly discovered/realized that I’m much happier living alone, but I do miss the random conversations…and knowing that if I felt like being social, all I needed to do was leave my room and head downstairs.
That is really cute!
Oh man…you’ll be missed. 
That’s pretty evil. 
I hope the process continues to be without additional pain. When my folks got divorced – in Maryland, in the mid '80s – they had to be separated for a year first: does your state require anything like that?
Hod girl (a girl who carries bricks)?
My eldest has some strange luggage that looks like it was made by the Abrams (tank) company. His nameplate says: “Not Yours.”
Glad to hear Mooom made it back home and is hopefully sleeping it off. Sometimes vacations just remind us how nice our houses really are. I used to daydream about vacations while imprisoned in my cubicle, but now that I’m retired life is so good I don’t feel the need to escape from it.
Wow. At this point I would still be hanging out behind liquor stores trying to score boxes. Boxes… of course. I mean, what other reason would you be at a liquor store during a move, right?
Seriously, the missus and I spent about a decade as job-shopping nomads, and moved 11 times during that phase (counting state/country moves, not cross-town). I haven’t moved in 30 years now, and intend for the next one to be to a “facility”.
As to me: Just returned from another vet visit with Lucy to see if she’s gained enough weight for her heart/flea pills to upgrade a category (she’s right on the borderline). She’s gained 0.3 pounds in a month. I think she’s fully grown now at 24 pounds, and that’s perfect.
I bought the puppy training book recommended in a dog thread here, and when I tried to read it, Lucy grabbed it from my hands and ran away with it. Probably a message in there somewhere. I bought her a nice new harness and a safety belt to secure her in the back seat of the truck. She began chewing the safety belt, so I fashioned a set of PVC pipe sections to cover the length (but allow flexibility). She chewed through her new harness, then through the PVC pipes, then chewed the safety belt in half. I swear I’m gonna use anchor chain on the next trip.
Today, try to get to the sofa repair in the RV, then try to read the section about chewing in the puppy training book (at least the parts that aren’t covered in teeth marks). Then try to tire her out by throwing a ball. Haha. I crack myself up. My arm will give out long before that.
Good week everyone, will try to check in later.
Again, wishing you the best. And that it goes smoothly.
Now, I’ll try pressing the button again to see if the hamsters will take it this time. Been trying for a few hours, but I seem to have upset the gods of rodentia and myomorpha.
Afternoon all. Manged to sloth away a good deal of the afternoon so my gym time was limited, got about half of the pedaling I planned on done, so may go back over there after dinner. 56F outside but all clouds and no sun today.
FCM, at least the Wal-Mart total wasn’t $66.66.
Cookie, someday I’ll have to tell you about my most memorable African plane trip, but don’t have the time right now. And Texas does have Buc-ee’s and Whataburger, so it’s not completely hopeless… 
JtC, best wishes for VBC.
VanGo, I concur with the other folks, that’s a pretty crappy way to do business. Hopefully they can recover your e-mails for you, they owe you at least that much, I think.
Pilot, may the legal part of the separation continue to go smoothly and without rancor.
Talkie, glad overlygirl is doing better.
nellie, hope the new sneakers work well for you, with all the walking you do a good pair of shoes are critical.
Oopsie, that Cheryl’s place has given me a Pavlov reaction; everything looks sooooo good. The jazz crowd will love you (if there is anything left…)
yanker, you sure Lucy is a dog and not, say, a crocodile?
Alrighty, dishwasher should be done in about 30 minutes, put those away, get some dinner, and then decide if I have enough ambition to do gym workout II tonight. Take care all.
Ouch! that would suck mightily. FL has no such requirements.
We four (two attorneys & two participants) hash out a property/assets deal, so figure 2-4 weeks to do that given we’re not their only customers. Unless one of us goes wacko and wants to start a war to the death.
With deal in hand, then one or the other side files for divorce with the court. No advantage to he or she filing first, so no race to file. A Zoom hearing is set for ~30 - 45 days in the future based on current court backlogs. At the end of the Zoom hearing, the judge bangs the gavel and we’re single again. We don’t even need to attend; just the attorneys. It goes quick.
I bet early April to mid-May to git 'er done.
Thanks everyone for the well wishes. They say “no plan survives first contact with the enemy”. ISTM in this case the trick is to avoid making an enemy.
So Slothman and Shaggy actually did a good job again. I guess my “I don’t want you to apologize, I want you to get your shit together.” comment on Tuesday worked. Watching hockey, One of my favorite players just got a natural hat trick. 
I’m having a margarita, so I’m on the way.
I’ll sacrifice a rubber chicken so it stays that way.
{{{{VBC GG and JtC}}}}
Ouch! sorry, dude.
Roomie has a puzzle on a TV tray, covered by a sheet pan. Because, cats.
Beagle DNA. Maggie Wonderbeagle once confused Naugahyde and rawhide, and ate an ottoman.
I’d more expect to hear about unnatural hat tricks from you.
(And yes, I know what a hat trick is~lived in the land of da Bruins for years.)
My mother just exclaimed to my father in great excitement, “Hurry, hurry, time to come see Putin!!!” (referring to the Tucker Carlson interview)
…Sigh.
Bailey barks whenever she has trouble getting on or off the bed/couch because of her arthritis. Really loud, sharp barks. And she doesn’t want help. These days she barks a lot. I love this dog more than anything, and it truly breaks my heart that she struggles so much, but sometimes I just. Can’t. Take. The. Noise.
Sigh.
(I’m only venting a little, not asking for solutions. I’m on it: I’m looking into meds, I keep trying different ramps/steps, I recently got a new rug that provides extra traction and helps her jump on the couch, and so on. Every now and then the barking just…gets to me. Like when I started this post.)
It would’ve had to be “hodgirl,” but I didn’t try that one. Next time those letters come up, though.
Oh, I just meant to share with one or two friends…I didn’t buy that many cookies/brownies! 
I walked 4 miles. I would’ve gone longer but had lens trouble. I only saw one dog, but she pulled her person over to say hello. Her owner said, “Wow, she’s usually pretty standoffish,” which leads me to think it must be natural scent or something. I used to carry dog treats with me but haven’t done so for a few years.
Taters, have you ever gone to the Garfield nature trail when you’re in town? I don’t know where you work, but the trail is off of West Bay Drive and directly across from west Bay Park. It’s about 1/2 mile long, I think, but very serene, with wooden walk brdges, a trickling screen, and mossy trees. You’d hardly know you’re sin the middle of town.
They’re great! I love that bouncy feeling of new sneaks. Remember the Red Ball Jets commercials? “Run a little faster! Jump a little HIIIIIGHer!” I didn’t do either but felt like I could.