# (Old) When Mom's Away...A Coasterless MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 22, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477 "2024-01-22T07:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 208
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477/208 "2024-01-26T03:03:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > And we’ve been dead-ass slow lately. > > I anticipate a lot of stepping on each other’s toes - literally and figuratively - and a lotta standing around bored. Shows what I know. We were decently busy. But I did get out just in time to stop at the Dolla’ Sto’ for some inexpensive supplies. Plus ~~gummy bears~~ two-color Swedish Fish, which I’ve never seen before, so why not? I kept hearing this scraping sound driving into work, though. Assumed it was leftover ice in my wheel well. Poked around by my car on my lunch break … and inadvertently startled the everloving crap outta **New Kid** who was getting out of his truck right next to where I was crouching by my hatchback. Neither of us knew the other was there; I stood up in the gloomy mist and slush just as he got out, and we both about had a heart attack AT each other. Turns out, the scraping is a plastic bumper/protector thingie that’s bolted to the underside of my car, that’s now dangling loosely. No doubt it got scraped loose during my recent Ice Dam Driveway escapades. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > What bothers me the most is when I have to ask other people for things at the last minute. Your boss seems to have your back. Have you had a conversation with them about this { _ahem_ } ongoing problem? Other people’s lack of a sense of urgency is becoming a constant source of stress for you, one over which you seem to have no control (e.g. it’s not cuz you’re a slacker) and worse, impacts your ability to do your damn job. This should (!!) now become your boss’s problem, too. … in an ideal world/work environment, of course. > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > And I’m coming down with a cold now. That’s definitely the constant stress running down your immune system. A nonstop stream of cortisol (the “stress hormone”) isn’t good for you. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > A nice thing is that a CIO from a certain bank called me directly because my contact sent my advisory email to him. And it’s a good thin, too! We have not received their commercial accounts since August and no one answered my emails asking for them. It turns out they had a system change, and their program is not automatically sending my their file. So the CIO is going to look into it. Sweeeeeet. You gave people information they needed, and in turn, got a very useful bit of information in return. 🙂 > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > There is a legit charity in town that helps single moms with diapers, so hubs signed us up. There’s hope for him yet. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > First stop was a cormorant rookery, second was a small island full of seals and cormorants, and finally, the penguin rookery. At some point, you really oughta wander over to the “Seen in Nature” thread, show 'em how it’s really done! > [@Today in nature I saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/2868): > > We have special feeders designed for woodpeckers. Not a day goes by that I don’t see downy and hairy woodpeckers. > [@missred](#): > > Tea kettles are dirt cheap at Goodwill. Should I pick one up and send it towards the Mitten State? I have a real kettle (got rid of the electric one) but I just don’t use it often. Kettle takes five, maybe _ten WHOLE_ minutes to boil. Nukulator takes a minute anna half. You think I got _time_ to wait? I got ~~shit to do~~ pizzas to make! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I see double on stage unless I close one eye. How strong do they make those cruise drinks, anyway? > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > , so I need to tell my eye doc about this. All joking aside … yes, yes you most definitely do. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > her new breast pumps. (I didn’t know that they came in two packs either. Considering boobies usually come in a two-pack, it only makes sense. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > BFF and I both almost died at the horrified look on hubs’ face. Thank you, genuinely, for the lulz. I can just imagine. * * * And now, for something completely different … … since SOME of y’all won’t stop yammering endlessly about cheese ( 🙂 ) here’s a pic of our back-of-house cheese prep. (This place makes their own cheese blend.) I love seeing them all stacked up (there’s a 2nd pic not visible in the preview): [[Album] Cheese prep ![](https://i.imgur.com/LI4WSzi.jpeg?fb "Cheese prep") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/VNmboNE) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477)._