Yay, Rigs!!! You want I should come talk to MIL, up close like? What a maroon…
I read and can’t retain. Blrggh.
I got a call about the results of my bone density test. They’ve found that I have some osteoporosis in my spine! :eek: I already had an appointment on Jan 2, they just expanded it to include counsel on my treatment. :eek: I’m sure it will be minor, but - :eek:
God, I’m old. 
Yay on the new job, Rigs but a huge trout slap for your MIL. Gah!
Yay on LiLi’s return to the MMP, well to posting here at least, and wishing a safe trip.
My son is coming thru Chicago tomorrow, btw, pray for good weather there!
My cookies for the party are all made; I’m having some Irish Breakfast tea right now - lol yes, i know it’s nowhere near breakfast time! One of my lunch buddies at work gave me a christmas present today - a mug with my name on it! It’s so cute. 
Yay for Haze, just because.
So glad that it’s almost Friday too. Woo hoo!
Well, it’s snowing on and off here. It’s starting to accumulate just a little, but during the day it was wet sloppy stuff so a good part had melted off. With tonights accumulation and the drop in temps, it’s going to freeze.
I’ve already been informed that I have a two hour delay in reporting to work, but I plan to just go in around my normal time, unless, of course, the accumulation becomes worse, along with the roads, and they curtail ops at the hospital. Sometimes it’s nice being considered non-essential or mission-critical.
Good on you for being so patient with that elderly man, Swampy.
Rigs, your MiL is a reaaal piece of work.
**gotti, **I’m sorry to see you’re feeling poorly.
Bel, I’m sorry about your job situation. I hope something good turns up.
**Li-Li, **it’s nice to see you in here again. Fingers crossed for a safe and uneventful trip.
Hugs and smooches to all.
Yay Rigs! And a trout for MIL.
Hugs, yays, and boos to everyone else as appropriate.
My toe is KILLING me. It’s even MORE swollen, and even touching it gently is almost blinding pain. I may have to get some extra drugs because, honestly, I can barely stand to have a sock on it. It hurts like HELL. Oh, and it throbs, too. :rolleyes: :mad: And the antibiotics are horse pills. I swear, they are twice the size of a standard great big pill. I can’t believe I’ve managed to swallow the damn things. Nasty, nasty.
I am feeling very grumpy. Maybe I should just give up and go to bed. I’m not getting any work done, and I’m not even getting any knitting done because I just feel like shit. Why does this always happen when nobody else is around to take care of the Idiots so I can just go to bed and stay there for a day or two?
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. Also wonderin’ if there’s a little old man who sat up half the night lookin’ at his new cell phone and yellin’ “HELLO! HELLO! HELLO! IS THIS THING WORKING???” 
gotti, BioTigs etal hope you’re better soon.
Have a safe trip LiLi.
It’s 60 degrees Amurrkin outside and foggy. High expected to be 80. Just thought I’d report that.
Ok, time for more caffiene and some brekkies.
Later Y’all!
Blurf.
Did Swampus kill the thread?
Have you ever had an agreement between two people and both say they’ll keep to it because it would be best and neither wants the kids to get hurt carelessly?
Yeah, I was one of those two people. Except that this morning, mere minutes ago, I found out from TH that his parents know about the divorce. My parents don’t know-the only people who know are you guys and my one friend who is also as unhappily married as I am. Work doesn’t know, neighbors don’t know, kids don’t know etc. So much for allowing his dad to end peacefully and in ignorance of his kid’s pain etc. Why did I bother?
So I asked if SIL knows as well–and he said, probably because of his mother. IF she knows, it’s only a matter of days until the kids find out because she can’t keep a secret to save her soul.
WTF? Now I know how Palestine feels (or vice versa*) --negotiations are underway and all of a sudden, a surprise unilateral move. I am not sure how I feel about this, but I’m not struck by immediate happiness or relief.
Thoughts? Sorry to bore you, but this is new territory for me. Please pray for clear weather so that he can fly to Connecticut and get that job and this can go away for just a bit. (maybe I should get on a plane to somewhere–that might help more!)
*Or Israel–doesn’t really matter since neither side really wants to deal with the other…
rigs, that’s effed up but, honestly, your kids know more than you think. They are just waiting for the shoe to drop.
swampy, any way you can call LOM to see how he made out?
rebo, yeah, but considering the alternative… 
My cow-orker is back and in a foul mood. Hope she doesn’t sabotage the departmental holiday lunch. :rolleyes:
{{{{sickies}}}} feel better.
Much to do.
Tupug
That is seriously messed up,** rigs.** I don’t have any advice to offer. If you seriously think your MiL would do that, perhaps it would be best for TH and you to sit down with the kids first. I don’t know, it’s really a tough call.
Well, I was hoping that they’d curtail ops at work, but they haven’t, so I need to go in. There’s a two hour delay for reporting work, but I figure I better head out now.
Hugs to all.
Drive safe everyone.
In no way do I think the kids aren’t on to something–but here’s the thing: this is not new. The unhappiness (more of an atmosphere than actual fights) has been here awhile. Not good for the kids, true, but better than screaming knockdowns.
Upon reflection (and why do I post in the heat of moments?)–this is typical. TH is nothing if not passive/aggressive, so here we go. I should have expected him to do something like this–silly me.
Hope the piggy toe is better soon, MamaTigs–I hate toe issues. They hurt!
Off to run errands and then out to lunch with a new friend. Life is not bad.
Yay for job, rigs, and a wet trout to be shared by TH and MIL. No thoughts, just {{{rigs}}}.
{{{Mama Tigs}}} on the toe.
Hi LiLi! Do you think nuts could be substituted for the cherries/blueberries/cranberries? I can’t stand fruit in baked goods at all. But the rest of the recipe sounds great.
I’m still stuffed up from this stoopid cold, but it cleared up enough during the night so I could sleep so I think maybe I’m on the road to recovery. I hope so. I’m not really looking forward to flying on Saturday with stuffed-up sinuses. That is, if the storm holds off long enough on Sat that I can get out of here before flights get cancelled and stuff.
Oh and I wanted to ask the DC/Maryland folks: For my birthday on Monday, KT’s going to be joining me at my parents by flying in to Harrisburg. We’ve been talking about going to either DC (2 hour drive) or Baltimore (little more than an hour drive) to do something in the afternoon and then go out for dinner. 1) What would be nice to see/do, especially something that might be decorated for Christmas? It needs to be opened later into the afternoon because the earliest we could get to DC would be 2pm so if it closes before 4 it won’t be worth it. I’ve been to some of the DC museums but not a lot and not since I was a kid so I don’t know what might be fun. And I’ve never been to Baltimore so I have no idea what to see there. Note though that it is December and frickin’ freezin’ outside so only indoor suggestions, please. 2) Can you recommend someplace for dinner? Nothing too fancy, probably in the $20-30/person range, not the $50 range. If we’re out touring for the day, we’re going to be in jeans so won’t be dresses appropriately for anything fancy, plus we’re all in money-saving mode so don’t want to go all out. We do like little, out-of-the-way, off-the-tourist-path type places, ethnic restaurants, seafood restaurants, etc/ so whatever you’ve got, send it my way. Thanks!
Blurf. I had time to partially caffeinate before taking my car up the road to get that heater installed. The way the engine sounded this morning was a good indicator that I’m doing the right thing, though. Poor 'ol girl. It’s cold!
I haaaaaaaate getting up early when I don’t have to go to work.
rigs, your MIL sounds like a real charmer. I’d probably have slapped her upside the head with a wet trout ages ago, so I think you probably deserve some kind of prize for putting up with her nonsense.
Sending lots of get-well-soon vibes for MamaTigs’ toe and the sickies at Chez gotti.
Drive safe, LiLi. I guess you do have one reason to dislike snow after all.
I just received my performance evaluation for the year, and my manager gave me a rating of “Exceeds Expectations”. Yay me! struts Hopefully this will mean a nice hefty raise next year, but even if it doesn’t, it’ll at least mean a decent-sized bonus and it’ll also look very good on any internal job applications I might submit (which I’m seriously considering, because this project has evolved into something very different from what I originally signed up for).
Went to a community meeting with people from LiveJournal last night. It was cool to meet some new people who live around me. I think I’m the only one who does not yet have facebook. I can’t figure out if that’s a good thing or a bad one.
Tonight is the Company Holiday Party Extravaganza. Usually the food is good… A group of employees put on a show every year, and I got tickets this year. Last year’s show was hilarious. Luckily, Hawkeyeop and I work at the same place, and so can go together.
More snow expected to start tomorrow. According to current weather forcasts, it should end sometime around Tuesday.
Rigs, here’s a trout for your MiL and TH.
Good Wishes, Lili
Swampy killed the thread because it’s 80 degrees, and the rest of us are freezing our butts off trying not to fall and hurt ourselves on the black ice covering the sidewalks. (No, I’m not bitter or jealous or anything like that. What would make you think such a thing??)
:: hugs for rigs ::
Congrats on the evals, Mahna!
Just got back from dinner with Doppleganger (new best friend from work) and Irish Co-worker. I had nine essays to grade online tonight and the new guy in charge of the online essays is a real ass - he keeps nagging at us even though none of us have EVER failed to meet the deadline. He spent a special email about me to my head instructor about how I had nine essays due and hadn’t touched any of them. I finished the suckers in three hours, with plenty of time to spare before the deadline (midnight). I really wanted to send him a “HAH KISS MY ASS SUCKER” email but thought it might be a little over the top. 
Gratz on the job, rigs!
I’m on vacation already due to having taken today and tomorrow off sick. So if y’all don’t hear much of me before January 7th or thereabouts, blame my family!
Morning, everybody. I can’t tell if it’s the antibiotic or the infection kicking my butt (I hope the former, obviously), but I am dragging so low I feel like a slug this morning. It was a serious struggle crawling out of bed, and I can barely summon up the energy to move now. Here’s hoping I start feeling better quickly, because this? Really sucks.
And speaking of really sucking, I"m sorry, Rigs, about TH and MIL. I think they need something bigger than a wet trout – perhaps a wet shark? That would take a bite out of 'em as it slaps 'em. They both need it!
After thinking about your DC info request, taxi, I do have a few suggestions. There’s about a million ethnic restaurants; have you ever had Ethiopian? If you haven’t, that would be a good choice; there’s lots of good Ethiopian restaurants. You might also see if one of the more expensive restaurants has a pre-theater menu; Papa Tigs and I used to enjoy eating at restaurants we couldn’t otherwise afford by going early for their pre-theater menu, which would usually be a limited selection for, say, $25 a head. Another wonderful restaurant is Acadiana, which has genuine New Orleans food (the chef trained there); I just looked at their menu online, and entrees are in the $20-$30 range. My favorite seafood restaurant, bar none, is DC Coast, and it’s in that similar price range; they have a tuna tartare appetizer that is to DIE for. And if you want the best Thai soup in the WORLD, go to Bangkok Bistro in Georgetown, which is not all that pricey but has Snow White Soup, which is a vegetarian coconut milk based soup that delivers more flavors to your mouth at once than you have EVER tasted. Oh, everything else there is good, too.
And I don’t know how decorated the Mall or the museums around it are other than the Capitol tree, but the American History Museum recently reopened after a several-year renovation and is well worth seeing, as is the American Indian Museum. I’d recommend either of those. Be warned, there’s a lot of inauguration construction insanity going on, although I don’t know how much it’s affecting access to the museums around the Mall (which will stay open inauguration day so people can use their bathrooms ). But you can easily spend a day in either of those museums all by itself, and they’re both fabulous. And indoors.
Hope that helps!
I’d better try to get some work done. The way I’m feeling, that may not happen, but I need to at least try.
Congrats on the job, Rigs, and I heartily endorse the trout for MIL and TH. Then again, TH having spilled the beans might explain MIL’s more than usually cunty behavior toward you… That’s really shitty of him to have broken your agreement, especially since it puts your kids at risk for extra heartache. If you ever do get into a knockdown dragout with him, please feel free to add a slap across the chops from me. Maybe it’s just time to tell the kids, get it out in the open and get it over with. Once it’s a fait accompli and out in the light of day things will progress better and you might even find it’s better for your headspace not having to keep the secret any longer.
Tigs–ow, ow, OW! That sucks, sure hope it gets better. Poor thing…
Haze, u funneh!
Mahna[sup]2[/sup], you go girl!
Brrr, snowbunny, I’ve never had to use a block heater before–that must be DAMNED cold over there! Yeesh… :eek:
Well, it rained real good last night, got everything all lovely and icy and now it’s pouring snow again! I’m seeing about an inch out there and no end in sight. The weather advisory says this should continue all day long, yay. All I have to say is that Himself scored the perfect job at the perfect time–working from home in this kind of weather is the cat’s meow, the bee’s knees and THE TITS, all at once! My daughter took the day off today because she has bronchitis again–I don’t know where she got those bargain basement sale lungs, but she and Grandboy both have lots of sucky respiratory issues. Poor things…
The stew I made yesterday was fabulously nommy–a combo of beef and lamb, tons of onions, NOT, baby carrots, chunky crimini mushrooms, all served with lovely fresh baguette to mop up the gravy. As stew tends to do, it grew on me so there’s about a half a ton of leftovers, which we are both SO upset about! 
I think if I can get Himself to finish off doing the dishes he half did yesterday I will make some cashew butter cookies. I bet the promise of cookies will light a fire under his butt to get those done, since my cookie sheets are all dirty. No cookie sheets, no cookies! Method to my madness, y’see…
All you sickies get mo’ bettah now, y’heah? Dumps gigantic vat of chicken soup into the MMP and follows it with a bucket of Vitamin C tabs And all of us dealing with inclement weather, stay warm, and all of you with the 80 degree temps can lick my hairy–well, you can figure out the rest of that! 
Generic Holiday Potluck is over - we came, we ate, we chatted and then we ate some more.
Tummy. So. Very. Full.
If anyone needs me, I’ll be taking a nap under my desk.
PS - the dip went over a treat, gt. And I can’t believe how easy it was to make!
Yay, Muppet! Clearly you done good!
Have a wonderful vacation, Nava. Here’s hoping your family doesn’t drive you crazy!
Excellent, virtual chicken soup and vitamin C! Here’s hoping it works. How about some of those cookies through the CD drive, too, smartie? They sound yummy! (Alas, it is a rare illness that affects my appetite; it sucks being really hungry but feeling to lousy to do anything about fixing any food!)
I finally did break down and rebandage my toe this morning – I was afraid to look at it for a while, it hurt so much – but fortunately, a lot of the infection has drained out and it’s starting to look a bit less ghastly. Yesterday the right third of my toenail was completely white from nail bed to tip from the infection underneath it, but this morning it’s only the tip half of that area. So that’s good. Here’s hoping it continues to improve. But it still hurts like a motherfucker!
I got a scare, an email about a job that K at the office said was due today. Which I hadn’t even started yet because I showed it as not being due till next week. :eek: Fortunately, it turned out I was right. Because it’s one of my favorite clients and I’d really hate to screw up one of their jobs. But I really did not need that kind of a scare today.
Back to the salt mines. Ugh. And blerf.
