Nope. My real name is Paula but my nephew pronounced it as Peedin so that became my family nickname 30-odd years ago. No family members call me by my real name. I never thought what it looked like in print until I started getting questions about, um, er, are my pants wet?
So your nickname will be Paula! 
I was up the Valley helping with flood clean-up. But I’m back home and at work now. Gee – one open sewer for another!
PS - 2000th meaningless contribution to the Dope for yours truly!
Between the weather changing and not taking St Johns Wort a couple of days, I’ve been feeling pretty down. I’m doing better today. And last night I finished writing the preview issue for the comic I want to make.
So much for WhizKid…
If you spelled it Peadin, I coulda gone for Oh, Snap!
ETA: or Sugar.
Third load on the line, fourth in the washer. Next will be loading and running the dishwasher. Good times…
**kopek **- what kind of flood clean-up were you doing? Is my mental image of a zombie Amish wielding a chain saw accurate?
Hi y’all!
Hi ya’ back!
CatDude! I was thinking about you this morning! Because of a major road being temporarily impassible, some buses in the adjacent county were being rerouted. I got to thinking “That’s the kind of stuff **CatDude **deals with…” or dealt with.
Last load is on the line. Dishwasher is washing dishes. I even cleaned out the freezer a bit and got rid of a nearly-empty container of chocolate fudge brownie ice cream. 
I’m such a dedicated homemaker!!
I really should sort all these papers accumulating on my desk. Shouldn’t I?? 
Blurf doesn’t even begin to cover it. I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night. Insomnia followed by very strange dreams. I don’t have motivation to do anything right now.
Nava Absolutely he wants us to talk too. The whole class is filled with him reading an explanation from the textbook followed by 10-20 minutes of him asking us questions in Spanish and us answering them in Spanish. Then we move on to the next explanation.
Afternoon all! After spending Monday and Tuesday this week driving around North Texas and into Louisiana I got home and crashed at 8PM last night. mr ems is loving being married to me - I am either sleeping or gone. Urgh :rolleyes:
Anyway - back on topic for a micro second my weekend was filled with movies, farmers markets and cleaning and cooking.
rebo glad things worked out on the fire. I have work friends in Houston who say it was pretty bad.
Someone mentioned hatch chilis…this weekend we charred some on the grill then I removed the skins (scrubbed hands many many times) then joozed them in the food processor and stirred them into polenta with cheese this weekend. Made a delicious side dish. Spicy as all get out this batch was so the cheese/polenta diluted it down a bit.
Happy Wednesday everyone!
Overly stressed right now. Nothing’s really wrong, I just have more anxiety than is really warranted by a work situation that is really quite good. I just can’t shake the stress. 
I am seeing a therapist who was supposed to refer me to a psychiatrist, who could prescribe meds if needed, but I haven’t heard from their office to set up an appointment. I think I need it.
And the above is causing me to not be able to focus on work very well. I’m quite distracted by Smitten Kitchen’s recipes. I think I need to make all of them.
Howdy Y’all! Fun day at irk. Really. Spent most of it makin’ home visits. Not only that, not a single place I visited today made me want to go take a hour long shower afterwards. 
Dindin tonight is grilled ham and pimento cheese sammiches and chips. I’m makin’ the pimento cheese so it’s kinda like cookin’. Well, it is made from scratch so that counts. Does too!
Made from scratch? You milked the cows and made the cheese??
FCD’s presentation was canceled and he came home and crashed. He’s not hungry, so I’m having a sammich. Then back to knitting. Laundry is all in and folded/hung/put away as applicable. I shall chill for the rest of the evening.
Wonder if the hot fudge sundae fairy might stop by??
Probably not, FCM. Your fairy probably ran off with my cleaning fairy. I tell ya, they’re not worth a damn these days.
peeks in, offers rosie’s sig
Just video chatted with Brother. Very cool.
Thanks Moooom
In that vein, here’s the skinny or all y’all keeping up. When last heard from, I was working a job I didn’t really want, but was a stop gap while I waited for the one I really wanted. last week, Thursday, I separated from the crap job - more or less mutually. They sucked, I told them so, they said so what are you doing here, I said good point, and we said good bye.
About an hour ago, I got the offer I was waiting for and I start on the 28th.
At about $15K over what I made six months ago.
Yay!
Whoa! That’s excellent, CatDude. Congrats!
Have been to Tar-zhay to restock on dishwasher detergent and granola bars for work. Also sugar snap peas. Also went for a long walk. Am tired because I slept poorly to the point of oversleeping this morning.
Am considering knitting for a bit, then falling asleep.
Hugs.
GT
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY CatDude!!! WOOHOO!!!
MOOOOOOM not only that but I planted, harvested, roasted and peeled the pimentos!
Home from Evening Prayer and Charles’s visitation. Buncha a folk at the visitation which is no surprise. He taught music in the local school system for many years as well as bein’ choir director for several area churches. Plus he was big in the community chorale, orchestra and with barbershop quartet. He founded “The Shamrocks” our church barbershop quartet even. Bet there’ll be SRO at the funeral tomorrow.
And on that note, it’s time for beddybye.
Nitey Nite Y’all!