I’d sure be thinking very hard about option 3, but I’d also look into the movers to be sure they’re competent. We moved from FL to MD in '04 - from a 3 bedroom house with a basement. It was a government move, and it came to something like $13K - maybe that was a “good deal” for the gummint, but I thought it was kinda high - especially considering the shitty job the movers did with packing our items. A large ceramic pot that my BIL had made was filled, by them, with assorted little crap, then put in a box with minimal padding. Yep, it broke. Lampshades were crammed into boxes and came out crushed. Glass items were nested together without benefit of paper - it was rough to get them apart. Anyway, make sure these guys know what they’re doing before you commit.
gotti provided the movers are reliable option three is the sane option. That would be a deal!
Dindin is et and the kitchen is all cleanded up. Go Me! Oh and since today is my Firday, no irk tomorrow! YAAAAAAAY!!! I shall be a bear of leisure until it’s time to go over to the church house and make with the fish 'n chips.
Life is good. For now.
Option 3 is a no-brainer.
Yay for a finally moved shed.
**Swampy **this is the 5th house I’ve bought but I’ve never had this much trouble before. Except for after my divorce and I bought my second house. That was when the interest rates were going up so fast that by the time I found a house I liked I couldn’t afford it anymore.
My mother is home.
Her bf is still in the hospital, the cancer had spread and the surgery was more invasive than anticipated. I talked to him and once we got past the Hi How are you? I had a pretty good idea that he was on some good drugs. I’ll wait until he gets out to go see him, he’ll be staying at his daughters for a while. No stairs and two granddaughters who are nurses there. He was complaining about not getting enough sleep.
Sah-dog seems to be feeling better.
Sah-son isn’t mad at me anymore.
Supper was good, but soupy. I think the lasagne started out too cold - I should have added to the cooking time to account for that. But it was tasty and we’re stuffed, so there’s that. And there’s plenty left over for a future dinner.
The dishwasher is running right now, and I’m about to plop myself in the recliner. It’s been a good day, and tomorrow should be another good one. I hope to move my last 3 azaleas. No laundry to worry about, and a gorgeous day promised. I’ve got a bunch of pots of lilies that need to get in the ground - maybe I can get most of them done tomorrow too.
For now, I think it’s time to crash in front of the TV. MWAH!
I just had a really nice soak in the tub. AHHHHHHHH!!! Bear all relaxated.
Howdy Mumpers
Sorry I have not been posting much but between the emails, calls and massive allergies, I cannot think.
Love ya’ll
Jim
I hate when the sheriff pulls up in front of the house.
However, he seems to be going next door.
Looks like the neighbor got a new truck too. Cool for them, a big black Dodge ram.
Evenin’ all.
I am having a Minor Existential Crisis, regarding life and suchlike. I have decided to ramble on about same here, in the hope that someone will be able to offer meaningful advice or summat through the magic of the internets.
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that my current job is a joke- I’m barely going to be able to scrape together enough to get the car legal, despite taking every shift I’ve been able to do, and there is no sign of improvmet- rather the opposite. It’s also getting a bit obvious that I’m not currently desirable at all according to employers- I’m applying to loads of stuff, and just getting nothing back.
Clearly something Must Be Done.
It has occurred to me that I might be able to go back to Uni, and potentially get a qualification that will stop me being a minimum wage worker for life. I’m actually generally pretty academically inclined, but I dropped out of Uni in the first semester when I went age 18 due to having a boyfriend living a few hours away and generally feeling pushed into the course by my mother (who basically said go to Uni now or you’re out on your arse, though she now denys ever saying that. We did not get on well during my teens).
I dropped out and moved in with then boyfriend, and have pretty much been aimlessly drifting through life since- I’ve had a lot of fun, especially going travelling, but it’s left me with a weird, checkered work history and no real qualifications beyond school- which goes some way towards explaining the poor job situation.
My parents vaguely suggested last year (after recently inheriting a chunk of money) helping pay for a distance learning degree- the Open Uni, which has a good reputation here- but their fees just skyrocketed, taking them from reasonably priced to actually not far off those of a full-time course, and as I seem to be currently unable to find a stable job, I don’t think it’d be a great fit anyway; I can’t work around an utterly random schedule. It’s likely they’d help out a bit if I did decide to go for a full-time course, and I’m quite interested in getting into healthcare, which has funded courses available (if I can get on one), plus I do have some savings available (yes, I could use them for the car, but I’m supposed to have a job dammit, I should not be using the emergency fund for normal living stuff), so… potentially the money issue might be workable.
I’d probably need to make a decision pretty quick to get in for this year.
Am I being silly, naive, or does it sound like a good idea?
It sounds like you want to, so go back to school. It certainly can’t do any harm to get a career oriented degree/certification.
Those of you who paid income tax supporting the Filthy Liberals so that I could get a refund…that is not correct, because it is a refund of money Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) and I paid in, and we are Slumlords, so I guess we should begin voting Republican…but I digress, as is my wont.
$501.43 of the refund went to the air conditioner repairmen. Trickle down economics at work.
:rolleyes: I licked his pie.
Nuts as Rosie said, this looks as if it’s sump’n you really want to do. Healthcare is a good field. I say go for it!
I believe it’s time to go lie upon the bed and watch teevee until sleepy time. I’s tahrd.
Nitey Nite Y’all!
Nuts, do it. The Pachyderm Patrol is an unlikely career. Good luck.
Jim
Flytrap I’m glad you got a refund.
I have to pay and pay a lot. If only Sah-son had stayed 16 a few years longer.
Nuts, go back to school.
See that was an easy decision. I’m real good at making other peoples decisions for them, not so much for my own.
You can never have too much education. I hated college when I was 18 and I dropped out as well. I didn’t know what I wanted to do and thought it was a horrible waste of time. As an adult when I went back to school I enjoyed it. It’s different when you are more settled. It’s harder when you have to work and have a child but in some ways it’s easier because now you have a purpose. Go back, if you don’t like it you can drop out again but I suspect you won’t.
Go nuts, Nuts! Seriously, though, I think that getting into healthcare is a great idea. That’s what RT is leaning towards as well once we’re settled in a community and know where he should be applying for schools at.
Speaking of RT, the stars have aligned. This is the big weekend when I meet his children, his mother, his brothers, his cousins, etc. In other words, I’m going to meet the whole family. :eek:
Should be interesting. I’m leaving straight from work tomorrow and heading to GT land and then east.
I’s sad. The kids went home today to Indiannoplace. 
Although, I can say in all truthfulness that I walked home from BWI.
Well, after I dropped off the rental car, that is. About a 2 mile hike.
Do those if us advising Health Care School know what things are like there?
Despite that uncertainty, when I was contemplating graduate school, an older friend advised me to never quit going to school. =)
I am sitting up waiting for the vicodin to kick in.
Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) worked until 7:00 Post Meridian tonight, and is scheduled to return to work at 5:00 Ante Meridian in the morning.
Bastards.
Canes lose, I’m OK. On way home, Radio host says Lazy Player competes.
Me:
: screams :
: punches sunroof :
: almost wrecks SUV :
: walk into apartment at screams at Gordie, “THERE IS NO GOD!” :
Go for it, Nut!
: waves at Cap’tn :
gotti, go for Option #1.
Myslel jsem, že ** kapitáne** měl dobrý nápad, s jeho Mumper hudební turné minulý měsíc, takže po mával na ** Rosie** Minulý týden jsem se pustil na Mumper Světové Turné[sup]TM[/sup]. Ověřil jsem si Drae 's nové místo (možná budete chtít dostat, že jeden šindel odhlásil) a pak mávl na ** BooFae** & ** Nuts** zatímco jen na sever (a více) z Londýna.
I v současné době mají tři měny v peněžence a jízdenka na vlak v kapse.
Skimmed a bit, didn’t retain much (because of the above referenced světové turné), but I’ll call someone’s CA (never driven there), FL (old people driving slow), & MA (not that bad) drivers & raise them some NY ones, more specifically Brooklyn, even more specifically the Belt Pkwy (which trucks aren’t allowed on); they is absolutely the irstest!
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ though I have no idea why. YAWN 'Tis 50 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 79 for the day. I should do some yahd irk. I could get the cee-mint pond all purty. We shall see. At some point I do have to go over to the church house and cut catfish filets into strips for fish 'n chips as well as make the coleslaw. I know how to live it up on a day off!
StickyBuns yay for meetin’ RT’s family! Hope all goes well.
Spidey why are you postin’ in strange tongues?
Sorry for your sad BBBobbio, but I know y’all had a good time.
Ok, I need more caffiene and should consider feedin’ rumbly tummy. Then we shall see what happens from there.
Happy Firday Y’all!
Some stoopit 800-number (according to caller ID) called FCD’s cell at 0109 this morning. I’ve only dozed on and off since then - boy, am I tahred!! He’s up, too, flipping thru channels, and I just heard the theme music to Petticoat Junction - talk about a blast from the past!!! 
Today’s plans include paint-buying, tape-returning (to Staples - they sent **FCD **the wrong stuff…), roofing buying, and lily-planting. Whether I move the azaleas or not is still up in the air - depends on how sore I get.
Nut, as long as you know what you want to be when you grow up, education is definitely a good choice. I dropped out the first time I tried college since I was there because it’s what you did after high school. I was very unhappy and unmotivated. Three years later, when I decided to pursue the engineering degree, it was much better. With a goal, education is far more effective and satisfying. Go for it!
So, Happy Firday, all!!