The Spring Done Sprung MMP

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Nice surprise in the mail today - a bonus check for FCD. It was accompanied by a letter that pretty much said “Keep your mouth shut about this - we didn’t give them to everyone.” It wasn’t huge, but hey, it’s money! It’ll cover a chunk of the tree removal cost, so yay for that.

I’ve finished my afghan and I’m running all my projects thru the washer and dryer. I’ll leave early tomorrow for Mom’s - you probably won’t see me here till late in the afternoon. Try to get along without me. :wink:

I think I’ll sign off now and chill. I see early bedtime today

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Tugig, that was an excellent clip, very moving. However, your voice was so yummy, it was actually a bit distracting. I think I need to listen to it more, so I can get used to it.

So, today, I see three different students for the last time. I had thought the program I’m working through gave them 20 hours of tutoring each. Turns out, it’s only 16, and I’ve reached the limit on them. So, I’m wrapping up on my own time, getting paperwork finished, saying goodbye, and telling each of the kids just how neat they are. And they are. Going to miss them.

Oh, and interesting follow-up in my life. Last month, I got a new desk, because phoukabro major moved in with us, and I had to move into my mom’s bedroom, and all my work/writing/whatever stuff went downstairs. I got a Sauder desk, and I was ready to dynamite it by the time I was done. Unlabeled parts! 230 fasteners thrown in one bag! Dust! Cruddy particle board! GAH! So, I ended up writing a letter of complaint to the company and mailed it off last week.

Well, a higher up in customer service called me this morning to follow up. The president of the company read my letter. It has been copied and forwarded to multiple people, including some of the product engineers. The lady I talked to said they were actually very glad to get the letter, because I spelled out why I was unhappy (I guess I’m getting extra good at that these days). She also explained that some of the problems were caused by adopting new procedures that took several stages to roll out, and that the dust, for instance, was caused by a change in the board composition required by CA law. Very interesting stuff.

I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone thank me so sincerely for complaining to them. At any rate, they won me back, and I love them heartily.

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Wow! Two new crushes in one post! ;):smiley:

I don’t want anyone to think I’m wound a bit tight lately, but I went shopping for tomorrow’s lunches and completely forgot about the one I have on Thursday. :smack:

Oh well. It’s only time and money. :stuck_out_tongue:

Off to bed soon…

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**Tugig, **that was a very nice clip. Although I live near and work on a very, very large military installation, we rarely see the nearby city residents line up to do that. They have nice memorials and all on the installation, but it’s not the same.

It’s only Tuesday, but it feels like it should be Friday.

My son is being well fed while home on spring break. Tonight, we made him ribeyes, herb and butter rice, and vegetables. He scarfed it all down and lamented having to go back to eating sandwiches next week. He eats a lot of sandwiches because he tries to stretch out the meal card for his dining hall at school.

We had snow today and it was really coming down gangbusters until about 10:00 this morning. We may see more overnight. It stuck on the grass, and the roads were just a tidge slushy in the morning, but it was all gone by my commute home.

Pretty soon, I’m going to kick off my shoes, and kick back in my big comfy chair to watch TV or read.

Welcome to the MMP, Spidey.

Hugs, gropes, smooches, aws, as wanted or needed to all of you.

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Huh. I could swear I’d read more than the first couple of posts yesterday. But no. Apparently got distracted and never made it back.

Sorry about your friend, Spidey. But welcome to the MMP. And tell us, how did you get your name?

Hee. This made me giggle.

Very nice story, tugig. (Also, sorry about the ex-drama. I agree that her friend should fix the well.)

As for poems, I remember a version that goes something like:

Spring has sprung,
the grass has riz,
I wonder where the flowers is.

Spring has sprung,
Fall has fell.
Winter’s here, and
it’s colder than [see FCM’s spoiler] :smiley:

Went for a long walk tonight. It was a great evening for stargazing, what with Venus and Jupiter on one side and Mars on the other (looking very red, even). Got a new app on my phone (Star Walk) that helps you identify stars and constellations and such.

I know there was lots more, but it’s escaped me for the moment.

So, rosie’s signature to all.

Hugs.

GT

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Today I’m leaving work early, because it’s my aunt’s birthday and she’s coming to Grandma’s and my cousins are both coming too and Grandma asked whether I could…

I’ve got an Official Document saying I can leave early (well, actually, that I can leave at the time we usually leave for lunch, but without coming back later). It’s a pink slip. I’m glad pink slips here don’t have the same meaning as Over There, since I like the job.

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OK, so I lied - I am here this morning, but only because I woke up too early to leave for Mom’s and I couldn’t stand lying about in bed any longer.

I’ve got a LOT to take with me - 4 afghans (one is more of a lap robe), 6 hat-n-scarf sets, and 2 hats without scarves. I’ve got a feeling the hats and scarves will sit in storage till next year, since it appears winter is over here. Oh well.

Close to 80° today, so more than 20° above average. I’ve already got a few windows open. I expect to be home before 5 - gotta beat the rush hour. Once I check the cats’ kibble and water supply, I’ll probably get myself together, stop for a breakfast sammich, and hit the road. After I get past the DC beltway, it should be a nice drive, since I’ll be going against traffic most of the way.

Have a loverly Wednesday, all!

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Blurf.

Damned dogs got me up at 0330, and I could not get back to sleep.

Given yesterday’s events with the bike, I presume that because I’m walking home after irk I’ll break a leg at lunch.

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Blurf, also.

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Heh.

I just got a call from an agent about a part time job in Holland… that’s pretty much all his post-call email says, “part time; Holland; [field of specialization]; [two-months period]”. No specific location (I promise Holland is a tad bigger than Vatican City :rolleyes:), no specification on whether “part-time” means several days/week or several hours/day, no nothing.

Good luck with that, says I, and boy am I glad to have a job.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. YAWN 'Tis 61 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 83 and sunny. Definitely Spring weather! Definitely Spring pollen too. I’m all pollen ick.

gigity really nice clip! Nicely done and moving. I like your voice too. :wink:

Everybody else, I read but retained little. So, stuff all around as appropriate or inappropriate.

Now I must ingest a bit more caffiene and find some brekkie. Then I gotta get a move on and purtify for irk.

Happy Hump Day Y’all!

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Happy Pi Day, y’all.

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There was another thread about it already, VB… I reported yours. Bad Bobbio!

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Yes, but what about the desk? Is it useable? Will they replace it?

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Sorry about the mess up with the kids - I am glad to hear you are working on proper closure. That may end up helping them as much as anything (someone who cares about them goes a long way.)

The reaction to the desk is understandable. Most feedback is just noise, occasionally some has value. Yesterday at work I shot off a number of pithy department wide emails detailing the problems our new, not supported, not thought out cameras were posing (and how to get around it). As it was the going away party for our old GM and the start day for our new one, I imagine there are some uncomfortable middle managers today. Ahh well, I didn’t complain or point fingers, I just reported data. Should be fun.

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If more RTA (ready to assemble) furniture makers would just try to copy Ikea’s wordless style, it would be so much nicer.

Truck has half of its new shoes now. Plus an oil change and alignment. Hopefully next month we’ll be able to get the other tires changed. Of course, the car is also due for an oil change and annual [del]state-organized fleecing[/del] inspection.

Dummy me… I gave myself frostbite last night. My sciatica was acting up so I sat down with an icepack on my backside. I now have an icepack-sized red blotch that’s feeling a bit thickish and stingy. As long as it doesn’t turn black, there doesn’t seem to be anything to do for it, although if I froze it bad enough to need amputation… No - I’d wind up looking like a tall bialy from behind with a chunk of my center cut out. :eek:

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Blurf.

I am being an eejit today- after the pottery teacher last week told me I could come to the wednesday class to catch up, I completely forgot what time she said it was- then last night looked it up on the timetable. Showed up ready to get on with stuff at 1pm today, to discover… the afternoon class isn’t running this term, and she said I could come to the morning one, which I didn’t notice on the timetable. Oops. Lucky she was still there to explain, or I would have been very bewildered.

Brought some of my stuff back anyway, but a lot of it has really nasty glaze- I’ve not used those glazes before, and wasn’t sure how the colours would come out. Horrid, as it happens. Oh well, they were quite badly made anyway- from the first try on the wheel in about 12 years… and I’ve got some stuff I’m happy with.

Ow for frostbite! I think if it’s red it’s generally not too bad- ditto if it hurts.

It’s not pi day here, though I think it was national pie week recently if that counts? :smiley:

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Twitchy legs last night had me sleeping in the spare room. Sweetie was all confused this morning when he couldn’t find me but the Jeep was still here. It never occurred to him to check the spare room because I have never slept in there before. :smiley:
Got woken up by seriously bitchy dogs. Apparently Charter has decided that I was right about the drop from the line to the house being too droopy so they decided to drop by and fix it. I wonder why they were even thinking about it. We had that conversation in the first week of November.
Other than that…blurf. I wanna go back to sleep.

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This link has been circulating around facbook - and I know all y’all are at least as smart as I am, so why not take this free test and see just how smart you really are? I don’t think it can be a basis for admission, but at least you’ll know whether or not it’s worth finding a proctored official test near you. And if you join, you get to attend Regional Gatherings, which have hospitality suites and game rooms which are really very much like mumperland. :slight_smile:

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The desk is completely workable, now that it’s assembled, and the thing is, sending me a new one wouldn’t fix the current problems. I noticed she really didn’t have anything to say about the problems with the particle board (and she neither confirmed nor denied my suspicion that the quality has gone downhill). It was the assembly that nearly sent me around the bend, and I like putting things together.