# Waiting for the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 18, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194 "2016-07-18T10:56:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/181 "2016-07-23T02:47:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Stepdaughter’s (v.2.0) cat “escaped” outside, and sat on the steps with her tail curled over her feet, waiting to be rescued. “It’s _dirty_ out there!” Allie does that when she manages to either get past someone at the front door or find a new escape hole under the patio fence. She’ll either hurry right back in or hide in some landscaping and wail for rescue when she hears one of _her_ humans. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/182 "2016-07-23T02:59:10Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Oh — and if I didn’t mention it earlier I fixed the flapper in the toilet. Now you can [Boop](http://www.shauntmax30.com/data/out/5/959786-betty-boop-photo.png) again! Saw The Secret Life of Pets at Movie Tavern. My first time there, so of course all we got was popcorn. :smack: I think my leg may be getting worse instead of better. ☹ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/183 "2016-07-23T04:03:56Z")
I got stuff done at work. Apprently the repair guy forgot the ticket with my appointment.:smack: If he doesn’t show Wednesday, I _will_\* be unleashing the PSWSLNS. **Spidey** , maybe go to the doc? : fingers crossed for **Birdnapper** : ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/184 "2016-07-23T05:20:58Z")
Went to visit the attorney one last time today. (Pity. I really like her.) But we have settled Tony’s claim, and can finally move forward with his SSDI claim. (And, very weirdly, our bank didn’t even put a hold on the deposit when we parked it in checking until we move stuff to the investment account. If I transfer $100 to my son’s checking, or transfer the mortgage payment, there’s a 24-48 hour delay. But if a random insurance company writes a check, the funds are available 3 hours later.) Meanwhile, it feels sort of tingly when all of the bills are paid up! (I will actually pay off the balance of the mortgage next week - it was only about $25k, but it will be nice to have no debt again. And we are going to put The Boy into a new/used car next week - more safety features, fewer worries if he takes a road trip, hopefully something that can get him through university plus a year or three, so that he won’t have to worry about a car payment immediately after he begins a new career. We have found a fairly basic low mileage Mazda 3 about 120 miles away, for the right price. If the Carfax report comes back clean, my mechanic friend and I are taking a road trip!) The only bad part of the day: stopped for coffee on the way to see the lawyer this morning. Learned the hard way that the sparkly blue paint on the curb of the handicap parking space is very slippery. Tweaked both knees and my right ankle. Ow! Other big excitement: fixed the shelf in the linen closet. Cleaned the bathroom. Wild and crazy night at _Chez Matata_. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/185 "2016-07-23T09:41:14Z")
Up, caffeinated, and off to work. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/186 "2016-07-23T10:13:17Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Up, caffeinated, and off to work. But are you sheveled? **Blurf**. Up entirely too early on a Sat. Even though I am going to irk I don’t want to go too early. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/187 "2016-07-23T10:40:48Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > But are you sheveled? > > **Blurf**. Up entirely too early on a Sat. Even though I am going to irk I don’t want to go too early. Just got finished sheveling. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/188 "2016-07-23T11:30:37Z")
blurf ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/189 "2016-07-23T11:58:22Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and partly cloudy with a predicted high of 93 and partly cloudy with a chance of rain. The usual forecast for this time of year. We’re not goin’ to the farmers market in Tville today. Neither of us is motivated to drive that far. Instead I foresee and afternoon of cee-mint pond time. Dindin will be bbq chikin and some kind of vegetative matter. **BatKid** feel better soonest. **BirdNapper** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed. **Rockin’** good luck with the move. I tend to choose cold and rainy days to move myself. **Peaches** yay on the settlement! **Butters** ick on the weekend irk. Ok, I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy is growlin’ at me. Then I suppose I should purtify somewhat. Happy Sattidy Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/190 "2016-07-23T15:15:34Z")
Happy Saturday! It’s already 86 degrees outside and going to go up to 95. Summer is here. Nothing special on the agenda today. Probably lots of irk. I hate irk, I’m burning out on it. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/191 "2016-07-23T15:28:25Z")
**BLURF** At irk. I have a 30 column, 300 line spread sheet to fill in and that is why I am irking on the weekend. I will probably work tomorrow too as I don’t foresee finishing it today. At least tomorrow I will be paid 25% more than normal for Sunday irk. Then I will have to take some time off in the middle of the week so as not to go over my regular 40 hours per week. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/192 "2016-07-23T18:11:18Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **BatKid** feel better soonest. > > **BirdNapper** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed. > > **Rockin’** good luck with the move. I tend to choose cold and rainy days to move myself. > > **Peaches** yay on the settlement! > > **Butters** ick on the weekend irk. I am stealing this because it caught everything! 🙂 With a special shout out to **Rockin’** for the move, because moving sucks. Waiting at the house for the grout/tile cleaning company to come by. I am sitting on a stool with my computer on a paint can. The home inspections came back and I blew my lid yesterday. Today I am feeling somewhat less explosive about it. Pages of “outlet cover missing in the master”, and “unable to see the floor because it is covered”. Yes. Yes, my dear little inspector friends, we were painting. I told the real estate agent we should wait until we were finished, but no. Have to do it now. All in all, the inspections are clean. A short list that matches the items we had already put together for the handyman. What I don’t know is if we need to have the inspections re-done to get something shorter and easier to read. Arg. And also, blurf. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/193 "2016-07-23T18:53:52Z")
Howdy Y’all! I am in from the cee-mint pond cause it’s hawt out there. I’ve had all the sun I can deal with today. Chillage continues. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/194 "2016-07-23T18:58:38Z")
Waiting for lunch to be delivered. Subs from the pizza place that has horrible pizza but good subs, as opposed to the other pizza place that has good pizza and horrible subs. Then I will go back to irk. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/195 "2016-07-23T19:31:20Z")
W00t! **rockin’**! Now for **rosie** ’s and my turn. 😛 Went and had brunch at Dragon Park with the heathens this morning. Sis will be in with her newest pup late tomorrow evening and I’m still packing. Such an exciting existence! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/196 "2016-07-23T20:57:25Z")
well, the idea is for me NOT to move, but okay ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/197 "2016-07-23T22:07:29Z")
BBQ curried chikin, green beans, mac 'n cheese, and rolls made for a nummy dindin with leftovers for tomorrow’s N.O.L. Win-Win! Plus there’s ice cream for later. Life is good. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/198 "2016-07-23T22:49:25Z")
I worked, hit the grocery, came home. I’m off tomorrow. Drinking a Gaelic Ale and making Chipolte BBQ chicken with ancho rice and a tossed salad. rosie, if I win the lottery tonight, I’ll hire you as my entourage. Then you can avoid moving. 🙂 **sari** , at least the restaurants don’t fail at everything. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/199 "2016-07-23T23:52:26Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > rosie, if I win the lottery tonight, I’ll hire you as my entourage. Then you can avoid moving. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I won $4 in Wednesday’s Power Ball . . . it’s a start ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194/200 "2016-07-24T00:01:24Z")
Another restless night as my cold goes to its next stage. Bleeuurrgghh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-the-mmp/760194.md?page=11)