You have been met with one frustration after the next! I'm so sorry. Sending healing and hopeful thoughts your way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
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You have been met with one frustration after the next! I'm so sorry. Sending healing and hopeful thoughts your way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
CALL THEM AGAIN, Demand a new pump. That is what I had to do for my Mom. Wow, major flashback. Push, Push, Push for the right equipment. Good LuckQuote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
One of my very best Christmas gifts was when my mom wrapped up the hands of the old family choo choo clock and gave them to me. I bet she will be excited. I have a niece and nephew that I can't even buy for as they have every gadget know to man - makes me sad. So I give them an outing of their choice with me. My nephew and I took a wonderful hike and he just chattered the entire time;)Quote:
Originally Posted by limewave
Dear Guy coughing up a lung in the Cube next to me,
GO HOME! I don't care if your doctor said you're no longer contagious, you sound awful and that in itself is distracting. You have sick leave, use it. Please.
May I also suggest that you suck on throat lozenges, or drink some throat-coat tea? There's a reason I tried to give you a bag of lozenges yesterday.
Your cube neighbor, who hopes you get to feeling better soon.
I already did, waiting for call back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky King
Dear Mimi and Don:
Hang in these! Here's hoping things are resolved before the holidays!!
Happy Solstice. Dearest Raleighdon is cleared for 10 minute bike rides (stationary) WOOOHOOOOO
Yay!!! Celebrate the return of the light! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Solistice is tomorrow... but a big YAY for Raleighdon!!
Depends where you are.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
For Seattle folks, it's 9:30 Wednesday evening.
For D.C. folks, it's 12:30 a.m., Thursday a.m.
Still, Horray for Raleighdon and hooray for returning light (and returning Raleighdon)
Wonderful!Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Mimi and Don- HURRAY!
to whom it may concern;
In Seattle, the solstice is tonight about 930pm. It might start tomorrow where you live.
Yay!!!! (though I can't imagine a 10 minute bike ride is less strenuous than baking a pie, but whatever :p)
Yay!! Methinks that will be some good medicine for him!Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
That's great, Mimi. You just keep making my day!!!
the bike ride thing is mental. He was not planning to start riding until January until the doctor "ordered" him back on his bike.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
Dear Powers-That-Be:
Thank you.
:cool:
That's a doctor's order he might be happy to keep. YAY!!! for getting to ride his bike. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Definitely seconding the fact that baking a pie is more strenuous than a ride.
I tried making a pie crust once.
Congratulations, Mimi. You must be so happy for Don.
Exactly. :):):)Quote:
Originally Posted by jobob
That sounds like a good doctor!Quote:
Originally Posted by Biciclista
Have a helluva good 10 min. ride.
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Originally Posted by Biciclista
Yayyyyyyy! This put a really big smile on my face, so happy for both of you!
My mom really does get to go home on Christmas Eve, there have been no setbacks this week. Best present she could get :)
Yay for you and your mom, too! Good news all around. :)
Catrin, that's a good present all the way around!
That's awesome, Catrin. I hope she continues to improve and is able to enjoy the holiday.
to the Director of As the World Turns,
I will have to trust that all is meant to be. Wasn't planning on my Dad being in the hospital right now. Trying not to stress or be resentful that the 48 hours my kiddos will be home will now need to be juggled with hospital time. And yes Mom, I can feel you on my shoulder and yes, I am taking care of Dad just like I promised. Thanks DH for taking care of me!
(((Sky King))). I hope your father gets better and is out of the hospital ASAP.
Yay for Mimi and Catrin!!
{{Sky King}} I hope things get better...
Dear all, happy holidays to everyone, no matter what you celebrate. Have a virtual cookie. The chocolate crackles I'm giving out this year are especially delicious, if I do say so myself... ;)
Dear Mom,
I've come along way in accepting that your interpersonal skills are, in a word, lacking but could you please not ask me a question only to then rush me through, or talk over, my answer. It drives me nuts. It will make for a more pleasant holiday if you could, oh I dunno, just listen to me for a change.
Thanks,
Your relunctantly loving daughter
Mimi, I'm SO HAPPY to hear about RD riding indoor 10 minute rides....amazing and wonderful!
Dear Delivery Guy/Contractor/Whoever Comes to our Front Door:
We have a lovely long (although 1-car wide) driveway on the side of our house.
Leading from this driveway, we have a nice, gently curving paver walkway, flanked with lights and greenery and mulch. Pastoral, even.
So why does every mail carrier, UPS or FedEx guy, or contractor insist on parking (two tires on the grass) on the edge of the road and come stomping over our lawn to get to our front door???? If they feel it's an intrusion to park in our driveway, why can't they at least walk 10-feet to the driveway and come up the walkway?
Today, we had two guys doing an "audit" on the house in preparation for solar panels we'll have installed in the spring. Now granted, they had to get up on the roof. But, true to form, they stomped across the lawn into the house. Bringing mud on their boots with them. Nice, friendly, capable sort of guys. But geez. The mud.
It reminds me of the story I read (don't recall where...sorry) about the college campus that had a "problem" with students cutting across some plantings to get to the library (or cafeteria, or wherever). They put up signs. The signs were ignored. They tried shrubs. The students tore them up. They tried fencing. Knocked over. Finally, exasperated, they hired a landscaper to find a way to get students to not trample the plantings. The landscaper put down paving stones and created a walkway for the students. There. Problem solved. I feel like I need to do that down the middle of my front yard. :rolleyes:
Yay for Catrin's mom and RD!
Dear credit card:
Next month will be better, I promise. This month was weird, what with the Christmas presents to buy and DBF visiting (which meant more "going and doing" and eating out far more than normal).
Dear self:
Consider getting a job next quarter, if you can find somewhere that's hiring and will let you work around your school schedule. :rolleyes:
Dear BF:
You've been gone for eight hours and I miss you terribly already. :(
((((Owlie)))). When will you get to see him next?
No clue, unfortunately. He was hoping for spring break, but I don't think our breaks overlap. Even if they did, I would still have to be in the lab for that week, so we couldn't spend that much time together. Right now, we're thinking summer, and I could take a week off and visit him. (My advisor has been really good about letting me take this week off, but I don't want abuse the privilege.) I got to see DBF for a week, and I'll take what I can get, considering that I haven't seen him since May. I have a feeling, though, that we won't get to see each other predictably until one or both of us graduates.Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Big hugs, Owlie. My BF is off to Canada for 3 weeks and I missed him the second he left. Only 18 days left...
Take heart, Owlie! My partner and I were long distance for THREE YEARS before we were able to be together in one place. We only saw each other once every two-three months, sometimes for a weekend at a time. Skype was our friend. We will probably both die of matching tumors from cell phone usage. Now he and I live together. :) If he is worth the wait, then wait! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Owlie
He's totally worth it. :) We've done the long-distance thing before (he had a co-op with an airline, so he got free flights), but not for this long and it certainly wasn't open-ended as this is. We're looking at about a year and a half for him, and at least that much for me. More motivation to finish up faster, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Reesha
Dear bicycle:
You need a sibling. Not because I don't love you, but because if you need to go to the doctor (as you do now), I would like to be able to do things.
Love,
Me.
:( It's frustrating, isn't it Owlie? I hate the schedule coordination of long-distance.
Dear people who drive,
Please take the time to wipe the snow toupee off of your car. Not only is it illegal to leave it, it's really dangerous for everyone behind you when a 10" deep clump of snow flies off and smacks their windshield. Your time isn't more important than someone else's life.