57 years of having summer vacation is coming to an end.
This feels weird. I have never not been on an academic schedule.
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57 years of having summer vacation is coming to an end.
This feels weird. I have never not been on an academic schedule.
I'm on the anti-academic schedule. Working 2 jobs and 6 days per week Apr-Sept when the bike shop is open. Though I'm taking 1 1/2 weeks in late June to help my parents move. Need to think about a winter vacation later.
Local strawberries are ripe. I've got a quart from the farmers' market. Yum.
My strawberries are bearing!
Last year I transplanted five wild strawberry plants from a corner of our woods, where they were choked with poison ivy. Between the shade, the cover hiding them from pollinators, and the critters, we'd got exactly one berry in the 14 years we've lived here. I put them in a corner of my garden. The plants grew like crazy, bloomed like crazy, didn't set a whole lot of fruit (not sure why - not enough sun? soil fertility), but some. Yummmmmmm.
ooh, strawberries are the best :) My son has a healthy little row of them in the back garden, assisted by a bunch in large pots that are forever in the way. But they taste fantastic.
I love strawberries. The couple years we tried growing them ourselves, the critters got to them. We got berries, just not for long enough to actually pick them.
We fed our critters beer instead. A bit expensive, maybe, but we got to eat the strawberries ourselves ;)
Did they start throwing parties in your garden? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lph
The slugs get flat beer or grapefruit. When they're not eating my dad's hostas, that is.;)
Deb, check out the strawberries at Mgrath's farm on Barretts Mill Rd. It's a small farm and the older guy who owns it is a hoot. He said he's hoping to make the crop last until July 4th.
Well, yes, I guess you could call piling up in heaps and drowning in the beer a kind of... uh, gross, party... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Owlie
Mmk..I need some help...
When i crashed a few years ago & ended up w a sterniclavicular dislocation...I was just told I needed to strengthen the upper body and things would move along well..Great advice :rolleyes:
Urm..it's not working and am getting really frustrated with the flare ups which keep me from swimming/biking fast(ish)...It's not much fun...
Do i bother my cool dr about this to get it sorted? I've been told there's not much they can do but anything is better than bone slivers scraping together, very sore sternum etc. After 4yrs I would not expect this to be happening...
So...any ideas?
Bad news: The shop I work in is having such light business that they asked me not to come in this afternoon. Only 3 repair jobs in the queue. We had a really slow May due to the cool rainy weather, and it hasn't picked that much in June. :(
Good news: I got to take a ride this afternoon instead of working til 8 pm. :D
Other nice news: I don't have to work Saturday morning, so I'm doing a 30 mile charity ride for pediatric cancer with a friend and her 4-year-old (who will be on a trail-a-bike).
I think Harpoon Summer Beer is the best beer I've ever had. :) Thanks go to my generous supplier.
Yeah, go see your doctor, or another one. Can you see a sports medicine doc?Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycanuck
I saw a physio yesterday (same dude that treated me after I fell moons ago) and he's not 100% sure what i've done. I've been told to rest til I see him on monday :eek:, take nurofen plus, do some gentle rotation stuff and massage my back area with one of those spiky balls.
He couldn't touch my sternum yesteday as it is & was too painful. As I was driving home from the beach today I kept getting searing pains on my right side of my sternum. I just about had to pull over a few times but the pain lessened. At least today I can just tolerate a seatbelt...
It could be in my wing (what's that called again..), sternum etc...
Ouch, CC. Hopefully you'll be able to get it all sorted out. Non-painful clavicle/sternum/whatever vibes for you.
I got my registration stuff sorted out at WSU yesterday, and got to chat with some of the faculty. It's nice in that it's more laid-back than a Research I institution, and the faculty are doing some interesting things. I also learned one or two things that may change how I approach the whole PhD thing (if I decide to go that way). I'm feeling a little better about it now, even if the town seems kind of dull.
Owlie, I think you will find that smaller, less "high powered" schools care more about their students and the education you get is just as good.
I've been to 6 different schools, small, big, and in between, private, public or whatever, and mostly I found that it's all in what you make of it. Of course, this is coming from a PhD drop out, but getting 2 master's in different fields and at totally different types of schools made me see what I missed the first time.
Hey everyone! Back from 10 days in Key West, it was fantastic... I think I spent more time in the water than I did out!! :D
That's awesome, Pax! Glad you had a great time!
Thanks Indy, it was one of the best vacations I've ever taken (and I take a lot of them :D ).Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Welcome back Pax! Glad you had fun.
I bet it helped that you had something to celebrate! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Speaking of vacations, DH and I are just starting to plan a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine for September of 2012. I'm beyond excited, as the trip has been on my bucket list for a while. We're going to drive (ugh!), but we'll have our touring bikes with us. I love trip planning! :)
Ugh; what is wrong with people? The AA in my office is a nice woman who's married to a big jerk. Their grown son isn't much better. The AA told me today that her son had to put his 15-year old cat to sleep yesterday. As she continued to tell the story, it became clear that her son sent his girlfriend to the vet with the cat. He didn't even bother to come along. As she put it, he often makes his GF "do his dirty work."
That just makes me sad. Sad for his girlfriend, who was charged with taking somebody else's pet to be put down. Even sadder for the cat herself. It's just not right.
Can you say "enabler"? Sure, I knew you could.Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Yes it is sad for the cat. Hopefully kitty knew GF and wasn't too panicked. On the other hand, kitty is now out of that household and is enjoying a warm place in the sun across the rainbow bridge.
Yep. My coworker is too. She and her husband raised a son who gravitated to a young woman who is very much like Mom. No surprise there. You live what you learn (unless you pay a boatload...like me...for quality therapy).Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
Or you become the exact opposite of what you lived.Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Veronica
Both true.
DH is an example of what Veronica said.
Most people are the opposite. It takes a lot of self awareness to purposely behave differently than your parents.
I can see it in the way my boys treat their spouses. They live what they learned.
Though one of them is trying mighty hard to "not" be like us, in other ways. But, it's in his DNA. He's the Marine who drives a Subaru, listens to NPR, and drinks wine like a pro.
Welcome back Pax - I love Key West - I've never had a bad time there!:D
Amen sistah! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by spokewench
I have not talked about the job search on TE. It's been stressful and yet with an interview which I feel went well on Friday and another one last month I'm waiting to hear a response from either one. Going for that back up offer but those two I am cautiously hopeful.
Good luck Trek!
How can they not love you, we all do. :)
Sending you loads of positive energy Trek!!
Good luck, Trek!!! My fingers are crossed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Wishing you the best, Trek. As someone who just went through this, I can empathize. My anxiety over the job search did a good job on my physical health and I am now just getting over 8 weeks of allergy, asthma, stomach ailments that always crop up due to stress. If it wasn't for riding, I'd be really crazy.
Now I am stressed over work. Not the actual seeing patients. The paperwork. Everything is different here, and very tightly controlled. It's good, so we don't get a bad "audit," but there is so much to remember, I am forgetting. Like today, I have a client to see at 1:00, in her home. I was planning to go there (not too far from my house) and then go to the office for other meetings, etc. I discovered I left a paper I need the parent to sign on my desk :mad:. I never do stuff like this, unless i am stressed.
And then, my boss told me the special # to access my voice mail... except she didn't tell me how to access it. I made tons of calls yesterday and am hoping for some call backs.
So now, I have to drive to the office, get the paper, learn how to use the phone, and ask my boss a million questions. I feel old and stupid.
Thanks! But all that matters is: are any of you in HR in Seattle? ;) If the to remain unnamed company I adore and already work for manages to get me from point A to point B and makes me an offer I'll hold onto doing the cartoons about this entertaining process till I retire.Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf
If it's UW or anyone else prepare to be entertained. :rolleyes:
Good luck, Trek.
I haven't been talking about my job search either. The only thing I want to share is someday finding a job!
What field are you in, again?
+1. Everybody, create a 6 - 8 month emergency fund because you never know when your spouse will be in another state and you'll just want to up and quit your job RIGHT NOW AT THIS VERY MOMENT without any job offer there during a recession :(Quote:
Originally Posted by NbyNW
Story of my life. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Emergency fund? What is that? I know.....never been in a position to be able to do this but I need to rearrange things so I can start working on this once I get the dog bite bills paid off...
Aww, don't feel bad. You're new to the position, and the role, since being a student for so long. It's always stressful starting a new job, even for young'uns, and you can bet they'd make many of the same mistakes if not more than you. Once it all becomes routine, you won't make mistakes like that. Don't beat yourself up for being human. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Going to the office early made a huge difference. The one thing that was really confusing me is now clear (the 2 different types of programs I am working with). Basically my boss said she expects it will take me 4-5 months to get up to speed. I think that is waaay too long, I see more like 2 months.
I saw my first client yesterday. I must say you do see a lot going to someone's home. And, I am going to have to break down and learn how to use the GPS. The 2 places I have to go to yesterday and today are in the city I interned in, so Mapquest was OK. But tomorrow... totally unaware of my surroundings. This is a bit anxiety provoking for me, so I have to use the technology to help.
I might have to get an I Phone :eek:. The clinicians don't have their own computers, we have a bank of them to use. Can't use our own computers, unless we delete everything. That's not so bad, as eventually, they are getting us Netbooks, but I can't check my personal email or TE when I am at the office or out on the road seeing people.