living in alaska has its downside. woot and cheapandsteep are great, except by the time i get up, its already sold. though if i was smart i would check it at 9 at night, but by that time i'm sick of computers.
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living in alaska has its downside. woot and cheapandsteep are great, except by the time i get up, its already sold. though if i was smart i would check it at 9 at night, but by that time i'm sick of computers.
I'm howling! They're not opinionated at all, are they?
http://www.woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx
chick, woot doesn't ship to Alaska anyway.
d@mn the luck. well at least steapandcheap does. though i was excited about the woot wine thing. i can never get good wine here. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by SadieKate
You probably should just move to Florida. It's legal to ship here, _and_ we have our own wineries too! Which make wines like Category 5 Sangria!
a bit to warm for me in fl right now.
possibly going to be down there in feb with bf for his yearly family reunion shindig. i think its somewhere in the keys though... not sure.
I FINALLY got the call from the bee lab! I have an interview the week of Aug 20th! Wahoo! I was starting to get really bummed about not hearing anything. They were very enthusiastic about my coming for an interview. Whew! Now - to prepare the seminar. We've been having major morale issues here lately - this definitely help improve my mood. :)
Congratulations! That sure took a long time! Now you have plenty of time to get nervous. Did grad student hear from them?
So, I've been feeling extremely sorry for myself this week. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I'm really tired of being in the dumps.
Today I decided to take myself to lunch, and ended up at "the mall" (Don't even get me started on Westfield Shoppingtowns - talk about Stepford wives...) Anyway, first I went to Nordy's Bistro, but the line was long, and none of the specials appealed. I ended up at California Pizza Kitchen, with a Chicken Waldorf Salad and a glass of wine. Life is looking up.
Then I decided to go to Mervyns and check out the bras. Gawd. Big mistake, looking at myself half naked in a full length mirror. Should have taken a picture, that's enough incentive to keep me on the Weight Watchers straight and narrow. I resisted all temptations to grab one of the ginormous bras and wear the cup like a hat. :rolleyes:
Tomorrow I'm going to try and get my butt out the door and go for a ride. Then I will spend a huge chunk of time, getting Blue all cleaned up, so she can wear her new Banana Bag.
snap you poor thing! hope your not so down soon.
mmmm..... california pizza kitchen. miss that place. so good.
i think you should've put that bra on your head and danced around. would've made you feel a bit better.
Anticipation always gets the best of me, too. Postdoc didn't hear anything, as far as I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
Snap - I've been in a blah mood all week, too. I think mine was a combo of coming back from gorgeous St. John's, not hearing about the interview (that ended today at least), and the crap going on at work. Everyone is constantly complaining about a few major events. Constantly. It wears on you after a while. I have been saying for 3 days that I was going to get out and run. Never did. Tomorrow morning - I ride! A good long ride!
FishJr is sitting on the floor next to me (protesting cleaning her room) and is making grumbling noises. That's her stomach growling because she "starving". The drama!
I'm having a good week at work. Almost halfway through my 13 day stretch. I forgot what my bike looks like...I renamed my student Napoleon Dynamite and constantly make him say things like "Yessssssss" and "Do the chickens have large talons?" I even make him perform for others. I think he is sort of insulted- he thinks ND is dumb. I don't think of ND as dumb- just odd and laid back. Definitely not dumb. Oh- this is because he talks EXACTLY like ND.
New radiologists starting again Monday- who will know nothing. I will miss the outgoing two- the one who is like the new chick on Reno 911, Mary Birdsong, and the guy that I faked blood poisoning on. Hopefully the two new ones will be as much fun. I also get a new student.
Sounding like rain out there- we were going to try to get the OTHER bike out for a ride- haven't had it out since Saturday. I want to try out my helmet!
I had a rare sighting of Russell Jr. tonight. Like half an inch of his head. (Glass lizard- lives underground- I see him once every few months, but continue to feed crickets on the hopes that he's in there somewhere...)
I think Cracker Chicken, our young Gopher Tortoise, has moved away. We are extremely sad about this. He never even said godbye. (He moved outside full time this spring, and dug a burrow, and lived in it happily for several months before moving on to greener pastures. We haven't seen him since around July 4th, and his burrow appears to be abandonned.)
Definitely raining.
Nothing much to say, but that never stopped me. While the heat here is nothing like CA (I think of you guys out there every day, hoping it will ease..), it is hot, and it makes people stupid, I think. The ride home from work was perilous. Lucky I'm a member of Team Danger! People wandering into the bike lane on foot, cars abruptly lurching to the right to get out of traffice jams, etc. Some good news: I'm seeing a lot of bikes on the street these days. Chicago is a pretty good city in which to ride. When the traffic's backed way up, though, you have to watch for the alleys and side streets. A driver will decide s/he can't take sitting there anymore, burning $3 of gas per minute in the SUV, and jerk the wheel to the right to get into an alley or side street.
fish, so glad to hear there's movement on the bee lab! I know you'll keep us posted.
Snap, sorry to hear about the down week. Those dressing room mirrors lie, man! Don't believe it! Get out and ride that beautiful bike. You'll feel better.
Nanci, I believe you are but a waystation for some of these beasts, and a good one at that. How are the torts doing? Funny that the birds abhor their lovingly hung bird homes. It's absolutely your perogative to make your student do ND imitations. Part of the price of professional training. Entertaining the teachers. We have a nurse at work who does incredible imitations of Kip and Napoleon. Spot on.
OK, off to ride to the lake and swim a bit. L.
CONGRATS FISH!! Yay!
Snap, sorry you are down in the dumps. I hope the weekend picks you up a bit!!
Thanks for the congrats ladies! My mood is definitely improved! And, of course, I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Lise - tonight FishJr said she wants to be a "person that helps get babies out of the woman's tummy". I kid you not, that's what she said. I thought you'd like that! She also wants to be an astronaut. So - she'll deliver babies in space!