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[chickwhorips]

its the international mail that always gets you. i sent out a couple packages and they get you on shipping, but the express and the priority mail is worth it to know you put a smile on someone's face!

that and i know how loooooooooooong it takes for "standard" mail to get anywhere.

[Lise]

CWR, it had to go to freaking AUSTRALIA!!! So I had figured out that GLobal Priority was $18, ok, but then it was over 4#, because I put in too much cool stuff, and I could have sent it by the slow method, which would take 4-6 weeks!!!!!!!!!! and it was already over a month late...Air mail will get it there in two weeks.

I had the same shocking experience when I sent some bars & bloks to CrazyCanuk. Over 4# was hideously more expensive.

I love my long legs.

Nanci, did work get better?

[Nanci]

No, work did not get better. You know what, if you're sick enough to be in the hospital, and your doctor orders a study for you, and you want to find out what's wrong, buck up and cooperate. Otherwise, you're wasting four hours of my time and I could be doing four other patients that _want_ to have a time slot. Maybe they need my study to be able to eat, or have their surgery or whatever. So some axxhole tech I'm working with, after I try to explain to surgical intensive care that I need their patient at 2PM exactly, not "around 2:00" because I have four _more_ patients to do after that, and a waiting list, and SICU hangs up on me, and I say "I hate people," says "You're not very compassionate, I don't know why you do this job." Well, Mr. Expert, because I picked it out of thin air because my cousin was doing it, that's why, if you want to know the truth. But I do love helping people, who _want_ my help. (This prompted the bathroom trip/commiseration with communicative disorders friend, still at home, trying not to burst into tears so I could semi-continue to do my job...

I can't wait to get my new love, Choco, out after dinner. He's had a day to digest. He can come out now. I have a crush on him, too. Had Maizey out for TV last night.

Anyway, I don't think my SS reads this thread, so she can't hear me *****ing about the cost of sending her things.

Wine leftover night...On the menu, Covey Run Chard, Estancia Zin (I'm so done with red Zin) maybe a glass of that super-sweet whatever it is dessert wine from Oz and possibly opening the Barefoot Sauv Blanc. I bought 11 bottles of wine this afternoon for $70- that's where my budget's at right now...But that's ok- I have a lot of cheap ones that I love! Especially the Kim Crawford Pansey Rose from a few nights ago. New Zealand.

[Lise]

Oh, Nanci, you should hear me talk sometimes, in the privacy of "just us" with other midwives. I get it. Your job is really hard. Those four people behind the SICU patient didn't deserve to be pushed back. Hope the combo of Choco + wine eases the rough edges tonight.

And it's the weekend! Are you off? Any good riding planned?
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And now, from the "in my own back yard the whole time" files:

I put my WTB Comfort V saddle on the Green Hornet tonight and went for a quick spin. My pubic bone is still sore from this morning's 30 miles on the WTB Deva, so I can't say for sure, but dang, my beloved saddle felt comfortable. I've loved it on the Larkspur, but thought it would be too wide (or something) for the Bianchi.

I realized that I've been shoving myself back as far as possible and sort of holding myself up so I wouldn't rest on the nose. Hence the elbow tendonitis? Who knows. But when I let myself gingerly rest my pubic bone on the nose of the saddle, it felt OK. Sore, as I said, but not OW!

I need to heal up the soreness from this morning and give the Comfort V a good long trial, including in the aero bars. I do find it a bit "uncool" to have a wide, well-padded saddle with the word "Comfort" all over it on my sleek racing bike. Most racing saddles look so hard and sleek and tough. I guess my girly bits are pretty femmey. Won't I be so happy, though, if the saddle I love was the saddle I already owned?

I put the Bianchi's Serfas saddle on the Larkspur. I only ride the Larkspur to work (3 mi) anymore, or for errands when I really need panniers. I think the Serfas will be fine. And if not, heck, I'll buy a second Comfort V!

[snapdragen]

Me too Lise, long legs are great, until you go jeans shopping. Although lately they seem to be making them longer. Yay! My best friend and I used to get teased about our long legs "When they raise their arms to spray on deodorant, their hips get wet" Patti's legs are longer than mine, I think she might be a bit taller too.

Nanci - we need a video of Chaco swimming!

I got my new, very cool, sorta edgy glasses today. The prescription if off though, so I have to go back next week. Boo.

I love the spell checker - I saves me so much embarrassment!

[winddance]

Nanci, I think I met a different guy at Starbucks than you did!

So Starbucks Guy is a cyclist. He's also kind of...vain. However, we actually have some stuff in common and we talked for almost 2 hours without the conversation dying.

I'm not like, all a-flutter or anything, but he wants to do dinner. I suppose that can happen.

My dates are not nearly as interesting as Lise's...

[maillotpois]

My long legs mean I actually ride a size 53 bike!! Who knew?? I'm 5'7" or 8". Crazy.

[Trek420]

DebW "Knotted, Knotted, wwhheerree aarree yyoouu? Did the bike come yet?"

I don't see her, could be she's in the honeymoon period with her bike. We might not see her for weeks

[Lise]

My dates are not nearly as interesting as Lise's...

Oh, I don't know. Interesting is not all it's cracked up to be. So far!

Two prospects out there--one who's a 51 year old widower with a 13 year old daughter, and writes thoughtful, articulate emails. The other from "BadBoyTony", a 41 year old who wrote a complimentary email in which he used both "you're" and "your" correctly. At least I could go on some dates and use some of these cute outfits!

Let us know how dinner goes!

[SadieKate]

. . . in which he used both "you're" and "your" correctly.

OMG, have we found a keeper?

[Lise]

OMG, have we found a keeper?

I'm just sayin'...I noted it!

[winddance]

That is one thing that makes me completely discount a guy without reading any further. Same with using net abbreviations, such as "how r u?" or something similar.

If they're in such a hurry that they can't type four more letters, they obviously don't have the time to put any thought or energy into a relationship. Next!

[Lise]

That is one thing that makes me completely discount a guy without reading any further. Same with using net abbreviations, such as "how r u?" or something similar.

If they're in such a hurry that they can't type four more letters, they obviously don't have the time to put any thought or energy into a relationship. Next!

Seriously. Or the guy who peppered his very short emails with "LOL". Are you really that amused by yourself? He seemed to be. This was Mario #1 (there were two of them). We had our one and only "date" at a Starbucks last December, when he seemed about to suggest that we go get a room somewhere. Ummm, no, thanks.

Another one is a man who writes all in capital letters. Or capitalizes nothing. If it's the only way we're communicating so far, it does matter how you write.

[SadieKate]

My dad sat in his wheel chair today out on the hospital patio and had a completely lucid and funny conversation about apostrophe(')s and "very" unique whatevers.

He even told the nurse who came in for his latest blood sugar test asking "Can I take some blood?" that she could "only if she said please." Given this improvement, the next time he'll tell her "I don't know, can you?" Guess you can tell he was an English teacher.

Very good day today. Getting rid of all the extra calcium running around in his body has done wonders. Yesterday was his first dose of Rituxan and tomorrow is the first chemo (CHOP). Here's hoping he tolerates it well.

[Veronica]

Oh, that's good news SK! My fingers are crossed that things keep heading up.

V.