Dear So and So

[alexis_the_tiny]

dear gym studs,

yes I get that you are young and fit full of yourselves. Yes I understand that most people choose to run 20 minutes on the treadmill instead of around the perimeter of the basketball court, but since there was no one in the court I decided to indulge myself. I told you I only had five more minutes to go and that I would stay out of your way. Why then did you decide that it was imperative to occupy all four of the courts simultaneously trying as hard as you could to make sure you were shooting at the wall or crashing into me while running for the ball, every single time I passed any one of you at any of the court areas.

And dear gym management,

Yes I know, they pay gym fees too but really, it is not fun to be bashed into repeatedly by guys who are 40 years younger and twice my body weight whether "accidentally" or "on purpose."

Incidentally this group is also notorious for smashing their free weights to the ground repeatedly and never putting away any of the equipment they use.

sore and bruised and irritated.

Sounds like they sorely need a few good tight slaps. NOT that I'd advocate senseless violence against strangers though.

[Crankin]

Not to offend native Texans, but Marni, I don't see how you can stand living in that football culture after being in Acton .
Heck, I couldn't even deal with the suburbs of Miami, because of similar type people.

[limewave]

Dear DH,

For nearly 3 years now I have worked a second job to make up for lost income during the economy. The confidence I've gained and knowledge I've accumulated have been invaluable. I can't express how good it makes me feel knowing that when my back is to the wall, I can create my own productive and profitable business.

It was all great until I found out the real reason for the lower income. When we are in it together, that is one thing. But when you make decisions on your own accord that have that great of an impact on our family . . . All I'm going to say is that it's time for you to take care of the situation you independently created.

Yes I'm still mad. If I was mad at you every single day and every single hour from when I found out about your situation to when you'll actually be able to resolve it . . . well, we wouldn't be able to function as a family. You made a doozy of a mistake, but I still love you and we can move forward from this. I do see the positive steps you are taking the integrity you are showing.

So . . . I'm selling my business. It's done. I've set the wheels in motion. It's time for you to step up and do what you need to do.

Limewave

[tulip]

Limewave, you have alot on your plate. I will just come out and say it: Please, please please get some couples counseling. Do it for your kids if not for you. Whatever it takes to get you there. You don't deserve this crap, and your kids deserve to have a better relationship model.

While I'm on a roll here, please also start putting money away for yourself.

There, I'm done. No more advice.

Okay, I lied. I'm not done. Marriage is a team sport. You are having to be the referee.

Okay, now I'm done. For real.

[limewave]

Limewave, you have alot on your plate. I will just come out and say it: Please, please please get some couples counseling. Do it for your kids if not for you. Whatever it takes to get you there. You don't deserve this crap, and your kids deserve to have a better relationship model.

While I'm on a roll here, please also start putting money away for yourself.

There, I'm done. No more advice.

Okay, I lied. I'm not done. Marriage is a team sport. You are having to be the referee.

Okay, now I'm done. For real.

Done. Done. And done. We're on an upswing. He's actually been handling the situation for awhile which is why I have some money to buy my new mountain bike. Selling my business just eliminates the safety net. I think it will be good for all of us.

[indysteel]

Done. Done. And done. We're on an upswing. He's actually been handling the situation for awhile which is why I have some money to buy my new mountain bike. Selling my business just eliminates the safety net. I think it will be good for all of us.

((((Limewave)))). I'm glad you're taking some positive steps on your own and within your marriage to get things sorted out. I hope the upswing continues.

[Owlie]

((Limewave))

[marni]

For your information, dear Tim Melton, news commentator on Houston's channel 13 10:00 pm news,and I quote
" not that anyone is paying attention. Nobody does since Armstrong isn't riding anymore, but tomorrow is the last day of the Tour de France. When there are no Americans riding, no one cares."

Excuse me? and what about the other American riders? What are they, chopped liver?

marni

[marni]

Not to offend native Texans, but Marni, I don't see how you can stand living in that football culture after being in Acton .
Heck, I couldn't even deal with the suburbs of Miami, because of similar type people.

sometimes one ends up somewhere out of necessity- like a job for dh and being close to overseas educated daughter as she started in the American education system in college in Texas because short of NY, University of North Texas had the best music education available within her field.

Maybe someday we will get to live where I want to live, but in the meantime....I don't begrudge the years overseas, but .......Texas- well.....

[jessmarimba]

My ex boyfriend is at UNT for grad school. Denton is one odd little town.

Dear whoever built the wall upstairs:
What were you thinking? It's a gazillion degrees up here in the summer...we'd have a lovely little cross breeze from the windows at either end of the house except that there's a giant slab of drywall in the middle.

Dear self:
That second room upstairs isn't a legal bedroom anyway. Learn how to do electrical work and take that sucker DOWN.

[Rebekah H]

Dear Amazing, Wonderful, Supportive, Sweet, Heart-of-Gold Husband,

If your sorry @@@ tells me to eat a rice cake ONE MORE GD TIME, I am going to shove my size 8 foot right straight up your rectum until I reach lung.

Love always,
Rebekah

p.s.,
Thanks for putting my new grips on my bike super early this morning when it was your day off and the last thing you wanted to do was get up at 7am to wrench a bike. You're the best!

p.p.s.,
Really, rice cakes are the devil and they taste like snot. Dried snot. I'll just be fat if it really comes to that.

[marni]

[QUOTE=jessmarimba;589901]My ex boyfriend is at UNT for grad school. Denton is one odd little town.

didn't spend enough time there to appreciate its' intrinsic differences, but Austin (whose motto is "Keep Austin Weird" ) is definitely my king of town, much more than Houston.

I think I would take it as a given that anywhere in Texas that is a small college town will have some "unique" aspects, more so than possibly any other town in any other state in the nation.

marni

[Owlie]

Dear mom--
Seriously, lay off. I'm not sure where you get the idea that since I'm "an adult", I should only buy boring and strictly practical bedding, notebooks, etc, should stop wearing t-shirts, and that I should now be okay with you purging my books or pretty much anything in my room that you deem "childish". I'm pretty sure that you also object to my bike riding as some kind of childish escapist behavior, but at least you've gotten over thinking I'm going to kill myself by riding.

23 may have been "old in the '60s" (I think you're referring to the 1860s...), but it's not the '60s any more, and hasn't been for a while. (And if you' are talking about the 1960s, you were a child at the time. Of course 23 was "old"!)

Seriously, I will be extremely happy once I'm at a point where I won't have to move every year. That way I'll have somewhere to keep my books :|

[jessmarimba]

Owlie, your parents sound like mine. I think my dad told me that he bought his first house at 23 about a thousand times. Well thats nice, Dad, your first house was about what I paid for my last car.

Dear neighbors -

If I find out that you are the reason that my fence decided to spontaneously start collapsing in the direction of your yard I will be very, very unhappy with you. I don't have the money to fix that right now. I can't wait until you move out.

Dear idiot who ran into me this morning -

Seriously, who stops in the middle of a road and PUTS THE CAR IN REVERSE?? Especially without checking the rearview mirror? I don't know if my radiator was low on fluid b/c you smushed it, or my car just coincidentally started overheating today, but GRR!! It better have just been a one-time deal, b/c if I have to take that car in tomorrow neither of us is going to be very happy.

Dear trail building crew -

Thanks for being awesome. That was the best part of my week.