Dear So and So

[Crankin]

I am glad to hear Don is adjusting to the treatments and you are feeling good, Mimi.
She Fly, no one should hate their job, since we spend so much time there. You have desirable skills. Start looking. And thank God that you can focus on cycling most of the time!

[Owlie]

Dear body:
No no no no. You are not allowed to get sick. Finals are in a week, and I still have studying to do. No. Not allowed. No.
I hope this is just a holdover from this morning. Although this would explain why I've had such a bad time with trainer workouts for the past week...

[tulip]

She Fly, no one should hate their job, since we spend so much time there. You have desirable skills. Start looking. And thank God that you can focus on cycling most of the time!

Absolutely! Hating the thing we spend the most time doing is not a very pleasant way to live. Been there, done that. Never again.

[azfiddle]

Mimi- I was just thinking about you and Don...this is just one more hurdle but it sounds like you guys will get through it. Hang in there on the rollercoaster ride until it all calms down.

Pax- sounds like you have a lot on your plate. Hugs.

Sharon

[SheFly]

Thanks, jobob, Crankin and Tulip! I have started looking, but there's not a lot out there right now. Part of my issue is being picky on location - I don't want to commute like I am now.

I'm usually pretty good about not complaining because I know I have it pretty good. Yesterday was just a REALLY bad day.

Thanks for letting me vent .

SheFly

p.s.
A really hard hill interval ride after work last night definitely helped!

[Crankin]

Yea, the location thing is wearing on me, too. Maybe my world was smaller when I lived in Boxborough and commuted to Hudson, but life seemed easier. I don't have traffic to deal with (thankfully), unless there's some unusual situation, but I live for Wednesdays and Fridays when I don't go to the office and I only see one, maybe two clients, who live near me.
This morning I am seeing parents who live 5 miles from my house, in Carlisle... I am going to ride my bike .

[NbyNW]

Dear fellow committee member (aka Mr. Windbag),

I'm tired of your tendency to over-promise and under-deliver, not to mention your obstructive attitude towards the goals of this committee.

If you truly don't have the time, please don't volunteer it. You are taking up valuable, needed space. It's time to let someone else step up.

Thank you for all the favors that you have offered but have failed to bring to fruition.

NbyNW

[Owlie]

Dear self:
Watching The Lion King at this time of the month would be the worst plan ever, unless you want to be calling your BF, sobbing, and explain that you need cheering up because you were watching a Disney movie.
Also, don't listen to the soundtrack from that part of the movie. Just. don't.

[alexis_the_tiny]

Dear body:
No no no no. You are not allowed to get sick. Finals are in a week, and I still have studying to do. No. Not allowed. No.

Owlie, I just said the exact same thing to my body today. 3 days ago, I was just recovering from a viral infection that was making it hard to breathe. Then a kid sneezed into my face. And now, hellooo sore throat, headache and sniffles. My job is not giving me enough health insurance for this!

Dear life in general,

quit kicking my butt. Seriously. I walk around with a frown ALL the time because I'm stressed about work, school and well, work. I don't know how to handle the new behaviors in my classroom. I don't know how to set up my dang classroom. I don't know how to defend the decisions I make in my classroom to my co-teacher. And depressingly enough, yes, she's right, all I have are theories because neither of us have ANY reliable training in teaching special ed so I can't exactly demand that she go along with trying my ideas. Also, that flat tire that came when I was about to head off to school was NOT welcome.

[malkin]

Dear Contractor:

Since you have already wrecked the hardwood floors, the piano, and all the electronics in the house it might be better for you to go ahead and burn the place down to the ground. That way I could have all the trauma all at once, collect some money from insurance, and I could be finished with you.

[emily_in_nc]

Dear Contractor:

Since you have already wrecked the hardwood floors, the piano, and all the electronics in the house it might be better for you to go ahead and burn the place down to the ground. That way I could have all the trauma all at once, collect some money from insurance, and I could be finished with you.

OMG, malkin...what in the world -- how did he do all that damage?!

[Reesha]

Dear children on my cycling team,

You are the best. The bomb. Today you worked so hard in those sprints... you cheered each other on constantly. You laughed, you enjoyed yourselves. This is what a team should be.

Gosh I'm so proud of them.

[Owlie]

Alexis: Sorry you're sick. In my case, it wasn't the plague. Apparently chills and general "sick" feeling is now the new PMS.

Malkin:

Dear children on my cycling team,

You are the best. The bomb. Today you worked so hard in those sprints... you cheered each other on constantly. You laughed, you enjoyed yourselves. This is what a team should be.

Gosh I'm so proud of them.

Awww.

Dear Self:
Jalapeno hummus is best not followed immediately by a bowl of cereal. It makes everything taste funny.

[malkin]

OMG, malkin...what in the world -- how did he do all that damage?!

He normally does new construction and didn't do anything differently in our house to protect any of our stuff. Discovered the mess when we got home from a difficult Europe trip (my dad is 82, recovering from stroke and bypass surgery, lives in obscure village--no--we are not from there, just long story).

Anyway, I pretty much melted down walking in the house after the long trip home. That was last Sunday.

This weekend, my brother is in Vegas to watch basketball, so Brewer drove me down here to see my brother and to get me out of our 'house.'

[alexis_the_tiny]

Owlie, that's a horrible feeling. Hope you feel better soon.

Malkin, your contractor's a real gem. Please pass along his number for when some people need help towards a nervous breakdown. Jeez. I hope you had a good break while in Vegas. You sound like you need it awfully.