Dear So and So

[katluvr]

Dear "Friends",
I have tried to stay in touch. I invite you to our usual Sunday night beer nights. I keep trying to keep the friendship going. I reach out. I try to plan things. Sometimes I get a response, sometimes not. I see you have new friends, new groups that you hang with (thanks FB). I try to "like" or comment on your posts. You don't seem to have time to "like" or comment on mine. Maybe we are not friends. I know I am tried of trying. Maybe we weren't really that good of friends. Maybe there are better people for me to spend my time with. If you still want to be my friend, do things with me, if you care...the balls in your court. I am moving on!
K

[Sky King]

Right up there with the "friends" who are only around when they need you to do something for them

Dear "Friends",
I have tried to stay in touch. I invite you to our usual Sunday night beer nights. I keep trying to keep the friendship going. I reach out. I try to plan things. Sometimes I get a response, sometimes not. I see you have new friends, new groups that you hang with (thanks FB). I try to "like" or comment on your posts. You don't seem to have time to "like" or comment on mine. Maybe we are not friends. I know I am tried of trying. Maybe we weren't really that good of friends. Maybe there are better people for me to spend my time with. If you still want to be my friend, do things with me, if you care...the balls in your court. I am moving on!
K

[snapdragen]

Right up there with the "friends" who are only around when they need you to do something for them

Thankfully, I've managed to shed those types. It's amazing what getting sick does to your "friend" pool.

[Pax]

Thankfully, I've managed to shed those types. It's amazing what getting sick does to your "friend" pool.

Definitely (moms illness), when she finally passed away I looked around and we were down to about five friends total. The good ones.

[redrhodie]

Thankfully, I've managed to shed those types. It's amazing what getting sick does to your "friend" pool.

I thought it was just me.

Hope you're feeling good snap.

[snapdragen]

I thought it was just me.

Hope you're feeling good snap.

Feeling great, thank you!

[Xrayted]

There are days when I feel like the universe is french kissing me and the next one, I can't even catch a green light.

[snapdragen]

There are days when I feel like the universe is french kissing me and the next one, I can't even catch a green light.

What's that saying....sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're the windshield.

[smilingcat]

Dear ******,

Next year, you will be getting nothing or lumps of coal for Christmas. So you don't like what I sent to you this year. But was it really necessary to say that no one liked it, even though in years past everyone loved it. But this year not only everyone hated it but had to add that you can get the exact same thing where you live, is not only not nice, was it even necessary?

And for that, I went and cancelled a shipment of Pacific Northwest wild caught smoked Sockeye salmon. Saves me $$ while at it. BTW,our cats and dogs are getting organic free range chicken over the holiday season. And they were bit naughty this year. so PPPTTHHHH!!!

I'm very tired of the snarky comments and other not so nice comments.

Sincerely,

smilingcat

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On a slightly different note: My local barista asked us if we were nice? so I said mostly and in return I asked her the same. She grinned and said no. She said may be two lumps of coal and huge beaming grin. Must have been good.

[Blueberry]

Dear Landlord:

We're buying a house. We gave you the appropriate notice. We're doing our darnedest to be good tenants and help you rent the place. I even sent an email out to the neighborhood list on your behalf. Could you please be a little considerate?

Monday we stopped packing, cleaned up the packing mess and cleaned the house for you to not show it with 2 hours' notice. We did the same on Wednesday. Today, you showed up 10 minutes past the scheduled showing (which you apparently cancelled by telling an elderly person the house wasn't suitable for her - google Fair Housing Act, please) to take photos. I had spent over an hour cleaning, locked up my cats, and been cooling my heels (missing a glorious riding day). We (politely) asked that you not post photos (including some with our bikes) to Craigs. Apparently you are anyway. Before we move.

We will no longer be cleaning up the house for you or accommodating your showings any more than absolutely required. We will also not be leaving on the power "for your convenience until you re-rent it so you can work on it."

[Catrin]

Blueberry, ugh. Hopefully the process will ease for you and the landlord stops trying to take advantage of your good intentions.

[Pax]

Wow! Here that landlord would be in court so fast their head would spin. University town with huge renter protections, just to keep stuff like that from happening, what a jerk!

[Blueberry]

Thanks Catrin and Pax. She posted it last night - but at least not the bikes and the map is about a block away (not that someone couldn't easily find it - but it's not a straight line to the house). Our housing laws are a mess here - so no help there. It would all be over before I could even get it in front of a magistrate. We would be out today except that our closing got delayed until Monday because either the plumber failed to call the city for an inspection or the city dragged its heels (had to remove a bunch of defective plumbing joints in the new house). So - they have yet to sheetrock and paint. Crossing our fingers all goes smoothly from here out.

Sorry to be so negative here lately - I need to make more of an effort to post the good stuff too!

[emily_in_nc]

Ugh, Blueberry...sorry that your delayed closing has resulted in even more bad juju! I know you can't get out of that place fast enough.

Hopefully this will all soon be a distant memory, and you'll be enjoying rides in "the OC" very soon. SUCH a great place to ride!

[OakLeaf]

Oh man Blueberry. Hoping you can close on Monday and get moved ASAP!