My Buffistaversary is June 16, 2003. I lurked for about an hour before I jumped out of the cake and into Bitches.

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So the client meeting went well today, I think. There was Buffista~ma aplenty which is always a good thing. Thank you.

I had planned to write all about it, but I am so completely exhausted that I skipped ahead (with a threadsuck hanging out in another window to read tomorrow likely) and am thinking longingly of just lying down and going to sleep shockingly early.

Given my not so infrequent struggles with sleep, Ima light a couple tealights and comply. Fire pretty, tree leafy.

I don't think I lurked. I had never been to any type of board before so I knew nothing of lurking. I posted 9/30/01. I sought an alternative to television that month in dire need of distraction. It was meant to be. No doubt if other boards had been my first find I would have found drugs or some other addiction instead. It wasn't until much later that I discovered the rarity of Buffistas.

Yay Cinco de Mayo! Except I smell like an ashtray and I don't smoke. But I did go out on a Thursday night which is unusual for me. So Yay!

Hivemind assistance wanted:

Annabel, after seeming healthy, happy, and normal-temperatured all day, has developed a fever of 102 out of nowhere. She still doesn't seem sick--sleepy, but it's her bedtime and she missed a nap.

Is this a "call the doctor NOW" scenario, or a "give her medicine and see how she is in the morning" one?

I'd call it a give her medicine and see how she is in the morning case. They do spike easily and quickly. It can be so many things, or nothing at all. Overtired, teeth, ears. It is most likely she will sleep soundly after the meds and be fine in the morning.

Thanks, Laura. We do think she's cutting a tooth--she's had lakes of drool, and DH thought he felt it through her gums.

Ah yes, foaming at the mouth. May be a tooth. I hope she settles down easily. God knows I wouldn't be happy if I were getting a new tooth.

Quick resume question: I'm revising my resume, and for the education section, how am I supposed to phrase my current school stuff? (Currently in grad school, have all the qualifications to graduate with a masters this year but not going to bother with going through the paperwork to actually get the degree right now, planning to continue to get a Ph. D. at some point in the next three or so years.)

I lurked at TT starting in late S5 (so, spring '01), when we'd all been laid off but were still stuck at the office for three months with nothing to do. Then Jilli told me where you were post pay-for-play, and I relurked at WX in November '01, delurked in the Goodbye 2001 thread, and have been lurkless (TM Cybervixen) ever since.

Hmm, Hil. Are you going to be open in your job search about the fact you're going back for the PhD? If so, I'd just list it as something like "graduate studies" with a line about "expect to complete PhD in 200X."

Yeah, I'm just looking for a summer job right now. Thanks, that'll work.