Raq, can you repost the link to your shirts? It's trying to sign me in as you.

Nora, if you take dinner over, you might want to -- if it's not too much trouble -- make something like a pan of lasagne that's more than one meal's worth of entree and can refrigerate/freeze well, so that they can pull stuff out of the freezer and fling it in the microwave when things are crazy.

Of course, I also hit myself in the back of the head with it, and in the ass a couple of times, too.

I wish I had this part on video.

Keep on wishing, 'bot.

2. I want to be sure that talking with her won't always be a sparring match.

billytea, is it sparring in a bad way? Or a banter-y way? Or do you just really dislike that type of badinage? Because, frankly, banter-y verbal sparring is, in fact, a form of flirting; one I engage in as often as possible.

Ok, maybe a little bit doomed.

Hmm. I dectect some smitten-ness. Smitten is good. Yes.

you might want to -- if it's not too much trouble -- make something like a pan of lasagne that's more than one meal's worth of entree and can refrigerate/freeze well, so that they can pull stuff out of the freezer and fling it in the microwave when things are crazy.

What I planned to do was put it in freezer safe individual packages that can be pulled out and tossed in the microwave one-handed. I did that for my cousin's housewarming (she never cooks) and it worked out pretty well.

What I planned to do was put it in freezer safe individual packages that can be pulled out and tossed in the microwave one-handed.

That's a great idea. New baby time is crazy schedule-wise.

Ugh. Going to be a bad day today.

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billytea, you are indeed doomed.

I had a great conversation with her tonight. It feels very comfortable talking with her, starting to get into more personal stuff too. One of my concerns, that talking with her won't always be a sparring match, has been allayed. Ah, but there's a problem. She's already played the 'friends' card. Her stated reason is that she thinks this is the start of a beautiful friendship, and doesn't want to jeopardise that. Could very possibly be a cover for just not being interested, of course, but if I have a read on her, I think there's a good chance that isn't decided yet.

Anyway, I disagreed with her, first because if you don't form a relationship with someone with whom you have a friendship, who are you going to form one with? And second because I believe that in such a situation, you reach for the brass ring. If there's the possibility of more, you're shortchanging yourself not going for it.

I'm seeing her tomorrow night. I see a good chance the line "Time to choose. Do you want to play it safe, or will you go for the brass ring?" could come up. Possibly just before kissing her. Well, depending on how things go.

Annoying Coworker is being extra annoying, but part of it isn't his fault. His computer isn't working. It hasn't worked right for several months, they came out and fixed it and it worked fine for a few weeks. Now it's dead. Bereft of life, it is an ex computer.

IT has been saying for over a week they'll be coming to fix/replace it. They were supposed to be here yesterday, they are supposed to be here this afternoon. If they aren't I'm thinking of hunting them down and dragging someone back here.

With no computer Annoying Coworker has to use someone's for certain things, and I'm usually that someone. So I give up my computer or he hovers while I do stuff. Somethign happened and my computer froze, and Word wasn't responding. I started to go to the Task Manager and he exclaims "NO!!!! don't turn it off!" Which I didn't, but he's stressed out (partly because he's past all his deadlines due to procrastination) and partly because no computer and IT putting him off.

billytea, is it sparring in a bad way? Or a banter-y way? Or do you just really dislike that type of badinage? Because, frankly, banter-y verbal sparring is, in fact, a form of flirting; one I engage in as often as possible.

Well now, that's the issue. Some sparring is a good thing, both because it can be flirtatious, and because I really need someone who's going to challenge me. But all sparring, all the time would be very tiring. I also need some fundamental acceptance. (Plus, though it can be flirtatious, she doesn't believe she's able to flirt, which can change the tone a little, make it more serious. She is in fact better at flirting than she makes out, or at least she's able to react once she's at ease, but I don't think she recognises it.)

WooHoo! I just found out that Medicare is enough to not take the Student Health Care Plan at school. This makes me very relieved, since I was worried that they may not consider it a comporable plan. I just didn't want to be paying for THREE different insurances (Medicare, CommonHealth, Chickering).