WindSparrow, thanks for the idea. I have e-mailed the prof. Will see what he says.

Ugh, Aimee. That is really frustrating.

Ooooh, Empress - send her to me!!! I wanna play with Em! Umm, well, there is the distance thing, and the *I'm* supposed to be at work thing, oh, and the I'm sick and don't want to get her sick thing.

Crud.

Doctor's appt at 3pm.

My boss told me to quit talking. She said my voice sounds too painful. Gah.

She's claiming she "missed" it on the Parent's Guideline.

I also asked about getting a discount last week for having to go to Michigan, just out of curiosity, and she got SNOTTY with me.

Ugh. I almost wish Em didn't like it there so much.

My boss told me to quit talking. She said my voice sounds too painful. Gah.

I hope she means painful because you're sick because otherwise WTF????

Sore throat has turned into scratchy/breaky voice. It sounds like it hurts and it sounds like it feels...so no talky would be a good thing, IF I could actually shut up. Not really a ME thing.

My officemate just sent me an email saying she hopes my "stepdad" will be okay and that "the stroke is too severe." Bah! Sometimes you want to look your emails over before you send them.

(I suppose "stepfather" sounds weirdly formal -- it's just that he only married my mother this year and I've only met him a handful of times, so "stepdad" is kind of odd for me.)

Thank you all for your ma. My mom has to teach her classes and things and then will drive up to see him, so I won't know what's going on for a while. Will keep you up to date.

quick poll:

someone close to me just suffered from a crappy breakup. I guess she thought they were taking a break but just found out they'd actually broke up. Anyway, she's in a really bad, bad way. Should I go over there even if she protests to get her out of the house at least? Or should I listen to potential protests and back off until she's ready?

Should I go over there even if she protests to get her out of the house at least? Or should I listen to potential protests and back off until she's ready?

I'd say go over, and be prepared to just watch TV or summat and just be there if she dosn't feel like going out. Maybe bring some Chinese food.

ask her why she demands that you be reliable ( as in pay her to keep your place eve if you aren't there) how she can be so unreliable. Of course - another option is to get other parents invovled. I have Vetren's day of - because I work for a public angency. Oddly, more people get upset if we aren't closed , because it would be disrespectful. But DH doesn't have it offor most anyone else, i know. i am guessing there are some other parents that ae unhappy with the last minute notification

well, it kind of depends on the person. if I tell people to back off, I mean it. but, I have a friend that tells people that she wants to be alone, but she really wants people to call her so she can feel loved. is she a person who is honest with others about her feelings?