Woo hoo, SA! Very impressive.

My friend J offered to run to the grocery store for me. I keep cutting down the list, 'cause I feel like I'm imposing.

Hon, she offered to help so perhaps you could let her decide what is imposing and what isn't... Maybe send her both lists (the original and the pared down) and let her know that it's totally up to her which one she does.

Katie, love, that fucking sucks and I'm very sorry you had to go through it. {{{{katie}}}

What Ginger done said.

AND you should get the booze and ice cream. And then some sex.

Oh, Katie, that SUCKS. I'm so sorry.

I just had some Wendy's. I couldn't finish it. YAY! Maybe my regular appetite is returning.

Oh, KatieBee, I am so sorry the hearing didn't go well.

I am a bit bewildered about what actually happened to make the hearing necessary, as I am a big old skipper and skimmer, but it sounds like you got a raw deal. I fope the humiliated feeling passes, as you have not earned it.

Well, I'm not sorry that I stood up for myself. (pats self on back) That was worthwhile and far better than quietly rolling over and turning the other cheek. I just didn't get the desired outcome where evil was punished and I received payment for all the hours I worked. Reckon I will have to be satisfied with having caused inconvenience.

Paging DH: Booty call! Shiny disco ball.

Oh, and, importantly: Thank You, Buffistas, for having helped make things feel a little better.

Paging DH: Booty call! Shiny disco ball.

Daaaaaamn right you get a bootycall.

Man should greet you at the door with Ben, Jerry, and Jose.

KB, I hope your former employer develops a painful rash in an inconvient place.

vw, I'm glad your real appetite seems to be coming back -- may other good things follow.

ION, my face is going to explode if the snot monster convention in my sinuses doesn't end soon. Blerg, I say, BLERG!

I do not have anyone's motivations this time. I think mine is off someplace being a tramp or something, in fact. My dad loved that Pimpernel quote so much that he said it for, like, months. If he had had a tagline, it would have been it.Very like my dad not to notice when something stops being cute to everyone else, but, in retrospect, I feel close to him for that.

Trudes! you are not alone! From the Washington Post "Animal Watch" (calls to animal control ... kind like billytea's version of the police blotter):

"Investigating a call about a large opossum on top of a fence in an alley 'scaring people,' an animal control officer caught the opossum and released it in a wooded location."

(edited for spelling)

Oh Katie, that really sucks. Karma will get 'im.

My friend J offered to run to the grocery store for me. I keep cutting down the list, 'cause I feel like I'm imposing.

Personally, I love going to the grocery store, and going with someone else's list would be practically like a treasure hunt. And honestly, once you're there, longer v. shorter list hardly makes a difference.

It's not like you're asking her to go to the mall or something.