Cleveland, not with the rocking. Sigh. My coworker and I came out of the hotel thi smorning to pick up the car from the valet, and the driver-side mirror was HANGING off the car. Ummmm....valet dudes? Yeah.

The place we're working is a mess, and annoying, and COULD be fixed, if they'd TRY, but...oy.

HOWEVER? Buffista-ma is a powreful thing. Cause I asked for some maybe-cool-but-slim-chance-work-ma? And as of Tuesday I was thinking it was pretty damn unlikely. And my boss confirmed that.

Today? My boss called me to say it's probably not going ot happen as SOON as I'd like (and might require me continuing to work on a project I 'm not fond of), but I WILL PROBABLY BE GOING TO AUSTRALIA!!

meara! That totally rocks!!!

Holy... imaginative? I am so very not up on the emoticons. I think I'll have to book mark the dictionary.

ETA: That's cool, meara!

I might get ot meet the Wallybee!!! Whoot!

meara-ma!

Fellow parents, tell me it's normal and ok to just walk away from the screaming, irrational child. She doesn't want to be consoled, she doesn't want me to touch her, she doesn't want me to sit down by her, she doesn't want me to leave the room.

Dude. It's not just normal, it's in the freaking manual.

no one is talking. Just to scare you all, I've done some xmas shopping today.

no one is talking. Just to scare you all, I've done some xmas shopping today.

Wha?! It worked. I'm scared.

I'm also verrrry tired (stupid insomina!), and almost done sorting through things for the gothy clothing sale on Saturday. Here's hoping I make oodles of money, with which I will buy *new* gothy clothing.

headdesk, headdesk

Communication people, communication. It isn't hard. "Cause I said so" is NOT A REASON to use on anyone over 13. It makes you sound like you are 5 years old. When we finally reach a compromise, stand by it. Own it. Don't backslide and start the shit over again.

Just ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.

So, um, how is everyone else?

So, um, how is everyone else?

I'm making my Halloween O'Seven mix ("Pet Sematary"!) and drinking zinfandel. Matilda's asleep in the Moses basket. JZ's two-fisted pumping and reading Tanith Lee.

Rational, necessary and wise (and if you can throw her wee butt in bed and let her yell in there, even better, because maybe she'll exhaust herself and conk out).

Neicephew update: Still in NICU, got pictures which are adorable. I know nothing else. And it's too late to call. I am shirking my auntly responsibilities... But I did send the sis a dvd of Grease (her favorite, don't ask...) that was all zipped in a Pink Ladies satin jacket. And I wrapped the dvd in a wee shirt that helpfully stated the Front and Back of a wee baby. Cause her hubby is baby clueless and I figured he can likely read.

I am also catching up on reading from today. Still. *I got bored and missed you guys so I skipped to chime in and will go back to finish reading now.