Since I have no spleen, due to a sledding accident at age 12, any mention of spleens causes DH and I to instantly do a take where we stare at each other with horrified expressions, sometimes accompanied by audible gasps before turning back to the screen. We've got it down to a science. Good times, good times.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Scrappy - Oct 19, 2006 11:17:13 am PDT #7769 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2006 11:19:10 am PDT #7770 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
But how do I tell her that I don't want to spend five extra days with them? I want time for me. I suck.
Well, if you suck then I do too, as well as a lot of people I know.
Can you come up with some plans in SF during that time, so you don't have to lie to her?
Aims - Oct 19, 2006 11:20:20 am PDT #7771 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Or tell her that with the new job, you are loathe to take too much time off. Or that with you being so new, the more senior people of your staff have first dibs at holiday time off.
DawnK - Oct 19, 2006 11:21:51 am PDT #7772 of 10000
giraffe mode
"My Spleen!" (Everybody does this, right?)
But of course -- or we use the alternative "My squeedaleespooch"
I don't want to spend five extra days with them
P-C, just tell her the two extra days off aren't do-able from a work-load point of view???? Other than that? I got nuthin'
ChiKat - Oct 19, 2006 11:22:05 am PDT #7773 of 10000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
But how do I tell her that I don't want to spend five extra days with them? I want time for me. I suck.
First off, you don't suck. It's okay to want time for yourself. Second, if it were me, I wouldn't tell them. I'd just tell them I couldn't get the extra time off. That way, you get the time you need without hurting their feelings. But I lie to my parents in those sorts of ways with regularity, so I don't know if my lying ways would suit you.
DavidS - Oct 19, 2006 11:22:57 am PDT #7774 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Tell her that you're dating a nice Indian girl from your region with an appropriate value system and you can't come home on those days because you might be getting a special doctorate that week.
DavidS - Oct 19, 2006 11:24:17 am PDT #7775 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
...also anybody working over the holidays gets a special bonus and you want to spend it on all of your young female relatives.
After the holidays claim a spleen related injury ate up your bonus.
tommyrot - Oct 19, 2006 11:26:02 am PDT #7776 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
::wonders what would happen if Hec and P-C switched brains before P-C went home::
Vortex - Oct 19, 2006 11:29:25 am PDT #7777 of 10000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But how do I tell her that I don't want to spend five extra days with them? I want time for me. I suck.
you don't You tell her that you can't spend the two extra days. If she pushes, say that you had to trade days with someone else to get the ones you have.
DavidS - Oct 19, 2006 11:31:13 am PDT #7778 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
::wonders what would happen if Hec and P-C switched brains before P-C went home::
I would have his Mom wrapped around my his finger in no time. A little Eddie Haskell, a little Pollyanna cheer and a whole lot of Tell Her What She Wants To Hear In A Manner Which Is So Slippery I Cannot Be Held Accountable But Rather Have Let Her Impute and Project Her Wishes Onto A Fantasy Template.