Happy Birthdays, Birthday People!

And Happy Boxing Day aka Jessica's Favorite Thing About Working For A British Company. ('Cause I have today off. And tomorrow, which is a "Company Day" and Thursday and Friday because I'm taking them as vacation days. Woot!)

Holy CRAP.

I just realized I'm totally out of smokes. The nearest convenience store is about a half mile away, which is okay, but then I have to cross a busy highway.

Wish me luck.

If I don't make it back, Kristen gets all my porn, and Paula gets the furniture.

It's deadsville on boxing day. There should be more boxing at least.

Emmett's off school all this week and next. JZ's brother Chris will be stopping by today to hang out with them. Then they'll come swooping downtown to collect me at 5pm and we'll go visit with EM for an hour. Then to Emmett's godparents for dinner. So we're keeping with the action packed seeing-people pace, at least for today.

I just realized I'm totally out of smokes.

Okay, now the stage is set for some volatile action scenes and possibly a car chase.

Hee. I'm sensing this Allyson-sans-smokes movie could go one of two ways, very existential and "without smokes I am bitter, and grumpy", or action adventure with semis barrelling down the highway, and one woman, who alone can face the danger....

Happy Birthday Jesse! And Theodosia!

I am not at work, though I knwo a few of my coworkers are. But I can't imagine getting in at 5AM the day after Christmas, like Shrift's coworkers. WTF?

It incenses me when people dismiss the amount of pain I report--I really don't start reporting until pretty late in the game.

yeah, I have that problem myself. Since I don't say anything until its damn near unbearable, people assume that it's not that bad, because they start complaining at the first twinge.

If I don't make it back, Kristen gets all my porn, and Paula gets the furniture.

Who gets Ruby?

But I can't imagine getting in at 5AM the day after Christmas, like Shrift's coworkers. WTF?

Dude, don't look at me. Personally I hope she's planning to leave early for vacation or something. I got here about 15 minutes early myself due to extreme lack of people on the bus. And when I stopped to get a mocha? Empty coffee shop. CRAZY.

When I was in college, a classmate of mine went to the hospital with a ruptured appendix. While waiting to be treated, she overheard a nurse saying, "She says she's in a lot of pain, but maybe she just has a low tolerance for pain."

About 8 or 9 years ago, my sister and her GF were in a car accident - their car left the highway and rolled over a few times. Shirley (my sister's GF) complained that her back hurt - the nurse at the local hospital told her essentially that she was just whining and she should just deal with the pain. Then, at Shirley's insistence, she was transferred to a hospital in Madison. There they discovered that she had a fractured vertebrae that the New London hospital had missed. In conclusion, never go to the hospital in New London, WI.

So, are people more likely to discount someone's pain if the person is a woman?

So, are people more likely to discount someone's pain if the person is a woman?

Yes. Women complain about every little thing, didn't you know? Unlike men, who are naturally inclined to handle even the most intense pain with dignified stoicism.

Who gets Ruby?

Ruby is an obligation to everyone but me. So it's less like gifting her and more like adding a poop machine to someone's life.

Who amongst you would take her?