Sort of stranded at work. Feh. I work pretty close to the 'splodey and there aren't really any good transportation options to get home. So I'll do some overtime and all that until the car service can find a car for me.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 36: Did I Sully Our Good Name?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Trudy Booth - Jul 18, 2007 3:26:11 pm PDT #7159 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Pix - Jul 18, 2007 3:41:11 pm PDT #7160 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
Shit, Trudy. Glad you're okay. That's pretty scary. Good luck getting home soon.
Emily - Jul 18, 2007 3:45:27 pm PDT #7161 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Kristin, licensing looks good:
an individual coming into Virginia from any state may qualify for a Virginia license with comparable endorsement areas if the individual has completed a state-approved teacher training program through a regionally accredited four-year college or university or if the individual holds a valid out-of-state teaching license, which must be in force at the time the application for a Virginia license is made.
Although thank goodness I still have my Massachusetts one, because would you believe I still have not received the California one? Is that bullshit or what?
sj - Jul 18, 2007 3:46:31 pm PDT #7162 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Trudy, sorry you're stuck at work, but I'm glad you're ok.
DebetEsse - Jul 18, 2007 3:49:32 pm PDT #7163 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Oy, Trudes.
Good luck, Emily.
I should be working. And, yet, not.
Trudy Booth - Jul 18, 2007 4:09:59 pm PDT #7164 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
un stuck! woo hoo!
(car finally came)
esse - Jul 18, 2007 4:11:21 pm PDT #7165 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Hi!
It seems Cincinnati is not, in fact, mythical, as it seemed yesterday, when I couldn't seem to make it here to save my life. We just had wicked awesome sushi after going to the comic book store, and I had a lie-in until 11:30 and life is very pleasant right now.
I get to go to Portland in FIVE DAYS THOUGH OMG.
Ahem. Holiday going well! Minus problem with tires. And my birthday is tomorrow! Which I tend to remember because it follows Juliana's and I share it with Jared Padalecki.
vw bug - Jul 18, 2007 5:46:12 pm PDT #7166 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Parents: on average, how many times do you have to tell your kids to get ready for bed?
I'm going on 7 for each of the older kids and haven't started with the three-year-old. This might be a long night. But, I really want them sleeping before their parents come home. Isn't the whole point of giving parents a night out so they don't have to deal with the kids at all?
IOIllinoisN, there is just an amazing lightning storm outside right now. I forgot about these. Em, you'd love this.
Aims - Jul 18, 2007 5:52:02 pm PDT #7167 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We don't really tell her to get ready for bed. We say, "Bedtime!" and then head upstairs. Sometimes, it's bath, hair and teeth, kisses, stories, songs, and then bed - which starts around 7:30-7:45 for a target bed time of 8:30. Other nights, we start later and skip the bath.
I really want them sleeping before their parents come home. Isn't the whole point of giving parents a night out so they don't have to deal with the kids at all?
It is, but sometimes with older kids, short of physically putting them into their pajamas and their bed and then physically restraining them there, all you can do is say, "Fine. But your parents told you to go to bed at X time. If you aren't there, it's gonna be you who gets nailed. Not me. So, if you're staying up with me, you get to work." and then make them do chores.
With the three year old, shot of fernet. Works every time.
DavidS - Jul 18, 2007 5:52:22 pm PDT #7168 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Parents: on average, how many times do you have to tell your kids to get ready for bed?
One or two.
Seven is not good. Now it is time to be the mean babysitter.