vw, sorry you had to deal with that conversation with your brother. I'm always amazed when people say that kind of thing in front of me, and if I respond with something along the lines of, "standing right here", they'll say, "Oh, not you just everyone else." Craziness.

Mom and I are busy making a dent in everything that needs to be packed. I'm stealing a quick minute on the computer while she goes to get pizza.

My brother and I are polar opposites in politics. One of the reasons I hope that I drive to NY with my sister instead. Will be less bloody.

Huge relief. Step-dad took the email very well. No plan yet, but I think it will happen. Good thing since my sister was going to come down and put a boot on the truck.

I just read this off to your Mom ( my precious Honey), and here she sits in tears,. I thought "oh-oh" and she said "those kids, I sure must have done something right. It sounds like you guys have really been working on the options...and we really do appreciate them....I'm sure we agree with one of the options...give us some time to think it out and we will get back to you.....thank you bunches......

I tweaked the email to stress working together to formulate a better plan in an attempt to keep them from planting their feet into stubborn mode.

go Laura! I'm so glad that it worked out.

And it sounds like it worked, so go you!

Oh, Laura! That is wonderful news!

Yay, Laura!

argh! I hate thesaurus.com. Newsflash: a word cannot be a synonym of itself!!!

Anyway, I'm looking for a word besides experience, because I've already used it. The sentence is essenitally, "My various work experiences are particularly relevant because . . ."

thoughts?

My accomplishments... My endeavors in this area are...

Hm...still thinking.

various work experiences are particularly relevant because . .

of my participation in xxx

Whew, Laura! That's great!