{{juliana}} All my sympathy to you and your family. May your grandfather find peace and love waiting for him.

Oy, all you insensitive asses! I'ma kick yours! So sorry you've had to deal with that kind of crap, Sparky and Shir. It's amazing how many people out there don't have boundaries or recognize others. Makes me want to cut a bitch.

I very calmly told her that I appreciated the apology, but I'd thought I'd made myself very clear with regard to her story and if I didn't then I was doing so now: I would not be discussing any medical issues/decisions with her - those are private and off-limits now and forever.

If she does it again, just bitch slap her, burst into tears, and blame the hormones.

Hang in there, sj! Stay warm!

juliana, all my sympathy.

I may be hormonal. I want to drive over there and kick that woman's ass on your behalf, Sparky. Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with that woman?

I'm ready to throttle DH as well. When he comes home for lunch he immediately switches the tv to Sports Center (even though I'm in the middle of fixing lunch for the kids and have it on Noggin to distract them). When he gets home in the evening, he does the SAME thing, only he turns on Pardon the Interruption and expects the kids to be QUIET while he watches.

I should be able to allow his inner caveman to appear for two half hour slots per day but DAMN. I'm either trying to do dishes, fold laundry or chase kids and seeing him sit there makes me want to slap him.

Other than that, he's awesome.

My floor has one unisex bathroom, which is fine, there are only three people regularly on the floor - the dean of the chapel, the security guard, and me (the rest of the floor is conference rooms). Someone routinely does not flush, which is gross, but dealable. Today, some asshole has PEED ALL OVER THE FRONT OF THE SEAT. Not just a splash or a spot, but a good third of the seat is covered. I can't help but suspect the security guard, since he's kind of an asshole (i.e. doesn't bother to learn where the rooms in the building are, just sends them into my office)

Thank you for all the sympathy, folks. I appreciate it.

My floor has one unisex bathroom, which is fine, there are only three people regularly on the floor - the dean of the chapel, the security guard, and me (the rest of the floor is conference rooms). Someone routinely does not flush, which is gross, but dealable. Today, some asshole has PEED ALL OVER THE FRONT OF THE SEAT. Not just a splash or a spot, but a good third of the seat is covered. I can't help but suspect the security guard, since he's kind of an asshole (i.e. doesn't bother to learn where the rooms in the building are, just sends them into my office)

ewwwww! My office only has the one bathroom but, fortunately, the gentlemen I work with are all pretty neat.

I'm not a violent man, but jeez Sparky, I wanna kick that gal's ass. And ya, the "I'm not listening to your horror story of 35 years ago cuz medicine has progressed LEAP YEARS since then" is a good attitude.

Shir, I hope you get your sleep tonight. I'm hoping to be hitting the post office in the next day or so, depending on weather (sorry, I'm not walking on icy walks more than I have to).

Speaking of ice. I woke to find my car covered in 10" of ice. Ok, I exaggerate, who knows how thick it really was, it might as well have been 10". Took me a good 20 min with the car running to scrape that crap off. I get to work, and it starts snowing! SNOWING! Granted, it's only flurries, but still. I thought I was in the south! Warm. Moist. WTF is up with cold, icey, snow crap?! Oh, the best is, I'm trying to figure out why my arm feels like a wet noodle. It took a good 30 minutes to realize I probably wore it out scraping the damn windows. Ya, I'm bitching, but it's good humored bitching. It's not angsty, more astonished.

Oh omnis... did no one tell you that "cold" in the South feels colder than anywhere else because of the humidity?

No lie, 30 degrees in Cleveland felt far more comfortable than 45 in Jax does.