IOmemeN: Someone at work told me that DD was jealous that my costume on Monday of last week was better than his. (yes, he is that petty and competitive) He ended up not really dressing for the rest of the week becuase I "outdid" him. I, on the other hand, dressed up every day.

Sorry quester, but it's so happy!

He ended up not really dressing for the rest of the week becuase I "outdid" him.

::facepalms::

This chump belongs on Romper Room, not serving (or not) as an administrator.

Oy. Just got an email from the professor I'm TAing for this semester. She seemed to assume that I would figure out that she covered a particular section last Monday based on the fact that she didn't email me to tell me she finished it. I give up on trying to understand this logic.

I'm watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. They seem to be putting in a whole lot of fragile and/or pointy things for a family with three little kids, one with mobility issues. At least it's better than the dead person room they always do whenever the family has recently lost someone.

This chump belongs on Romper Room, not serving (or not) as an administrator.

Agreed. However, it has made me ridiculously happy that something that simple made him miserable, and that it really bugged him for the rest of the week. He even said something along the lines of my not being "totally historically accurate" when someone mentioned my costume to him on Monday.

He even said something along the lines of my not being "totally historically accurate" when someone mentioned my costume to him on Monday.

Forget it. Romper Room is beyond his emotional maturity.

::rolls eyes forever at DD::

IyayME!N, I went into the law firm today only to find that I now have a replacement! So I stayed to get her all trained up on what to do and make sure she knew how to do it, and then I left for the last time. I now have Sundays off--yay!!

Perfect timing, what with me going on vacation for a week this Thursday.

(yes, he is that petty and competitive)

So am I, because this made me laugh and laugh.

At least it's better than the dead person room they always do whenever the family has recently lost someone.

Okay, what? Seriously, what?

Okay, what? Seriously, what?

If the family who's on the show that week has recently lost someone (firefighter dad who died while rescuing a family, soldier mom who died in Iraq, etc.) then they'll just about always set up a "Mom room" or "Dad room" that's filled with pictures and stuff that belonged to Mom or Dad -- his firefighter cap, her medals, huge pictures of them -- frequently with heroic sayings or stuff like that painted on the walls, with chairs so that the family can sit and reflect and remember. The adults and teenage kids generally react to this with a sort of, "OK, thanks," attitude, but if the families have elementary-school-aged kids, if you look at their faces when they first walk into those rooms, the main emotion seems to be trauma.