They also come in on Friday if there's any developing crisis, and take care of it so you can leave at noon.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - May 18, 2009 5:13:32 am PDT #19975 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Lee - May 18, 2009 5:16:02 am PDT #19976 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Plus they do your time sheets for you, right?
tommyrot - May 18, 2009 5:17:21 am PDT #19977 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Of course.
msbelle - May 18, 2009 5:32:51 am PDT #19978 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So there is a major flaw in my plan. Being alone allows me to start processing everything, like how scared I was on Friday and how upsetting it all was, and......I start to cry. Crying at work is really NOT ON.
So, no more of that.
I related news, I expect the mother of all breakdowns when mac leaves home in 10 or so years and I finally work through all the surpressed mess. I should start socking away money for that now. Perhaps by then we will have a re-vamped health care system and one will be able to have home health care mental health specialists.
Theodosia - May 18, 2009 5:35:19 am PDT #19979 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Note to self: parenting not for amateurs.
sarameg - May 18, 2009 5:37:58 am PDT #19980 of 30000
Hard on the professionals too!
Work is now in crisis/firefighting/seat-of-the-pants mode. And will be for the next, oh, 4 months.
Amy - May 18, 2009 5:45:23 am PDT #19981 of 30000
Because books.
oh, msbelle. I've so been there.
::offers cookies and soothing tea::
billytea - May 18, 2009 6:04:00 am PDT #19982 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Note to self: parenting not for amateurs.
Oops.
Jessica - May 18, 2009 6:15:03 am PDT #19983 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oops.
My parents always told me the first kid is like the first pancake. Don't worry if you screw it up - you can always make more.
[Editor's Note: I am the oldest of 4 children and my parents are meeeeeeeeean.]
Jessica - May 18, 2009 6:18:08 am PDT #19984 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Unrelated, I am really enjoying the Times Reader software. The crossword interface is a dream.