sleep~ma for everyone!

IOmeN, Charter cable is a big ripoff. With the digital divide starting yesterday, they've gone and cut my expanded basic back to basic saying that's all I'm paying for. Yeah, because I have internet and part of the package was getting expanded basic for the price of basic. Now, in order to get what I was getting, I have to get a digital box and pay for the expanded basic. I'll do it, but I'm going to look into seeing what else is out there, maybe Dish.

Fucking Charter. They've got us by the short & curlies because we're in a wooded area an there's no way we can get decent reception with a dish. And there's no real competition up here for them. Needless to say, we pay through the nose.

magnesium/calcium (allegedly good for sleep)

Really? I'm taking it for bones and joints. I didn't know about the sleep thing.

Now I'm looking at the two bus tours in DC, thinking about Friday. We got a group of folks, vast majority from out of town. We want to hit a bunch of places not near subway stops, but they ARE near all the stops of the bus rides! Eh? Cheaper than cab fare! And we can all ride in one vehicle. Brilliant? or stupid?

Sounds like a good plan.

I is tired. I'm icing my ankle for a little while, then going to bed.

omnis, I just looked up the etymology of jet, since we were discussing that at Air and Space. Looks like it's from the French jeter. Which is really a far more boring explanation than I expected.

OK, job hunting Bitches: is it weird to not have a reference from my current (of almost a year) job?

No, it's not uncommon. If there is someone you've worked with at your current place, maybe a client even, that's great as a supplement - and you can let them know how sensitive/confidential you need it to be. But it won't raise any eyebrows that you don't give your boss.

I think I may take half a dose of Tylenol PM (says the drug lightweight).

Anyone have a good red beans and rice recipe?

So, I'm on the phone with my SiL, who is complaining about my mother. She went a couple weeks without stopping in to make mom take a bath or do dishes. So SiL checked in with her today, and ended up throwing up twice because of how mom's kitchen smelled.

And my brother has been laid off, so now they won't be able to afford to buy extra groceries for mom. Carla has a plan to make mom take advantage of food pantries to help out. But she is wanting to know if I'll be willing to help out, if mom needs help. Of course I am. Except then Carla mentions that mom has been spending a lot of time with her ex-husband (the one who helped her lose the house my dad bought and paid for) including making meals for him.

So I have to amend my answer, to "not if so much as a crumb ends up in Brad's mouth". Carla said that she really laid into mom about that, and she is pretty sure that will do the trick, for a while at least.

Meara, I think it is reasonable to do without a reference from current work place - many people who are currently employed but hunting for a new job prefer to keep the job hunt a secret from the current employer. And then again, there are the companies whose personnel policy forbids giving references, but will only confirm dates of employment.

I've got charter here in Pasadena for TV and broadband and I've been really happy with them. I've been with them for 11 years now I think. Actually I guess I've been with them for about 9 years, the first couple of years it was Marcus Cable before Charter purchased them.

If you can get a current co-worker/client it is fine. If the new job is different, you might add that you are looking for another job because you want more contact with your coworkers ( team player, don't ya know) .

today: gutters were cleaned team effort) , dishes were done, newbery class logged into,dinner made, story time prepped , book club ( the 4th to 6th grade one I run) prepped, and I did a bunch of preliminary searches thru craigslist and other job sites for matt.

possibly I will do the dishes.

But I think I need rum.

I envy the ability to take a half ambien -- but I need the CR formula -- which must be taken whole. Even if I take it at 8 -- I'm never fully awake until after 10. No good if I must do anything in the am.

Quick! Nobody say anything COMMable! We are currently without COMM. We are COMMless.