Oh my, Ginger. So much ~ma headed to your family.
The immediate tears anytime G hears the word "no" are starting to have very little effect on me.
Ha! My favorite moment with my nephew was driving by a MacDonalds and him throwing a crying tantrum for fries. I looked at him calmly and said, "that doesn't work with me." He stopped instantly and never tried it again.
My sister and I visited with the 4 surviving daughters of my mom's friend tonight. We all grew up together and our comfort with each other isn't affected by the time between visits. The eldest of 5 daughters was my age and passed earlier this year. The youngest has down syndrome and although she will be 50 in October she is still a child to us. They all still live here in this tiny town as does my sister.
N is truly blessed to have her sisters to care for her and such a simplistic understanding of what has happened. She understands and accepts that her mom missed her big sister and her dad and she had to go visit them. Her sisters will take their time getting rid of things and the house to be sure N doesn't have too quick a transition. Families can be awesome.
Families can be awesome.
Some of them really are. Even if you have to build 'em yourself from blinvisible friends.
Some of them really are. Even if you have to build 'em yourself from blinvisible friends.
Truer words were never typed.
ma~~~ to laura's mom and Wallybee
and fuck cancer
John Steward and John Oliver on the issue of "can vs. should" when it comes to building a community center on a hallowed former Burlington coat factory.
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sj, I would recommend that TCG alert the insurance company to the "amazing coincidence." The odds of that happening an a city area the size of the grater Boston metro area are through the roof.
Who knows? Maybe it's just a coincidence, maybe pointing it out will lead to a reward for busting an insurance scam ring.
Ginger, I'm so sorry. This is unbelievable (and one of the core reasons I don't wish to reproduce [I like the idea of adopting, though] - cancer has its claim in my family's DNA and I don't want to risk and pass it on). My best ~mas to you and your family as you're going through these hideous times.
~ma to Laura's mom, too.
We'd have to make the font size very big.
Speaking of which. Researcher's husband called me yon morning to tell me he can't find the book. And then he heard about the fine, said he'll be looking for it. Then I saw his email to his wife, big, bold, red font mentioning the fine and begging for instructions. It's sort of amusing.
Also, I'd like to see an example of English resume myself, if anyone wouldn't mind sending my his/her own. I had to translate mine for a really cool scholarship - a semester abroad (which I didn't get because THEY CANCELED THE PROGRAM just after I got the guts to ask from a Really Distinguished Professor a recommendation - and OMG, he wrote such pretty words about me that it motivated me for days!), and I want to see how well I did it, compered to others (Seska checked it for me English-wise, but I never seen a serious example of a resume in English). And I'll take that opportunity to thank again Rick and Una for providing me "I know her, and she knows English" letters.
And now, a bit more internet, and then, diving into Wordpress issues. Since, um, if a certain person of my team will feel better today, there's a certain meeting tomorrow to start and lunch Hollaback Israel site.
Shir, do they want a resume, or a CV?
A resume, here in the US, is usually used more for job-getting purposes, and a CV is more in academia, and tends to be more thorough and focus on your academic credentials and list things like your research papers and places you've presented and stuff like that. They can be VERY different (even just the setup, if you don't have much in the way of jobs/academic credentials)
I see. We use the same word in Hebrew.
A CV, then, could be problematic at this point. I don't have a B.A. yet, not to mention published papers.
