Or even, Erin, tell her "Do you want X, Y, and Z? If you don't let me know by (date), I'm going to have to donate it, I'll give you the receipt for tax purposes...otherwise, it'll be $xx to ship it"

I think I'll keep it, and then send it back with her husband in October. Or have it boxed up, and say, I'll ship it out to you guys, it's $X.

His drums are in the garage, and I'm going to ask him to find a new home for them then, also. It would be awfully nice to be able to PARK in the garage this winter.

I hit a low motivation point this afternoon, but then when I started pulling stuff out, M and D got into the act and I am getting more stuff out. It's good. I promised M for all the kid stuff he pulled out, he could keep the profits, so he's getting rid of a few things.

Now I have to nerve myself to go in the gross basement and go through at least a few boxes and salvage some stuff to get rid of. I think I will try to pull two bags of crap out of the basement for each trash day. That's doable, right?

Hi Spidra! Best wishes on your move and transition.

Cute shoes! [link]

He's reviewing Dinner For Schmucks and talking about the original French version.

Oh, sweet Jesus. Diner des Cons! THAT'S why the plot sounded so familiar.

I was catching up on an issue of The Week magazine and was just pissed off at everything!! I hate the world and the news reporting covering it.

For real. I took on some eejit today on a friend's FB page saying that NPR was just as slanted as Fox. NO, NO, AND FUCK NO, IN THAT ORDER.

M**** is VERY stuff oriented

Darling, did you mean to use his full name? You generally don't, here.

Can I bitch about the weather? In the 10-day forecast, the lowest high is 94 degrees (the highest is 100). We had a little break over July 4 weekend, but it's been in the 90s for what feels like months now, and I am so tired of it.

You know me, I love the summer, but even I am tired of it.

With my kids it was teaching them to separate want from need.

...still working on that meself.

So anyway, here we are on Thursday afternoon. Should I call again? Should I just accept the fact that it's New Orleans and shit sometimes takes a while and just relax and wait?

Have you checked with K and KL to see what they think? I'd say call tomorrow afternoon if you haven't heard.

A fellow RPCV found this today and posted it on my FB wall: [link] I had no idea this was in the world. I'm feeling almost shell-shocked having watching it. I haven't seen much video of me, ever, and that on top of the weirdness of being interviewed for PC promo purposes, and my complicated feelings about my service... I just don't know.

And now that I've meara'd, I'm going home.

Oops, thanks, smonster! I generally don't cause he's a youngun. NOW YOU ALL KNOW HIS FULL NAME, ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!

K and KL

I know who these people are, but it took me a minute to figure out which one was which.

KL isn't working for a NO firm, her office is based in DC. I would say K or T would probably have a good idea of NO business behavior.

With my kids it was teaching them to separate want from need.

...still working on that meself.

Oh, no shit. Me too. Nothing like me reaching for something and one of my own kids asking me if it is a "need" or a "want".

I have a friend who leaves next month for PC service in Africa. What was complicated, if you don't mind my asking?

NOW YOU ALL KNOW HIS FULL NAME,

It occurs to me that you have used it before, because it didn't surprise me.

Man, I don't want to go to the work dinner thing tonight. Even though I was already leaving the dinner early, I was going to leave early to try the life drawing thing.

WTF was I thinking? Where would I get all that energy? Sheeit.

I know who these people are,

I SHOULD HOPE SO!

but it took me a minute to figure out which one was which.

Oh. Is KR's middle initial also L?

What was complicated, if you don't mind my asking?

Oh, man. Honestly, that is probably easiest covered in a phone conversation, just b/c it's complicated and rambly. Some of it's to do with PC, some with Moldova, and some with my personality and how I dealt with being in PC.

Really leaving now, I swears.

Of course, this may be a knee jerk reaction to people telling me to smile, because it enrages me.

"You don't tell me when to smile, and I won't tell you when to fuck yourself, okay?"

Matilda is still fairly charming in her statement of wants: "I wish to have..."