Glad you're feeling better, Strix!
meara, I used to tip $20 too. Like you, I figured that working for a service company, they weren't making that much.
I don't really wanna join Angie's List again. Maybe I'll try Yelp.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Zenkitty - Oct 22, 2012 6:25:14 pm PDT #21693 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Scrappy - Oct 22, 2012 8:01:15 pm PDT #21694 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Our ladies charge $65 per visit every two weeks. We don't tip except at Christmas, since they work for themselves. We used to live next door to one of them, and totally like her and her husband.
Shir - Oct 23, 2012 12:29:22 am PDT #21695 of 30001
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
I'm skipping to bring you the next anecdote: I had a minor medical procedure done this morning, making sure my naevi are nothing more than naevi (something I'm doing every 4-5 years).
My father's idea of encouragement was to say "don't worry. Your grandfather and his father had melanoma, but it's not the thing that killed them".
Explaining the funnies: he's right, it was other things, only in the Israeli context the subtext would be "Nazi Germany did".
omnis_audis - Oct 23, 2012 5:56:09 am PDT #21696 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
glad to hear your naevi are behaving! Love the dark humor.
As for me. Ugg. Don't want to get out of bed. Blah. Must go to work. Yesterday it felt like I was working on 10 things at once. It really drains the mental reserves when you are running all over campus trying to fix/figure out a dozen things.
sj - Oct 23, 2012 6:49:39 am PDT #21697 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I don't remember exactly how much I was quoted by the cleaning service to come in once a week and wash the floors, clean the bathroom and clean the kitchen, but I think it was around $160 for every two weeks, which is why we haven't done it.
In, I forget everyone isn't us news, my friends baby was born yesterday and there has been no facebook status update and no photos online.
askye - Oct 23, 2012 8:33:31 am PDT #21698 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
So today I've made an appointment with a GP and a gyno, things I've needed to do for months. So that's out of the way. I need to clean up the apartment because my toilet is doing something weird and I need to get a plumber to check it out but I've let the apartment get to a bad state.
Dean was snuggly last night and ate some. But this morning he's back to being lethargic. He hasn't eaten anything and didn't even get excited about the hairball remedy (which he normally loves). I'm waiting to hear back from the vet about the blood work.
Strix - Oct 23, 2012 8:41:08 am PDT #21699 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Onerous tasks done, every hour on the hour, to take a break from my backlog of work:
Cleaned and am washing all utensils in utensil drawer (I spy with my grossed out eye: MOUSE DROPPINGS.
1 load of laundry in
Bed made.
Painful long put off phone call to President of board I serve on made (went well; I was dreading it.)
Meds acquired and duly taken; BFF called and set up accountability to conquer (or at least muzzle The Black Dog.)
And posting on B.org.
Accepted an actual Social Outing on Friday, to which I will attend come hell or high water.
GO TEAM ME.
SuziQ - Oct 23, 2012 8:42:12 am PDT #21700 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Work is slooooooow today.
Frustrated cause I'm basically awaiting some responses and once those hit, I'll be swamped. They couldn't respond one now, one later, etc....no, somehow they will all respond at the same time. Grrrrrrrr.
smonster - Oct 23, 2012 9:07:12 am PDT #21701 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yay Strix!! Kick some OT ass.
omnis_audis - Oct 23, 2012 9:52:22 am PDT #21702 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Called my bank to see what I need to do about property taxes. They said nothing. They will pay it next month, and send me a statement that it was paid in December. She said deposit the refund, but don't spend it, just in case the banks estimate of taxes was off. Whee.
Brain is in blah mode from too much in head. I need a release valve of some sort. But afraid of what I would lose.
Remember last friday, when I did the impromptu photo shoot? He sent me a low res version of his prefered pix. It's pretty sweet. He had class last night, and the Prof said it was best in the class (apparently he got a round of applause from the students, and nobody else did), BUT, that the prof said it wasn't good enough. That D could do so much more. That the technical aspects are excellent, but the composition is only about 90% there. So. He asked if I would be willing to do it again this Friday. He also thinks it will get into a gallery!! eeep! I am *no* model. He's like "I can't afford modeling fee, but I will happily split 50/50 and sold prints". Sure, bribe me. I feel like such a whore t snerk So? Guess what I'm doing Friday?! Look for the first round print in my Facebook.