I'm sorry, ita.
This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.
Niska ,'War Stories'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 05, 2011 10:21:44 am PDT #366 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
P.M. Marc - Oct 05, 2011 10:23:02 am PDT #367 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Damn it, ita, that's horrible. I'm sorry.
Things that make me happy: TJ's Just Turkey slices, my new phone's enormous freaking screen (ciao, Apple, it's not me, it's you), seeing my aged relatives this weekend, my dog, which I just accidentally typed god, which is what those things WANT you to think.
Oh, and the just-completed series of Doctor who.
Scrappy - Oct 05, 2011 10:28:46 am PDT #368 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
ita, I've been through this with my mom twice and it is just SO DAMN HARD. Until you know what is happening, it is nothing but waiting and worrying. I wish a good prognosis and strength to you and your family.
meara - Oct 05, 2011 10:36:41 am PDT #369 of 30001
I'm so sorry ita--wish less stuff were going on at once for you. I remain very glad I was too young to really get it when my mom had cancer (she's 25plus years free now!)
Things that male me happy today: being productive (no really!), the pretty drive down to Colorado springs, music, the hot girl that continues to be interested, my plan to get an iPhone 4s.
Kathy A - Oct 05, 2011 10:41:16 am PDT #370 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Things that make me happy, work edition:
Yes, going through transition and downsizing does suck to some extent. However, I am re-engaged with my job for the first time in about at least six years, and even participated in the staff meeting we just finished instead of just sitting there like a bump on a log. I'm getting trained on new tasks, training others on stuff I already know and do, and don't really hate coming into work anymore.
And, on a much pettier note, I found out just how badly most of my remaining co-workers did not get along with one of my newly-departed co-workers. And y'all know me pretty well--for me not to get along with someone is a rare thing indeed, especially for someone I've been working with for ten years. I've never liked her at all, and snarking with my cubicle neighbor over how much she put all of us through makes me feel better about my inner relief to find out she was being let go. Not that I liked hearing about anyone losing their job, I was just relieved I no longer have to work with her.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 05, 2011 10:43:26 am PDT #371 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shit ita ! I hope it's as minor as it can be. Also vibing car-ma in your direction.
Cass - Oct 05, 2011 10:44:15 am PDT #372 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I am so sorry, ita. I hope you get some answers soon.
Why must there be so many gray rain boots with interesting designs and then random birds? No, Portland, I do not wish to put a bird on it!
SailAweigh - Oct 05, 2011 10:47:25 am PDT #373 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Things that make me happy:
Indian summer in Wisconsin
Cake
Free lunch
Liese S. - Oct 05, 2011 10:48:56 am PDT #374 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, ita, I'm sorry.
Kathy A - Oct 05, 2011 10:50:04 am PDT #375 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Free lunch
That reminds me--my bosses are doing what they can to pep us up during this transition. We all got free lunch vouchers for the cafeteria last week, and they announced at today's meeting that they're taking us out to a real restaurant for lunch in two weeks.