I love how it's troublesome and painful, but then in the end, it's all, "Naw, I'm good, man."
It could just save Dad the hospital stay and assert its state of okay-ness from the start. Sheesh.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
Steph L. - Aug 09, 2013 2:29:48 pm PDT #2977 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Scrappy - Aug 09, 2013 2:33:21 pm PDT #2978 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My dad had those boots for the same thing and he LOVED them, Teppy.
erikaj - Aug 09, 2013 3:32:22 pm PDT #2979 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Good news about your dad. And I bet you'll find a good job, too...I know that place hasn't been what you wanted all the time, anyway, not that you wanted to change it up like this, of course.
quester - Aug 09, 2013 5:17:43 pm PDT #2980 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Steph, don't be me. Don't give up.
On the other hand, when you have time between wedding plans and interviews, you could try temping to bring in some bucks.
Trudy Booth - Aug 09, 2013 7:57:47 pm PDT #2981 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Can someone give me the short version of our Gimlet rules?
Calli - Aug 10, 2013 5:02:28 am PDT #2982 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Steph, my brain said exactly the same thing to me last week, with a side of "You'll be the first to go when the sequester starts to hit our cash flow." This in spite of the weekly headhunter calls that Strix's resume revamp has been sending me. So that voice--totally a lying liar that lies.
I'm glad your dad's current problems have a non-invasive solution!
We have gimlet rules? Wow. That reminds me, I need to make a batch of frozen vodka gimlets while it's still summery enough for me and friends to appreciate them.
DebetEsse - Aug 10, 2013 5:10:49 am PDT #2983 of 30002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Trudy, I have no idea. Sorry.
I realized yesterday that I spend an inordinate amount of emotional energy being worried about "getting in trouble," in a variety of contexts.
Steph L. - Aug 10, 2013 5:12:13 am PDT #2984 of 30002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I don't even know what a gimlet rule is. Don't drink them while operating heavy machinery?
brenda m - Aug 10, 2013 5:35:06 am PDT #2985 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Whatever they are, I'm pretty sure frozen and vodka are violations. Which is not to say that does not sound good.
omnis_audis - Aug 10, 2013 6:16:27 am PDT #2986 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I realized yesterday that I spend an inordinate amount of emotional energy being worried about "getting in trouble," in a variety of contexts.
I hope you managed to have some fun while being "bad"???
Steph, glad to hear you father is doing well. And I nod and agree with all the stuff above with the job stuff. You are awesome. And I think, once you hear back from Strix, you should apply for that ESL place you were talking about. Write a cover letter, full of confidence, and showing off the 18 years of hard work, and see what happens. Either 1) You get an offer. Or 2) the same end result as if you hadn't applied. By applying, you change your odds. And, they will not pass around your resume and laugh at it. They will likely pass it around and say "golly, I hope we can get her!". And if the offer is right, take it. If it doesn't happen, it wasn't meant to be. And that doesn't matter. Because companies do not whisper to each other the pile of resumes they didn't follow up on. There is no big score board over your name of offers vs rejections. There is just your resume & cover letter in their hands. And with 18 years of awesome on your side, you will be their beacon of hope. Just go into the interview calm, cool, and collected, like you are.