Thanks! Unfortunately a Yellow Submarine mug was a part of the gift I'd already bought (plus a 1967-1979 CD collection). But I just found a lunch pail that fits the bill.
You're a bloody puppet! You're a wee little puppet man!
Spike ,'Smile Time'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 04, 2014 5:39:13 pm PST #11931 of 30000
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
shrift - Dec 04, 2014 5:46:08 pm PST #11932 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I got almost all of my Christmas shopping done today
I just did a bunch! I need to write down what I have left to do so I can finish it off, but first I'm to cuddle up to the TV with a beer.
-t - Dec 04, 2014 5:48:53 pm PST #11933 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, ita!
We have our company holiday party in January because December is too busy. This year we're scaling back to hearty appetizers, wine, beer, and coffee at our showroom rather than a sit down dinner + cocktails at a hotel. Operations does lunch and a movie one afternoon in December. That's pretty nice - even if you aren't into the movie, you aren't in the office and you can, like, nap. Wait, is that a department? I don't have a handle on our organizational structure. And our department is doing a potluck and gift exchange on the 19th. I may have already opted out of the gift exchange, although I might want to opt back in since we nailed down the rules. Or not, I find shopping for gifts onerous. We have asked our Director to see if he can get approval to have the dress code temporarily include (work appropriate) pajamas for 12/26, because, really, not a lot of work will get done that day, we are all pretty sure.
ION: 11 hours is a long day of work, especially on one's feet. My drawer came up only thirty-three cents over even though the register kept refusing to open when I needed to give people change, so I feel pretty good about that. And I think I have managed to buy all the timers and microwave pressure cookers that I'm giving to family this year, now I just have to wrap and mail.
Kat - Dec 04, 2014 6:28:01 pm PST #11934 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Fingers crossed, ita!
I have to post about this because I have to process this. I got a text from K that two friends of ours had their twin daughters yesterday at 28 weeks. The message came while I was in class about to start teaching and it made me cry. The girls are in the NICU (obviously) and our friends are pretty far from home - like the Kaiser they are at is near K's work about an hour from their house. I'm going to send a bunch of gift cards for places to eat near the hospital and I offered to do their laundry because they are planning on staying at a hotel near the hospital if they can't get into a Ronald McDonald house.
I knew she was on bedrest, but I hadn't realized she had been hospitalized in a high risk unit for the past 3 weeks. And now a NICU stay.
sarameg - Dec 04, 2014 6:38:12 pm PST #11935 of 30000
Unsurprising that'd hit home hard. It's good you know what they'll immediately need. I'm sorry for the emotional flashbacks, it just is. Somewhere around here I have a pebble carved with 'hope' that I used to hang onto when N&G were in the scary phase and I'd be talking to you. It's noteable I don't know where it is anymore. I've transfered it.
Kat - Dec 04, 2014 6:50:21 pm PST #11936 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I have this guilty nugget too that is the companion to all of the envy I feel when people carry twins to close to full term or when my friends have easy pregnancies.
meara - Dec 04, 2014 6:56:02 pm PST #11937 of 30000
I'm always so surprised when I know someone who manages to carry twins to term (or close to--one of my friends posted tonight she's at 36 weeks. And she's 4'10 and huuuuuge). And then I just wonder how anyone has ever done triplets, much less higher numbers. My god.
I can see how it would be totally triggering for you, Kat. But you are great for knowing how to help them and being able/willing. Go you.
Cashmere - Dec 04, 2014 7:42:23 pm PST #11938 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
kat, even full term (and overdue) the two of us nearly killed my mom. Her stubbornness, strength and resiliency are things I have found, and admire, in most twin moms.
ita, good luck with the job!
I have found some small luck freelancing for the local newspapers and it suits me. I have actually been getting paid to write. Not a lot, but enough to make it worth my while.
§ ita § - Dec 04, 2014 9:50:16 pm PST #11939 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have actually been getting paid to write.
Not a lot, but enough to make it worth your while, psychologically, amiirite?.
That's nice and validating. Even if it's not the job, it's a good 'a' job.
AS for me, test plans are to collect all the letters, an then go in for the tests next week. /I'll be on the low end of dilaudid, but it could be present. And ask for a treatment right before i start work...
Theodosia - Dec 05, 2014 3:58:00 am PST #11940 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I had a fare buy me a fancy cookie when I stopped for her to pick up stuff at a bakery. I don't generally get tipped, so there was a lot of thanks from me.
Fwiw, I've heard that a lot of drug tests aren't accurate, so here's hoping that actually works in your favor.