My vague plan is to move next year. But having a goal gives me a path through the current morass and urges me on through the nigh-overwhelming task of dealing with Hubby's stuff. I could easily just retreat into my back room with my stuff and let the rest of the house sit. There are corners of the living room you can't get to. That can't stand.
I like pancakes 'cause they're stackable. Ooo, and waffles 'cause you can put things in the little holes if you wanted to.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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.
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2014 2:00:55 pm PDT #1701 of 30000
brillig
SuziQ - Jul 10, 2014 2:08:03 pm PDT #1702 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
After my mom died, it took a bit, but being able to weed through her stuff and other household stuff was very freeing. Moving from "this was mom's" to "this serves no functional purpose and it isn't my asthetic" was a big step. I still have stuff I keep purely because it reminds me of her, but it is also stuff I like/want to see on a daily basis.
I still have her car though. That is the next big hurdle.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 10, 2014 2:25:34 pm PDT #1703 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
...sure, but isn't the Institute really the client, here, for the subcontractor? So if the Institute was pissed, and made the subcontractor feel that...?
I was thinking the same. The subcontractor you work for can only feel the pinch from its clients. Otherwise they are more or less bulletproof, they don't care if you're pissed as long as they keep getting paid by their client.
sarameg - Jul 10, 2014 3:10:15 pm PDT #1704 of 30000
That's why we're organizing to petition mgmt as a unified front for a buyout. CSC isn't going to make exceptions for this tiny contract that doesn't even fit their model anymore; but work is run by an org that could buy us out. Whether they have the cojones to is another matter.
Sheryl - Jul 10, 2014 3:20:16 pm PDT #1705 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Sox!
Jesse - Jul 10, 2014 3:41:28 pm PDT #1706 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Even with my grandmother's stuff, it took a lot of time and several rounds to go through. And we're not technically done, a year later, but the leftover things are mostly in bins in the basement, at least.
Consuela - Jul 10, 2014 3:47:19 pm PDT #1707 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, I have a couple of bins in the garage, as does my sister. I really don't know what to do with the silver...
sarameg - Jul 10, 2014 3:50:48 pm PDT #1708 of 30000
Sox, I'm completely spent this week. I hope you have a fun time and run into lisah.
erikaj - Jul 10, 2014 3:57:57 pm PDT #1709 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Mom has AAA and likes it, although we used to have insurance roadside service. I've read that after Major Life Changes you shouldn't make decisions for six months to a year, but what do I know? I keep reading self-help books.
Anne W. - Jul 10, 2014 4:34:56 pm PDT #1710 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Happy birthday, Sox!