I would always send a thank-you email, and not expect a response.
I don't know about you guys, but I've had it with super-strong little women who aren't me.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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.
Jesse - Oct 06, 2014 3:34:09 pm PDT #7800 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Calli - Oct 06, 2014 3:40:42 pm PDT #7801 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks for mentioning thank you notes! I'd completely forgotten to send one to today's phone interviewers. And now that's fixed.
sarameg - Oct 06, 2014 3:52:43 pm PDT #7802 of 30000
If you wash towels with new eggplant purple sheets, you will be left wearing a fine coating of purple lint every time you use said towels. Debating running 'em through a second wash...
I'm taking next week off. I think. Catching up on my email and reading the proposed test schedule had me fleeing to a back room in the server room to swear loudly.
Now. Just need to schedule my week with a project or three or it'll be spent wasted and resentful.
Steph L. - Oct 06, 2014 4:14:14 pm PDT #7803 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Steph, do you read io9?
I do, but I hadn't read the Nimona article. Good stuff!
Hil R. - Oct 06, 2014 4:14:38 pm PDT #7804 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm leery of outlet stores since finding out that a lot of manufacturers produce items directly for the outlets and they're not as good as the regular stuff with their name on it.
Check the tags. For most brands, the stuff produced specifically for the outlet has a different tag (usually something like two or three diamonds or stars under the name of the brand.)
Kat - Oct 06, 2014 4:40:09 pm PDT #7805 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I go to Starbucks, but only for ginger ale which is delish. I am a Coffee Bean girl, but only for bucket sized iced tea.
I've just started reading All the Light We Cannot Sea which makes me want to unplug everything and just read.
Anne W. - Oct 06, 2014 4:42:39 pm PDT #7806 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I could really use a lot of ~ma for my mom. My stepfather said something so cruel to her (I don't know details) that she is now holed up in my spare bedroom and barely communicative. He's becoming more and more difficult and cantankerous over the past few years, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back.
She's been suspecting dementia on his part for a while now, but mean is mean. I'm worried about what will happen to her financially if she leaves him, and I'm worried about the toll on her mental and physical health if she goes back.
I'm so fucking terrified, guys. I feel helpless and sick and worried and I can't stop crying.
Kat - Oct 06, 2014 4:45:03 pm PDT #7807 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh Anne, your poor mom. I'm so sorry.
Jesse - Oct 06, 2014 4:46:39 pm PDT #7808 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh god, Anne, I'm sorry. Best to both of you.
sj - Oct 06, 2014 4:47:59 pm PDT #7809 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Anne}}} That's horrible. In my experience people with dementia can be mean in a way you wouldn't have previously thought them capable of being. Is there any chance your mother could get your stepfather's doctor involved?