My condolences to you and your family, Liese.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
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 - Mar 29, 2016 7:48:36 am PDT #18553 of 30003
"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
sarameg - Mar 29, 2016 7:49:55 am PDT #18554 of 30003
Huh. My review cycle for last year is supposed to start...huh. About the time they hopefully won't be my employer & I'll have a new one?
I have second floor plumbing! And the roofer came out just as I was signing the bill. I should have an estimate for that later today.
lisah - Mar 29, 2016 7:50:46 am PDT #18555 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
So sorry for your loss, Liese. That's good you were able to be there.
Yesterday I was working in DC so my evening started with 1.5 hour drive home. It wasn't too bad of a commute because we didn't leave the office until 6:30, though. Also, my friend drove so I could just chill in the passenger seat and talk to her about communication strategy so I can also charge that commute time! Then Bob made dinner so I got to sit on couch with a glass of wine and get fed while I sent out donation request letters to all my linkedin contacts. So, yeah, I've got it pretty easy I guess.
Kat - Mar 29, 2016 7:51:52 am PDT #18556 of 30003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
A 10 minute trip to the DMV seems like god smiling on you. If you believe in god, of course.
Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2016 7:56:27 am PDT #18557 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm so sorry for your loss, Liese. Your dad sounds like a wonderful man. I'm glad you were able to be there with him.
I DO literally spend hours just looking at a computer! I really need to make more of an effort to do that 20-20-20 eye resty thing.
Me too. What's the 20-20-20 thingy?
I am so far behind at work, y'all, and I don't even know how. I've been working so much. I feel like I'm drowning over here.
Jesse - Mar 29, 2016 8:04:31 am PDT #18558 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm so sorry, Liese.
sarameg - Mar 29, 2016 8:11:24 am PDT #18559 of 30003
I'm sorry, Liese.
amyth - Mar 29, 2016 8:21:44 am PDT #18560 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I'm so sorry, Liese. I'm glad you were able to be there.
-t - Mar 29, 2016 8:27:46 am PDT #18561 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Condolences, Liese. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts. I'm glad you could be there.
I get interrupted, get up for water, and go to the bathroom a lot.
Oh, my prescriptions are close enough that I don't bother changing glasses for those. I wander around my house with no correction at all sometimes, just to keep in practice. Sometimes it's relaxing not to be able to see very well.
What's the 20-20-20 thingy?
If I have what our safety guy said right, every twenty minutes, look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. If you can, like, look past your monitor and gaze into the distance I think that works; if I look past my monitor I gaze into the corner of my cubicle which is maybe 4 ft away. Haven't figured out an easy way to do that right, yet.
Second floor plumbing! Roofing estimate! Excellent stuff.
Connie Neil - Mar 29, 2016 8:42:35 am PDT #18562 of 30003
brillig
look at something at least 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds
The window that looks out over the valley is perfect for this. I just have to turn my head a little to get a view that extends for probably 20 miles or more.