Happy birthday, AB! And yay, phew! and wow to you Susan. 12 is a big year for girls.
You never know if a girl's gonna say 'yes', or if she's gonna laugh in your face and pull out your still-beating heart and crush it into the ground with her heel.
Xander ,'Help'
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.
Burrell - Apr 06, 2016 5:51:11 pm PDT #19151 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Connie Neil - Apr 06, 2016 6:09:36 pm PDT #19152 of 30003
brillig
I am now the mother of a 12-year-old
Good lord, no, it's just a couple of years ago you were talking about her playing in her disc thingy.
lisah - Apr 06, 2016 6:21:11 pm PDT #19153 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Lisa, I am in for celebratory shenanigans (if I'm invited that is), as long as they don't happen April 18-21st. I will be in Austin for work.
Duh-doy, of course you're invited! We'll work something out.
Susan W. - Apr 06, 2016 6:36:58 pm PDT #19154 of 30003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Didn't you just have her??
It feels that way!
And yay, phew! and wow to you Susan. 12 is a big year for girls.
She's already well along in puberty, physically speaking. We're still working on adjusting to middle school in general, but her teachers like her, she's thriving especially in art and math, and she's still close with two friends she's had since kindergarten. So far so good, all things considered.
Maria - Apr 06, 2016 6:49:20 pm PDT #19155 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Happy birthday, AB! You were just born yesterday, I swear.
Duh-doy, of course you're invited!
Good, because I miss you all like woah.
Gud, you should absolutely do that. I'm glad you realize your worth, at least in that area. The rest will come.
Burrell - Apr 06, 2016 7:03:21 pm PDT #19156 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Frances is a late bloomer, and I'm pretty thankful for it right now even though it means she's a little behind her cohort. If AB has held onto good friendships that is beautiful. Watching F's friendships blossom has been a beautiful thing.
Connie Neil - Apr 06, 2016 7:35:06 pm PDT #19157 of 30003
brillig
Watching my sister's Facebook posts fascinates me, most of the people she's chatting with are people from grade school.
Consuela - Apr 06, 2016 8:38:15 pm PDT #19158 of 30003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay sarameg!
Dad gets discharged tomorrow. He's not the same: he'll be on oxygen for a while, and will have a hospital bed (and OMG the bureaucratic hoops to jump through to get oxygen and a hospital bed, you cannot imagine), and will need constant attendance when he's eating to keep him swallowing, and watch for aspirating food.
But he'll be happy to be home, think, and in his own space with his tv and his books.
Still, I'm into negative numbers on my sick leave and suspect I will max it out this year (and not for me).
Burrell - Apr 06, 2016 9:43:34 pm PDT #19159 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Can you get some Family Leave for this transition, Consuela?
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 07, 2016 12:01:32 am PDT #19160 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
Great news, sarameg!
I took my folks out for dinner tonight to celebrate Mom's birthday. The big score for the event was finding a duplicate of the pie plate my great grandmother gave her, which was accidentally broken beyond repair a few years ago: [link]
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Dad forgot that it was supposed to be his birthday gift to her though, and told her it was from me.