Kat truly does mom camp. Mom camp in my house is more like reading books and swimming.
Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.
'Dirty Girls'
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 - Aug 04, 2015 5:19:57 am PDT #2562 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Maria - Aug 04, 2015 5:41:17 am PDT #2563 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
So rage-y this morning. Parents are leaving for Italy today. I was up at the restaurant until 1:30 this morning, so that my father and sister didn't kill each other as they worked through what needs to be taken care of over the next five weeks. Didn't fall asleep until 2ish. The BF is working a 7-3 shift for the next two weeks. Somehow, when he was leaving, he managed to knock over the huge framed print in the entryway that sits on the console table and leans against the wall. Glass everywhere. That means I'm up. At 6:15 AM. Since my sister is taking the parentals up to JFK for their flight, I'm essentially the boss at the restaurant tonight. It's also National Night Out, which means I have to pretend to like people today. I'm sorry to anyone who comes in contact with me.
I've had that print since '96. It's survived moves, two earthquakes, children, and animals, yet it's felled by an EMT with a pizza box. I'm dreading what the cost of replacing the glass is going to be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2015 5:47:10 am PDT #2564 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
Maria, it might be worth your while to get lexan or something similar at a specialty glass shop. The last time I priced framing it wasn't too terribly much more than regular glass.
sj - Aug 04, 2015 5:49:21 am PDT #2565 of 30003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sorry about the no good morning, Maria. I hope the print wasn't damaged, and best of luck at the restaurant.
Maria - Aug 04, 2015 5:50:12 am PDT #2566 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
Thanks, Matt! That would probably make it lighter too, since the frame is metal.
In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing. No one got hurt. I'm just cranky for lack of sleep, and I suppose yet another piece of my past that's broken.
Jesse - Aug 04, 2015 5:50:33 am PDT #2567 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ugh, Maria. Lack of sleep doesn't help anything.
Zenkitty - Aug 04, 2015 5:55:08 am PDT #2568 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Is that the non-glare acrylic, Matt? That's what I was going to suggest. Sorry about your glass-everywhere, Maria, and your crazy work schedule and everything. Some days you want to bite peoples' faces off and you have to smile instead. It's very stressful.
I'm melting down, personally. The burnout is reaching untenable proportions. I'm gonna have a talk with my boss today about moving some work around.
Maria - Aug 04, 2015 5:57:38 am PDT #2569 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
2d cup of coffee:
Thanks, sj! This whole week at the restaurant is going to be interesting. National Night Out is tonight, with a festival in one of the town parks and block parties afterwards, then tomorrow starts the sesquicentennial celebration for the town, which runs through Saturday. Parades and entertainment in the town square, which means a lot of people. And since we're right off of the square....
Maria - Aug 04, 2015 6:00:51 am PDT #2570 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
Lack of sleep doesn't help anything.
HAHAHAHAH. Truer words were never spoken.
Some days you want to bite peoples' faces off and you have to smile instead. It's very stressful.
Yes, yes it is. I'm not that far away from homicide either. It'll just take that one person to tip me over the edge.
I'm gonna have a talk with my boss today about moving some work around.
I'm sorry you're at breaking point. Shifting work sounds like a fine idea.
msbelle - Aug 04, 2015 6:03:06 am PDT #2571 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
NOt working today. Instead:
Mac to band camp
Electricians at my house for work
Errand to $$ store for GISHWHES items
Mac from band camp
Grocery store with mac for GISHWHES stuff I need him to take a picture of me
Fence people at house
Start bread for GISHWHES
Get outfit together and made up for another GISHWHES picture
Mac to reading class
Bake bread
Mac from reading camp
pack Mac for trip (leaves tomorrow, early morning flight) to Uncle Gary's
I am glad we bagged on a 5K we were planning on doing at 7pm. Would have been fun, but this place does them every month.