Let us know if there are any unexpected super powers after the shots.
What? I'm not allowed to hit people? Wesley: Not people capable of genocide. Angel: Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit!
'Just Rewards (2)'
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.
Connie Neil - Aug 17, 2015 5:06:54 pm PDT #3508 of 30003
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Zenkitty - Aug 17, 2015 5:19:19 pm PDT #3509 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Julie, that's really scary. I can understand why you'd want to go, despite oldest son. My big sister has a heart arrhythmia too and it scares the crap outta us regularly.
Do you want to manage associations, Zen? Or do you already?
No... I don't particularly want to do anything, including what I'm doing now. I mean, does anyone say to themselves, man, I really want to manage associations? I'm just thinking about maybe expanding my career options. I have some management experience, mostly from my current job, and it seems like something I could move into if I need to move into something. I have to have a career-type good-paying job for another 12-15 years or so, and if this might pay me what I'm making now or more, and might be interesting for a while, maybe I should look into that. I dunno. The classes are on-site at the NJ office, which is real convenient for people still there, but it would be really inconvenient for me, because they aren't being given on consecutive days. So I have to be more sure it's worth it than I am now.
-t - Aug 17, 2015 5:35:53 pm PDT #3510 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It seems like a pretty specialized certificate if you aren't already interested in it. Acquiring education/training that was supposed to make me hirable has never worked out for me, so I am biased against, I guess.
sarameg - Aug 17, 2015 5:38:10 pm PDT #3511 of 30003
Damn, there's a 40+ baby boom going on amongst my college cohort I've stayed in touch with. Expecting to birth babies, adopting babies, adopting older-than-babies. A few kittens and puppies and businesses. But definitely a swarm. I do think my favorite is the salty navy vet who was a contEd physics cohort. He's probably got at least 5 years on me and is gonna make an awesome dad.
-t - Aug 17, 2015 5:38:17 pm PDT #3512 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I mean, does anyone say to themselves, man, I really want to manage associations?
Somebody probably does. What I can more easily picture is someone being in an association and thinking it needs better management and by golly I'm going to learn how to do it!
shrift - Aug 17, 2015 5:39:13 pm PDT #3513 of 30003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Shrift, Did the typhoid have any side effects for you?
Hard to say since I got so many vaccines at one time (HepA, HepB, Typhoid, Tdap, Yellow Fever), although I also opted for the pill form of the Typhoid vaccine because its protection lasts for 5 years and the shot was only good for 2 years. I don't recall having any side effects, though.
Zenkitty - Aug 17, 2015 5:54:20 pm PDT #3514 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
It seems like a pretty specialized certificate if you aren't already interested in it.
Yeah. I guess I won't bother with it. I'd have to spend a lot of time in NJ and take a couple flights back and forth, and it's just not worth the money, especially since I wouldn't get reimbursed.
meara - Aug 17, 2015 6:45:01 pm PDT #3515 of 30003
Ugh. Trying to prep for this internal interview and seriously can't remember anything I've done that was more than a year ago. Wtf. No idea what I'm going to use as examples. Am starting to freak out. I know I could be great at this job but fear my shitty interviewing/memory will fail me.
-t - Aug 17, 2015 7:30:42 pm PDT #3516 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry, meara. Do you have any old journals or reports or emails to look at, jog your memory?
Pix - Aug 17, 2015 7:57:21 pm PDT #3517 of 30003
The status is NOT quo.
I just did Hep A and Typhoid for Belize, and neither caused me problems, Lee. I did the oral typhoid because I had time to and it covers five years instead of two, but it was a pain to remember (four pills spaced out every other day on an empty stomach). I'd just do the two-year shot if I had it to do over again.
Also, hi! I'm in LAX waiting for ND to pick me up. He's apparently stuck in epic airport traffic. But Belize was amazing -- and because we did the southern, rural region of Placencia, WAY affordable. Such friendly and welcoming people. Also English is the official language, which made it easier for non-Spanish-speaking me, and the Belizean dollar is tied to the U.S. Dollar ($1 US always equals $2 BZE), but U.S. currency is commonly accepted and welcomed across the country. None of this makes it better, of course, just really easy.
Next time I want to go north to dive the Blue Hole (much better diving, though I had a great four dives in Placencia). It's a lot less affordable, but I have to see one of the underwater wonders of the world! I also still want to spend time in the jungle and see the Mayan ruins and visit the jaguar reserve and go cave tubing and...
I'm a little in love with Belize.