Wild monkey love or tender Sarah McLachlan love?

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Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

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.


Scrappy - Jan 19, 2018 8:33:51 am PST #21170 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I am doing extremely tedious online training modules so I can qualify to be a substitute teacher. It's very hard to concentrate, since there are guys all over the property! The two guys renovating the upstairs bathroom have been joined by two more guys, who have started taking down the useless chimney which runs down the middle of the house. Meanwhile, there is a ginormous crew who are replacing the roof on the barn. We budgeted for the bathroom before we moved in, but not the 15k reproofing, sadly. Had to be done though.

Still, lots of people! Doing things! And machines and hammering and ladders and and clomping around! It's hard to concentrate on "Concussions in Schools: Prevention, Control, Treatment."


Jesse - Jan 19, 2018 9:00:08 am PST #21171 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That would definitely not be conducive to tedious training! (As important as concussion prevention is....) But probably is conducive to living in the house in the long run.


NoiseDesign - Jan 19, 2018 9:00:58 am PST #21172 of 30002
Our wings are not tired

My work is a very strange mix between being at a desk behind a computer, in a studio, on the road, working on a construction site, and sitting in meetings usually away from the office.


Laura - Jan 19, 2018 9:02:44 am PST #21173 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I'm hoping to have a big drop in my cholesterol from being at altitude for 9 days

I didn't know that was a side effect. How did you handle the altitude? Living at sea level it is quite a shock when I visit high places. The last time I went I super-hydrated and that seemed to completely eliminate the headaches, which was awesome. My body still thinks there is no air though, zero stamina. Bodies!


SuziQ - Jan 19, 2018 9:03:33 am PST #21174 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Thanks -t, it has been loaded!

I'm working volunteer management for a small con this weekend. It is called HexaCon and is all about gaming. Role playing games, card games, board games... The game library is HUGE! It is the first year for this con and they have had 200 registrations so far. Not too shabby.


Laura - Jan 19, 2018 9:03:45 am PST #21175 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.

I am doing extremely tedious online training modules so I can qualify to be a substitute teacher.

Do you have headphones? DH uses his beats when he needs to concentrate.


sarameg - Jan 19, 2018 9:07:45 am PST #21176 of 30002

It's sort of weird to have a govt shutdown actually impact my work & life. If by midnight, I'm likely going to have to work next Saturday;if still on by midnight Sunday, it's work as usual, the whole exercise will be rescheduled. Still get paid & all, we're indirect. And we're trying to schedule phone screens, so I had to tell hr to wait until Monday to even think about scheduling.


Scrappy - Jan 19, 2018 9:08:26 am PST #21177 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I do, but they don't make the slide-and-voiceover-reading the exact-words-on-the-slide any more interesting.


Atropa - Jan 19, 2018 9:17:27 am PST #21178 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

It also means that for the average person with an expected work week of 50 hours - at least. 20 percent of their time is unproductive.

Reading this after my quarterly goals review meeting where part of the reason I got 90% on my review was because my boss felt I could be more productive - that there are swings in my productivity where I don't get a lot done, and then weeks where I produce a huge amount of work - really hits home.

To be all me me me: I'm on the bipolar spectrum, and in me it manifests as cycles of Doing All The Things, followed by cycles of Ugh Nope Can't. I need to talk to my psych about adjusting my meds. But I'm tired and stressed, I don't want to cope with anything, and I had a meltdown last night after the meeting so now I'm dealing with the crying hangover.

Hi, my name is Jilli, and I'm going to blurt things out at all of you because you make me feel better.


Steph L. - Jan 19, 2018 10:19:39 am PST #21179 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Gah, you'd think I'd learn that editing an article on testicular cancer means that I WILL SEE BALLS.

Cannot unsee.