"I'm 32, I feel so old, everything hurts all the time."
Somehow I refrain from starting to laugh and laugh.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
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 14, 2019 11:29:06 am PDT #10469 of 30019
brillig
-t - Aug 14, 2019 2:10:56 pm PDT #10470 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You know what? I really appreciate that it's super easy for me to change my W-4 withholding online. It's going to take some tweaking to get it where I will hopefully not owe a ton next year but still have take home pay to cover my expenses and having to do that with paper would be a huge hassle.
msbelle - Aug 14, 2019 3:07:25 pm PDT #10471 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I am at the airport, no panic attacks today and now nothing for me to do but wait until I land. I like it when there is nothing for me to do,
-t - Aug 14, 2019 3:15:53 pm PDT #10472 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is a good feeling. Have a good trip!
Connie Neil - Aug 14, 2019 3:29:30 pm PDT #10473 of 30019
brillig
I adore the feeling of stepping onto the shuttle to the airport. I have made my plans and arrangements, and the job of getting me to my destination is in someone else's hands. I just have to present myself in the correct place.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2019 4:06:32 am PDT #10474 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So at the University where I work, anyone can be a first-year academic adviser, so I'm doing it! I just got my three kids assigned to me, and they are all from private schools and none of them is getting any financial aid -- and we give a LOT of financial aid. They also got many 800s on the SATs and 5s on AP exams. Yikes! (They all seem like nice kids from their writing, though.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 15, 2019 4:08:12 am PDT #10475 of 30019
"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
Airports have always been high stress environments for me, though I'm not nervous about the actual flying. It's all the lines, security theatre, waiting around, and did-my-luggage-arrive-or-is-it-separate-vacations worry that gets to me.
In other trip-related news, I've spent the last day and a half preparing for a quick getaway to Eureka Springs in the Ozarks after far too many months without a vacation. I don't remember getting ready for a vacation being this much work!
Laura - Aug 15, 2019 4:21:16 am PDT #10476 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Yay for time off, Matt! Enjoy. I get the prep stress. I don't mind flying, but the whole indignity of the boarding process, and being squished into seats with coughing strangers is total yuck.
Cool Jesse! Not everyone tests well. My son Brendon tests absurdly high always and is basically non-functional, while his dad tests horribly and is extremely capable. Both brilliant, but only one knows how to use it.
Calli - Aug 15, 2019 4:23:14 am PDT #10477 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Once I'm through security, I love flying. Wandering around the airport, people watching, plenty of time to read, perfectly acceptable day drinking. It's all good.
Jesse - Aug 15, 2019 5:54:54 am PDT #10478 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cool Jesse! Not everyone tests well. My son Brendon tests absurdly high always and is basically non-functional, while his dad tests horribly and is extremely capable. Both brilliant, but only one knows how to use it.
Yeah, testing well is definitely a skill that gets you very far right up until it completely stops doing anything at all for you! Which is a shock for many of us.....