Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!

Mal ,'War Stories'


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.


Laura - Mar 31, 2020 6:03:21 am PDT #18997 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

DH is asking me to do his hair. I haven't done this since the boys were young. I may make Bobby do it.


Katerina Bee - Mar 31, 2020 6:44:14 am PDT #18998 of 30019
Herding cats for fun

A world wide pandemic is not exciting enough for my family. My sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and will be having a lumpectomy Thursday. Chemo and radiation will follow.

I get to provide transportation services which will be interesting because we really have not been getting along for the last few years. DH and I are worn out from all the drama and unreliability and are happy she's been avoiding me. So nice and peaceful.

Now she needs service and I have to step up and help out like I did when she moved house. I expect lashing out and tantrums before this is over, and I'm already so weary.

This is kind of a last straw for me. I've been handling it all with calm, but now I have a little voice inside that just says, I want my Dad! If only he were still available by phone.


Dana - Mar 31, 2020 6:56:03 am PDT #18999 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Husband's third (and final?) interview is tomorrow at 9AM board time.

And I have a second interview, with the place I didn't think I did very well at. But this involves not just another interview, but signing an NDA and taking a behavioral assessment.

This is really starting to rub me the wrong way. If this assessment takes more than 15 minutes, I will really, really not be pleased.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 31, 2020 7:06:15 am PDT #19000 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

Katerina, just remember, if she gets to be too extra you can pull over by the side of the road and ask if her need to bitch you out is worth having to walk to and from chemo.


meara - Mar 31, 2020 7:26:53 am PDT #19001 of 30019

Behavioral assessment sounds ridiculous Dana. I hate those things and they're generally not scientific anyway. Grr.

Katerina, you may feel obliged to help but you don't have to put up with shitty behavior. It does suck the timing of it all for her, though (on top of the suckiness of cancer!)

I still don't wanna work today. I have a lot of work that is piling up, even. If a lot of it has longer deadlines or isn't time sensitive, it still needs to happen and I just don't wanna!!


Toddson - Mar 31, 2020 7:42:25 am PDT #19002 of 30019
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A place I worked years ago at one point decided to do personality assessments on all staff. I found it intrusive at best and obnoxious. I think I went through and put "N/A" for just about everything. If I remember correctly, nothing came of it, but then we were all working there already. (I wonder if failing a personality test could be grounds for firing?)


msbelle - Mar 31, 2020 8:42:01 am PDT #19003 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

calm and health ma to all.

Police testing positive is putting chunks of entire precincts out on quarantine.

My dog walker said the streets are much more empty today after the curfew started last night at 8. I am pretty committed to just staying in my house/yard for the week and not even having anything delivered. I need to consume the food in my fridge and the fresh fruit so that I am not wasting stuff. Maybe I will order a meal on Friday.


Maria - Mar 31, 2020 8:54:17 am PDT #19004 of 30019
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

Every county surrounding us is under a stay-at-home order, but we are not. Our county still only has 1 confirmed case, but there are plenty of anecdotes about others that have it.

We just did a grocery run on Sunday, so we should be good for at least a week and a half. My dad is also dropping off food two or three times a week, which is much appreciated.


Laura - Mar 31, 2020 8:56:03 am PDT #19005 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.

We have more walkers going by the house than ever. Sunset is like social hour with more than adequate distancing with our sitting in the driveway about 40 feet from the street.


askye - Mar 31, 2020 9:14:21 am PDT #19006 of 30019
Thrive to spite them

The city of Greenville is expected to approve an stay at home order except it would just be for the city. It wouldn't effect the county so we won't be under those orders.

I woke up and don't want to do anything today. I did get a shower and brush my teeth and I took over the couch. Matthew just got up a while ago and wasn't thrilled when I declared what I was doing. The can play Xbox in the other room but I just need something different. I could have been more tactful I even said we should have a movie marathon but that didn't go over well be just went into the bedroom.