Good luck Theo and Dana and everyone having job issues!
Tara: Do you have any books on robots? Giles: Oh, yes, dozens. There's a lot of research to be done in order to--no, I'm lying. Haven't got squat. I just like watching Xander squirm.
'Get It Done'
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.
Consuela - Jul 26, 2019 9:53:53 am PDT #9851 of 30019
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
msbelle - Jul 26, 2019 10:48:31 am PDT #9852 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
As people may have seen on FB, I was in B'more and I've made the decision to move there hopefully in the next 9-12 months (barring anything bad happening - more on that later).
Ideally I will be able to shift over to a role with my current company and work remotely. I should be having conversations with my boss and his boss in the next 2-3 weeks.
In 2 weeks, I am having a garage sale with a friend who just moved and am super motivated right now, so I am planning on going room by room and culling about 1/3 of my stuff including furniture.
Now the hard part, mac is not rising to the occasion of becoming independent and making good choices. Almost 100% sure that he no longer has a job. He had someone with a pet over to the house while I was gone. He also did not clean any dishes for the week and left food out and open in his room. He has stopped communicating with me if I ask him anything, taking 12+ hours at least to answer even yes/no questions as basic as "are you ok?" I do not know where he is day to day and never know when he will be coming or going fro. The house. So today I sent a text to him explaining that this was not how I would continue to live my life and that he will need to be out of the house in 5 weeks.
I expect August to be an emotional minefield, but this too shall pass.
Laura - Jul 26, 2019 10:53:54 am PDT #9853 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Big hugs, msbelle. I wish I didn't know this scene so well. But yay for one more reason why I need to visit B'more! The pics I saw were quite joyful!
Calli - Jul 26, 2019 10:59:00 am PDT #9854 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Congratulations on the move, msbelle!
sj - Jul 26, 2019 11:15:57 am PDT #9855 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
All the best, msbelle.
Jesse - Jul 26, 2019 11:16:40 am PDT #9856 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oof, good luck, msbelle!
sj - Jul 26, 2019 11:32:48 am PDT #9857 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ltc's birthday party is Sunday. So, of course I'm an anxious mess.
Scrappy - Jul 26, 2019 11:45:09 am PDT #9858 of 30019
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Baltimore is a fantastic city. And with you AND sarameg there, it will be even more fantastic!
meara - Jul 26, 2019 12:49:11 pm PDT #9859 of 30019
Yikes msbelle, good luck!! But you in Baltimore seems like a great plan!
Theodosia - Jul 26, 2019 2:36:21 pm PDT #9860 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooooh, Baltimore! I didn't know it was in play -- not too late to think about Boston, sigh.
(I'm so sorry for your worry about mac. If I believed and prayed, I'd be praying for him.)
While the second interview goes forward, Rosemary is still in the hospital with pseudogout, and nothing they've done so far has brought the pain down other than palliative measures (i.e. painkillers). They're going to try her on stronger steroids, but they have to be careful because of the heart surgery.