Awww Nilly’s most excellent post. I love it every year.
Nilly, you have not offended me this past year. A late Shana Tova to you and yours.
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
msbelle - Oct 03, 2022 8:15:03 am PDT #17779 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Steph L. - Oct 03, 2022 9:02:29 am PDT #17780 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
I had to bring Tim to the ER — it’s probably a GI issue, but when he went to urgent care first earlier today, he said he has discomfort in his chest and urgent care immediately said he should go to the ER just in case.
I’m not super worried, but I also agree that it’s best for him to get checked out just to be sure.
And he keeps taking phone calls and texting with his brothers because they have an offer on their parents’ house, but he won’t tell his brothers that he’s at the ER, because he doesn’t want to worry them. I am 2 seconds away from texting his brothers and telling them what’s happening and telling them to stop calling and texting him. Jesus Christ.
Gudanov - Oct 03, 2022 9:04:45 am PDT #17781 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I can't imagine Nilly offending me.
Oh geez, Steph, I hope he is okay.
Laura - Oct 03, 2022 9:51:16 am PDT #17782 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It is such a delight to see a post from Nilly. I'm sorry you are suffering from the lack of hours in the day issue that comes with being a working parent and child with so many responsibilities in so many directions. Good to have parents, and kids, and a career, but bad to have so few hours to devote to any of them. I hope that things settle down some so that we can see your lovely font more often.
Much health~ma headed to Tim. He needs to reverse the situation and recognize how upset he would be if his brothers didn't bother to mention that they were in the ER while texting! Tell your bros, bro!
Steph L. - Oct 03, 2022 10:34:08 am PDT #17783 of 30000
Apparently if you're enough of a power nerd, there is nothing that cannot be flowcharted.
It’s probably a partially collapsed lung. He had a totally collapsed lung in 2015 — just a spontaneous pneumothorax, no cause like illness or injury. Apparently if you have a collapsed lung, you’re more likely to have one again. Annoying but manageable.
We’re just waiting for the pulmonologist to look at the x-ray.
Also, he finally told his brothers what’s going on. Sheesh.
sj - Oct 03, 2022 10:34:39 am PDT #17784 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I feel like professionals need to mention at least one thing you are doing right unless you are messing things up so bad that a child needs to be removed and that is CLEARLY not the situation in any of these situations.
Yeah, that never happens with parenting stuff. The things you're doing right are just considered a given.
Awww Nilly’s most excellent post. I love it every year.
Me too.
Tons of health~ma for Tim and calm~ma for you, Tep.
I just looked at our calendar for this week, and I so don't wanna. TCG has night meetings tonight and tomorrow night, which means solo parenting at bedtime, ltc's picture day is this week (we already picked out and outfit but there will probably still be DRAMA the morning of), and crazy hat day is on Friday and ltc wants to decorate one herself. So, I have to go to the dollar store to get some supplies for that and then actually make time to do that one night this week. We're leaving for Mom's for the long weekend on Friday. So, we have to actually pack some time between now and then so that we can pick her up from school on Friday and immediately head out to try to beat the worst of the traffic. It's probably not going to be all that bad, but it feels like a lot right now.
Trudy Booth - Oct 03, 2022 10:38:53 am PDT #17785 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Shana Tova, Nilly. Never seen you have anything to atone for with me - but if it makes you check in once a year I'm all for it.
Dana - Oct 03, 2022 10:51:10 am PDT #17786 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I guess a partially collapsed lung is better than totally collapsed?
sj - Oct 03, 2022 10:58:22 am PDT #17787 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yikes, Teppy. I x-posted with you. I hope they can get it fixed quickly, and help with the pain. They don't think it's related to his RA?
brenda m - Oct 03, 2022 11:32:10 am PDT #17788 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Managing the brothers Beckmeyer seems like it could have sitcom potential. Lung -ma to Tim!
I’m in Toronto trying to get passport photos taken, to finally stop putting off getting my Canadian passport. Not for any specific reason, but you know, not ^not* for no reason.
Tonight I get to go have dinner with all the “aunts” aka my mom’s childhood and college friends. Best part of business travel is when it takes me closer to people I love. (Many of y’all included at one time or another!)