Oh exciting, fingers crossed Laura!!
Oh, no, oh, no! Spontaneous poetic exclamations. Lord, spare me college boys in love.
Dr. Walsh ,'Potential'
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.
meara - Sep 27, 2021 8:27:10 am PDT #9549 of 30000
Trudy Booth - Sep 27, 2021 8:32:32 am PDT #9550 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
Askye, I'm so sorry. This is one of those situations where any decision you make will be the right decision AND it will still hurt.
My father is the second of eight from a fairly small town. There are still a few circumstances where I introduce myself as "Bill's oldest." THEN I'll say my name.
Good work, Laura!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 27, 2021 9:20:43 am PDT #9551 of 30000
"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
When my dad was in the rehab facility just before he died, his roommate turned out to be from the small Arkansas town he grew up in, and remembered our family from... the 1940s and 50s, I guess.
lisah - Sep 27, 2021 10:13:03 am PDT #9552 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Thank you for your patience and taking the time to talk to the nurse, Laura.
Remember how I had a bum leg a couple of weeks ago (likely a burst Baker's Cyst)? Now my OTHER leg hurts in the same way. So bizarre! And painful and annoying. Today's the first day of my unemployment and I wasn't planning to do much but was hoping I could at least go for a walk.
-t - Sep 27, 2021 10:27:48 am PDT #9553 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is a bummer, lisah. Leg~ma! But what is this about the first day of your unemployment? I feel like I have missed a piece of news.
I am on the first day of not knowing what the hell my job is anymore and it's going about like I expected. My one coworker who was supposed to be out on sick leave got her surgery postponed because her surgeon had a death in the family so she's now planning on working this week (although not today because she's got to reschedule her life and that TOTALLY MAKES SENSE if I were her I would be taking off more than just today, probably) which will likely make things easier for me in the short term (mostly it's just such a bizarre situation to come up - clearly nobody's fault or anything but so weird)
Laura - Sep 27, 2021 11:37:42 am PDT #9554 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Leg~ma lisah!
Yes, it was a nice surprise to have a calm rational "normal" conversation about the vaccine.
lisah - Sep 27, 2021 12:38:46 pm PDT #9555 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
But what is this about the first day of your unemployment? I feel like I have missed a piece of news.
I haven't talked about it a ton but my company fully integrated with our parent company last week and my role was eliminated. I have a fair amount of severance and Bob just started a new job with health benefits so I have some time and flexibility to find something new. Plus my company has been hemorrhaging talent for the past 6 months ahead of this integration and I've now got great contacts all over. So fingers crossed for a great new opportunity soon (but not too soon)!
-t - Sep 27, 2021 12:42:39 pm PDT #9556 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, wow! Fingers crossed indeed. I do hope you can enjoy some leisure time meanwhile!
Laura - Sep 27, 2021 1:44:05 pm PDT #9557 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
New~exciting~opportunity~ma! Sounds like ideal timing for a change.
DavidS - Sep 27, 2021 1:46:45 pm PDT #9558 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Getting laid off is never really fun, but that sounds like an excellent circumstance for you, lisah. Wishing you leg-ma and a good break from the workaday world.
Little side note about Matilda's birthday: Since we weren't hosting a party or anything, and she was just meeting up with twelve friends I gave Matilda $60 and told her to treat her friends to ice cream.
Because they're San Francisco kids, they opted instead to get Dim Sum pork dumplings which they ate in GG Park.