Now, the holidays...
The last couple of holidays have been hard for me. 2007 - marriage falling apart. 2008 - first holidays after the divorce. 2009 - can only go up from here, right? (Why yes, I did knock on wood!)
Thanksgiving tomorrow. Should be nice. 21 people at my parents, including, me Roo, Dem,
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queenmidalah, her boyfriend and gotbunns. I need to remember the candlesticks and to make sure all the food I'm bringing gets put into the car!Christmas is still iffy for me. Not really sure how I'm going to handle this year.
queenmidalah is heading home (even if I keep forgetting that and keep telling her about things we need to do on Christmas Eve for dinner!). My ex-husband will be in Brazil again for work. Dem should be going home. It will be just me, Roo, Orion and Anubis this year. And somehow, I don't think Orion and Anubis are going to be all that interested in breakfast... wait... maybe they will be! Those two are four-legged Hoovers!I am trying to make sure Roo has a good holiday. Hopefully, I'll be able to pull it off for her. We'll do a breakfast casserole and the sour cream coffee cake and fruit salad, as we have done for years. There will be coffee and Christmas music and, maybe, a mimosa or two. Then off to my parents' house for dinner before coming home again.
Christmas was always my favorite holiday and I'd like for it to be that again. Right now, I'm still kind of eh on the whole thing, but less eh than I have been!
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I'm investigating other avenues for sales, too. Oh, how I miss the old SLX and On-Rez!
Scarier... the colleges Roo is looking at? Around $40K a year.
That's for the undergrad program.
Gah!
- 06:05 Your key planet Venus is stuck between a rock and a hard place... More for Libra twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=7 #
- 20:10 Time for Tylenol. Really, this is getting old! #
- 21:07 @EchoLegacy Ready for pickup? #
- 22:01 Should have grabbed a coat #
- 22:07 Echolegacy Here #
mountain stream cleanse your mind?
Every thought is pulled out along the smooth,
polished stones, disappearing
downstream in the frothy current.
The mind keeps on making more thoughts
until it sees that they are
all being carried away downstream;
until it realizes that they
are all vanishing,
dissolving into an unseen point.
Then it won't bother for awhile.
- Ji Aoi Isshi
- 23:13 I may have to sell Chicahuac... #
- 23:40 Anubis is gassing @queenmidalah. I am amused! #
- 23:41 @phawkwood The whole divorce finances thing blows. Trying NOT to go that route, if I can. #
- 23:43 @WriteRCastle Vegan whoopie pies? EWWW I'm in Amish country and I won't even eat the normal kind of whoopie pies! #
- 06:07 You may be ready to stretch your mind in new ways today, but y... More for Libra twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=7 #
- 15:05 @demmydefunct How's the job hunt? #
- 15:28 Loooong workday is long. #
- 20:20 So hard to believe I'm going through college information with my daughter. Where did the time go? #
- 06:09 You might have less money at your disposal today to do what yo... More for Libra twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=7 #
- 07:45 Wedding day today, isn't it? Would explain all the buggies. #
- 12:48 Best failure description of the day: The transmission is fucked. #
- 16:53 @vretallin Ain't that the truth! Hope you feel better soon.9 #
- 18:01 @echolegacy Your mother has you covered. #
- 18:09 Since I ate most of it!
# - 18:22 I am a worrywart. Sitting in the dark, in the rain. Light hasn't changed. #
- 21:01 Orion curled up on the couch. Anubis eyeing his big brother. This won't end well ;) But it will end with us laughing! #
- 21:47 Watching Star Trek, fiddling around in SL and thinking another glass of wine is in order. #
- 21:56 @queenmidalah And theRP! #
- 22:11 Sparkle on my iPhone! SL IMs during the day! This rocks in so many ways! #
- 22:15 Crap. Thought I had more cake pics.
Need pics of some of the cakes that @Charm_CityCakes has done for us over the years. Email 'em to me! # - 22:28 F'sck it all. I'm nearly $300 overdrawn on one account and the other bounced a check for reasons unknown - the money was there! PISSED! #
Heading to bed soon, curled up with my bottle of Tylenol... this should "only hurt for a week or so" more.
- 06:02 Your key planet Venus is passing on her stress to you as she c... More for Libra twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=7 #
- 11:27 @alliana701 Oh no! Hugs! #
- 11:48 Owewwwwwwwwww again #
- 11:52 Now to work. #
- 12:14 @phawkwood @vretallin Hope they get you on your way soon! #
- 22:00 Very disappointed. SL Mentors are being disbanded as of December 11th. #</ li>
- 22:45 And XStreetSL is going to be doing not very nice things with fees soon. Hm... slapt.me looking more and more interesting, as is apez.biz! #
- 04:44 Giving in and taking a Vicodin. I want to cry right now, this is just not right. I am in so much pain and that's with them "fixing" things! #
- 06:00 You might think you can get away with nearly anything today, f... More for Libra twittascope.com/twittascope/?sign=7 #
- 10:54 Up, dizzy and in pain. Need a clear head so I can at least work a half day from home. Tylenol is my friend, I hope. #
- 11:13 I really want coffee. Mouth disagrees. Same w/food. Maybe this is my new weight loss plan! #
- 13:38 "I forgot to call you back right away" is unacceptable!
Yet ANOTHER appointment tomorrow at 11:30 am. This sucks in so many ways. # - 18:09 Getting kind of hungry! No dinner for a while yet. My kitchen is full of teens and apples. #
- 18:10 @DemmyDefunct Methinks the apples rose up against their oppressors. #
- 18:11 @shaggy25 *HUGS* When is the doctor supposed to see you now? #
- 18:29 @alliana701 HUGS - I hope the day gets better for you and fast! #
- 21:41 I feel old. Finding Donny Osmond VERY attractive (watching D
WTS) and he's a grandpa! #
- 23:13 Still spitting out pieces of cement and tooth. I hate my dentist. Must find a new one. Now I am missing 2 teeth, thanks to him! #
- 23:43 @wiccabuffy That does make sense. Being a parent can be kinda weighty sometimes, can't it? #
- 00:04 @EchoLegacy I haven't moved in 10 minutes! LOL #
- 00:19 And now to bed. Will call a new dentist tomorrow. For tonight, yet another dose of Tylenol. Whee. #
- 06:08 Make the most of today's incisive Scorpio New Moon in your 2nd... More for Libra bit.ly/15xn9X #
- 07:25 Diet starts tomorrow. #
- 10:22 Back to dentist, then signing in fm home #
- 10:54 At dentist AGAIN. #
- 11:10 @phawkwood :-P right now I look like a pirate! #
- 11:22 Still waiting... #
- 11:26 @debbiraff Hugs! #
- 11:35 I am going to find another dentist after this. 4 #
- 11:36 @shaggy25 45 minutes now #
- 11:38 @shaggy25 If they hadn't screwed up Friday, I wouldn't need to be here! #
- 11:40 @shaggy25 Hell, at this rate I'll need something for my BP ;) #
- 11:42 @phawkwood This is when a French press is your friend! #
- 12:24 I hurt more now than I did all weekend. Dental fail. #
- 17:17 I am pretty damned pissed at the moment. This came out while I was DRINKING WATER #
- 17:19 I am going to look like a pirate for a while, until they can do the permanent one. #
- 17:20 @shaggy25 What I spent all that time at the dentist's for today? Popped out. Within 5 hours. How'd your appointment go? #
- 17:34 @shaggy25 That sucks! #
- 19:24 And we watched. #
- 19:30 Santa's pants are filled with nuts. This makes the shopping trip worthwhile. #
- 20:16 This constant pain thing can go away now. KTHXBAI #
- 02:16 One niece, one nephew, one "sister" and one "child" done. Still so much Christmas shopping to do! #
- 03:05 Downside to sleeping late: Wide awake at 3 am. #
- 06:04 Even if you think that your life is heading in the right direc... More for Libra bit.ly/15xn9X #
- 11:55 I have a puppy curled up on my lap and another running around my feet. Awwww. #
- 13:06 Ugh. Long wait. #
- 13:10 Special snowflakes piss me off. #
- 13:13 Ca
n you tell @EchoLegacy, &@DemmyDefunct & I are at the same place? # - 14:31 Parents, teach your kids to chew with their mouths closed. I don't need to see what you're feeding your offspring. #
- 14:32 Rachel's Creperie: Great food. Snail like service. Friendly, but slooooooow. #
- 14:40 @queenmidalah Awesome! #
- 16:27 Putting a picture of yourself with your ex-wife on your dating profile? Instant fail. #
- 17:09 New plan for Rachel's Creperie the next time: Order take out and go to the park. #
- 17:10 @QueenMidalah @EchoLegacy @DemmyDefunct How's pork chops in mushroom gravy, rice and corn sound? Or pizza? #
- 17:13 Take out it is. There goes my excuse to not do any housework ;) Guess I'll order then clean some more. #
- 17:20 And yet, I'm finding it easy to not move. I do have to verify some website updates. Yeah, that's good. #
- 06:32 You can make a very practical decision today that has profound... More for Libra bit.ly/15xn9X #
- 15:14 To market to market to buy drano #
- 15:15 @unclechet Sounds fantastic! #
- 16:00 Went to store for $15 worth of things. $110 later... #
- 21:23 Pyramid Head is here. Should I be afraid? #SecondLife #
- 06:14 Don't worry about anyone who tells you that you should be more... More for Libra bit.ly/15xn9X #
- 07:13 @EchoLegacy Huh? #
- 07:49 Really could think of better ways to start the day! Dentist - ick! #
- 07:56 Made it on time. Now to wait. #
- 10:48 Owwwwwww #
- 10:55 Whoa. Even my EAR is numb #
- 11:32 And now... Work #
- 12:56
Tractor class! # - 13:55 Pain hitting hard. Want more novacaine ;) #
- 14:52 Someone rip my jaw off, please! #
- 16:47 This woman is pissing me off #
- 18:01 "Spent 3 hours on my back with my mouth open and didn't have any fun at all!" (dentist, people - dentist!) #
- 20:30 This year, I want to do a cookie baking session with everyone at the house. #
- 06:30 It's hard for you to take your responsibilities lightly now, f... More for Libra bit.ly/15xn9X #
- 07:24 I hope the weather is nicer this weekend. Grey, drizzly and cold is eew. #
- 07:35 Text the word CUBBY to 85944 to donate $5 to Penn State Children's Hospital/CMN #
- 08:09 twitpic.com/p81s3 - What I found on my desk this morning. #
- 10:00 @queenmidalah Show and Tell! ;) #
- 17:23 There ain't no rest for the wicked, 'til we close our
eyes for good. # - 20:09 Awww @queenmidalah brought me a cute man in a box! #
The doctor told her this ON THE PHONE while she was at work today! I'm so pissed at that office, this wasn't something she should have had to deal with in that manner.
My nephew hit his head at school. He was not acting normally, so like good parents, my brother and sister-in-law got up to check on him in the middle of the night. After they did, my brother went into the bathroom and collapsed, unable to speak He has no memory of that happening, the memories start up again in the ambulance, where he kept thinking he was having a stroke at a young age (he's 38), like our cousin's husband had had a few years ago. They've ruled out a stroke, but they still don't know what happened. He's a triathelete, training for an Ironman competition, so this is really out of the blue.
And my six year old nephew has the flu (H1N1 from what I understand), which was why he "wasn't right." His head's fine.
Please keep them and their families in your thoughts and send positive healing vibes to all three. It's been a day of bad news on the health front here Sad
Not ready to uproot from the position I am in now for the same salary, I turned it down. They upped it to a decent amount over what I make now, with the potential to go into management within the year, which would be a significant increase.
But I don't feel right about it. Yes, work drives me crazy now and then and I'm trying not to work on my personal time (haha, I know), but my gut tells me this move might be a very bad one.
On the up side, it's very nice to know that there are people interested in my abilities, and that's without me looking or having an active resume on Monster.
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