I hope Pepsico likes me…
You two are behaving badly. Stop it.
I adore you, our D that became ours when you were in HS and your parents were too busy for you.
I love that you came over today to just hang out with your 4 week old and 2 year old.
I never mind the mess and I am happy to clean up when you leave.
Between the noise level and the mess and the food I am happy but so tired!
So very happy I am not starting this all over again.
I am worried when D moves here and delivers her baby about all that is going to change in our lives.
What a sad day for Nashville. How could you both be so stupid? Public figures can NOT expect to not get caught.
I’ve been keeping my mouth shut and being supportive for months now but I knew that sooner or later I would hit the wall. Well, I hit it this weekend. Hard. And there’s no going back. Considering what I do for you, the way you treat me is unacceptable. Not only that, but your tone of voice and the things you say are horrible. How dare you! And in front of our daughter! And when I stand up for myself you turn it around that I am evil and pouting. I’m so sick of it.
So happy for the big snowstorm coming. 
Why does renewing my electricity plan have to be so freaking complicated? Of course my current plan is “no longer available, but choose your perfect plan from this drop down menu.” Different prices, different lengths, different “cash back” plans, fixed rate, adjustable rate, discount during certain hours, and on and on.
Gah…
OK, sisIL, what is going on? First you call me a couple of months ago, asking if I am sure that your S and D won’t be included in my D2’s wedding. D2 is having a rather small wedding. Your kids aren’t old enough to be bridesmaids or groomsmen. They are too old to be flower girls or boys. No, they can’t walk the dog down the aisle for fun! Sorry if they are disappointed (which I doubt) but if D wanted them in the wedding she would have asked months ago. Yes, I know they are cousins, but D has 3 other cousins and they’re not in the wedding party either.
So know, you call D1 and ask her if she is “running away from her family” or if she’s “estranged from her twin sister” because she is doing travel nursing and is excited to be going to Seattle. She’s doing travel nursing and she’s excited to be going to Seattle! That’s it! She loves hiking, on real mountains, and doesn’t get enough of that in the flat coastal plain where we live. She’ll move on, with her dog and her boyfriend, when this gig is over. Most people are happy for her, maybe even excited for her, can you imagine?
When you went from college and med school in NY to residency in CA did we involve Sigmund Freud in that decision? No, we did not.
Like rats off a sinking ship …
(Don’t let the screen door hit you on the way out :-* )
Here’s hoping we get the snowstorm that was originally forecast. It’s starting to look like a slushy sleety mess instead.
All my kids-- both my own and my students-- will be sleeping with their PJs inside out and a spoon under their pillow, lol.
I hope all the snow goes to @bjkmom and not my D’s house. She does not want to use a vacation day because the roads are closed and she can’t get to her office. I wish her office had snow days, they don’t and she has to use vacation even if she can’t get there and even if there is a level 3 snow emergency. Where people are ordered to stay off the roads.
She’s going on a cruise next week and wants to take her first grown up vacation. She has precious few vacation days as it is.
Yes! Fingers crossed for snow day! Attendance will be terrible, and who knows if any of the kids I mentor for fieldwork will even be there.
Well, at least we’re closed tomorrow…
Please don’t let my dog be seriously ill. She is my baby and I am hoping it is something that can be cured or fixed with meds.
So sad—saw a writing sample of a loved one who is a college JR. It was so difficult to understand and read that H and I couldn’t finish it. Subject and verb didn’t match, tenses didn’t match, singular/plural didn’t match.
It was a rambling stream of consciousness when it was supposed to be a paper for extra credit for an upper division course. I told the student’s mom
we couldn’t edit (actually, we couldn’t even follow the paper and understand what she was getting at).
H says he always assumed awkward rambling comments and reviews posted online were made by folks whose 1st language wasn’t English but he’s now rethinking his former opinion.
Dear a girl in ticket exchange page,
I do not know if you are genuinely that stupid or just don’t care about ethics. How can you ask if her mom can ask for reward for a money order she found on the street and at first wanted to THROW IT AWAY? Once you take a possession of the lost item knowingly, it’s a theft! I hope you and your mom learned a lesson from humiliation.
J: Thank you for introducing me to the idea that I should always pack a lightweight collapsible carry-on bag inside my regular carry-on. That habit has made my life so much easier, and once again saved Happykid’s nerves when she had to pack the new wardrobe her grandma and aunt sent her back from vacation with.
M: Thank you for introducing me to the idea that I could pack a roll of scotch tape and some favorite photos, and have an instant photo gallery on the wall of any room I found myself staying in.
And thank you both for these memories that came to me today.
Gut punch.
Coastal flooding is no fun. Also wind damage.
Every time you preface your story by saying “No judgement please” you have already judged me.