Soooo....

[Morrigoon]

I had a spur-of-the-moment appointment tonight to show property My favorite reason ever to come home late.

[Prudence]

Dammit, no other judges called today. (Today was "call day", for judges following the plan.) I hate having all my eggs in the one West Virginian basket, but maybe I'll get lucky and persuade that judge to hire me. Immediately.

(still eye-twitch free - and another entire team dropped out due to the re-write.)

[wendybeth]

Today was the Girl's second day at her new school- she goes once a week all day, and we do the rest at home. Last week, we were both nervous wrecks as it had been four years since anyone else had taught her, and since her last classroom environment. (Excepting art and dance). Well, today was much easier; she settled right in and when I left I didn't feel like I was abandoning her. I went home and started cleaning out what we semi-jokingly call her 'second bedroom', which is full of toys and furniture that she's either outgrown or we just stash in there until we can get rid of it. Took most of the morning and early afternoon, but it looks waaaay better. Now I have to paint it.

When I picked her up, she looked tired but happy. They had a very busy day and she is doing pretty well with the whole thing. We were nervous because we didn't IEP her and she didn't want to use her old FM system, either. (Helps her hear the teach better, but usually they don't know how to use it properly and it ends up being more of a PITA). It's hard work for her to get the same info as the other kids- she has to really pay attention and use all sorts of visual cues to ascertain if she is missing anything, so she was pretty worn out this afternoon. We went shopping for a new Ipod cover for her and some video games, and about the time we were done my MIL calls from Cleveland (she's visiting my SIL) and informs me that Aunt Sally called her to tell her that our neighborhood was on fire. Now, Aunt Sally is beyond old and usually gets her neighborhoods mixed up, but when we drove over the ridge near our house we could see a large plume of smoke wafting over roughly where our house was. Planes were dropping water on the fire, and as we got closer we could see that it was just down the hill from us. Luckily, they got it out, but that was too close for comfort. It was a long, hot summer and we live in a heavily forested area- wouldn't take much for it to go up!

I think I'll have a drink and hit it.

[Kevy Baby]

Hugs to you and Tori.

And I can totally empathize with you on the fire. I grew up near scrub brush and vividly recall spending one Halloween on the roof of our house (which was old wood shake) putting out burning embers that were landing on the roof. Scared the bejeebus out of me.

[Mousey Girl]

Stupid car. I took it in because the a/c went out. I knew it would be costly. They are also fixing the 2 other issues, both of which I knew about, but thought I could live with. By the end of today I will be out $1500 that I don't have. But the alternative is buying a new car that I can't afford. *sigh*

Oh, and I have come to the conclusion, I do NOT want a PT Cruiser afterall. That is today's rental car. The thing has no power, the seats are not very comfy and there are quite a few blind spots.

[madmonkeygirl]

There's a new Pinkberry opening right down the street on Tampa Ave in the Costco shopping center yay...i'm so waiting to go and experience my first one.

Then i get a phone call from a manager who basically she was hired in around february sometime but got fired in may if i do recall (the second time she had a no call no show you have two and you're fired) i was there the day she did had her second one and the store manager said she was fired cuz of it. Well she was rehired and made manager over those who have been there over a year and working our butts off to advance.

Well she calls me saying i was supposed to be at work today at 11:15am no i wasn't...so i pick up the phone as i was almost out the door to run errands. And i tell her that the work schedule is in the clock in room it says i have today off and i work that time tomorrow. So she says to me well that's what is in the manager's office on the break schedule and there is only 1 cashier right now. Well yesterday i was the only cashier at 6pm no one else was there. So she checks the schedule and says that i'm correct and that it's ok but who is supposed to work? Duh look at the work schedule dumbass..lmao i didn't say this but i was thinking it...so she's like don't worry and ignore the messages i left on your voicemail on your cell phone lmao.. It's like ok you're manager figure it out... and i hung up the phone...

Looks like favoritism or something over promoting someone who deserves it to be manager wondering if coporate would appreciate this information...

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Dammit, no other judges called today. (Today was "call day", for judges following the plan.) I hate having all my eggs in the one West Virginian basket, but maybe I'll get lucky and persuade that judge to hire me. Immediately.

(still eye-twitch free - and another entire team dropped out due to the re-write.)

It's not exactly what you're looking for, but there's a job opening at UC Irvine, if you think you can remain sufficiently non-controversial that is.

[blueerica]

In my efforts to get back on the health bandwagon once more, I went to the gym this afternoon. On the way, I waved hello to Mr. Bacon a few doors down and noticed a HUGE crack in my windshield. No, make that two, and they intersect!

So... I'm annoyed. Time to save up for a new windshield.

Make that bitter, I'm bitter. I didn't even hear it happen.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by blueerica

So... I'm annoyed. Time to save up for a new windshield.

Check your insurance. Some (including mine) cover windshields with a lower deductible (I think mine was only $100 for the windshield).

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Show up and see if you can score a ticket

I went and we watched/listened from outside. It was very cool.