I have a first date (introduction) tonight with Beaver girl. She says she is sneezing, but I will try to cure her with some healthy hot pot.
I read the news today that former NBA player/all around good guy Chris Dudely is running for governor of Oregon. If he can win, he will go by your knucklehead governor, Chet Culver, as tallest governor in the country. Chris is 6' 11" and I imagine that might break the record for tallest governor ever.
I do hope the BJ-worthy-ness bar is raised high. Utilize all sensors and early warning systems besides just that of the stomach regurgitation sensor.
It has always been said that laughter is the best medicine, thanks for providing it Kerry! And at the same time your put into words what I was kinda thinking when I read her post that prompted it.
Contacted BIL (Dan's sister's husband)...he manages our family cell phone plan. He gave the folks at Verizon permission to release me from the plan. I get to keep my number, but be on my own plan with my own bill. Wish refinancing the house would go that smoothly!
Putting in a letter after Christmas break requesting consideration for any/all vacancies in my district for next year. Doubt my job will be full time by then so I need to make sure I am employed, don't want to lose the house!!
Got an email from another match guy. I had emailed him a week or so ago...he said he has started seeing someone he met on the site...but then he gave me his personal emal and said that you never know how things will turn out..Of course he happens to be running for county attorney next year (I didn't know it, just though he looked interesting) so I think he is looking for votes!
Used my Christmas $$ from Dan's grandparents to buy myself a tanning package. I know it isn't healthy but hey, I don't smoke, rarely drink, and I consider it therapy! The bright lights and warmth are a mood booster when it is -7!!
Hey, I too got a very similar email back from a lady I contacted earlier. She says that if the person she is in the early stages of dating does not work out that she would like to contact me again. From Jeff's experience, I suggested that it would probably be best and considerate to her date that she hid her profile while she was exclusive.
So my mom called today. Background: Mom is a passive/aggressive martyr type. My sister is an attorney, and by nature is kind of argumentative and will correct your grammar/facts/whatever when she talks to you. Not a good combination.
So mom and sis never get along well. Then mom calls me crying about whatever went down, and sis calls me b!tching about whatever mom did. I have tried to stay out of it entirely, working on my boundaries!
So mom has been calling me the last couple days. Sis is coming nto town this weekend for a family party tomorrow. Mom has been pumping me to see if I know when she is coming, what plans she has, etc etc.
Today mom calls and says turns out she is coming today, they talked earlier. Mom is plannng on cooking a roast for supper but didn't ask when sis was coming. She called and said she needed to ask me a favor...
Me: Mom I am not calling her to see when she is coming.
Mom: OK thanks, bye... (she pouts/hangs up when we don't do what she wants or if we tell her something she doesn't want to hear)
Me: You are a grown up, if you want to know when she is coming you can call her.
Mom: Thanks a lot bye...
WAS I WRONG??? Sigh...............
This happens way too often. Then if sis tells me "A", and I relay it to mom, later sis decides to do "B". Then I am put in the middle b/c mom thinks one thing and then something else happens. I do not want to be anyone's go-between! Mom looks at it like, for all she has done for me (martyr!), all she wants is for me to ask a little question here and there.
I say learn to communicate like adults and leave me out of it!
My father and my brother are not on speaking terms because of my step mom. I dont get between or take sides. Step mom asks me all the time about my brother and I change the subject.
One thing you may consider if teaching does not work out - referee.
Well mom broke down and called sis and they figured out their dinner plans...
Then sis and I went to see the high school production of Les Miserables....yeah, really! I didn't know if they could pull it off but they did! There are 3 amazing girls in that class, all going to college for musical theater. And 2 great guys, the rest so-so.
After that went out to my parents' house. Other sis was there with her husband. We rented "4 Christmases" with Reese Witherspoon/Vince Vaughn. Very funny!
Then things kind of went south. I am probably just overly sensitive. I got up to leave and mom told my dad to go back my car out for me (they live in the country and it is really snowy here, their driveway is gravel/narrow so they worried I would get stuck).
I said I was capable of doing it myself and got my coat. Then mom asked if I needed help carrying my stuff to the car. All I had was one crock pot! Like I can't carry a crock pot!? So I snapped at her and said I was quite capable of carrying a crock pot. Of course my dad put his coat on and went outside anyway in case I needed a push.
I know they mean well, but seriously! Ever since Dan left they have been on overdrive treating me like I need help with everything. It pisses me off cause to me it would appear they think I am capable of NOTHING on my own.
Hello? I have been THE responsible caregiver for my kids for the better part of two years. I got this whole house unpacked and organzied after the move. I have paid all my bills and not had to ask anyone for help. I went and did all the divorce stuff basically on my own. I just hate being treated like an imbecile.
Of course it goes deeper than that. Just brings back childhood memories. I was a super-smart straight A student but that was the only area where I ever got any credit. Otherwise my parents treated me like a 2 year old and the unspoken message was that I needed help with everything...so frustrating.
So anyway sorry for the vent. I don't know why but I got in the car and backed around without anybody's help, thankyouverymuch, and then I cried all the way home. What is wrong with me??
(((((BobbiJo))))) I'm going to look on the positive side, and hope that they think that somehow they are protecting you. You know, and I know, that you don't need that, but to them, you are still their little girl.
And I have to say, that there are guys that would find a super smart, self sufficient superfox quite interesting!
