Good morning!

mica178

Is everyone ready for the new week?

Anysunrise

Ugh. I am so tired. I hate opening shifts. It'd be one thing if I did them all the time, but since it's only sporadically, I just can't adjust to falling asleep early enough to get up at 5:30. So even though I get off early, I don't do anything except go home and take a nap. Booo. At least Wednesday is a holiday.

Snippylynn

Afternoon!  Just came back from lunch with a friend and am now trying to figure out what I need/can do this week. Everyone has gone on vacation so the office is empty.  I had all of 3 emails in my inbox this morning.

H leaves for Thailand today. It feels a bit weird or like bad timing for him to leave and I think we're both rather anxious about his time away (2 weeks) but it might be good for us. 

At least I have Lucy!

I suppose most people are off this week for the 4th?

mica178

I get Wednesday day off (yay!), but that's it.  July 1st is the start of the medical academic year, so we have all these new interns or new hires who need supervision.  The last time I was able to take time off at the beginning of July, I was still in training myself.

mica178

I'm definitely in the "absence makes the heart grow fonder" school of thought.  Whenever H has to travel without me, he misses me.  I"m sure that A will wish you and Lucy were in Bangkok with him.

Anysunrise

I just get Wednesday off too. I even have to work Saturday. But I do get 45 hours of pay this week, so that's okay.

Snippylynn

Any, where are you working again?

Yeah, I keep forgetting American holiday time not the same as Swedish holiday time. lol

I normally think that too Mica. It's just that things are so. weird between us right now. My trust factor is at an all time low. Not because he did anything, but because of everything else. 

kmmssg

I am going to do something I have never done before today.  File for unemployment.  I will be eligible for one month of benefits - takes me to my first pension check in August.  And, believe me, I am not looking down at anyone who has filed, just never had to do it before.

KMM is in just a bit of denial about getting back into the work force.

Other than that, I will be getting ready for my 4th of July party.  So excited!!  the 2 couples who are my best friends, their kids who are either Seniors or in college, 2 DD's, 6 grandkids, 1 SIL, and a partridge in a pear tree.  The 2 guys in the couples and I were the 3 amigos before we all got married.  We are the tightest of friends and were never romantically/sexually interested in each other - we are like  BFF's on steroids.  We were in the National Guard together full time and we weren't into bars like everyone else in the unit so we just did our own thing and became gread buds.  26 years later and here we are.

Feel so sad for Megan losing her brother yesterday.  You expect to lose parents and g'parents, but when you lose a sibling it is worse than any kick in the heart (except spouse and child, I"m sure).  

Snippylynn

KMM, I thought you were retiring? Are you going to be looking for a job?

mica178

Snippy, Bangkok can be wild if you are there with wild friends, but it can be equally calm and even boring.  Anyone who has been to Bangkok with me knows that it involves lots of lavish dinners with my relatives and my mother's childhood friends and spending a lot of time in cars getting around the place because of traffic.  Not much else.  Honestly, the seedy stuff is so disgusting, I think you have to be on drugs to think any of it is sexy a la the Hangover 2.

baystateapple

Morning, all!  I survived the first night here (joke) and I'm getting ready for work.  Gotta leave a little earlier since I'm further away from the office.  Tonight is my first summer class.  I'm glad I have two days work/school, and then a day off, to sort of ease into the first week.

mica178

I've been thinking about MeganLindsey.  What a horrible loss for her family.

Anysunrise

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[QUOTE]Any, where are you working again? Yeah, I keep forgetting American holiday time not the same as Swedish holiday time. lol I normally think that too Mica. It's just that things are so. weird between us right now. My trust factor is at an all time low. Not because he did anything, but because of everything else. 
Posted by Snippylynn[/QUOTE]

<div>I'm a bank teller. </div>

kmmssg

Yes.  Not willingly but yes.  I became an official civilian yesterday and I "could" stay home but there are some goals we have that won't come to fruition if I just sit here on my duff.  In all honesty, I was convinced I would love not working, but it has not been nearly as pleasant as I hoped for.

Besides - I've got 6 grandbabies.  If I want to take them Great Wolf Lodge or Cedar Point (not doing Disney unless DH finally gets the right lottery numbers) I am going to have to up the income.  My Nana fund is a bit shy right now because we are putting a pool up.  Nana has many pool parties scheduled for the rest of the Summer.

I want to have fun with them and make some memories with them.  I only had 1 g'ma living when I was born and at the ripe age of 55 she was sitting in a rocking chair all day, smoking her Salem cigs, and watching Big Time Wrestling.  She was crazy old because she chose to be.  I'm the Nana hitting the biggest waterslides with all of them.  My ex, (their Papa) has dibs on teaching the ways of the biggest roller coasters around.

Damn, I have to get a job.

Snippylynn

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[QUOTE]Snippy, Bangkok can be wild if you are there with wild friends, but it can be equally calm and even boring.  Anyone who has been to Bangkok with me knows that it involves lots of lavish dinners with my relatives and my mother's childhood friends and spending a lot of time in cars getting around the place because of traffic.  Not much else.  Honestly, the seedy stuff is so disgusting, I think you have to be on drugs to think any of it is sexy a la the Hangover 2.
Posted by mica178[/QUOTE]
OMG, you know we just watched H2 last night?! I was going "Um, don't do that. Or that. Or that."<div>
</div><div>But, he's going there for work and is there with normal work colleagues.  Like I said, it's not anything he's done, it's more just the. ..everything.</div><div>
</div><div>Hi Bay!</div>

mica178

Whenever H (or, in the past, my ex, since he traveled all the time) is out of town, to treat myself, I make plans for myself at home.  Like I met Adamar to get pedicures the first time H left me alone in Tampa (and I spent the rest of the weekend eating all the food that H hates).  So I'll get a massage or have a great dinner out (by myself -- I actually love doing this) or go on a short road trip or other thing that is a bit of a treat and something I might not do if H is around because I have to think of what he wants to do too.

Or drink lots of wine and hang out on TK.  That works too.

Snippylynn

You sound like a great grandma Kmm.

And I understand about the not working thing. It sounds like a dream, and for many people it is. For me, it was abject torture.

baystateapple

Hi Snippy! 

I haven't been around that much, just in and out.  Is MeganLindsey okay?

mica178

Yeah, the last time I was in Bangkok, I thought it might be fun to go to a transvestite cabaret (believe it or not, it used to be a semi-okay thing to do when I was growing up -- most of my prim and proper Thai cousins have been to them).  It was sad and pathetic, and I realized that I was giving money into a system that basically undervalues childhood education and turns the bodies of the poor into amusement for gross people on vacation.

Lizzieyounce

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[QUOTE]Hi Snippy!  I haven't been around that much, just in and out.  Is MeganLindsey okay?
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>He brother was killed yesterday, Bay.  I feel really bad for her and her family.</div>

baystateapple

Oh my God.  That's horrific.  Her poor family.

mica178

I don't think I could give up work right now.  Maybe if I had kids, but it'd have to be multiple kids, not just one, and I'd have to have my days consumed somehow (not through cooking and cleaning).

kmmssg

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[QUOTE]You sound like a great grandma Kmm. :) And I understand about the not working thing. It sounds like a dream, and for many people it is. For me, it was abject torture.
Posted by Snippylynn[/QUOTE]

<div>There has been some torture.  It is just the 3 of us, and DH is actually happy I am  home.  Never said the man was sane.  But I just spent 26 years with a VERY regimented schedule.  Kind of like being on autopilot for all that time.</div><div>
</div><div>My first Monday off I was back from the grocery and making salad for dinner by 8:30 in the morning.  A week later I was in tears because I just couldn't figure out where I was supposed to fit in to the rythm of being home all the time.</div><div>
</div><div>My hearts desire would be working with disabled vets to help them get their benefits.  Not a lot of openings right now in my area.</div>

Lizzieyounce

This is a P&R, will have to catch up later...FI and I are headed to the club to work out. I'm so tired from school, I don't wanna work out.  I also don't want backfat and floppy arms for the wedding, so I just have to suck it up (it's too early in the morning for this!) and go. I prefer working out with him. We hold each other accountable that way.

Lizzieyounce

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[QUOTE]I don't think I could give up work right now.  Maybe if I had kids, but it'd have to be multiple kids, not just one, and I'd have to have my days consumed somehow (not through cooking and cleaning).
Posted by mica178[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>This is why I am in nursing school. I love being a SAHM, but theyr'e older and used to me working. Besides, I've always wanted to be a nurse.

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</div><div>Now, I'm really off to the gym!</div><div>
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Lizzieyounce

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Good morning! : There has been some torture.  It is just the 3 of us, and DH is actually happy I am  home.  Never said the man was sane.  But I just spent 26 years with a VERY regimented schedule.  Kind of like being on autopilot for all that time. My first Monday off I was back from the grocery and making salad for dinner by 8:30 in the morning.  A week later I was in tears because I just couldn't figure out where I was supposed to fit in to the rythm of being home all the time. My hearts desire would be working with disabled vets to help them get their benefits.  Not a lot of openings right now in my area.
Posted by kmmssg[/QUOTE]

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</div><div>
</div><div>I know what you mean by all of this. I got into a routine, eventually, but it was hard.  There are 4 of us, me FI nd my 12 and 17 year old daughters. </div><div>
</div><div>I won't lie, it's nice not working, but I really love school, too. </div>

mica178

Kmm -- have you thought about volunteering to help do those services to see if future job opportunities pop up later?

Snippylynn

I was going to suggest volunteering as well. 

Mica, I was talking to a neighbor yesterday, and her BF is traveling at the same time, and she just moved here so I thought I would lend her some support and give her an outlet. Invited her over for coffee tomorrow, so that will be something. I'll figure things out as they come along. If the weather stays nice I might try to pop over to Copenhagen on the weekend. 

HockeyFan4

Morning everyone. 

I am waiting around for my dad to call and let me know when I have to take him to the doctors.  I am starting to get nervous...How is he going to make it down the three steps at their house? How is he going to get in my car? Out of my car? I really hope there is a wheel chair waiting so he doesn't have to try to walk the whole way to the doctor's office. 

aaaand I am really hoping my mom can still have her biopsy today...I don't like playing the waiting game.


kmm:you sound like a great nana!  I am sure even without trips to parks, hanging out at nana's pool will fill them with lifetimes of memories.  My favorite memories of my maternal grandmother are getting colored pencils out of this pretty blue beer stein and drawing pictures at her kitchen table....and how excited she got when she ordered a sundae after lunch. 

aleighk1

Good morning. I'm ready for my day off on Wednesday so I can catch up on school work. I've been super lazy after work for the past 3 months so it's hard to get back into the swing of homework. 

Kmm, you sound like my grandma (in some ways). She's 64 and recently remarried for the 5th or 6th time to someone younger than my mom and they went to Disney for their honeymoon haha. Young at heart.

Snippylynn

It's very quiet here this morning.