Freakin' enough already . . Friday Chat

 Good luck on your interview Sharon.

Hopefully they get this idiot soon so everyone can come out of their houses around Boston.

Knock 'em dead, Sharon !!

Deb W.

I'm wiped out this week from all the horrible events; it's affected my sleep and my heart is heavy.  Can't imagine how much worse it feels if you're someone directly impacted.  My sister was in much better spirits yesterday, but when I woke up and heard what ensued overnight and the lockdown/manhunt this morning, I bet she's a wreck again.  Haven't been able to connect with her yet.  I know it won't fix everything, but if they catch/kill the other guy, maybe that will help bring a tiny bit of relief to the area residents.  Still won't bring any understanding to why it happened in the first place.

Poor Bugsy and his bag of frozen peas!  Too funny about the suggestions of alternative veggies. 

Many happy birthday wishes to you, Tina.  Enjoy your luncheon celebration.  And happy birthday to Kate, too!  One of my oldest friends from childhood has a birthday today, too.  I know I won't be able to reach him tonight, but hopefully over the weekend.

I've been craving pizza for a few weeks . . . I'm hoping I can talk DH into getting some tonight.  He's in one of his committed-to- a-diet-and-workout modes (they come and go throughout the year).  He has amazing willpower to avoid bad food when he's in this mode.  I guess I could get a pizza just for myself, but that wouldn't be a good idea, since I have no willpower and would eat way too much of it alone!

I forgot to say Good Luck Sharon!

Sharon -- prayers & good thots

My Mom's surgery went ok.  (pretty major hernia but they did it laproscopically)  Essentially she spent about 90 minutes in recovery, wheeled her back to her room, let her get up and go to the bathroom, SENT HER HOME.  They were home by "lunchtime".  sheesh

She feels like crap pretty much all over which is predictable.  She's had herself all wound up about this for weeks -- so I'm feeling bad for both her and Pa.  I hope like heck the flowers I've sent her don't wake her up (boy will my name be "Mud";)

Oh crud -- old Star Trekker I am, now I'm hearing the screaming wife yelling in my ear "Harcourt FENTON **MUDD**  What have you been up to?????" -- sheesh, I haven't tot of that in years, and now it's stuck in my brain!  

Anybuddy but me ever do that?  You say one small thing -- a phrase, a cliche ... and it triggers some memory or snippet of a song and then you are STUCK in that loop?? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag1EbxYKh_4

the_gopher

The look on his face is priceless (the picture with the bag of peas on him).  Is it wrong I chuckled lol?

Good luck or I hope the interview went well

We are under a tornado watch through 9pm. I feel bad as I had to go out for a bit and left the radio on to block out the wind noise. Little did I know that they'd start the emergency alert system for the watch and run it like every 5 minutes! I was in a panic as to how bad B would be as he is not a fan of being contained and that gets worse when he panics BUT happily I got home to a normally nutty hyper dog. :)

Valerian has been given to hopefully keep him calm through the storms when they do come. The radar looks OK at the moment

I take it the second Boston bomber is still at large?

Tomorrow is the SPCA dog walk - I hope all this clears and the air feels better tomorrow and all the dogs and humans can enjoy themselves - its two years ago that we did the walk and those tornadoes hit

Note to self third week of April = tornadoes in Raleigh

I came home early because my last student appointment was in a "stay put" town. The last I heard (and goodness knows it's likely wrong) they're now looking for a third person. They closed/evaculated UMass Dartmouth, which is a bit south of Boston.

I plan to play in the garden most of the weekend and I can't wait! I can't find any winterbor kale plants so I'll probably order seeds. I decided to plant 3 kinds of kale this year. I don't think I need this many but you just never know!

Sinbad had acupuncture this week. He almost instantly feels better. And, I joined the 21st century and bought an iPhone. (I do have an iPad already.) I look pictures of Sinbad with his acu needles. I didn't realize how sensative the photo app is so I have a lot of pictures. I don't think Sinbad noticed.

Not much else here--I am trying hard not to watch/listen to the news contantly. It's too much. Hugs for the folks in Texas, too. We're not getting a lot about that, but it sounds horrific.

Edit to add: Deb, thanks for the drink recipe. I remember kamakazis. Well, I have some, limited memory of several kamakazi events!

 I think the last part of the interview went well.  I was told I would hear anything for at least a week.  The VP is going to be out of the office for most of next week, so it's highly unlikely any decision will be made next week.  At least all the interviewing is over! I would really love this job and working at the university. 

Callie - hope your mom feels better soon.

kpwlee

sharismom

Try corn. Maybe he hates peas. I know I do.

He does indeed hate peas - photo evidence here LINK

Janice I used a towel the first few times and because I don't get a lot of contact time I stopped using it. And there was no discernible difference in his horror

Callie I hope your mom's surgery went well

I still don't want to do anything. B is right next to me snoring away. I envy dogs!

Weather is windy and humid, feels like storms. Hoping its not too bad for DH's drive home.

I am off to get my hair cut later and highlights to obscure the gray

Funniest thing I've ever read, still laughing, made my day.

 It's warm enough to have my slider door open.  All I can hear are the crickets.  Man I've missed hearing them! 

Happy Birthday, Tina & Kate!

DGS has been glued to the computer practically 24/7 but now he's with friends camping up at Lake Berryessa so I've finally got a chance to get on line.

Now that they've caught the guy they were looking for, I guess the people in that neck of the woods can breathe a little easier. I hope none of you guys in TX were anywhere near that explosion. That must have been absolutely horrific. We've had out own little "horror" going on this week ...  a double homicide.  Someone forced their way into a condo and stabbed an 87 yr. old criminal defense attorney and his 76 yr. old wife to death. Geez.  What happened to just letting the air out of someone's tires if you were really ticked off about something they did? I hope they find that goon in a hurry.  I'd feel a little better knowing it was something personal and not just some random serial slasher wandering around.

It seems like spring has finally arrived!  The wind stopped and the sun is warm. I'm going to try and start getting the yard pulled together this weekend.

Joyce

Glad the last interview went well Sharon.  Sorry for the long wait ahead -- but fingers crossed you're offered the job!

Kate, good for you tackling the iPhone.  I try to use DH's once in a while, and I just can't hack that typing on the screen thing.  Between my old eyes and my poor eye-hand coordination, it's too frustrating.  If I ever get a smart-phone, it'll be one with a real keyboard.  Even DH's iPad is hard for me to type on.  I guess I need that clickety-click feeling of keys!

Joyce, what a horrible crime!  It is unbelievable how quickly some people make the decision to solve a problem or express anger by hurting or killing people.  It seems there are more people out there who don't value human life.

Got my pizza for dinner tonight.  I suggested it to DH early in the afternoon.  He said no, but I knew the seed was planted.  Sure enough, when he got home from work he said, "I decided pizza sounds good."  Now, I'm happily chewing gum, trying to mask my garlic breath!!