08 DEC 2007 - 7 Day Eastern Magic

[JsMom2]

I leave home at 6 am also. It is dark here now when I leave. It is really hard for me to get up when it is dark. I like the summer way better!

Angie,
Check out www.apollohealth.com.

I bought the little P2 GoLite, and it does seem to be making a difference in regulating my body clock. It has a 30 day money-back guarantee. I'm on around day 10, and am pretty sure I'll be keeping it.

I plan on taking it on vacation to help with the jet lag too.

 

[JsMom2]

I'm also starting to enjoy my little slice of morning quiet time while I use the light.

The board is VERY slow right now. I've been trolling the other site while I wait for this one to process.

I sent an email to my TA to check into the Military discounts on my DB and DSis' cabins. Keeping my fingers crossed!

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Pooh_Girl and I watch it RELIGOUSLY!! I'm sure by the time you read this you'll have already watched it, but at the end of last season the crazy girl/miniature killer had kidnapped Sara and trapped her under the car. Now we're in a race to find her!!!!

Thanks for the info Rob! But, yes I have now seen BOTH episodes.

Since, I didn't want to see the new episode without seeing the last episode, Bill bought it off XBox Live for me and then DVR'd the new episode. So, we just finished watching both episodes. I'm glad he did! Thanks honey! Now he is playing Halo 3 for a bit before bed. However, I don't have the heart to tell him how late it is. At least tomorrow is Friday. . .

- Jennifer

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Wendy:

I remember when I lived in Belgium it rained almost every day! Even when we went to the coast on holiday it would rain! Also, I remember waiting for the school bus in the dark most mornings. Unlike the school bus routes in the states, mine went all around town picking up kids. Mine went right by Supact (do they still have that?). I swear I was on the bus for an hour the first two years I lived there because we lived in downtown Brussels. Finally, when I was a Junior we moved closer to BAS! Then, it was within ten minutes to school, a much better ride!

- Jennifer

PS- Do you still have to drive to Chievres for the "BIG" PX? I remember it was always a treat when we drove down there. Also, my Step-Dad was initially stationed at SHAPE. So, they still had friends down there to visit too.

 

[MrsMork]

I leave for work at about 8am, and get to work at 8:01 am. I work from home most every day of the week. I've probably only been into the office a dozen times this year. I live 65 miles from my office, and my boss is very supportive of remote working. As long as my work gets done and my working from home does not interfere with my job or my customers, she's fine with me coming in once a month. I'll admit, that I'm very lucky, but I'll also admit, I love it.

I would LOVE that too. We worker bees have talked about that. One of us would need to be at work each day, but the other 3 could work from home. But, the hive queens and kings are not having it!

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

Edited by Jennifer

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

I guess I'll go break the bad news to Bill and let him know it is way past his bed time. Evening All . . .

- Jennifer

 

[JsMom2]

Just checking in real quick from my meeting to say I was able to get military discounts for my DB and DSis.

 

[RBennett]

I guess I'll go break the bad news to Bill and let him know it is way past his bed time. . . .

- Jennifer

That's MEAN! Making a boy put away his toys! One of my best friends bought Halo3 Tuesday morning and prior to that, he bought a year's membership of XBox Live ($50) prebought Halo3 ($60) and bought a wireless network adaptor ($100something). I told him I don't know of too many games that are worth spending $200 for. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to buy the game. I used to be on Xbox live with Halo2, hence how I got the nickname "runmaster". I was new to the game and I was the expert in running from the other teams. The only thing is if I bought Halo3 I don't know if I could ONLY do the campaign. I don't know if I want to buy the Xbox live and all.

 

[AmberDaClown]

Well I guess just because there are discounts it doesn't mean everyone can go between Thanksgiving and Hannukah like we can. Maybe it won't sail totally full. Maybe that will mean an upgrade as they fill up those lower category cabins. However we are thinking of not taking anything less than a 7 to 4 upgrade. Why move from our location for the same size room, KWIM?

 

[TheTXTaylors5]

That's MEAN! Making a boy put away his toys! One of my best friends bought Halo3 Tuesday morning and prior to that, he bought a year's membership of XBox Live ($50) prebought Halo3 ($60) and bought a wireless network adaptor ($100something). I told him I don't know of too many games that are worth spending $200 for. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to buy the game. I used to be on Xbox live with Halo2, hence how I got the nickname "runmaster". I was new to the game and I was the expert in running from the other teams. The only thing is if I bought Halo3 I don't know if I could ONLY do the campaign. I don't know if I want to buy the Xbox live and all.

The campaign and awesome graphics have me plenty happy right now and I have not even looked at playing on Live yet....but I know it's coming.

- Bill

 

[BethC1952]

Good morning, all!

Do you think it's possible to transmit disease through the DIS? I was the next one to be sick--I never got out of bed yesterday except to call the office and tell them I wouldn't be there. I'm back now, but really should have stayed home. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of a job where I can work from home, and that's kind of frowned on for government workers anyway.

Now I'm going to post the things I missed yesterday.

1. To answer Jennifer's question from about two days ago--I think we were in Martinique at CBR (it was room 2139, I checked my photos). CBR is a very big resort and very spread out, but Jim and I are walkers. We don't even have a car! I walk at least two miles every day, rain or shine. A couple of years ago I was almost crippled by arthritis in my hips, and the doctor said if it didn't improve, I would need a double hip replacement. I started walking, slowly at first, and building up a little each day. I walk from the train station to my office each morning (about a mile). At first, it took me 45 minutes walking with a cane. Now, when the train is late, I can make it in about 7 minutes! So I really didn't notice walking at CBR.
2. It's never dark when I leave the house for work, because I don't leave until 8 AM most mornings. The earliest I ever have to leave is 7:30. It's dark now when I get up at 6 AM, though. It's only a four minute train ride, and then I walk. The sun hasn't quite come up over the buildings now, so it isn't as warm as it's been! The trade off is that there are at least three places where I get a clear view of the ocean every morning.
3. I just got an email from my TA with the good news that there was a discount at PO Riverside! I just saved $86! My room at AKL wasn't eligible because we got a pool view, and only standard view is discounted, but that's fine with me. Those two nights are a treat for my granddaughter because she won't see us for more than a week once we leave on the cruise.

Well, now it's back to work. There's stuff piled all over my desk. I still can't figure out how I can miss one day of work and come back to find three days worth of paper on my desk!

Beth

 

[MrsMork]

Good morning, all!

Do you think it's possible to transmit disease through the DIS? I was the next one to be sick--I never got out of bed yesterday except to call the office and tell them I wouldn't be there. I'm back now, but really should have stayed home. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of a job where I can work from home, and that's kind of frowned on for government workers anyway.

Beth

Government worker here too and no work from home, BUT our micromanaging senior manager has now told our boss he wants her to get us all set up so we could take calls at home IF there is a snow day and we could not get into work. Now the funny thing about that is that we have those days maybe once every 2 years and it usually lasts no more than 2 days. So, he wants to spend $$ to set 4 people up with equipment at home "incase" there is one or 2 days in a 2 year period when there is no one at work to complain to about his disfunctional facility. 3 of the 4 of us live pretty remote (on mountains that do ice up occasionally) where there is no public transportation to get us to work. At my house we only have dial up internet service so they would have to put a new phone line in for us. I'm not telling him this stuff though, I will just let him go forward with his plan. Can you tell I have issues??

 

[pfishgirl]

I usually go to the DIS Home link at the top left side of the page to look for discount info. They are usually pretty up to date.

That'd be so cool if you can get a discount now that you have your Florida house! Good luck!!

They actually gave a discount on the last cruise I was on.. but.. we were in a Cat 3 so we didnt get to use it.. December we will be in a 8 because I wanted to try out the room... sooo maybe we will luck out..

 

[pfishgirl]

Do you think it's possible to transmit disease through the DIS? I was the next one to be sick--I never got out of bed yesterday except to call the office and tell them I wouldn't be there. I'm back now, but really should have stayed home. Unfortunately, I don't have the kind of a job where I can work from home, and that's kind of frowned on for government workers anyway.

Beth

Hey!! I cover my mouth every time I cough or sneeze and I wash my hands every time I blow my nose.. soooo you Didn't catch it from me..




Feel Better !!

 

[pfishgirl]

DS & I had a mini ordeal last night... Him and I were both worried and upset..

Apparently one of his friends got into a physical fight with his step father and DS left in a cloud to go pick him up.. however, he called back and said his Parents drove him to his Grandparent's house to spend the night.. which confuses me a bit..

DS is still concerned because the boy didn't go to school today..

 

[brack]

I have been checking every day, still no brunch. Maybe at 30 days. Otherwise we are going to have to get to the port early. We might be blowing of WDW because we are getting some grief from DD's pre-K and driving down on Friday after she gets out. Sigh...

My observation about some teachers for what it's worth ......

..... it is their job to "preach" the doctrine that kid's should be in school everytime the doors are open.

The real truth is that kid's get as much (and sometimes more) out of vacations with their parents!

We took our DS out of school many times all the way through high school to go on vacations. We always talked to the teacher about it and he always made up any work they requested. He is now 34 years old, has his Masters degree, a great job and ......

..... he still takes time to go on vacation with his parents!

Don't miss out on a special family time that can not be repeated (because the kids are different each year) just because a teacher is giving you a hard time.

 

[brack]

We take picutures of anything too. Especially Hidden Mickeys. The ladies in the rest room outside of Cirque du Soleil thought I was wierd taking picures of the floor (Hidden Mickey). Of course I had to move the carpet out of the pictures, then I sent my husband into the men's to find one in there.

My kind of DISers

 

[MrsMork]

DS & I had a mini ordeal last night... Him and I were both worried and upset..

Apparently one of his friends got into a physical fight with his step father and DS left in a cloud to go pick him up.. however, he called back and said his Parents drove him to his Grandparent's house to spend the night.. which confuses me a bit..

DS is still concerned because the boy didn't go to school today..

Hope all turns out ok for your DS's friend. Grandparent's houses are sometimes safe havens in troubled times.

 

[BethC1952]

I was part of a test program a few years back to work from home a few days a week. They chose me because I had nine weeks of vacation time saved up, and I was planning on using them. They asked if I would spread it out so that I would use two days one week and three days the next over a period from Columbus Day to New Years, and work from home on the in-between days. I agreed, except for the week that I would be on DCL--no changing that one!

It worked out alright for the most part, because a lot of what I do doesn't have to be done in the office. Part of my job involves approving expenses and qualifying them under federal grants, keeping track of them and reporting on them. However, there is so much paperwork that has to be kept under lock and key for confidentiality reasons that I ended up going to the office almost every day to look things up. The powers that be decided that the little bit of cost-savings from not having an employee physically in the office was offset by the aggravation of not seeing my smiling face every day. So now they just let me use my vacation time when I want to, and don't worry about the fact that I may be gone three weeks at a time. I no longer take work calls while I'm away, I no longer answer work emails while I'm away (even if "away" is only at my house), and if they want me to do those things, they'll start giving me comp time for the time spent on work projects! Can you tell that I have issues too? At least I have a wonderful immediate supervisor! No, he's not looking over my shoulder right now.

Beth