8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 11

[goofyforlife]

I could rant about the people who don't stay home from WORK when they are sick. A guy down the hall from me yesterday was coughing up a lung all day.

They probably had or have bosses that refuse to let them stay home....

Two weeks before my surgery in February, i got so sick i was wheezing. (It went right for the lungs.) I would have stayed home but my boss had threatened me that i would be fired unless my work was completely finished before i left for surgery leave...

He's a real creep....

There was one guy puking at work one day and same said boss told him he couldn't go home until his work was done. (i would've went into his office and puked on his desk if it were me but.......i'm in enough trouble as it is)

 

[lbgraves]

Try TWO casts!

When I was 14 my best friend Mike and I were really into model rockets. (hmmm could that be foreshadowing of my future profession? why yes, I think it was!) Anyway, he wasn't thinking (as most teens are not want to do) and placed five D12 engines on a hot (summer) metal trash can lid! For those who don't know, D12 engines were (at the time) the most powerful amateur engines you could buy without an explosives license! Well the heat from the metal lid ignited a couple of the engines and Mike put up his hands to protect his face.

1st and 2nd degree burns covering 90% of his hands and forearms. They bandaged his arms after debraiding the damaged skin. Then they put casts on both hands and forearms up to his elbows! Yeah, he was not pleased at having to have his dad give him a shower! It was worse when dad was out of town on business and his mom had to do it! When they went out on the town once I got to "babysit" him. It was fun giving him a glass of Pepsi with no straw...until he sucker punched me! Boy that cast HURT!

No thank you! I will take what we have now & not the worst case.

 

[Downrivermama]

Hi All,

Just had to sign back in real quick. Just arrived home a few minutes ago from picking Angelina up from work. She got out a little late, but was carrying a B-a-B box with her. Little did I know, she had made me an "early" birthday present at work tonight, I have attached a photo below. You should have seen me grinning from ear to ear when I opened the box.

Andy he is so cute! I bought a BABW monkey 2 weeks ago! His name is Jack and he's in his pirate outfit too. I also got him a Detroit Tigers uniform, which he wore last week for opening day. DD got a bunny. Our nearest BABW is 25 miles away, so we don't go very often. DD has a monkey too, but she is playing hide and seek right now! She has a Tinkerbelle out fit.

They sure do put a smile on your face. Jack says, "Arrrrrr to your monkey!"

Yours is Jack too! Great minds think alike.

 

[goofyforlife]

She loads the older ones up with motrin and sends them to school and the other all teachers know it. She just thinks everyone's stupid.

I can understand if kid is really sick... But I'm not one of those parents who will keep my kid home at the slightest sniffle....

My DH has nieces who are allowed to stay home at the drop of anything...I feel sorry for their bosses later in life.....

I've always taught my dd to suck it up and go to school. (i draw the line at puking of course) Many jobs do not give you sick time now-a-days and since I'm not independently wealthy i go to work.

When DD was little she would throw a slight fever at each tooth. (It was a phase. Fever, drool, rash, tooth. The daycare she was at would call me to come get her the second her temp went over 99. Of course then i could give them permission to give her tylenol but i still had to leave work. by the time, i'd get there, my dd was happy, playing, no fever. DOH!!!!!

and to think i lost that job because of all the times daycare made me pick her up for nothing.....

My dd also has sensitive skin so does get freaky rashes (Moreso when she was younger....They would usually go right away in a day or so. She gets like an eczema thing on her inner elbow and knees. Once the dance teacher made me take her home and not to come back without a dr's note because the teacher thought she had ringworm... I knew this was not the case but got the note anyway and shoved said note in her face....
Never got bothered again....

Just a working parents point of view....

 

[Diznyfan68]

Happy Birthday Lauren!

This was so pretty I had to pirate it - Happy Birthday Lauryn!

 

[Downrivermama]

All ketchuped! Back to the grind.

If coffee is the Devil's Juice than I'm on the bullet train to H***!

 

[Diznyfan68]

And not mention that none of my work was done while I was gone, I'm NOT a happy camper this morning................

OK, my vent is over, for now...................

Andy, where I work that is par for the course. That's why I am busting my butt to get things cleared off my desk for next week. I know that when I walk in on 4/23 my office will look like a cyclone went thru it. Yup, three days is all it takes.

The only thing that ever gets done when I'm away is payroll - otherwise it is all waiting for me on my return.

 

[DindelsPA]

Hi all! We arrived back from vacation Saturday evening. Spent Sunday (Easter) at MIL's, and yesterday getting things back in order.

It's been so long since I've posted.....I feel lost again. But I wanted to tell you all about our Magical time at Disney.

I'm so sorry we weren't able to make it to the DIS mini-meet. Hope you all had a great time. We were primarily down there for a wedding. So we had to plan around that and visiting with family, etc.

We went to Epcot on Tuesday, April 3rd. What a great day! Upon exiting our second ride of the day (Living with the Land), a CM asked us how many were in our party, and then handed us each a Dream Fastpass. Boy, did that make our day go smooth! We were spoiled after this. On Wednesday, April 4th, we went to Magic Kingdom. Even though it was an extremely busy day, I never felt the crowds were unmanagable. We took Fastpasses for each of the "big" attractions, and POC was the first ride we hit. We never waited in line longer than 30 min. all day, and managed to do everything we wanted to. In the late afternoon, we were headed over to redeem our Space Mountain FP, and a CM approached us and handed each of us a one-time use FP good for any ride. I'm telling you....the pixie dust was just flowing!

Our weather was perfect! Just an overall great trip. Hope I didn't miss too much around here. Hope everyone is well.

Happy Birthday to everyone who celebrated over the past couple of weeks!

Welcome home Deanna! So glad to hear that Mickey was busy sprinkling your family with for your trip! No, you didn't miss much...same color t-s****s as before for embark/debark, no room assignments and the weather is still crappy.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

OMG what a bad day yesterday ...I dont know what happened , must have been the rum , but I woke up this morning with a Tattoo ....Oh no ....those crazy nights ...

Just Kidding ..

 

[goofyforlife]

must have been the rum

What happens in Vegas......

 

[tom31b]

It's not really one of my better stories.
I was in Las Vegas with friends (it was actually a mini-meet of sorts) and we were at the Jello-shot bar at the MGM Grand....right near the door to the walkway from MGM to New York, New York.
Our group was having their shots, and there were these three guys from Ireland. We were all talking and being friendly. My group finished their shots, and they all started heading for the MGM casino. The three Irish guys put their arms around me, and started walking me toward the exit. I was trying to get away, and trying to holler at my group...but I also didn't want to make too big a fuss, because I thought they were just kidding around. KWIM?
Well, they weren't letting me go, and kept heading me for the doors. Finally, one of the young guys who was in my group turned around looking for me......so he and a couple of other guys came after me.
Turned out, they had to struggle a bit to get the Irish guys to let go of me!! I hadn't felt too threatened at first, because, afterall, if they were going to nab a woman, wouldn't they have chosen a much younger one???

At least the Irish guys had good taste... maybe not good intent, but good taste!

 

[tom31b]

yep...the cranks....and the CRACKS!! or should i say wackjobs??

Clearly just non-DISers

 

[justmestace]

Either that or give them all a nice dose of Nyquil then curl up in a chair with your own kids....

(Or dear, here comes that nice lady from child services to the door again. And to think last time she said 'I don't want to have to come here again'.)

 

[justmestace]

All ketchuped! Back to the grind.

If coffee is the Devil's Juice than I'm on the bullet train to H***!

You and me both, Tina!!

 

[justmestace]

The only thing that ever gets done when I'm away is payroll - otherwise it is all waiting for me on my return.

Same here..... Don't get me started on that.

 

[justmestace]

What happens in Vegas......

 

[buckifan]

Welcome home Deanna! So glad to hear that Mickey was busy sprinkling your family with for your trip! No, you didn't miss much...same color t-s****s as before for embark/debark, no room assignments and the weather is still crappy.

Thank you Karen!

I came home to the crappy weather too. Walking through snow with flip flops! BRRRRRRR!

 

[justmestace]

At least the Irish guys had good taste... maybe not good intent, but good taste!

Awww....thank you. Extra and for you!

 

[justmestace]

Thank you Karen!

I came home to the crappy weather too. Walking through snow with flip flops! BRRRRRRR!

My oldest DD is in Ohio right now, and she wore flip-flops on the plane up there. Glad she's not the only one!

 

[Verandah Man]

Andy, where I work that is par for the course. That's why I am busting my butt to get things cleared off my desk for next week. I know that when I walk in on 4/23 my office will look like a cyclone went thru it. Yup, three days is all it takes.

I feel for you Kathy, sometimes I wonder if it's worth going away on vacation, YEP it surely is worth it!!!

What ticked me off the most was, the two meter books that SHOULD have been read last week each have over 150 curb meters in each book. It's only lunchtime and my knees are already killing me. Oh well, I only have 3 years and 10 days to go until I can retire with my full pension........................not that I'm counting mind you......................