DDA Chapter 27

[my3princes]

Tia
I hope Deva responds quickly



I thought that the job interview went well today though I received an email tonight that they hired someone else. I have mixed feelings. The pay was less than I had hoped and the medical benefits were horrible. I'm not sure that I would have taken it if it was offered, but it would have been nice to have had it offered.

 

[bethbuchall]

Good morning, DDA!

Tia, my thoughts are with you! I hope everyone is feeling better soon!

Deb, I am sorry about the job. I hope a great one comes your way soon!

Laura's been waiting on one last college decision. She got an e-mail last night that the decisions would be available on-line tomorrow after 7pm. She is taking this to mean that she did not get accepted. It does seem like that may be the case, but this wasn't her top pick anyway. I think there is always a little sting to rejection. She said that the least they could do was to send a nice rejection letter.

It is wet here...inside and out. The rains plus the melting snow equals a wet basement for me and river flooding for many others in the area. I'll take the wet basement and count my blessings, especially with so much worse going on in the world.

 

[marcij]

Tia
I hope Deva responds quickly



I thought that the job interview went well today though I received an email tonight that they hired someone else. I have mixed feelings. The pay was less than I had hoped and the medical benefits were horrible. I'm not sure that I would have taken it if it was offered, but it would have been nice to have had it offered.

Deb -- sorry about the job. I hope you find a better fit ASAP.

Good morning, DDA!

Tia, my thoughts are with you! I hope everyone is feeling better soon!

Deb, I am sorry about the job. I hope a great one comes your way soon!

Laura's been waiting on one last college decision. She got an e-mail last night that the decisions would be available on-line tomorrow after 7pm. She is taking this to mean that she did not get accepted. It does seem like that may be the case, but this wasn't her top pick anyway. I think there is always a little sting to rejection. She said that the least they could do was to send a nice rejection letter.

It is wet here...inside and out. The rains plus the melting snow equals a wet basement for me and river flooding for many others in the area. I'll take the wet basement and count my blessings, especially with so much worse going on in the world.

I hope she gets good news. She's had such great colleges say yes. When does her decision have to be in? I know some of the colleges need answers early or you can't get good housing. We don't have these challenges for a while but I'm already nervous about the process!

Tia -- hope Deva feels better and continues to improve.

 

[my3princes]

Thanks for the good wishes on the job front. I did send an email to the interviewer last night as I wanted to know which areas I needed to work on. She assured me that I was a very good candidate and there was nothing she would change. She said that she had such a strong candidate pool that she was able to select someone that not only had office/reception experience, but also had clinical experience which I tak to mean LNA or RN. It was a bit of a relief to read that It wasn't anything specifically that I did or did not do.

 

[Glynis]

Deb - I'm sorry that you didn't get the job, but you did get good feedback! Here's hoping the perfect job is out there looking for you!

Marci - It's so nice to see you posting again! You sound so positive!

Beth - I've been following Laura's college process eagerly! She's been accepted to so many great schools. What is her top pick? I can't believe you'll have 2 in college!

Gorgeous weather here! Sunny and high 50's! I'm thinking I may have to take the kids to the park today! Katie has her Grand Concert tonight and tomorrow night. This is a huge concert with the band and the chorus groups as well as the orchestra. We are planning on going tomorrow night, so all I have to do is drop her off and pick her up tonight.

Alan scored us VIP tickets to Disney on Ice tomorrow afternoon. The kids are really excited. He sent us a picture of himself with Mickey by email yesterday, and that's how the kids found out. Talk about cool!!! I just hope Timothy likes it, and doesn't spend the day throwing up every time he coughs!

 

[bethbuchall]

Thanks, Marci and Glynis! I think that SUNY-ESF (State College of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry) in Syracuse is still her first choice. That is also where Matthew is. She's getting just a little overwhelmed at making that final decision, though.

Marci, it is very good to see you posting again. You have been in my thoughts. It's quite a fight, and you are really an inspiration!

Glynis, I hope that Timothy is doing better.

Deb, I am sorry about the job, but you did get some very favorable feedback.

 

[bethbuchall]

Good morning, DDA! Exactly 12 hours since my last post...thought that was interesting.

 

[MrsHeg]

Good Morning,

Glad to hear Deva is improving Tia

Elin - what a great picture of Bob, it's great to see him smile with all he is going through

Marci - good to see you!

Deb - sorry about the job, but I have no doubt the right one is out there for you.

I promised myself I wouldn't let the wedding plans take over my life like my SIL did, I seem to be breaking my promise. We have a tight budget so many things are being done by us, Richie doesn't understand why I want to get everything I can done as soon as possible, hopefully it will save last minute panic, at least to a certain extent.

I have a delicate situation to discuss with my dad. He has a "friend" that he is basically living with and she goes everywhere with him, my daughter wants her grandparents and his grandparents to be escorted out as part of the ceremony. She does not want his friend to walk out with him, she is not her grandmother. I've asked her to let me talk to him about it, I don't want to offend him or her, but my daughter is right, he has a new partner but she doesn't have a new grandmother. I plan to place a picture of my mom and some pick roses in "her" chair during the ceremony in memory of her. I just hope I can make my dad understand that it's about remembering my mom and not about his new friend.

 

[tmfranlk]

Good luck with all of the wedding plans, Debbie. That is a tough situation. I hope your dad understands that and makes it easy for you both.

 

[bethbuchall]

RPI was a YES! Unfortunately, we'd need to rob several banks in order for her to go there, so it's really a no. It is nice to at least know that she was accepted.

 

[my3princes]

RPI was a YES! Unfortunately, we'd need to rob several banks in order for her to go there, so it's really a no. It is nice to at least know that she was accepted.

Does that mean she got into every school that she applied to? Congratulations Laura!!

 

[my3princes]

We had an excellent turnout for our second open gym day for lacrosse. Looks like we've got quite a few new players We'll see how many actually sign up over the next week.

I spent tonight sewing little bowling talc pouches for each of the high school bowlers. The end of year party is tomorrow. I als made a cute design and put it on a clipboard for the coach. We all chipped in for gift cards for the coach and his assistants. They did a good job organizing and helping the kids. Hopefully this club sport will one day become a varsity sport.


I think I'm coming down with the cold that Chris had last week. I've got a slight sore throat and some post nasal crap. Hopefully I won't be as miserable as Chris was.

 

[Tammi67]

Debbie - good luck with all the wedding stuff. I hope your dad understands and doesn't cause a lot of drama for you and your daughter.

Beth - congrats to Laura! Outstanding!

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Hi everyone! I have gotten so used to checking in on facebook that I keep forgetting to come here..ugh!

Janet-How exciting for a new trip--I love countdowns!

Theresa-Good luck on the job search!

Deb-sorry that you did not get the job, but its great that you got good feedback!

Beth-Congrats to Laura!

Marci-So good to hear from you--I think of you often!

Glynis-how was disney on ice? Such a cute way to tell them about it too
For those of you not on facebook, the offer I had on a house was accepted. I am closing on Tuesday! I have been shopping like crazy and have a bedroom set, living room set, appliances, tv and a lot of other littler things I need. I cant move in right away as tehre is some work that needs to be done first but Im going to start painting and cleaning this week.

 

[tmfranlk]

Good morning, DDA!

BEAUTIFUL weekend here, thank God! After Dad made the brakes on Mom's car actually work, we ran a few errands, but then spent the day enjoying the weather with a picnic at the park and then a BBQ at Kristi's last night. Broke out my Girl Scout skills and got that fire pit started when the boys could not, thank you very much.

Of course, I'll pay for all that today when I'm on a mega cleaning rampage, but it was worth it! Now I've got to get things cleaned up for 2 cousins coming into town tonight through Thurs and then Mom's and my best friends coming into town next Sun through Wed. YAY! Also, trying to clean and sanitize everything that the little ones play with so that we can try to kick these colds and now the round of pink eye out of here!


Yesterday, I also went by Rachel's friends house to pick up our tickets to Imagination Movers. Her dad is fairly high up at The Fox Theater here in St. Louis where the show is being held and offered to get the tickets for us. I was looking at the seats when I got back and they are SO good. 5th row back, first 2 seats on the center aisle. Terra is going to be so excited! I did tell her about the show yesterday to try to cheer her up some after she was having a rough time with fluid and pain in her ear. She doesn't know how close we'll be though.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Marci-continued prayers and good thoughts for you!

Deb-sorry about the job but I'm sure something will come through for you soon!

Beth-Congratulations to Laura!

Tia-sounds like you're feeling better. How's Deva? I'm sure you & Tia will have a great time at Imagination Movers!

Glynis-How was Disney on Ice?

Jen-congrats on the house! How exciting!!!

Debbie-good luck with the wedding plans!

Theresa-good luck with the job search and hope your ankle continues to heal. I haven't completely given up hope with my foot/feet. I think I need to try to get moving some more. DH said today the snowdrops were up so maybe spring isn't too far away and I can get outside soon!



Emma seems to be almost herself again. She's eating and is playing outside today. She's still exhausted but it is good to see her well again.

I think I've convinced DH to go to Disney the last 2 weeks of August. We'll come home the Wed or Thu before Labor Day to recover before school starts. I'll buy myself an AP for my May trip and then we'll all get APs for this August and then most likely go back early August next year. It will be nice to have this to look forward to.

Lizzy didn't seem to want to go. I asked her if she thought I should take a trip with just Joe & Emma this summer and she said she didn't care. But we were talking about where to go if we went and while she wanted to go to BC and I think we've settled on BWI she actually seems very excited about going for 2 weeks.

 

[Glynis]

Good luck with all of the wedding plans, Debbie. That is a tough situation. I hope your dad understands that and makes it easy for you both.

I second this! Debbie, it is a tough situation. I would have no idea how to handle it, but I have every confidence that you will do it well.

 

[Glynis]

Disney on Ice was so darling! It was their celebrate show, and they had lots of different stuff going on. They "celebrated" several major holidays and it was tons of fun! I thought of Elizabeth, as one of the holidays was Halloween, and there was Jack Skellington! That was the only part of the show that Timothy was frightened of. He was so scared he took my hands and covered my eyes. That does not bode well for Haunted Mansion in August. Oh well. He loved everything else! It was a fun afternoon, and we were 8 rows back from the front. So neat!!!

It is a gorgeous day here! The sun is out and it's very warm! I'm hoping it will last through tomorrow, as the kids are out of school and I'd love to take them to the new park in town. We actually have a snow make up day that we never used during the winter. Hooray!!!

 

[tinker1bell]

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know I have not dropped off the earth. I still have trouble getting out of bed every day but once I get up, that determines how the rest of the day will go.
It sucks but I am learning to just deal with it and take it a day at a time.

I do have an appointment at Johns Hopkins on May 16. A whole bunch of appointments all in one day. Hopefully they will be able to give me more answers.

And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, I had noticed a spongy lump on my left shoulder so I went to the Dr and he ordered a CT scan. The lump is not anything to be concerned about but they noticed a spot on the right side of my lung about the size of a BB. I have to go back in 6 months to get another CT scan. At this point, we can only wait till September and see what the scan looks like. I have to be happy that I had the problem and they caught it early. The Dr thinks it will be okay but he also said that they might have to keep an eye on it for the next two years.

The good news is Stephanie and I are eagerly planning our trip in September. We fly out to Seattle and spend the day there. What we did tho was book a one day cruise on the Sapphire Princess so we will be picked up at the airport and taken to a hotel and the next morning taken to the ship and sail from Seattle to Vancouver. We will then spend the day in Vancouver and then on Sept 20 board the Disney Wonder for a five day cruise to LA and then spend two days in Disneyland. I have not seen Disneyland since 1968 so I think it has changed a little???

I cannot wait for this trip. We are traveling with two other Disney lovers so this will be so much fun.

Much love to everyone and lots of

 

[my3princes]

Terry I hope the spot is nothing to worry about Sorry that the vertigo isn't improving

Bernadette the trip sounds amazing. No big trip for us this year, hopefully we'll be able to make a big one in 2012.

Jen You have got to be so excited about getting into your new house, even just to get the work going.

Tia the concert seats sound amazing.

Glynis I'm glad you all enjoyed Disney on Ice. Sounds like a great show Hopefully Timothy won't be too scared in the Haunted Mansion. Show him lots of photos between now and then.