The DDA Trouble Free Zone Part 7

[julia & nicks mom]

No but if you ask Lynn - I have difficulty spelling any name when she is involved!!

 

[Tammi67]

Have a good night. I am off to bed.

 

[julia & nicks mom]

VICKI.........

the box waiting for Julia

Julia's realization that the box has arrived

opening the box

Hugs from Julia

Tucking him in

All tucked in

 

[babytrees]

Have a good night. I am off to bed.

Night and hope tomorrow is a great day!! If not great at least better!!

 

[ReAnSt]

we are all planning on being in DC July 15-16

there have been no plans specifically made - Tammi and Elin are in charge of that since it is there stomping grounds - we have been lookig for a hotel and I think we found one but I can't remember which one right now!

I have my ticket already so I know I will be there - the list seems to be growing as to who will be there - we would love to meet you!!!

I hope to be there. However I am not sure if it is going to happen. I reminded my manager today that I wanted that weekend off. I had it written down under the requests area, as it would not be my paid vacation time. She says my sister and I have been discussing taking our Mom somewhere those days. Key word discussing not planning. I am seriously afraid she is going to schedule herself off that weekend instead of me, even though I wanted it off first. First of all she is taking off my Birthday week, which is when I wanted my vacation and now she might be taking this out from under my nose too.

She said it all depends on whether or not her Mom can do something that weekend as to whether or not she will be able to work or not. So I want pixie dust that I can have off and go that weekend. Am I being unrealistic that I should get off before her or am I just a hctib. I am thinking I am being an hctib because I want her Mom to be busy.

Why can't I be selfish and not feel guilty??

 

[UP Disney]

Thank you so much!!! Now I can go to sleep with pleasant dreams of Pal Mickey having fun with Julia & Nick. Don't you love his basketball pillow? I found it at Target in their dollar section.

opening the box

Tucking him in

 

[julia & nicks mom]

thanks for telling me where you got it!! I will have to go check for another one - as nick keeps holding it and saying "MINE?!?!"

 

[babytrees]

VICKI.........

Oh good gracious!!! He & Julia look like they are having so much fun already!!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

are you flying into DCA? Would I be the only one on Friday evening?

I am flying into DCA -

right now I appear to be the only one there on Friday -

you can hang with us - I think we might go to dinner with his friend and the friend's fiancee - his friend annoys the crap out of me - I wouldn't mind having someone else with us!!!

 

[babytrees]

I hope to be there. However I am not sure if it is going to happen. I reminded my manager today that I wanted that weekend off. I had it written down under the requests area, as it would not be my paid vacation time. She says my sister and I have been discussing talking our Mom somewhere those days. Key word discussing not planning. I am seriously afraid she is going to schedule herself off that weekend instead of me, even though I wanted it off first. First of all she is taking off my Birthday week, which is when I wanted my vacation and now she might be taking this out from under my nose too.

She said it all depends on whether or not her Mom can do something that weekend as to whether or not she will be able to work or not. So I want pixie dust that I can have off and go that weekend. Am I being unrealistic that I should get off before her or am I just a hctib. I am thinking I am being an hctib because I want her Mom to be busy.

Why can't I be selfish and not feel guilty??

Okay first off your manager needs to come and talk to us!!! She is being very selfish and taking advantage of you. IMHO She is the bee yotch not you!!

Here's some major pixie dusting that dear old mom is way to busy to go anywhere!!

 

[UP Disney]

thanks for telling me where you got it!! I will have to go check for another one - as nick keeps holding it and saying "MINE?!?!"

Let me know if you can't find one. I'll check mine here. I just got it less than a week ago. They also had a couple of other kinds of balls - I think they were soccers, baseballs and footballs. Basketball was my passion as a kid so I had to get it for Pal Mickey.

 

[UP Disney]

Ok, I'm off to bed. Thanks again Kate. Goodnight late night DDA friends!!!! Good morning early morning DDA friends!!!!

 

[babytrees]

Since Vicki took the brain to bed I think I will head off too!!

Good Night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bed bugs bite (those suckers hurt!!)

and


Good Morning, morning DDAers!!

 

[ReAnSt]

22 lines to make you smile ...

1.. My husband and I divorced over religious differences.
He thought he was God and I didn't.
2.. I Work Hard Because Millions On Welfare Depend on Me!
3.. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4.. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
5.. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.
6.. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me
7.. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
8.. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing.
9.. Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
10. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy, why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
11.. God must love stupid people; He made so many.
12.. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
13. Consciousness: That annoying time between naps.
14.. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
15.. Being "over the hill" is much better than being under it!
16. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
17.. Procrastinate Now!
18.. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That?
19.. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
20. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere!
21.. The trouble with life is there's no background music.
22.. The original point and click tool was a Smith and Wesson

Number 18 is what I am stuck in. My degree is in liberal studies with focus areas in public administration, education, sociology minor and I got a non-profit certificate. I am over qualified to work most places or they are afraid to hire me as I will leave as soon as something better comes along or I don't have 2 to 5 years of paid experience in the field. It is so frustrating.

I feel like the song from the musical Avenue Q, "What Can you do with a B.A. in English?"

What do you do with a B.A. in English,
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,
Have earned me this useless degree.

I can't pay the bills yet,
'Cause I have no skills yet,
The world is a big scary place.

But somehow I can't shake,
The feeling I might make,
A difference,
To the human race.

If you don't know what Avenue Q is, it is a musical where the characters are muppets like on Sesame Street, although it is definitely R rated or worse. Check out the Avenue Q website here. I am addicted to the soundtrack and really should go to New York to see it and Wicked but haven't gotten a chance to yet.

 

[Steffy]

Hi everyone-
Denise-sounds like a fun day with the art in the park..Alyssa was 16 years old.

Amy-Glad everything looks good with Matthew still

Tia-Thanks--its so helpful to know we have the support--I wish i could ride with him, but i havent been on a bike in so long so its probably not a good idea!

Thanks for letting me share the pics--ill stop talking about Alyssa now, i just thought you may want to see what she looked like..

Thank you for sharing pictures of Alyssa. And please don't stop talking about her. I still talk about my friend Brenda and she's died in 1991...

 

[ReAnSt]

Thanks, all for your encouragement on the workouts. I actually had been going to Curves for awhile, but someone new took over and I ddn't like her. Then the gym (Planet Fitness) had a special. $29 sign up fee, $20 annual fee and $20 per month. This level of membership allows you to bring a guest at no charge (even every time you come, and the same guest, so it's like a two-for-one membership) and it has tanning booths. I won't take advantage of them, because being a redhead (with help covering the grey) I have very fair skin and don't tan - just freckle and burn. I've been going for about 5 weeks now and have worked up from one mile to two, and without pain.

to Tammi and Lynn's friend. Amy, glad everything went well with you and Matthew. Denise, I'm glad you all had a good day today.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

I had a good day. The office manager came up to me and said "I need your creativity." The firm is sponsoring a booth at a chamber of commerce function and she wanted me to make a sign and some business size coupon type things for a drawing for a dinner that we are giving away. I told her I'd do it, but I'd have to do it at home since we don't even have color printers, let alone any sort of designing software. It wasn't that much fun, though, because the firm is very stuffy and everything has to be simple and elegant. I wonder if they'll reimburse me for ink? They want 1000 business cards!

Could you possibly get them printed at Vista Print or someplace similar so they are professionally done and aren't using all of your ink, etc.

 

[ReAnSt]

Sending and to everyone who may need it.

 

[Steffy]

From what I understand, everyone is coming into town on Sat and leaving Sun. Kate, can you help me out on this? I've lost track of who all said they would be here. Me, Elin, Kate, Steffy and Terry. Marti and Paul were planning on coming but staying in MD with friends, if I'm not mistaken. Tia might come. Anyone else out there thinking about it?? I'd say get into DC around 10ish? Leave early evening? Whatever works out best for you. Hotel will prob run around 100+tax for the night, divided by how many we put in a room, give or take a few $.

We'll be there...

We're going to leave sometime Sunday evening... I'm so glad you are coming up denise! YAY!

 

[julia & nicks mom]

Jen -

when I was 19 my mom's best friend's 17 year old daughter died in a car accident - she was like a little sister to me - we had grown up together

It is to date the most devastating event in my life - but I learned a lot from it

her parents will always talk about her - her mom once told me - "If I stopped talking about her - it would be like she never existed and you don't have to worry about saying her name to me or talking about her upsetting me. There is never a moment in my life that I am not thinking about her and I like to know that other people think about her and miss her too. You will never remind me that I lost my child - it is always in my mind, it is part of who I am"

I guess as someone who went through this at around the same age as you - I want you to know that talking about her and missing her is so amazingly normal and healthy. Your stories actually keep Alyssa alive and honor her memory. You should never feel bad for loving and missing your friend!

 

[Brendita]

We are psyched about the Dolphin!! The rooms look AMAZING - we actually got a AAA online rate! It was even lower than when we called and asked for one -

has anyone ever stayed there - any tips?

Kate,
I haven't stayed there, but is this hotel included in the M.E.
Last year it wasn't.
DD stay @ SOG not included.
Friends stayed @ the Swan not included.
You may want to double check before leaving.
Hate to have you all stuck @ the airport.