Is this for the fall? What will you be teaching? I hope you have a few weeks to get all your certs in order, but surely they will let you start working while it's all in progress if necessary Yay, I hope this is THE job and everything works out! I feel like sending you $56, I'm so excited for you to get the job you want!



Is that overkill?

k

I am a little ball of anxiety. This could be relieved if the DOE would speak to me but noooooooooo. The job is two periods of geography and two of math and two of "wheel.' I do not know if other places have wheel. It's an elective sort of thing that's usually boring .. health or study habits. It could be art/music/drama but won't.

what is the DOE??dept of education?? Just guessing!----sooooooooooo this is VERY exciting news!!! a teacher among the herd!!!fabulous!!!i am soooooooo happy for you peach pie--don't worry you will figure it all out!!---NOW KIWONKERS!!! GOOD LORD IN HEAVENS WHAT THE **** WERE YOU DOING SWIMMING TWENTY MINUTES SOMEWHERE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE???? you are giving me a heart attack with this information----poor dh!!!!! and of course poor YOU AND POOR DOGGIE!!!! YOU PEOPLE BETTER SIT THIS SUMMER OUT ON THE LIDO DECK!!!----- one of the girls who works at the market drove out west with her friends {she is in her mid twenties}---the word is she BROKE HER WRIST AND HER ANKLE after falling off a TARZAN SWING!!!!! i can't believe i am hearing so much about this 'type' of wanton summer carousing!!!-------------on an arsier note,these roids have been KILLING ME ALL WEEK-- i finally could do nothing but stay down all day today and probably tomorrow---no amount of medication helps and every time i say forget it and go out or walk around too much i pay for it for hours ----i have not had a good sleep in a week ====they are keeping me up ALL night----SO THERE IS MY WHINE SESSION---- i would love to go for a walk as we are having fantastic weather=-----------------warm for a change!!!

I am threatened with my socks-in-progress being auctioned off and a switch to my hide... I got in here as jiffy quick as I could...!!! Yeesh!
1) Cow pie--most encourging this new development!!!!!!!! Yes!!! you Vill GET ZE JOB I Veal it in my bonez yessss!!!
2) I read all the posts and retained only snippits- I've concluded the following
our cowpeach is a worry wart
sugar is a goodmomma
Painty is resilient
Bagz is a oblivious pot stirrer.. Eye Think
Kiwi is Bat infested (STill) but having a dam good time

I am too beat and jet laggy to say anything else EXCEPT - if you are a Wide Woman, do not fly American Eagle... The seats are designed for a very small butt and there is no room for over flow. I was a stuffed sausage link --- the sad thing here folks is my distorted self image which insists I CANT POSSIBLY BE THAT BIG was mashed as I mashed my big arse in the tiny seats..

I had the most horrid flight mate. He snarfled and was one of those "yawners" Who HOOOO AHHH YAAA yumyumyum Yawn aloud like that -- and moving his legs like a gawd dam marchin band on double time ... I so wanted to take a breather from my crossword puzzle and just STAB HIM in his eye!! and Thigh!! and his RESTLESS Syndromed Leg!
Did you know that when you stay at a cheezy motel, you can set up the ironing board, and use the bath towel as a table cloth-- and have a perfectly functional Dining area??

That sounds very exciting, Peachie. Also kind of eclectic. I don't think I ever studied geography, at least not past junior high. What grade is this? Wheel sounds boring, exactly the sort of thing the kids will complain endlessly about. DD complained about health class and safety units incessantly. "Why do we have to learn this again?"

Not to worry my dear, this is in a lake, with 8 or 10 other people. Everyone a good enough swimmer to get there and back. Even me We Mainers are a tough lot, y'know. Speaking of swimming, I am thrilled to find that I have not experienced any of that cold allergy syndrome I had last year. Of course, I haven't been immersing myself in 60 deg F water this year, but I have noticed that I can hold a frosty canned beverage without getting hives, so maybe it was a temporary condition.

The roids are really overstaying their welcome this time, eh? I know this isn't the same thing at all, but I have been having some, ahem, chafing problems on the chubby thighs, which was rather painful at the beach where it was sweaty plus salt-water plus sand . I picked up a container of Gold Bond powder and it really does the trick. Makes those thighs just slide along (don't you wish Lush were here to get grossed out?) Don't know if it would help the old arse, but it were me I'd try it.

Yuck, what an awful flight, Schatzi! I hear American Eagle is pulling out of Bangor, sounds like it's no great loss. I am most impressed by your ingenuity with the hotel room furnishings, but I am dismayed that you didn't have a table to use! Are you still going to Boston or are you venturing further afield?

My hands hurt. I think I'll go watch TV. I had to do a lot of typing today because DH is in the middle of a project and can't use his right hand -- for much anyway. Turns out I make a lousy nurse, by the way. The dressing fI put on his leg this morning fell down while he was out at the grocery store today

Kiwi

I WAS RESISTING WATCHING 'THE NOTEBOOK' BECAUSE I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN A BAWL FEST----my step dd's have been hounding me to watch it for a few years---SO i finally relented since i am laying around on me arse anyway---all i can say is-----------I AM IN LOVE WITH RYAN GOSLING!!!!----okay,now---regarding the CHAFING!! i was laughing me arse off {wishful thinking} about your description of the thighs just 'sliding along'---haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa---and i too thought----LUSH WOULD HAVE A FIT--- we would all be put in turkey carcasses and rolled off the cliff!!--along with my roids i now have the horrible hormonal headache that ususally lasts three days or more---these ailments are just enough to make you very crabby

I have never seen The Notebook. Apparently I will now have to. Grumble Grumble. Just kidding. It's another fiery blazing hot day here in Frozen Tootsies. I know this heat won't last forever but oy it sure takes it out of you when there's no respite. I have about a dozen ice packs in the freezer; perhaps I could fashion a suit.

Speaking of the heat, the other night when we spent 3 hours in the ER, I told the nurse it was our anniversary and she said "How about that, mine was yesterday! How many years is it for you?" And I told her 21. She said it was 21 for her too! So we reminisced about how it was the hottest weekend of the century and where was your reception blah blah blah, and you didn't get married by the guy that skipped town, did you?

Hope Wabby is doing well. We miss you!! My Oregonian friends are here (the ones with the camp we've been swimming at) and they keep informing me about how there aren't any bugs there and it's never humid (except of course when you're stuck in a downpour for 3 months). I may have to cave in and go visit.

Ta

Helooooooooo! I'm not dead, just under supervision. One kid at camp, one kid at home hogging the 'puter and a DH that took Friday off so he could whine about how much time I spend on the internet. Also doing MAJOR decluttering. Major, I tell you. You wouldn't believe it. I may post pictures. Have plans to turn the bedroom into a Love Nest. As opposed to a Bore Fest. Stenciling my be involved.

Kiwi! Boy, when you guys bash yourselves up you do it RIGHT! Hope everyone is healing up nicely. I had a huge blister on my little toe all week but I guess that doesn't even compare, does it? And the chafing! Yes! I understand! I REALLY hate it when my shorts get all bunched up and sweaty. Ouchy.

Peachy!!!!! This job is for YOUUUUUUUU! And once they find out how good you are you'll get more and more hours and they'll let you be the principal or the deputy or something.

Bagzie! "Wanton Summer Carousing" LOL! Dh said our neighbours drove off today with bikes on top of their car and left their kids at home. Kids, who are something like 15 and 20 are now having a rip roaring party in their garage and playing really bad German "pop" music. Should be an interesting night. Hope no one breaks anything.

Schatzi! - Eeew, awful seat mate and cheesy motel. Coming home must have seemed like paradise. You get this week's Patience of Job Award presented to you by this guy --->


Here's a joke:

Q: What does the Dentist of the Year get?
A: A little plaque.

i just read shatzi's account of her flight!!-TERRIBLE!!! i agree the seats are too small----i always am shocked by the teeny tiny amount of knee room and elbow room you have---who would EVER sit that close to anyone they don't know EVER!!!!

sugar, let's clear this up. If/when I get this job, I don't need more hours at it. It's fulltime.

I am so tired. it's 2:06 a.m. and so tired. Bye.

hey sugs!! i was asking the dd about music over there and she said there is alot of TECHNO----is that what you mean by awful?? i don't care for it myself---she seems to have found some cool stuff to listen to over there but she is more folk/indie for sure---i bought tickets to see Loreena McKennit in september--i love her----dd's danish bf's parents went to see her in denmark-----okay--i need to know who saw THE NOTEBOOK and i want to know what they thought and why-----------

ps-----------as kiwi was mentioning---if wabby is around ----all the hugs on the internet we can gather up are for her-----hope you are taking care......

Ah yes, I understand now. I wasn't paying attention. Full time is GOOOOOOD. We can advise you on teacher wardrobe. Easy-care teflon pants and sensible shoes.

Well Techno IS awful but that's kind of out here now. I was talking more about kind of cheesy German pop music that no one but Germans like. Hard to explain. Somewhere between rock and roll and folk music.

Glad to note that everyone is making an appearance, even if there have been injuries to thighs and spirit. NO MORE CHAFING, OK?

DH with a little help from me, redid (i.e. cleaned, re-shelf-papered, and arranged the pantry yesterday. Apparently we had been providing some sort of love-nest for Indian rice bugs (?) that are either larvae, crawlie things or moths and liked our cereal and flour.

We are also hiring a man to trap and then remove squirrels. Two down and ??? to do. Better than them eating another hole in the roof.

Some worries related to perceived chape of "dimple" in "Thelma" the radiated breast. Will call oncologist tomorrow to see if HE can reassure me, or if there will be new, e$pen$ive tests. Bleah. It is kind of ruining my day.
Fortunately it is Sunday evening and maybe I can have a big gin and tonic and go to bed early.

Not very mature, but it'll do.

Oh, you are going to LOVE the concert -- DD saw her in Boston and said it was the best concert she had ever been to. And she went with me to the best concert I've ever been to, so it must have been awesome.

They have some nerve; don't they know that the internet is where you blow off steam? Do they really want to take that away? Hmmm?

Yep, we do hurties right. DH took off the splint off his fingers to take a shower yesterday and informs me that he now knows why they put the splint on. OWWWWW! He has a bruise the size of a plate on his hip, nice and purple. And then there's the giant scrape all the way down his leg that is so raw it has to be covered. Anyway, my knee is barely a booboo anymore and the dog seems to have stopped bleeding. So we are healing nicely.

DD went away with the amour this morning for 2 days on the coast. I think this is the first time they've been alone away together. The good news is she was planning outings to the beach and horseback riding and more so maybe they'll get out of the room. Some. Oy. Isn't she too young? I was trying to remember the first time I went away with a BF and stayed in a motel. I think I was at least, um, 21... I remember going to Cape Cod for a concert over July 4th weekend without a reservation (how dumb is that?) and finding a tiny room with slanty ceilings for $6 a night. Took hours to find a vacancy, but the price was certainly right.

It is still unbearably hot around here. I need a kiddie pool.

Kiwi