g'morning/afternoon everyone.

I was just thinking about how bizarre it is that I can rattle off the DOS telephone number (and the press 1, then 0 command) and yet I don't have any recollection where my favourite black T-shirt is.

I am a total saddo. A total saddo who needs to stop typing and get out of the house to go to work, where I actually just type out the DOS telephone number again and again on VJ.

oh Krikit, I'm so sorry about your news

in some ways, I guess it was better for him, if life just wasn't pleasant any more, but I'm so sorry you didn't get to see him one more time

hope things go well for your cousin!

Thanks Pretty. Yes, one more time would have been nice. I was this close too. (3 months) The nerve. lol

it's weird, isn't it... I'm sort of in the same situation with my grandmas - they've both had strokes in the last twelve months (though one has recovered far better than the other - at 90, and three months after the stroke, she re-sat her driving test and passed first time! ) and I've been trying not to think about something happening to either of them before I can get back home and see them again... twelve days and counting

but then, of course, I'll only be there for a month, and then I'll be thinking the same thing all the time I'm in the US
and then it will be my parents...

gah, being an ex-pat sucks sometimes

It's the worst thing about being an expat

Grey, gloomy skies here in Sheffield!

I am sorry to hear of your uncle's passing, Krikit.

Kritkit - Sorry to hear that.

ECM - that cracked me up. And no, I've never called that number. Go rub your duvet for some love.

I miss my Mom - and she lives in America.

Thanks Rachel and Dev.


I knooooooooooooooooow. Every day I worry about my parents. And every day I'm scared that something will happen to them and I'll never see them again. It makes me so sad sometimes.

it's ALMOST enough to make you wish we all still lived in little village communities and going seven miles was an adventure...

almost, but not quite

I'm a good two months away from getting AP yet and I found out yesterday that my sister in the UK has found a lump in her breast.

At this stage it could be benign and nothing to worry about but finding that out really puts things into perspective about moving over here. If it turns out to be cancer I doubt I will get an emergency AP because breast cancer is treatable, but I just want to go see her and give her a big hug. The whole AP thing is a complete crock, we should be able to come and go whilst waiting for AOS - it's not like it's our fault it takes so fricking long!

Vent over.

Gillian

for Kritkit

for English Muffin - I hope it's all fine...

Fingers crossed! Maybe it's just polycystic breasts - a lot of families have that trait. Including mine.

Thank you. I'm staying positive and assuming that it's nothing serious and I won't think anything different until we know for sure.

I agree.... it could just be a cyst. Glad you're staying positive Gillian. Sending good vibes your way.

Thanks Krikit.

Tell me about it!!! And even if I *could* afford to buy stuff, I couldn't afford to ship it all as I have enough stuff I need to get rid of already anyway!!! Grr!!



Awww - you didn't show us!? I'm gutted!!



Sounds great Debz - can't wait to see it - I already pick your brains anyway but still! Something to refer to would be awesome



I know - it's the thing I worry about most I've said to Jeremy that no matter how short on money we are - we always have to have enough for me to fly home at a moment's notice... not a nice thought but I think I would go mad without that backup...


*hugs* to Gillian and Krikit

I am going MAD trying to find bridesmaid dresses

We have a VERY tight budget and I am looking for either turquoise or teal that a 17 year old rock chick type girl would like along with a 15 year old preppy type girl (So something in between those 2 looks... )

The above 2 pains in my arse are my sweet sisters One of which (the 17 year old) asked whether she would be able to dye her her to match her dress

That would actually be 'dye her hair' not dye her her

Don't look for bridesmaids dresses, per se. Unless you are having a formal wedding? I found my wedding dress through a goth/medieval store in Germany and it's gorgeous, though not wedding-y. We're having a themed wedding, but my friends have all found smashing dresses online, they were relatively inexpensive and suited everyone.

What about having your sisters pick out dresses they like in the same color, but not the same style? That would solve the problem of suiting both styles, but still keep the color scheme you want.

@Gillian...much prayers your way. It really could just be a cyst. Those run in my family too, but aren't limited to breasts....anything reproductive related in our family is fair game for cysts...But hang in there. Either way, she's going to need you whenever you can get AP, right?

Thank you.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Those damn tickets went!! Back to square one... finding cheap flights that will let me take my cat on board in cabin during the heat embargo from the UK to LAX in the summer is so not easy

buggery buggery bugger! how completely annoying

you'll find something though... and you still have loads of time


in other news, my lovely fiancé has been over at our new house every day cleaning and preparing like mad... he's doing twenty-one days straight of twelve hour NIGHT shifts, so he goes on to the house every morning when he's done, with a box or two of stuff he packed the night before... and today he sent me a photo of my new robe, that we bought together in Prague, and a pair of boots of mine that he has, in my half of the wardrobe

he's a lovely man

Oh I can't wait til I get to do all that Right now I feel as if just getting my man to get us a place to live would be a start

Am so annoyed about flights. I just want to cry right about now. I have ages but I want to make sure I can get Daisy on there with me. Plus I just want it all done and dusted now so I have even less to worry about. Hrmph

Hola everyone...biding my time until I get on my flight to London to see my OH :-) I just pray Heathrow isn't a total mess tomorrow morning.

Really? I get killer migrains, and the only thing that really helps is a lot of sleep and lots of caffeine.

I got one for cold sores. Light a match, then put it out in a cup of water. Then apply the burnt out tip to the coldsore and hold it there for a minute. The sulphur in the match head apparently does something that helps reduce the cold sore and makes it go away faster.

I really hope that it is indeed benign and that she manages to find out whether or not it is really soon.

I'm nowhere near ready to file for AOS yet but AP seems very unfair to me, too. My mother keeps reminding me that I have four elderly grandparents who could drop dead at a moment's notice - thanks, mother!


I really like this suggestion - it was what I was going to say myself. You also don't run the problem of having one bridesmaid's body shape suit the dress style better than the other.


Aw! That's really sweet of him. And he cleans, too - what a keeper!

Sorry, I have nothing helpful to say. This just made me laugh.


That's nice. Mom's are great, aren't they?

g'morning for those on this side, g'afternoon for those on that side.

Oi!! Remember... You are in the UK domain. It's afternoon no matter what side you're on!

didn't I see Charles in the Site Related Discussion area the other day, championing the idea of a US Elections sub-forum, because it would mean he didn't have to 'open up a thread only to read the same thing every day'?

Cool! I never knew that!! As for caffeine and migraines... I thought that caffeine was wa-a-ay bad for that!! For me the only thing is peppermint, codeine and a dark room with a cold pillow... mmmm...



You know what - my mum is similar - she keeps reminding me that my grandparents aren't getting any younger and I'm like "Duh - it's not exactly the Neverending Story is it?"

Besides - as much as I love my family, having elderly relatives is hardly going to stop me from moving at this moment in time...

That actually made me laugh out loud - my dad always says such things, his favorite being "you know, I'm going to be gone someday." The urge to reply "I didn't think you were immortal" is sometimes overwhelming.

Maybe they just think we forget? I mean - I try to because let's face it - it's not the cheeriest of things to have at the forefront of my mind but still!!

I do get the sentiment behind such statements, but he has been saying it since I first got my head wrapped around the concept of death when my first goldfish died and he was only in his 30s!

Happy Friday!

I'm trying so very hard to be happy today but this weather is just killing me. Please oh please, pretty please with sugar on top...please let us have some spring weather soon.

that's correct. every time we have a thread about the upcoming election, it's the same people, same stuff, i could almost write a playbook on it. right now the tide has turned from those threads flooding ot to threads casting australia in a negative light. wtf is up with that?

in other news, it's friday. and good morning to those in the usa, and good afternoon to those in the uk


says she who is on the soon to be here list. when's the flight date?

30th April I just booked my flight

woooooooohooooooooo!!! Congrats!!!

Oh I know - it is so windy and cold - nevermind... not long and we'll be back in sunny California Friday made all the sweeter with the delivery of my visa at 9.35am so I could leave at 2.30pm!! Yay for Fridays!!



YAY!!!! We booked ours yesterday!! 30th June!!!

So happy but still kinda wish it was sooner - seems so far away!!!

It'll be here in no time

Its 65F and so sunny here today! I love it!!!

I hope so - I am fed up of living in limbo! I still need to pack and things though... loads...

Why can't we have decent weather so I can get to a car boot sale?!

Ugh! I can't wait to see some sunshine!!!




Yeh, I know what you mean about the limbo thing... I have all my packing still to do I have to move all my stuff out of the hotel on Sunday and then i'm off to my Mum's in Devon for a week... I will have to get up in the loft and sort through EVERYTHING I am feeling an eBay sale coming on!

Why don't you try eBay rather than a car boot sale?

eBay is just too expensive if things don't sell. I am going to list my DVDs and CDs on Amazon though I think then if they don't sell I will take them to a car boot sale. I have a few things I want to sell on eBay but I am just trying to get through the bulk of all my stuff so I can have a good sort out!! I have sooo much to take to a car boot sale - it prolly wouldn't sell on eBay as it wouldn't justify the postage

Slowly getting there but want to clear the stuff I already have in the garage before I sort through more!!!

Hmm, I never thought of Amazon.... I have a sh*tload of books. Might have to look into that too!

It just doesn't cost to list so it makes more sense

Will deffo try that then!

I sold a few of my OH's Uni books on Amazon, I know they wouldn't have sold anywhere else, but it did take a while for them to go. They stay listed for months, so you got time. With ebay, you gotta keep relisting.


I'm sooo dying to go. I just can't till i'm finished my contract. It's so annoying to know you're going but not soon enough to do much productive towards it.