Aww, you can just post more in the Canada forum!!

Laura, makes complete sense!

I have a name for our upstairs neighbour. I call her 'woman who walks like horse'.

Maybe she is! Maybe she lives with a Republican who makes her wear a saddle and threatens to send her back to the mother country if she doesn't perform!

( See. I told you I need to stay out of Off Topic. )

SOMEBODY HIRE ME!!!

Liz! Did you get a $47 trip to Buffalo?

Got to walk in the Atlantic Ocean for almost 2 hours on Sunday -- yay!

Today is my last day here in Canada for a while -- boo!

Going home to see my poor lonely hubby -- yay!

My poor lonely hubby is still waiting to hear if he's got the managerial job he's done two interviews for and hasn't heard a thing in two weeks -- boo!

We think my sister-in-law is having a boy -- yay!

I don't trust ultrasounds as far as I can throw them -- boo!



I'm feeling weird today.

Yay!

No.. I spent like 3 hrs looking at it yesterday... then gave up cuz it was making me crazy

you got me looking at it again!
=)

Alright, here's my dilemma
The cheap $48 fares are for may 10th forward
and I want to go for at least a week

Oliver thinks I should book my trip for sooner than later so that I don't miss out on any job opps.
Which makes sense.

but to get the good fare, I would have to be gone from the 10th to the 18th of May

I probably will be fine, right?
someone make the decision for me!

or should i just suck it up and book a trip for the 5th of may to the 12th.??

I've been applying and no one's calling anyway...
so it's not like I have all this opportunities right now anyway!

AGGHHHH

I guess a week won't make a huge difference, right?

I hate it too.
Some of the topics are so horrible and so are some of the people.
Bleh



Is your upstairs neighbour my mom??? lol
Wait, my mom walks like an elephant..my mistake.



I'll hire you.
Want to pack my stuff?

Actually, you have a bigger problem than that. The $47 fares were only good until 6:30pm yesterday. If you didn't book before the deadline you're outta luck. Sorry.

not true
I'm looking at it right now.

Just looking or have you actually clicked on to try to book?

actually putting in my credit info

I see. I just went and checked. The Ding sale is gone but there's a $48 web sale, which is just as good. That's awesome. That never happens. They must not have had a big demand for people wanting to book a flight from Baltimore to Buffalo yesterday.

=)
all booked!
$117 for my flight!

wooohoooo

Ditto here --- every now & then I try to venture in there and share some stuff; but my oh my.... what can I tell you folks?

Congrats (again) Liz!
My card is in the mail, too.
Hey, but, I will NOT be workin' for someone....bleh! Unless they are as fun and casual as me. Ha!
Besides, work is the last thing I am concerned with these days.

(here goes....my venting)

Here's my truth at the moment (no need to respond):

My partner's dad is in more and more pain. Bleh.
Hence we are all in more and more pain.
My sweetie and I "fight" all the time.
As much as I can be "wise" enough to not engage and to soften (bring it back to love and understanding) and all that, occasionally I will finish it by dropping a bomb.
For example, yesterday, I stated matter of factly that I would leave and go back "home" (Canada) tomorrow (which is today).
There is only so much disharmony I can live with (in).
And it is tomorrow today, and I am not leaving.
Obviously.
And yet, it may be time to go visit a spiritual friend in Cali.
Regenerate.
Clear my head. (Those voices!)
Come back and see where we are at.

You know, as my trip is to be in harmonious relationships with people, the fact that the person closest to me and I have zero harmony is basically killing me.
I wonder why I am creating that? (What the Bleep....?)

I guess this is all to be expected what with me being uprooted for over a year, over and over (through no real choice of my own, just circumstances; the tough part being I was finally ready to "settle" somewhat), and then the two of us uprooting plus the big dog and coming down here to assist and just be here (well it that is not easy, especially since my partner has never taken time off from working, imagine that!!)

Oh I could go and on...

And yet, I know that my (our) ego(s) is (are) at play, and what with the incredibly tough start to our relationship right from the get-go, right through the immigration process, to his father's illness, to a record-breaking cold winter, to a decrepid house, to a stinky, drooly dog, to coming here and having no real time alone (guests, visits, his sis is now staying with us in the house we have been out in), and me and my not agreeing to live in a relationship without full-on brutally honest communication, and him, well, he has not learnt to express himself...etc etc...

I know that life is messy and I will try to get out of this as unscathed as possible...even if at the moment I wish I was anywhere but in this (my) life.
I am a fish out of water....longing to be still living on a boat in the Pacific.

Tic toc tic toc.
Things will get better...

...or I will kill someone!


Breathe in....life is challening.
Breathe out...life is good.


It is what it is.
There are no mistakes, only experiences.

He he..... welcome to the Dark Side sister....

Thanks a lot Len!

Magnify my devilish characteristic.

Hee, hee.

Nice!! When are you going? Ooo! That would be so cool if we're both at Buffalo airport at the same time! *jumps up and down*

booo! hehe

Awwwww, Spirit. Tough times indeed. (((((((Hugs))))))))

may 10 to 18th =)

you?


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SpiritA: I'm sorry things are so chaotic right now..
take lots of naps and visit the malls
Helps me =)

Here when you need to vent
cuz you will =)

Thanks Len, Krikit and Liz.
I appreciate you.

We had a cease fire on Sunday...for my birthday; and that was good.
There is always hope.


Where are you off to Liz??
Hey and my travel papers just arrived (Fedexed from the person staying in our house back in IL).
I'd like to see my parents in Montreal before they leave for Greece.
Plus my mom's birthday and their anniversary and Mother's day all in the same week!

Alas, my mom will worry if I show up "husband-less"....

A visit in late September will be fine...I guess.
Maybe we can go to Greece to visit!!

May 10th to the 19th. I'm arriving at 10:15am. OMG!!!!! I'm changing planes at Baltimore at 9:10am! ARE YOU ON THAT FLIGHT?!!!



Yes, Spirit. Don't let people give you that "things get better with time" BS. It's shopping. Things get better with shopping.

Going to visit my folks and Toronto!




I'm leaving Baltimore @ 11:50am..

That sucks!

You should leave a little note taped to a wall or something

Dammit! I was getting all excited there for a moment. I will write something on the bathroom wall for you.

purrrrfect

just don't get caught by airport security!

My husband's Blazer broke down AGAIN!!! We just got it back from the shop LAST WEEK and paid $900 to fix it. GRRRR!!!! My biggest stress is that I fear that I will need to be the one who advocates with the shop and makes sure we don't get screwed (hubby is just TOO nice and laidback sometimes, he is not good at dealing with conflict) .... and I honestly don't have the mental energy at this point to have to deal.

Blazer as in coat?

As in Chevy

Sorry about your vehicle Autumn! Hopefully the mechanic is a nice and fair person and will fix it up without any hassle!

Spirit, i'm sorry to hear you are having a hard time right now.

Those hippy tree hugging BC'ers just don't have enough Canadian rage in them.

That sux. But I have a plan. Go in there with your big pregnant self and cry. Make a scene. Choose a time when there are other customers in the shop. Ask them for a glass of water and make out like you're having contractions. They'll fall all over themselves to make it right and get you out of there.

Liz, have you flow SW before?

no, never flown Southwest..

I hope they don't suck!

you?

Yes, they are my most favouritist airline. But I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you'd never flown with them.

1. Go online and print off your boarding pass 24 hours before your flight. Do this as close to the 24-hour prior mark as you can. This will ensure you have great seating. First come, first served.
2. When you get to the airport, just go up to one of the touchpad screens at the Southwest counter and check in using your confirmation number (which is on your boarding pass). Hand the agent your boarding pass and your passport, then put your bag(s) on the scale. If you use the curbside check-in you don't have to do all this. Just hand them all your stuff then give the porter a couple of bucks to take care of your bag(s). (You're allowed two bags at a maximum weight of 50 lbs each.)
3. Your boarding pass will have an A number, a B number, or a C number. (e.g. A35, B14, C42) The A group boards first. You line up at the markers according to your number. (They're separated into groups of 5 on the markers.) Once the A group boards, then B group gets called, then the C. If you get an A number you're pretty much assured a good seat, because you pick your own.

I think that's everything.

Spirit very sorry to hear things are going so awful right now, this too will pass. My hubby and I had a few good ones about 6 months after I got here and I too said I was thinking it was best I move back home (problems originated with step son's gf who was living here and she didn't seem to be liking me much). Hang in there as I am sure things can really only get better again for the two of you once this current crisis is over. And of course we are all here to listen if you need to vent.

Krikit and Liz so cool on the trips home, I wish I could have partaken but alas can't travel yet besides saving for a trip with my family at Christmas. It really is too bad that you two won't be at the airport at the same time that would be so cool for sure.

Why, oh why do I respond to some of the crap in OT?????

/end vent

I haven't even been to OT in about 2 months (I think..)

Because let's face it Cassie.... it's kind of addictive (that goes for me, too)

they're mean and not so smart in there =)

Hey! I'm smart.

I haven't been there for a while either, but had to go see where Cassie posted!!

noooooooooooo I mean people who LIVE in the OT forum!

Hahaha!
You must know how anti-consumerism I am...

Although....

that snazzy iPhone would make me smile.


Thanks Trailmix.
I'm sorry not to have had the time to follow how things are going for you in your new home.
I hope all is going smoothly.



Bahaha!


HEY!!!
Wait a minute; I've been called that.


I hope your Blazer keeps on blazin' without any more visits to your wallet for a while.

That's debatable. Seriously you only go to the OT because you love to fight, you're addicted to it. I think a great many otherwise sane folks are too. I'm not but then again, I'm not sane.

Hear, hear. Just how old is this Blazer? I'm a bit of a tree hugger but I have enough rage in me for everyone on VJ and most of the internet. Things get better with shopping only if everything is 50% off.

Time is the greatest thief of all, it takes away everything, even the hurt.

my bad:

anti-consumeristic, not anti-consumerism

oops!

Thanks Leafgal. I am certainly happy to know you are all here.
We are here for eachother, that is a fact.


I am not thinking that I will truly leave; It felt like a good release just to say it.
I'm not done torturing him yet.


(hee, hee)

Okay, so I've been here in Boise for two days now and I've already had a run in with the crazy lady downstairs. Why is she crazy you ask? WELL....soon to be hubby has been having a problem with her for awhile. She bangs on the ceiling for no reason. She seems to think that he creates a lot of noise, especially in the middle of the night when he's sleeping. He's received these complaints from the rental office and they're totally bogus. So, I get here and I have to be SUPER quiet, like watch how loud I WALK quiet. I've been doing my best. Now this afternoon I'm standing at my kitchen sink, getting dinner ready when I suddenly hear banging. It's HER, banging on the ceiling. So I'm thinking to myself, what the heck? I've had the tv on for the last 2 hours and she hasn't been banging, and all of a sudden I run the water for a bit and it's an issue? SERIOUSLY? OMG it's already driving me crazy. What's her problem? ARGH!

I used the word shite, and my word, did that ever feel good. LOL

Why not have the management go into her apartment while you demonstrate your normal activity - turning on the water, walking, lying on the bed, etc. I wonder if the water pipes go past her apartment and she hears all of the water movement noise - and that is what is bugging her. It sounds to me like she really is unreasonable, but maybe someone has to go down to her apartment and 'hear' what she is hearing before they can tell her that.