OMG, I LOVED this video!!!!! I have tears rolling down my face. I'm such a girl.

Well blah - that video is so nice!!

ok - that video had me smiling and laughing and crying! Thank you for sharing it - it was wonderful!!

I'm so happy to have posted it here.
It is quite old and I thought "everyone" would have seen it by now.

Good good.


Well, another vent:

I now know what it feels like to be a sardine:

I have ridden the Montreal Metro during this snow fisaco!

Just when you were absolutely certain that when the doors opened at the next stop, it would not be possible to squeeze a super model in; ten more people per door get in.




FUN!!!

AMATEUR. Try riding the subway in Mexico City circa 8 a.m.... now that's a full blown squeezy orgy for 3 pesos

Bahaha!!

Hmmm...I may like that...

I knew you would you dirty dirty bbbbbb... seems that the winter makes Canadians become immediate pervs.... "automatic orgymaster, just add snow"

I will never confess!

NEVER!!!

Look at me, I'm a mess.
They squeezed me so hard my dyslexia has gotten worse.
I meant fiasco...of course, you knew that.

Okay, my turn....confessions in the night...

I may be having a melt down.
Thank you all so much for so many laughs, because honestly I couldn't handle myself without this forum.

The ridiculous cold and amounts of snow (although funny and festive and beautiful, it is still a mess in a city),
the upcoming interview (AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH),
the paperwork to sort through that is all over my floor to a manageable amount to bring along,
my faraway client's project deadline (intense),
the city-shopping-frenzy-energy (not mine, everyone else's, I feel sick when I think of the affliction of affluenza),
furniture sold pick-up times from craigslist peops coming,
FedEx screwing up royally and not bringing important papers AAAAAARRRRR,
my darling fiancé's flight tomorrow late night (and the unpredictable weather),
the tear down of my temporary home here,
the cancellation and fees for utilities, internet, etc. (buggers are impossible to deal with)
getting psychologically ready for another transition (a whole whack of 'em really),
and more...

Well, I am just one, although larger than life sometimes, I am feeling incredibly small now.

Must repeat mantra:

THIS TOO SHALL PASS

sigh...

you'll be fine sweetie.- just remember NOT to behave like either me, termophile, IR5, Laura, and others like us

^^^ I am not mentioned here with the kooks anyhoo

Well blah, that all sounds overwhelming. Try not to think about the actual move, that's all way too much to think about at once - and you are only one - however you will be two tomorrow

Spirit: You will do GREAT!

In the spirit of the season I'd like to say I'm happy and life is grand. But honestly, I'm pissy. My 16 year old son is being a butthead and not appreciating all his mommy does for him, yet appreciates the ONE thing his dad and step mom have done (no, I'm not bitter!). Two of my friends are absolute flakes.

I spent the day grading like crazy because I'm leaving tomorrow to see P (yay) and tonight is the school concert (son is in it) and the kid trade-off. I still have to wash the dog, drop her off, finish laundry, PACK and find the damn cat.

I feel better just listing all of that!

Topo gigia.... no matter how hard you try, you're waaaaay too darn nice sister. Us lost souls have no redeeming qualities

Thank you so much

Len & Bren
Jundp
Trailmix

and just like you Jundp, no sooner did I write all that crap,
I went back to work and felt sooo much better.

Steam let out.

Poor Trailmix feeling left out by Len
Len, I tell you, she is evil.
Pure evil.
I can tell these things.

Spirit is wrong len and you are right

Yes, there is definitely a flag frenzy in the US. I think it's great for July 4th and Veterans Day and Memorial Day and such but.... gee whiz.... EVERY day on EVERY streetlamp? Click to view attachment

Wow, Spirit. Where do I begin? The banking system is obsolete. The service industry and telemarketing tactics verge on the edge of criminal. The wastefulness of resources is nauseating. Especially given the fact that recycling is virtually non-existent. God help you if you don't have a SSN or don't have the number memorized if you do..... they refuse to help you otherwise.

Having said all that, there are also the good things that offset the questionable, so there is a balance. But sheesh. It does get frustrating sometimes.

Spirit...Spirit....best of luck on your interview. We will be anxiously awaiting your return here to tell us all about it!

Carla

Autumn - Darn those pregnancy hormones! They really can mess with a girl's mind sometimes. LOL. So glad you recognize it happens..... some have not a clue. Now stop all that worrying about things which may never come to pass. You're taking away from the peace and happiness of today.

Spirit - It DOES get overwhelming, doesn't it? But you'll get through it and all too soon it will be far behind you. I'm glad you're feeling better now.

Jun - I feel for you. Forget about the butthead. He'll be doing the exact same thing to the Dad and the StepMom.... saying how great you are and my Mom does this and my Mom does that. Not a doubt in my mind. Now run along and have a great trip. And don't forget your scarf.

It's been soooo long that I've had to tangle with bank accounts or anything else like that in Canada that I have forgotten if our SIN (social insurance number) was something we needed to declare at every turn,
Hmmmm...

How can such a country as the mighty USA have an obsolete banking system?
It sounds like a lack of congruency.

Those flags....I swear, if they sold each one for a nickel (to whom? nevermind, I'm trying to make a point), they could feed their own starving childrena dn homeless. Ha!

Are you in smalltown USA or some megalocity?
Just curious...

I opened a bank account and go a U.S. cellphone number a long time ago.
Obviously I was not working in the U.S. nor lived there, nor had a SSN.
Anyone can do these things....you don;t have to be a U.S. resident.
(This was way before I met my precious fiancé.)

I want to give more thought to differences I noticed and respond again later...


Thank you kindly Carla!




Thanks to you too Krikit.

Trying not to throw up...hee hee.
nerves....



I truly meant it tongue firmly placed in cheek Trailmix.

I'm in between. The city I live in is reminiscent of the town where I grew up. Downtown is quaint and village-like. The surrounding area where urban sprawl has begun contains Walfart and Lowe's (no Home Depot as yet) and K-Mart and Target and Gold's Gym, blah blah blah. And, of course, lakes, parks, and golf courses. Oh. And orange groves where I pick up fresh grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes. They're all in season now. Yum. City of Mount Dora, Florida

I looked at Google Maps as well to pinpoint this city.
Wow...right in the middle of Florida...look at all those lakes!

I have peops near Pensacola, and in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Key West.
Be around and about these places this Winter. Yippeee!

This isn't a vent, but it is good for a laugh, so maybe some of you who have things to vent about today can use it. This is a spam email my fiance got that he forwarded to me:



Bwahahahahaha!!

Anyway, I think one of my best friends might be having a vent about me somewhere else on the net. She called me 5 minutes before my fiance did last night and, instead of calling him and telling him I'd call a little later and then talking to her first, I asked her if I could call her tonight. I just wasn't feeling well and wanted to talk to him really briefly and go to bed early (I'm okay, just had a migraine), but I didn't really think about it, and I think I came across as the ###### we all knew in high school who ditched her friends whenever she got a new boyfriend.

Spirit and Jun, it will work out.

Looking at the average temperatures for Mount Dora it says it never really gets above 33 in the summer and below 20 in the winter, do you think that is pretty accurate for that area of Florida?

And lol at that email songbird!

Florida sounds really nice about now.

My vent for the day is that our friggin' cat may or may not have swallowed a coin (I think a dime) on Saturday. Since he has had absolutely no problems since then he may or may not have already passed said coin. Normally I would just watch him and first sign of any distress it would be off to the vet. But, no, of course Calvin has to go and do this right before we are set to leave for Montreal on Saturday. Which is another vent that actually might get it's own thread.

Anyway, yesterday I called the vet and spoke with a technician who said that since so many days have passed since he may or may not have swallowed it without any issues that's it's probably not a penny (which if a US penny minted after the early 80's could give him zinc poisoning) and it's probably not obstructing anything. She went on to add that for peace of mind I could bring him in for an x-ray but that's going to cost $225. I don't think I want to know how much it will cost if he did swallow something and it does start to obstruct his poor bowels and needs surgery.

So I have been watching over him like a hawk for the past few days (never have I been so obsessed over any cat's poop before! ) and all seems well till this morning when he didn't have his morning, ah, shall we say constitutional. He did eat a bit and was running around like normal, so it's probably nothing. And in all likelihood he most likely pooped the second I left the apartment, but here I sit at working fretting about how if he hasn't pooped by the time I get home tonight, I am going to have to run him over to the vet, which is just what I have the time and $$$ to do right before we head off for Christmas. *Takes deep breath* Sigh.

But I kid you not, my boss actually loaned me his metal detector to wand Calvin with tonight. I think I might let Derek hold him while I do the wanding from a safe distance.

No wonder men think that it's the erection that brings "unimaginable pleasure".

Songbird..... you are a good friend for being concerned that you are a bad friend. All is forgiven.


I'd say that's pretty accurate. It obviously does get above and below those temps sometimes.... but, yes, that's the average. I find it pleasant anyway.

krikit Dora questions!!
Looking at the average temperatures for Mount Dora it says it never really gets above 33 in the summer and below 20 in the winter, do you think that is pretty accurate for that area of Florida?

And lol at that email songbird!

That's fantastic! Hit the parks and beaches afterwards and see if you can't find enough stuff to pay for the x-ray! In all probability, though, Calvin probably turned up his nose at the dime and you have nothing to worry about. You know how finicky cats can be.




Please see above. (Post 727) Either that or VJ burped.

Ahhh I see now! Sometimes I find stuff doesn't display the first time I look at a thread (at least i'm sticking to that story).

Well that is good! Since we don't have a specific place we have to move to I am trying to determine where we can get the best temps year round, so I am guessing mid Florida to perhaps a bit further north. Excellent!

Move here, T-Mix! Move here!!

But you are right about the post display. I find stuff every day that wasn't there the first time I read it. Drives me a little bit batty..... and I don't have far to go.

Yeah, I am not convinced that he actually even ate it. I was going through some change and he came over to investigate. I saw him pawing around with a few coins, I scolded him and looked away for like a nano-second and when I looked back he was making a face and sort of hacked a bit. He hacked a few more time over the next couple of minutes, but when I looked in his mouth there was nothing there. So he could have swallowed it or he could have just tried to eat it, hated the taste and spat it out. Hopefully the metal detector will find out which!

Just as an aside for you Canadian pet owners out there. Apparently Canadian pennies do not have zinc in them, just the cheap good ole USA so no worries of zinc posioning for you guys!

And, I too have had VJ "burp" a few times.

Krikit posted 727 and Trailmix posted 728 at the same time based on the time stamps, that's why she did not see it.

About the kitty, KJ, did the vet tell you how long it would take for a problem to develop if he were going to have one? Saturday was 5 days ago. I would think that by now either he did not swallow it or he's already pooped it out. I would not get the x-ray unless absolutely necessary, either. It is not good for him to have the radiation and would likely scare the poop out of him.

I had a similar scare with my dog last week. I left her bowl of dog food for her breakfast on the counter when I went to get my coffee instead of setting it down for her. Well she NEVER grabs things off the counter, but she was hungry and she knew it was her breakfast, so when I got home, there was a broken dog dish on the floor and all of the dog food had been eaten. They said that dogs are usually pretty good at eating around the things they shouldn't have and just to watch her. She was fine, but I sure felt like a terrible dog mommy.

No the vet tech just basically said what you did. That Saturday was awhile ago and that if he was going to get sick - lethargic, vomiting, diarreah, etc. - that it should have started by now. I definitely got the impression that the x-ray would be more for my peace of mind than Calvin's well-being. But I did get a little paranoid this morning when he didn't poop the way he normally does. Knowing Calvin though, he probably did it on purpose just to freak me out.

I completely understand the bad mommy feeling. I mean I was right there when he did or did not eat the coin and I should have done a better job to keep him away.

Okay, that made me laugh. You're probably right---he probably pooped as soon as you left.

I hate it when you cant check your case status because it( the web page) wont show up!!!!!!!!

I have a job that I want to interview for, and they are very interested in interviewing me... but without the EAD, and without knowing when it will arrive, they can't interview me because they are looking to hire within the next few weeks

Saludos,
Caro

I don't know for sure.... maybe someone else does.... but I thought you had 90 days to produce evidence of employment authorization? Meaning, by the time the 90 days is up, you should have received your EAD document. And I only thought the employer needed it if they were asked for it by the Government? Go to the interview, Caro. It should take them at least a few weeks to finish the interview process. If they call to offer you the position, hopefully you would have received something by then. If not, you can show them your receipt for the application and let them know you should be receiving it shortly.

AAAHHHH!

I cut and paste from Word (I have a Mac) and in this forum all the quotes and quotation marks went wonky!
Why why why!!!!?

If you read my interview thread read post 2 until they erase post one ...I made a request.

AHHHHHH!!

Do you know the definition of the WORST-fukcing-Xmas- EVER? It goes kind of like this:
You mother in Mexico city suffers brain aneurysm and is rushed to the ICU for brain surgery on Xmas-fukcing-eve.
You are stuck in freeekin Seattle screaming like Mary Magdalen.
You go to the inlaws for Xmas day dinner and find out that the sister in law from hell is having a baby.
Needless to say, I am having a "GO AHEAD PUNK, GIMME A REASON" day.

(((((((((((((((((((((Len))))))))))))))))))))))))) No words...just my thoughts going out to you. Love ya girl.

Len, I'm so sorry
Sending you big hugs

Len- I am so sorry.

Oh Len,

Isn't life just crazy sometimes?
And what do you do with it?

Don't let it kill your fun spirit, and use that energy towards solving what you can.

Life is one big test...I tell ya.
Hang in there...

this too shall pass.

Thanks you all. It's not getting better and I am seriously fukced up. I believe I might have to leave soon. I don't know which way is up.

Aw Len, i'm sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. How is your Mom doing now?

Sh1tty. Real sh1tty. ICU bound, had encephalitis complications and went into surgery again - came out fine with a fukcing tube sporuting from her head. I HATE NOT BEING THERE.

Dear Len honey, you know all of us are with you, and we hope you can get out there ASAP!
Much love and healing to your mom from your VJ family.


Do keep us informed...if you can.

My brother seems to be the most equanimous of them all - he says she is ok, aware, talking and stable but of course recovery is long and complicated. Dad is about to go in and see her (he didn't want to, since he is famous for being desperately in love with her and gets extremely fukced up when she as much as coughs) and I will call in about one more hour.
thanks for listening you guys.

*hugs Len*



In other news, USCIS wants me to retake my fingerprints next week, and we still haven't received our privacy disclosure form from Congressman Whatshisname's office.

And I'm desperately homesick. Bleh.