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If there's anything more obnoxious then a helicopter parent on the last day of school I haven't seen it.
A helicopter parent on the morning of a multi-day field trip, delaying both buses from leaving until he/she has ALL of their concerns addressed.
Especially when standing around in the pre-dawn hours nekkid. Gets chilly.
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It is... raining!?!?!?!
Rain in June or July in the Bay Area is one of those, "Once per 5-6 years" things. I was planning on biking to get the Celica this evening, assuming it's ready. I may have to change my plans. (After a near-miss many years ago I will no longer bike on wet pavement. It's just just, "Oh, *I* have to be more careful," it's, "Oh, other people *aren't* going to be more careful, and that's dangerous to *me*.")
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Anyone else noticed that fresh-baked bread disappears about three times as fast as store-bought?
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79 sunny with a moderate breeze here.
Saturday onward is going to be something though 90+ degrees through the middle of next week, at least.
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Shifting between hot and sunny, windy and sunny, hot and wet, and intermittent showers. So June weather, basically.
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According to Fargo purgatory is a bowling alley.
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If there's anything more obnoxious then a helicopter parent on the last day of school I haven't seen it.A helicopter parent on the morning of a multi-day field trip, delaying both buses from leaving until he/she has ALL of their concerns addressed.
Especially when standing around in the pre-dawn hours nekkid. Gets chilly.
You'd be grumpy too if you'd just given birth to a Boeing CH-47 Chinook.
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So... The Big Lebowski is about purgatory? *thinks* Yeah, I could buy that.
I mean, it's not, but it's as good an explanation as any I've seen.
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It is... raining!?!?!?!
Rain in June or July in the Bay Area is one of those, "Once per 5-6 years" things. I was planning on biking to get the Celica this evening, assuming it's ready. I may have to change my plans. (After a near-miss many years ago I will no longer bike on wet pavement. It's just just, "Oh, *I* have to be more careful," it's, "Oh, other people *aren't* going to be more careful, and that's dangerous to *me*.")
I can give you a lift after 5 if you need it.
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I can give you a lift after 5 if you need it.It is... raining!?!?!?!
Rain in June or July in the Bay Area is one of those, "Once per 5-6 years" things. I was planning on biking to get the Celica this evening, assuming it's ready. I may have to change my plans. (After a near-miss many years ago I will no longer bike on wet pavement. It's just just, "Oh, *I* have to be more careful," it's, "Oh, other people *aren't* going to be more careful, and that's dangerous to *me*.")
I appreciate it, but it depends on where you are at the time. They have a shuttle service and you'd better believe I'll use it. It's just pretty slow because it's one poor guy driving half a dozen people wherever they want to go in the Richmond/El Cerrito/Albany/Berkeley/Oakland area. He's a nice guy and all, but he's just one guy.
And I doubt they'll have the car ready today. They were already ordering a new front axle, and then I said, "Go ahead and replace everything", so they're getting Toyota-manufactured distributor caps, timing belts, wiring harnesses, etc. for a 1996 Celica. I suspect a lot of my parts need to be shipped from Japan (rumor has it that the Celica was the last 100% made in Japan Toyota that got shipped to the U.S.), so it may be next week before I see my car again...
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It's so sad -- Impus Minor's final choir concert is tonight, and NobodysWife has been feeling extreme guilt about missing so many of the kids' concerts this year, but getting off work in San Francisco at 5 and then trying to take public transportation home, get a bite to eat, relax, and then walk over to the school by 6:30 pm is... hard.
So she's bound and determined to make it tonight.
So of course they're holding it in the middle school gym, home of the most uncomfortable bleacher seats ever manufactured. (Seriously -- 12" polished pine benches, then a 12" drop x 12" for leg room, then the next 12" pine board. The whole thing was designed for people 4' and under, which even middle schoolers are NOT.)
So poor NobodysWife is going to ride the bus home in insanely bad traffic ("There is water falling from the sky!!!! Aaaaaaah!!!!"), not even have a moment to eat, and have to wander over to the middle school to sit on unbearable seats for 2 1/2 hours just to see Impus Minor perform 3-4 songs.
Yeah, I've been going to every show, but I have no life, and I love watching kids perform. I'm "that creepy guy in the stands" that shows up at ALL high school and middle school shows. Watch for me at a school near you!
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Whoo hoo summer break starts now!!
Most people would take this opportunity to link Alice Cooper. I'm not that guy (not that there's anything wrong with Alice Cooper).
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LOLOL.
Just got a call from the dealership. "So, it looks like your car is going to be ready tomorrow afternoon (after a week in the shop). Is it OK with you if we wash it first?"
Yes, the Celica was a wee bit dirty.
But it's the first time any shop has asked me whether it's OK for them to wash my car. :-P
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Maybe they don't want to get sued if it suddenly melts away like the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Maybe they don't want to get sued if it suddenly melts away like the Wicked Witch of the West.
Why is it that MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT after I mentioned it?
Was my car really THAT dirty?
Was it?
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Generally it's more of a rust cliche then cleanliness.
My brother had a Datsun he was afraid of washing because of the rust. The bumper fell off going over a brand new train crossing.
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Yeah, Shiro's player and I are taking bets on what they've replaced. I've paid for 30k and 60k service before, and this is a LOT more, even taking into account the new tires and axle.
So... I'm going to get an itemized list of everything they did. And we're wondering, "Just how many original parts will be left in the car at the end of this?"
Time will tell...
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Why do smart people do dumb things.
My brothers want a family inner tubing trip. Down one of the most notorious rivers for drowning.
But the kicker is, they said I could send my kids with if we didn't want to go.
Yeah, none of that is going to happen.
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Why do smart people do dumb things.
My brothers want a family inner tubing trip. Down one of the most notorious rivers for drowning.
But the kicker is, they said I could send my kids with if we didn't want to go.
Yeah, none of that is going to happen.
o.O
Not really sure the proper way to respond to that level of stupidity. Sarcastic and snarky would be my first instinct, but in this case I'm pretty sure yelling works too and is probably called for...
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I think I'll wait awhile then politely decline. :-)
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Of course now that it's summer I have to remember to put the trash out the night before, because Tiny T-Rex will wake up early for no reason at all.
Alas, planning ahead and developing routines are not my forte.
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Man, sometimes working for Global Megacorporations sucks!
The software we currently develop training for is so overwhelmingly huge that we rely on another group to provide it to us. And they have a loooooooong history of tinkering, tweaking, poking, and otherwise providing inconsistent images, all the while telling us, "That's impossible! All of these images are clones of one another, so obviously YOU did something wrong!"
So an instructor is trying to record one of my classes, and everything's exploded. It exactly matches a ticket I filed two weeks before I did my end-to-end testing, that they labeled as "resolved" and that both I and a guy from their team said was "resolved".
So, obviously it didn't get resolved.
And of course, the image team is trying to throw me and my manager under the bus for it, and it's a high-profile fail.
This is gonna get ugly...
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I'm tired.
I'm sick. (So is my wife.)
I hurt in my everywhere.
I was totally wrecked by a young college girl.
...uh...
Does your wife know about this?
She watched!
... much like lynora found out with the oil incident, the reality is far less kinky or enticing than it sounds.
I'm tired.
I'm sick. (So is my wife.)
I hurt in my everywhere.
I was totally wrecked by a young college girl.
My son's violin and Wednesday TKD schedules are cause for a whole mess of headaches.
My shin has an oval about as long as a softball is wide on it for some unfathomable reason.
...
...
... but my wife, and Eldest are both taking TKD with me, and my wife, on her second day ever, fully finished memorizing all five of her tapes, and received them, doing so well that the Master is trying to think of "fair" ways to test her out of White Belt.
Over-all, it's a good, good day.
I hope you and your wife feel better soon.
Extracurricular scheduling is pretty much always a pain, yeah.
Use Epsom salts on that shin. It will help. Trust me. Also ice it. Preferably right after giving it a soak in a hot epsom salt bath. That combination is the best for quicker healing.
Glad to hear that your wife is doing so well at TKD. :)
Hah! My master gave me the ice-down advice, and the pharmicist just today recommended the salts! Thanks! XD
(Also ibuprofen!)
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I'm tired.
I'm sick. (So is my wife.)
I hurt in my everywhere.
I was totally wrecked by a young college girl.
My son's violin and Wednesday TKD schedules are cause for a whole mess of headaches.
My shin has an oval about as long as a softball is wide on it for some unfathomable reason.
...
...
... but my wife, and Eldest are both taking TKD with me, and my wife, on her second day ever, fully finished memorizing all five of her tapes, and received them, doing so well that the Master is trying to think of "fair" ways to test her out of White Belt.
Over-all, it's a good, good day.
I hope you and your wife feel better soon.
Extracurricular scheduling is pretty much always a pain, yeah.
Use Epsom salts on that shin. It will help. Trust me. Also ice it. Preferably right after giving it a soak in a hot epsom salt bath. That combination is the best for quicker healing.
Glad to hear that your wife is doing so well at TKD. :)
Hah! My master gave me the ice-down advice, and the pharmicist just today recommended the salts! Thanks! XD
(Also ibuprofen!)
Ibuprofen gel is the tops for bruises, as it that freezy gel you can get.
Epsom salts I will try the next time someone tenderises my thighs with a longsword.
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Considering I'm awake at 4:30 a.m. I'm willing to concede I might have a cold.
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I'm tired.
I'm sick. (So is my wife.)
I hurt in my everywhere.
I was totally wrecked by a young college girl.
My son's violin and Wednesday TKD schedules are cause for a whole mess of headaches.
My shin has an oval about as long as a softball is wide on it for some unfathomable reason.
...
...
... but my wife, and Eldest are both taking TKD with me, and my wife, on her second day ever, fully finished memorizing all five of her tapes, and received them, doing so well that the Master is trying to think of "fair" ways to test her out of White Belt.
Over-all, it's a good, good day.
I hope you and your wife feel better soon.
Extracurricular scheduling is pretty much always a pain, yeah.
Use Epsom salts on that shin. It will help. Trust me. Also ice it. Preferably right after giving it a soak in a hot epsom salt bath. That combination is the best for quicker healing.
Glad to hear that your wife is doing so well at TKD. :)
Hah! My master gave me the ice-down advice, and the pharmicist just today recommended the salts! Thanks! XD
(Also ibuprofen!)
Ibuprofen gel is the tops for bruises, as it that freezy gel you can get.
Epsom salts I will try the next time someone tenderises my thighs with a longsword.
pah.
Nothing compared to salonpas.
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Pain is your friend, embrace it.
Wait! That doesn't sound right. I think it was the glaive saying that, never mind!
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Pain is your friend, embrace it.
Wait! That doesn't sound right. I think it was the glaive saying that, never mind!
Hello hello!
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Oh good, Tiny T-Rex has figured out how to turn the fridge off.
Now, to explain why he shouldn't turn the fridge off. :-)
At least it was discovered before too much damage besides unusually warm milk could occur.
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Ah, classic "last day of school" blues. I shall not tirade yet again about teachers assigning mountains of homework and major projects during "dead week", but of course:
So now we just have to cross our fingers and hope that he did well enough to pass an exam that he didn't get a chance to study for at all.
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Damn. Hopefully your kids spit in the face of adversity. This seems mightily unfair.
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So far this year, the bunnies are winning. I don't know what the owl is doing, but it sure as f~!# isn't protecting my bell peppers. And the rubber snakes aren't holding their own. :-(
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Ah, classic "last day of school" blues. I shall not tirade yet again about teachers assigning mountains of homework and major projects during "dead week", but of course:
Last night Impus Major said he wasn't feeling great and measured his own temperature at 99.5, so he skipped Impus Minor's performance. By the time we got home he was at 101.5. He's still over 100, but his Spanish final is today so I have to send him to school anyway...
...speaking of finals, why the <expletive> do teachers think it's OK to give finals during dead week?!?!?! Brendan had not one, not two, but THREE of his finals this week! Including a critical final in history that he had to do well on in order to avoid summer school that he didn't end up studying for at all because when he heard that the final was on "Thursday", he (perfectly reasonably) assumed that she meant "Thursday of finals week". Silly him!
So now we just have to cross our fingers and hope that he did well enough to pass an exam that he didn't get a chance to study for at all.
And of course, Impus Minor, hearing that Impus Major wasn't feeling well, immediately didn't feel well himself. I believe him; he's complaining of a sore throat. But with 15 absences on the year (with only 10 allowed before you get called in to explain your horrible parenting to the school board), I had to send him in anyway.
Add the idiocy at work and it's just not shaping up to be a great morning...
S~!$ like that pisses me off. It gives teachers a bad name and it certainly doesn't encourage anyone to want to be a teacher.