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for her birthday, her family is taking her to Florida to Swim iwth the Dolphins!! isn't that Da Bomb??? i've always wanted to do that, and i know she has, too. but i'm really happy for her, not jealous. she has such a deep connection iwth dolphins, it's almost scary. when she went to Sea World and visisted the dolphin petting pool, *all* the dolphins in the pool gathered around her and wouldn't leave her. she had to eventually physically walk away from the pool before the dolphins would even approach someone else!!! isn't that cool? i can't wait for the pics!
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I called my absolutely *favorite* vendor yesterday to check on a detail; found out she had been laid off just the day before and her company may not survive this "economic turndown". i was heartbroken for her, especially considering she had lost her house a few months ago, had brought her family to live iwth her brother, and then bought a town house just last month!! we gotta take care of each other. seriously. |
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so i'm sitting here having the time of my life i have so much work to do for the office it's not funny -- i'm carrying a bulging briefcase of papers that need to be dealt with back and from from home to work and back. and that's not counting my to do list.
there is so much that is behind at home it's scary -- bills and car payments and laundry and filing papers and cleaning out the fridge, and more i can't even write up.
my kids are arguing more frequently than not; i'm glad to see that my youngest is standing up for herself, at least.
my eldest won't even speak to me when she calls the house and i happen to answer the phone.
my son got caught with pot at school last month; 7 packages of it!! as usual, he got off with a slap on the wrist: a few days suspension and they let him back in. -- no expulsion. he got off with a $100 fine from the cops, and 10 hours of community service -- and a DARE program. how terrifying. that'll really scare him into obeying the law, right?
my son is batting aboutr 1,000 tonite; he had two friends stop by outside the house; he wanted to go outside to talk to them, and was furious when i told him he couldn't -- i told him, if you want to see your friends, they can come upstairs and come in the house like repectable people. buncha fuckin' stoners.
this is the 2nd time in two hours that i've been in tears about little nothings -- i hope to the Gods that this is PMS.
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at 5:50pm my son asked for permission to go out to dinner with his best friend. he had no money. his friend was going to pay for dinner. <will this damn kid EVER get a job??>\ i agreed he could go. a minute later, he tells me that they are going to a restaurant in Westboro (about 15 minutes away) and they may not be back by his curfew of 8pm, and could i extend it for tonite. i agreed to that, too, against my better judgement. note here: when i was in high school, i was home by 6pm every day except for school events and work. ok, so guess what time the friend picked up my son?? yup, 7:10pm. so guess who *definitely* won't be home till 8:30 or later?? i'm taking bets on how late he'll be. damn, i hate being played.
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Copy this sentence into your livejournal if you're in a heterosexual marriage and you don't want it "protected" by the bigots who think that gay marriage hurts it somehow.
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i'm having weird music cravings. not cravings for weird music, just weird cravings for music that i'm not used to craving. i'm not sure how to explain it any better than that. it's October, right? i'm dying for xmas music. i never do that. every year, i won't let the kids play xmas music before Thanksgiving is OVER. it's just not ... ... normal. the 12 days of Christmas START on 12/25. so it's 6am and i'm the only one up in the house and i'm listenking to The Irish Rovers singing Down Among the Bushes of Jerusalem. other music cravings incxlude Jambalaya by Harry Connick Jr., Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie, and Chicken Cordon Bleus by Steve Goodman. i'm sure this would say something very profound about me if i brought it to Signor Freud, but to me, it's just Weird Music Cravings.
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so a friend of mine has a new bumper sticker, and i laughed so hard i almost fell over. it reads: Frodo Failed.
The Republicans have the Ring. |
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another dream from Captain Obvious. you know those machine that de-humidify fresh fruit? i dreamed i was living in one. my skin was so dry i could see the layers of it. every part of my body, inside and outside, felt parched. i woke up feeling parched, too. |
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"you can't send a Duck to Eagle school" jus' sayin' |
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Today is a New Englad day that is God's reward for living in this part of the country. the air is cool, crisp, and clean, the sun is bright, and the leaves are at PEAK. and the Red Sox came back from a 7-0 deficit to beat the Rays 8-7. cheers |
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so, we got a cute little white bunny in August of this year. he was 6 weeks old, adorable, fit in the palm of your hand, snuggly and sweet. it is now two months later
bunny is much bigger, hates snuggling, and spends all of its cage-free moments trying to hump the cat. this is NOT what i signed up for!
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My Tarot deck has gone walkabout.
again.
it just disappeared from my bag, adn can't be found anywhere.
this is the 3rd or 4th deck that has done so in the course of 20-something years.
each time i needed to let go of the deck for some reason or other. either letting go of the person who gave it to me, or the belief systems i had embraced when i got it. . . . .argh.
very annoying!!
so i suppose that means i should "let go" of this deck and find another one to work with. . . . but WHich??
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suggestions welcome. . .. .
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i was a "good kid" growing up. i got mostly A's and B+'s, worked part time, had a few friends in different "clicques", and 98% of the time my mother knew where i was and what i was doing.
was i perfect? hell no. i was rebellious, i had a smart mouth. there was the ONE time i slept at my boyfriend's house -- terrified i'd get found out and riddled iwth guilt the entire time! my father was alcoholic and abusive, my mother was a control freak; so i guess i had plenty to rebel against. and altho there were some things i did that were rebellious (like getting contact lenses when my father didn't want me to, getting my ears pierced also against his wishes, etc.) i was not out of control the way these kids are.
am i the only one??
people keep telling me that "teenagers do that" when i complain about my teens' various lying and deceptive behaviours. well, *I* didn't do that, so it's completely foreign to me. and i din't hang out iwth kids who did that. i have no frame of reference for this. and i'm sorry, but i REALLY DON'T BELIEVE that this is normal behavior. I believe it is ABNORMAL behavior, and certainly not to be tolerated.
i think part of the problem is i don't have friends who have kids the same age as my kids; either they are childless (or in the early stage of the journey) or their kids are grown and out and gone and have been for years.
so tell me: were you a wild kid? an unruly teen? what was it like? what did your parents do that was effective? note effective? do you have teens now? are they out of control like this -- e.g. getting into trouble iwth the police, sneakign out of the house in the middle of the night, lying about where they are and what they are doing. . ..
i really want to know.
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EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 50 Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you
have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato
sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from
your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try
to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day
you'll find that you can hold this position for just a
bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato
sacks. Then try 50-lb. potato sacks and then
eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb
potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight
for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato
in each of the sacks. |
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i'm sorry, but i really do -- and i really hate parenting teenagers. it's just vile that these "people" -- and i use the term loosely! -- are so rude and obnoxious and unreasonable. what a waste of my time and energy!!!
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| You Are a Carousel | 
You are young at heart and a truly playful person. No one would ever accuse you of taking life too seriously.
You are definitely in things for the fun. You find joy easily, and you are often building up anticipation for your next adventure.
In relationships, you tend to want to be babied and taken care of.
And while you may be a bit high maintenance, you are incredibly loyal.
Your life is simple and satisfying. Each day you treat yourself to something you enjoy.
You have a lot of emotional attachments, and experiences are extra vivid to you.
You tend to be nostalgic and sentimental. The past is important to you.
Comfortable around all living things, you have a special connection to animals and children.
At your best, you are whimsical, free spirited, and creative.
Even if your schemes seem a bit strange, they usually work out wonderfully.
At your worst, you are spoiled, demanding, and impossible to satisfy.
You've been known to act like a brat if you aren't getting your way! |
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this week we lost Phil Rizuto, as well as Merv Griffin. both are part of my personal past, growing up in the Bronx watching the Merv Griffin show and listening to Phil as commentator on the Yankees games. . . . .. it's very sad. RIP fellas. you was great.
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well, since i did such a good job on the LAST crisis rush omg situation, another person who i work with has asked me to take over HER essay and plow through it. luckily the timetable of when things are due allow for some "fudge factor" or these people would be S.O.L.!! it's 5:20pm on a friday; i'm not going to worry about her essay until monday. so there! *sticking out tongue*
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