TOTALLY GEEKED!

lilyofcourse wrote:

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 The seasonal Halloween stores in the strip malls are already preparing and about to open.  I did a nice shopping trip after Halloween last  year.  Good to go.  I am set up at the end of September.

Mellow Momma wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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FNW wrote:

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When I sing, my children scream to drown out my off-key caterwauling.

My pool is being filled as I type. Monday they turn it on. It's finally happening!

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 Sing when the pool in finally ready for swimming,  You will have it to yourself!

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 Then we can all show up and swim without any pesky kids pointing at us in our bikinis. 

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   Yep!

Mellow Momma wrote:

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NJN - I would LOVE to go to Spain. It's a serious wish of mine to go there, to Greece, and back to Italy. Maybe if I get the job I am interviewing for, I will start saving my pennies!

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 You should go to Spain and stay with my MIL and SFIL!  They are both really sweet people.  My MIL is a petite little redhead just like SS!

Mellow Momma wrote:

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I will bring the wine. IKWTDS, you bring the lobster. Anyone else want in?

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 And I will bring steamers!

Tignanello wrote:

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Hi everyone - I'm alive. Thank you for wondering!

Ed: It's definitely heartburn. It happens all the time. Once my ear canals and sinuses start burning, and I feel that golfball in my throat, I know it's not my heart!

Lily: Thank you for the liquid gaviscon recommendation. I think that that horrible terrible stuff was all that kept me from going to the ER last night. How embarrassing to show up at the ER with debilitating heartburn!!

IKWTDS & Flan ... thanks guys! I think that the stress from yesterday + my usual challenges with heartburn might have just made it worse than usual. 2 hours of gaviscon every 15 minutes and I was finally able to get it down to a level where I could sleep!

Update from my union ... the suspension isn't disciplinary but is going to last a full week ... Seems like I bruised the bosses egos. This is payback.

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So...a week without pay? What recourse do you have? How will it be when you go back?

I'm sorry, I don't know the right questions to ask.

{hugs}

flan 

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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NJN - I would LOVE to go to Spain. It's a serious wish of mine to go there, to Greece, and back to Italy. Maybe if I get the job I am interviewing for, I will start saving my pennies!

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 You should go to Spain and stay with my MIL and SFIL!  They are both really sweet people.  My MIL is a petite little redhead just like SS!

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 That would be amazing. They would look like my DH's long lost family. Lol

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 They are really super nice people!  My MIL is a nurse.  The equivalent of an RN.  Although they're getting older and sometimes they ramble a bit...  One day my MIL was talking about aliens coming to take us away.  She may have been tipsy or she may be getting a little bit of early onset dementia.  I get frustrated talking to her sometimes because when we talk she doesn't understand how things are done in America.  You have to tell her over and over that's not the way we do it here.

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 Alrighty then, do they have neighbors renting a house?  

lilyofcourse wrote:

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I'm in for the pool party! I'll bring the fruit kabobs!

Tig, did I say that? I dont remember but I am glad it helped.
And I have gone to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack and it just be heartburn. That's when I learned about GI****tails.

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 Fruit Kabobs!  Awesome idea!

flan327 wrote:

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Tignanello wrote:

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Hi everyone - I'm alive. Thank you for wondering!

Ed: It's definitely heartburn. It happens all the time. Once my ear canals and sinuses start burning, and I feel that golfball in my throat, I know it's not my heart!

Lily: Thank you for the liquid gaviscon recommendation. I think that that horrible terrible stuff was all that kept me from going to the ER last night. How embarrassing to show up at the ER with debilitating heartburn!!

IKWTDS & Flan ... thanks guys! I think that the stress from yesterday + my usual challenges with heartburn might have just made it worse than usual. 2 hours of gaviscon every 15 minutes and I was finally able to get it down to a level where I could sleep!

Update from my union ... the suspension isn't disciplinary but is going to last a full week ... Seems like I bruised the bosses egos. This is payback.

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So...a week without pay? What recourse do you have? How will it be when you go back?

I'm sorry, I don't know the right questions to ask.

{hugs}

flan 

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 Well, luckily it is WITH pay.  Apparently it is with pay because they have no disciplinary grounds.  I have to attend a meeting on Thursday before returning to work.  So  we'll see.

Tignanello wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Tignanello wrote:

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Hi everyone - I'm alive. Thank you for wondering!

Ed: It's definitely heartburn. It happens all the time. Once my ear canals and sinuses start burning, and I feel that golfball in my throat, I know it's not my heart!

Lily: Thank you for the liquid gaviscon recommendation. I think that that horrible terrible stuff was all that kept me from going to the ER last night. How embarrassing to show up at the ER with debilitating heartburn!!

IKWTDS & Flan ... thanks guys! I think that the stress from yesterday + my usual challenges with heartburn might have just made it worse than usual. 2 hours of gaviscon every 15 minutes and I was finally able to get it down to a level where I could sleep!

Update from my union ... the suspension isn't disciplinary but is going to last a full week ... Seems like I bruised the bosses egos. This is payback.

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So...a week without pay? What recourse do you have? How will it be when you go back?

I'm sorry, I don't know the right questions to ask.

{hugs}

flan 

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 Well, luckily it is WITH pay.  Apparently it is with pay because they have no disciplinary grounds.  I have to attend a meeting on Thursday before returning to work.  So  we'll see.

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 So a paid vacation? 

Sounds like someone is being petty.

Oh my gosh! You should totally visit the sun bed and post a crap ton of pictures of you having tons of fun. 

geeky pool float for FNW's pool party  

Tignanello wrote:

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I think I will spend the days at the beach or pool. With textbooks so it's productive. *******s.

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I like your spirit, Tig!

flan 

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Mellow Momma wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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FNW wrote:

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When I sing, my children scream to drown out my off-key caterwauling.

My pool is being filled as I type. Monday they turn it on. It's finally happening!

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 Sing when the pool in finally ready for swimming,  You will have it to yourself!

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 Then we can all show up and swim without any pesky kids pointing at us in our bikinis. 

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   Yep!

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 Great idea!

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I have skinny dipped before! It feels awesome. And as long as you stay in the water no one sees anything!

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The only place that I have ever skinny dipped is Sybaris.

It IS an awesome feeling.

flan

lilyofcourse wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Right now I am contemplating getting a pool, I can't do an inground financially, and I hate the looks of the above grounds but may have set my bar low and get an above ground just so I can have one.

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 There are some really nice above ground pools now. We have had two. At the house I grew up and here. 

I'd get an oblong one if I got another. And build a deck and get the "wedding cake" stairs. 

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 Oh definitely the oval, not a round one and, yes, I would do a deck so I could just step in.

This is kind of cool -

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Here, we have laws. If you have a pool, it must be fenced or otherwise unable to enter.

I could take the ladder to the carport or some will chain it to something.

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 Same here. You have to have like an 8 ft fence around a pool with a gate that locks.