I desperately want to be here with you all, but today I'm giving the biggest pitch of my career. This is literally a huge deal, and I need to have my shit together. Ginger would not want any of us to fall apart because of her, so I am going to pull up my socks and take care of business. I love you all, and I'm here in spirit until I can be back in pixels.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - Dec 07, 2015 4:32:47 am PST #10616 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
lisah - Dec 07, 2015 4:36:19 am PST #10617 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
Good luck, Maria! You can do it!!!
Dana - Dec 07, 2015 4:38:24 am PST #10618 of 30003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kick its ass, Maria.
Shir - Dec 07, 2015 4:39:59 am PST #10619 of 30003
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Best of luck, Maria.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 07, 2015 4:42:00 am PST #10620 of 30003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Go Maria! We are with you in spirit, too.
Laura - Dec 07, 2015 4:42:05 am PST #10621 of 30003
Our wings are not tired.
Hit it out of the ballpark, Maria.
I am working at home today.
JZ - Dec 07, 2015 4:43:09 am PST #10622 of 30003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Going to work because I still have a shitton of stuff to shovel through after having taken two days off in the last three weeks to deal with my friend G's hospitalization and death and funeral, and another day off so soon will put me hopelessly behind (and fuck up the other people who are waiting for their share of the the shitton of stuff but can't do it until I've done mine). So off I go. It feels like I've spent the entire year sitting at my desk silently leaking.
Hil R. - Dec 07, 2015 4:45:18 am PST #10623 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My students have their final exams today. So I'm administering those, and then grading, and then the other class's exam, and then more grading.
SuziQ - Dec 07, 2015 4:46:57 am PST #10624 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My fingers hovered over my computer wanting to refresh and not wanting to refresh at the same time.
Maria, you are kick ass and your presentation will be nothing less.
My personal experience with hospice is that some of the kindest people work in that industry and they do everything possible to ease any pain and make the final days as comfortable as possible.
amyth - Dec 07, 2015 4:49:20 am PST #10625 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Go Maria! Woo!
I'm at work, because I still have loose ends to tie up before my surgery on Friday, but I called the surgeon's scheduler to see if they can take me sooner, because I'm in a ton of pain. Like, I don't even know how much is "too much" anymore. So I'm crying at my desk for Ginger, and for myself, because I'm hurting like a mofo. And trying to get shit done, which I'm doing only a fair job of, at best.