I was here at 8 and was told I was the first parent to show. I've waited 30 min and not one other parent has shown up. I am appalled. Wtf is wrong with people?
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
msbelle - Dec 12, 2015 4:38:15 pm PST #11349 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
lisah - Dec 12, 2015 4:38:46 pm PST #11350 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
I really like In the Deep Midwinter, which I had never heard until I went to university.
I always thought this was "In the Bleak Midwinter"
Maybe it's a different song?
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2015 4:38:58 pm PST #11351 of 30003
brillig
I put up my little Christmas tree and put on the lights. The little ornaments needs hangers, which I don't have, but I may leave it at just the lights. I've always loved the lights.
Sue - Dec 12, 2015 4:40:43 pm PST #11352 of 30003
hip deep in pie
I always thought this was "In the Bleak Midwinter"
No, you're right. I just had a brain fart about the title.
lisah - Dec 12, 2015 4:42:55 pm PST #11353 of 30003
Punishingly Intricate
We have a version of it that I LOVE sung by a dude with a verrrry deep voice. Ed Harcourt! LOVE!!!
That album it's from, from Mojo Magazine, has some of my favorite versions of Xmas songs on it.
sarameg - Dec 12, 2015 4:44:11 pm PST #11354 of 30003
Or I won't because the fitted sheet ate everything and most still need drying.
I assume a given end time, especially for something with kids is for Reasons. So ignoring it seems weird.
sarameg - Dec 12, 2015 4:45:00 pm PST #11355 of 30003
Nice tree, Connie! Don't think I'm getting to mine tonight.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2015 4:55:01 pm PST #11356 of 30003
brillig
We have a big messy storm due in last Sunday and predicted to make the Monday commute nasty. If it's bad, I'm going to skip the morning and go in late. I don't have any more PTO for the year, but I'll happily make up four hours to avoid sliding off the steep parts of my commute. I hate that they put our new office on a mountainside, with steep driveways. The last storm we had, people couldn't get up to the building.
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2015 4:58:55 pm PST #11357 of 30003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I am being a good patient and not drinking anything right now, because I had to take painkillers. But after spending all day answering emails from students who don't like their grades, I could really use a drink.
msbelle - Dec 12, 2015 5:06:10 pm PST #11358 of 30003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I went and got the boys (mac and a friend we took) at 8:40 and apologized profusely to the host parents for everyone else. In front of our kids I lamented that how are you supposed to be teaching your own kids manners and rules and whatnot by not showing up on time? The mom of the kid we had taken with us was appalled as well. There were 6 other kids there, so 6 parents just not showing up to get their kids on time, OR relying on texts from their own kids about when to pick up and NOT checking with the host parents.
Mac knows he cannot go over to a house without me talking with the parents. And my family is constantly on me about how I let him rule the house, when I see these other fucking kids with what seems to be no rules or oversight at all.