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Morning everyone! (where are you Tap?) I thought I would do a "quick" check in before work. I slept a little late this morning. It stormed here last night and knocked the power out for a while. Thankfully, I use a battery powered clock. I would still be asleep right now. DS is just as scared of loud storms as I am. He had to get into bed with me (DH went to the couch). DS sleeps wildly! He was all over my little queen sized bed. Needless to say, I am nursing my coffee in hopes that it will wake me up soon. heartfire-I am glad that you are enjoying your trip. You are going to need a vacation from your vacation. I don't know why I thought you were home by now. Continue to enjoy yourself. Sorry about the painful PB session. Hopefully you will get over the stoma irritation soon. krtork-I did not know that insurance companies could come back later and decide to not pay something. Seems to me that they should be required to honor whatever their first decision was once they had paid. Good luck with that. That's great about the weightloss though! I am also glad that you are feeling better. suzyt-so sorry to hear that you missed this job. Sending good thoughts that they one for you comes soon. SNT-there have been two cases of swine flu at the school that DS goes to. They have left several voicemails and emails about how they are handling things. They will no longer confirm that anyone has or had it. They will just send any kid home with symptoms. I open doors with paper towels in the bathroom, but I hadn't thought about the other doors. I need to go ahead and by a thing of wipes for my desk. I already have hand sanitizer that DS likes to play in when he comes with me to work in the mornings (he catches the school bus from my job). Thanks again everyone for the well wishes. I had better get a move on. BBL!

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. It just seems like we all have something going on right now. I am glad that I have you all for support through it all. Tap-the ex thing is strange to say the least. TPG-I love how you wrap things up. You are too funny! Hopefully the wheels will move fast for your surgery issues. I hope you feel better soon with the inner ear problems. I know that has to be a bad feeling. I took some medication once that gave the sensation of turning cart wheels whenever I closed my eyes for a second or two. I can't imagine that feeling while walking. Luluc-my first thought when I read about your eyes was that you should have sprayed everything down with Lysol like SNT once you read about Tap's eyes. LOL Tap must have some mighty infectious cooties. :tt1: Beth, Ebony-I have to say that I admire both of you for taking steps to make sure that if the need arises, you can/will be able to take care of yourselves. I am sending good thoughts and prayers to both of you for the jobs & husband situations. Kat-enjoy your dinner! Heartfire-how you after your trip? Suzyt-how are you doing? krtork-are you ok? I know you said you weren't feeling well last night. To all of the night workers(plain, SMS, & KC)-I hope you have an uneventful night. :thumbup: To everyone else, I hope you are having a wonderful night.

Thanks Beth. I guess we can all use some long-term prayer here lately. I hope that we all come out of the other end of this so much better off than before.

That is an awesome NSV!!!

Yay on the pants! That is great! I am wishing you the best on the job front!

Hi everyone! Hi Tap! I hope that your eyes are starting to feel better. I have been on here a few times to try to catch up, but have not been able to. I have been reeling all day. They announced a layoff at my company. Thankfully, I don't think I will be directly affected, but is hitting extremely close. They do our layoffs by seniority. Retirement eligible people can volunteer to take a retirement package that includes something like 1 or 2 years pay plus whatever their pension would be. Supposedly, before they announced the layoff number, they polled to see how many people would be willing to take the retirement package and then based their number on that. Well, it seems that some of the people that told them they would take the package are no longer willing. That means that the lowest in seniority will be let go. If there are job openings in other cities, they could apply, but it is not a given that they would get it. All of the people that would be forced out work with me directly. I am 5th from the bottom in my city and they are letting 3 go. That is cutting it very close. It is even more scary when I think about the fact that they can announce a layoff every quarter. If the bottom 3 are let go, then it is very possible that next quarter could be me. That is a hard pill to swallow when all of my experience is wrapped up in this industry. Although they aren't the only pony show in this town, they are pretty darn close. My husband couldn't carry the load of the household on his shoulders (his paycheck can't even cover our utilities per month). I know that there are others going through this right now. I am not even trying to diminish what anyone else is going through. I know that any job loss in today's economy is hard. It just scares the crap out of me to think that I am the main bread winner in this house, and I could lose my job. On a MUCH brighter note: DS brought home an all A progress report.:tt1::thumbup::thumbup:

That is too hilarious plain.

Evening all. I am going to attempt to go to bed early tonight. We are "enteraining" the district president and VP at my job tomorrow. I know that I will be spending the morning attempting to get things in tip top shape (on top of attempting to do my regular job). I know I won't be able to risk coming on here to check in tomorrow until I know for sure that they are gone. I will be thinking good thoughts for all that are sick, going through trials (work and home), and hoping that everyone has a great Tuesday. You all have a great night!

I am so sorry that you are now dealing with two crusty eyes! Oh no! I hope you get some relief soon. I have been wondering about the date for the get together myself. The time to pick vacation for next year is fastly approaching. PJTP-I am at work. I have mentioned before that my coworker really gets abused(mentally) at home by his wife. I think it is getting worse. She is pushing him to the edge. It really worries me because he sometimes seems like one of those people that might "snap". I don't know what to do. He is a grown man, but everyday he goes out of his way for his wife and she just seems to push his buttons almost in punishment for some grievance. I don't know the full story, I'm sure. It just bothers me to be in this huge building with this guy. What if he snaps here???

Morning. I really want to go back to sleep right now...

Enjoy your stroll Tap.

krtork-I'm sorry to hear about DS's pain (great job winning the game though). I hope he feels much better soon. Great job on the 10k race! You should be very proud. Tell heartfire hi from all of us!

Morning Tap! Apple muffins? Sound very good. I have some apples that I have been thinking about making into a pie, but I am scared to do it for fear I would eat it. :tongue2:

Evening everyone. I don't know about anyone else, but I had a heck of a time getting on here most of the afternoon and evening. The pages would never load. I finally made it to the problem part of the board, but could never get the start a new thread thing to load to question if anyone else was having trouble. I hope everyone had a great day. I spent the entire day doing nothing! I really enjoyed that. Ebony-hope that ache goes away. Tap-I hope that your eyes starts to recover soon. Lu-I hope that you and DH had a wonderful evening in. Kat-have fun on your trip. Heartfire-I hope you are having a great time! SNT-I hope you had a great birthday. Suzyt-I hope that you didn't over do it. Take it easy. KC-Thanks again for the recipes. I have added them to my things to try list. Anyone that I have left out, it is not on purpose (calling out individuals always gets me in trouble). I hope that everyone has a great rest of the weekend!

Hey TPG! How are you doing?

I knew I could count on you and Luluc to give me some ideas of what else to do with mushrooms. Yay!

umm, you come to my house to do the same here?:wink:

You just explained my feelings for the day...

You did deserve it! I will go for the triple points.... Happy Birthday SNT!:w00t:

Mushrooms and stew...mmmmm! That sounds so good!

I don't know what is up with me and mushrooms lately, but I am really craving them.

Apple pie... yummmmm!

I did my one thing. I got up.:wink: Anything beyond that is extra!:eek:

Are you talking about a colorful eyepatch, or are you going for the pirate look this morning?

Well, I didn't go back to sleep. Instead, I went and spent money at Wally World. It was really nice to not have to worry about being run over by all of the people that are there during the day on Saturdays. I am now relaxing with my morning cup of joe with bacon cooking in the oven (DS is already up asking what is for breakfast). I hope that everyone has a wonderful day!