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yeah, I don't know.. maybe I could pull off short hair... I dunno.

And glad you're in, becca! Snowboarders, here we come!!!!

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Nope...wouldn't touch your hair. I love it that length. And the spandex I'd make you try on just to laugh at you and then demand you take them off so that we could put you in some parachute pants. Maybe lay down a little cardboard and do some old school breakdancing. Are you in...err..I mean "down"?

I have a freakin' job interview in 2 hours so I'm up early and causin' some trouble on the bandster site.

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Warm thoughts to Mookie...

I have a closet full of clothes that don't fit. (my spare room)

Today I put a pair of size 22 jeans in, and took out a pair of size 18 jeans...and they fit too, a little snug, but they will stretch out! lol.

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yeah, how'd it go? What's it for? (I mean, give me the name, address and your work hours so I can visit/stalk you at work. LOL No, just interested in what you do!!)

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The job interview went very well. They have invited me back for a second interview with upper management. Date to be confirmed within the next couple of days. Until I finish my Archaeology degree (my true love) I work as a Credit Analyst. Basically a toady to the company controller. I review customer's financials and follow their credit activity with the company. Call them to make payments, call them to see why they haven't purchased in a while and I work with the different branches to grow their customer credit profiles. Boring, boring, boring and lots of big egos to deal with. Good pay if I can keep my mouth shut and keep this job. We’ll see. I ain’t promising nothin’!

Someday I'll be working for a museum or working with forestry or mining co's providing test site evaluations to ensure Archaeological data is preserved prior to land use. I'd love to do some work in the Maritimes...they have wonderful Historic Arch. sites. My field of research is related to Chinese immigration/lifestyle/burial practices in the mid 1880's. With particular interest in their impact on Western Canada's gold rush period. What can I say; I never grew out of playing in the dirt. I also love to excavate old outhouses…seriously; they are some of the most educational digs. Aside from the petrified poop, I have found some beautiful pottery, old lanterns, clay pipes, intact bottles, money, boots, old porcelain doll, a huge stash of tiny shoe nails. Chinese sites give up pottery (celadon pieces are my fav.), tools, opium pipes and tins, small weights for opium scale, gaming pieces called Fan Tan beads. I could go on and usually do much to my friends chagrin. “God, Mookie’s talking about Outhouses again!”:faint:

More to follow on this developing story…

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Hey Mookie Come to the Maritimes...we'd love to have ya. I think what you do sounds really cool and I know some great spots for a dig(sites of old wharf's and villages).

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Astrotoes,

Whwew are you from ? I uase to live in Cape Breton Island. I go back every summer to see family .

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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