<p>Glad you’re OK ,NM. That is scary indeed.</p>
<p>Oregon and missy so sorry to hear about the mother/sister issues. I have no advice, just hugs.</p>
<p>I noticed the lack of greenies last night, but wasn’t sure if it was just me/my computer. </p>
<p>Have a great day, everyone!</p>
<p>Missy - a return to a stripper girlfriend insisting she’s your baby mama. This is why Texas gets stuck with so many Lifetime Movie scripts. 
I think you should stretch your arm as far as you can and pat yourself on the back for being so normal comparatively.</p>
<p>Grounding… I could never truly figure out who was being punished when we grounded the kids. Felt more like it was me!</p>
<p>missypie…our grounding was taking the phone away. Happened only once with each D. Worst punishment ever according to them. Sorry for the turmoil…it is that age!</p>
<p>Ah, Moda, why do men think with their you know what? As my mother said, she’s never heard Nephew say that GF is funny, or smart, or sweet, or a good cook, or a great mother…just that she’s hot.</p>
<p>Morning all. Back to the gym daily. Knee seems much better and doc says that it takes 6 weeks for the full benefit to kick in so I’m on the positive side. Still no treadmill, lunges or squats – I’m really thinking that he’s never going to allow those again. I will miss the treadmill and jogging but I get it. Maybe once I lose the weight I can do those again. 
I was able to do some leg weight lifting yesterday. I backed off of the weight since I haven’t done it in so long but kept the same repetitions and seemed to be okay. This morning I did the eliptical and that seemed fine as well.</p>
<p>D approached Epic with the fact that the timing for the interview just didn’t align with the schedule at school and they indicated that she could schedule for another time. She is trying to figure out when. Not really the job that she would choose so I think she is being slow to respond. That is okay. I keep telling her to look at it as training for interviewing as that is something she needs to learn. I think they want to make her a programmer based on what she has told us and since that is what H and I do/did (I manage now so not that much coding anymore and H does very little) I don’t think she is too keen on that. Maybe too many bad things said by H and I at the dinner table over the years :)</p>
<p>missypie–my mother could use a caretaker. Your sister would only need to be able to stand verbal abuse :).</p>
<p>RM my D was offered an interview in Madison after graduation. She decided not to go. I could not convince her that Madison is very cool. I do agree with you that any interview is good practice. Great that you can exercise again. I have been loving kettlebell and use a DVD routine. I have modified the workouts because of my broken toe. There are a lot of lunges but the upper body might be fun for you.</p>
<p>Good to hear from you RM! Glad that you are doing better.</p>
<p>My friend who has a son working at Epic was given several options of jobs after he interviewed. They must have liked what he had to offer once he was there. I like your advice on going through with the interview as practice and seeing what options she might have.</p>
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<p>It would actually be fabulous to have an expenses paid, out of town interview for practice. It’s tricky to time it so you arrive not too early but not a minute late, what do you pack in your purse or do you pack a small tote, can your “interview” shoes handle walking through an airport, are you comfortable calling a cab, etc.</p>
<p>I went to see an out of state client a few months ago, copied the address from their website…the cab let me out there, I went in, no reception desk, called the person I was to see on my cell and it turns out they were in a different building, across a large parking lot. Even at my age, it didn’t occur to me to confirm that the person I needed to see was actually at the company’s address.</p>
<p>It would be very good experience to have to negotiate the details of an out of town interview when the stakes were not high.</p>
<p>sunriseast’s H has checked in…she passed away on the 31st, surrounded by friends and family. So sad.</p>
<p>We are looking into care for my MIL, she has some kind of dementia, and has complained about loud noises and telephones ringing all night. I feel bad she has exppressed that she does ot want to go to a facility. M SIL is saying she may move in with her, but they make make each other crazy. This doesnt bring outthe best in people.</p>
<p>Thanks missypie. What a sad journey for the family.</p>
<p>Good luck to those dealing with aging parents. My parents passed away many years ago so I never faced those difficult decisions. Keeping you all in my prayers.</p>
<p>missypie - I completely agree with the benefits of a “practice” interview, although I couldn’t have articulated it so well. I’m going to share your thoughts with D.</p>
<p>although we all knew sunrise’s passing was imminent, it is still so sad. I can’t imagine my H and Ds in that situation and don’t know that I could prepare them as well as sunrise did.</p>
<p>I was a latecomer to sunrise’s thread, but the cathartic experience of it has helped me treasure what I have and made me feel more committed to living well - something that seems easy to forget amidst the details of generating sustenance. I am comforted by the conviction that she’s now in a state/place where she can fully appreciate the ripple effects of her beautiful journaling.</p>
<p>I have a looming date with a tall hill in that regard so it’s time to go make my body commune with the snow-laden woods and its denzians ;)</p>
<p>Who knows when D goes for the interview there maybe information that comes out that makes her want to work there. Either way I don’t believe in closing doors that are starting to open. :)</p>
<p>I think my sister’s family has now earned its own reality show. Nephew went back to Stripper Clothes girl, but after insisting he come back to her, she won’t let him move back in with her…says he needs to move in with his dad or sister and she’ll decide whether they’re still together or not. How’s that for a reality show, with an arch villianess who is almost as pretty as a Kardashian? All I can say is my poor mother.</p>
<p>I’m flying up there tonight after work, to spend a couple of days with her for her birthday.</p>
<p>You are a good daughter missypie. </p>
<p>Thanks to sabaray for the motivation to kickstart my new workout regime.</p>
<p>NM, you had it in you, we both just needed a reboot! Glad to see you and some other new folks posting over there.</p>
<p>MP, your reality TV show would probably be hilarious.</p>
<p>D had Vet school interviews last week and she found out today she was accepted into one of her top choices for Vet school. I am so excited for her!</p>
<p>Yay for TessaD!</p>