Glad GS is OK, RM. D used to wake up with terrible foot cramps, thankfully she was old enough ( 3 or so when it started) to verbalized what was hurting. The doctors never figured it out and she is fine.
Had a very worrisome morning. S spent the weekend in France and his flight back to th UK was delayed until today. I heard from him and he is safe. He is concerned about a friends family who have a home in Brussels.
Oh, FG! So glad he is safe! Continuing prayers for his friend and family safety.
Some of my clients work in Brussels. Apparently no one they know was hurt. But life is getting worse and any loss of life or any injury is still tragic. I’m contemplating cancelling my trip to Istanbul next month. ShawWife was going to join me as well as my Turkish employee, but both have decided not to go.
I think most people are really good. Of course the ones who are bad do things that are very bad and get all the attention. it is so troubling. Please everyone who is traveling-be safe. nothing is worth risking your life. I do think we need to take a stronger stance on things enough is enough. I know politically I am in the minority though.
I have been working so much and have had exhausting assignments. when I asked for a “less” and more focused assignment, they asked me if I was ok. What does that really mean? If you lost a close friend who is a work colleague so work is a constant reminder would you be ok right away? of course I function and feel safe, but working me physically to the bone is not going to help me mentally. I am grateful that they asked but I always feel uncomfortable when I advocate for myself and then get pulled into the office. I would think that advocating for myself is a healthy thing? oh boy. I just hate the attention. I know its their job but I feel embarrassed.
Glad the grandbaby is ok. hard to know what causes them discomfort. and they can get so worked up.
Shaw how is Shaw D? I don’t see her anymore.
Remember all, your loving presence makes the world better!!!
I just don’t understand how someone can take another person’s life intentionally. I have a standard saying that I use when ever I question something (What would my mother say?). That alone is enough to stop me from even saying something bad to someone! I just don’t get it! Be save and be kind to others. I wonder if just being kind would rub off on others and then they would be kind and sort of snowball. I know that there are always bad people but I think to some extent everyone is so wrapped up in themselves or their lives that they don’t always think about others. I do try to be kind to the person checking me out in a busy store or behind me in line etc. I just think sometimes that if we take the time to say please/thank you/ have a nice day that maybe that makes one person smile or have a better day that maybe (just maybe) that will be forwarded on.
GS is fine I think. DIL and S were going to have a quiet day today and try to get some sleep if GS allows it so I haven’t called or texted in the off chance they actually are catching up on their sleep. They did do a couple or ultrasounds and an xray to make sure that his intestines hadn’t turned or something like that but guess everything came out okay. They also said though that it may be that they need to catch it actually happening.
When people ask if you are okay, they always expect, want and need the answer to be “yes”, because they have no way to make things okay for you. I guess concern is better than no concern, but there isn’t a cure for grief.
I think “ok” is a relative term. It means different things to me. What does one feel comfortable sharing with an employer? Hard to explain. I may really share what them what it feels like from this side. Being on this side far too often. How about “ok enough” ??? I could write a book.
I hope it was a blip RM and never happens again.
My husband and I are always courteous to everyone. We all put our pants on one leg at a time. I have thought about this often as I feel s o powerless to change the things that go on. Its the little things. I think of that circle and the ripples get wider. and touches other things. you are nice to someone who may be having a bad day, it may change their day in a way you never know. it has happened to me. I guess the Pay it forward premise. Some people never will hear, but many will.
Friend I knew from HS is an ex-AF pilot now flying internationally for Delta and was supposed to fly back from Brussels this am. The crew was getting into the van to head to the airport when the bombing happened there. They are grounded til at least Thursday as of his last report.
DH is in NY today, was in Amsterdam two weeks ago, and goes to Brussels, Paris, London, Madrid, and Basel regularly dealing with global markets. He was in London and Madrid when there were two previous large attacks, his agency’s NY office was in the WTC, and had just returned from Singapore when that flight disappeared. Lots of close calls. Shawbridge, I worry when you travel, too – I have a good sense of that life from DH and sometimes all the common sense and safe practices in the world mean nothing when someone is determined to inflict terror.
Sorry to hear they are working you so hard, DTE.
ShawD had pneumonia and is recovering. Back in classes and work and clinicals. School ends in less than two months and frankly she is really looking forward to that. She is going to have to stretch a bit to get all her clinical work done as she took a week off for pneumonia (it was spring break). She is really tired of school – 5 years with no summers off and work in addition to classes. She seems to be getting better. We won’t be exploring Portland or anyplace else until after she returns from her post-licensure trip to SE Asia.
Shaw I get it because it is grueling right now. make sure she takes some rest time so she isn’t too worn down.
Good morning and happy Easter to those that celebrate. Sending extra energy mojo to DTE and Shaw daughter 
So I was teasing mcson telling him all the other Cc 09 kids were getting married and should I be saving up and he said not just yet because he still lived by his “living with” rule whereby he will not entertain getting married until he’s lived with someone long enough to determine life-level compatibility and coping synchronicity
The test, as it turns out, begins in June as they just got their first apartment together. Its quite cute how excited they are about it. I think the Grandkitty will enjoy it the most as I think he’s sick of being carted around across two households I’m not sure how mcson will fare in the "musical instrument/audio equipment versus-a-woman’s-space war. I wonder if I should warn her she’s on trial
McH and I are off to Chicago today to meet up with my canuk friend and her hubby. Probably not mch’s first choice of birthday celebration approaches but he can suck it up because his real present is a hand engraved family crest ring coming from Ireland. He’s the one who said he didn’t want a party for his 6-0…He also joked that when he said he wanted to go to Chicago fr his birthday, he meant the concert, not the city.
He doesn’t know it yet, but he’s also going to the concert in 2 weeks. But for the moment I’ll let him think I completely ignored his birthday wish list
Oh, have fun, kmc! Chicago was my first concert ever, back in the 70s.
Nearing the end of two weeks of spring break for my S. I was traveling most of last week, working from home this week, so no break for me. S has had 3 friends staying with us since Saturday, and yesterday a fourth showed up just for one overnight. We ran out of beds so she’s asleep on the living room sofa. Definitely a full house! They’ve been out exploring the cuisine and museums of NYC. Watching lots of March Madness too - so far H and my alma maters are still in it! (two separate schools)
Two of the houseguests are leaving today, S and the other two are leaving tomorrow, so no Easter dinner to plan and worry about this year. It’s a busy week for H, though. Had a service last night, another one tonight, and two on Sunday.
Wednesday was H’s 60th birthday. We had plans to celebrate with a nice dinner in town but unfortunately we got a foot of snow that forced us to cancel our plans. We will celebrate with family here at home this evening and then fly to Florida on Saturday morning to meet up with friends for a week in the sun. Really looking forward to walks on the beach!
We are a week away from heading home. I had to drag ShawWife out here and now she says we planned too short a stay but will stay longer next year. We’ve been having a lot of fun together. We have met lots of interesting folks. She says she has done 29 pieces. A SF gallery owner is meeting her at the studio today. We’re having a goodbye/thanks brunch on the weekend with a stop at her studio and then at the houseboat as quite a few people have asked to see her work. I don’t want to go home, but hey. This is causing us to think about getting a smaller, easily AirBnB-able place in Cambridge so we can have one place in each city but only pay rent or operating costs at one.
Sounds like a plan, shaw! I like the sound of it better than H’s periodic ideas of buying yet another piece of real estate someplace warm, like FL. Hope your D is feeling better.
Have fun in the Windy City, kmc! And Happy Birthday to your H. When H and I turned 60 we did exactly what we did when we turned 50 – ignored it in hopes it would go away. H tends to dwell on age more than I do.
HB, too, to your H, NMinn! FL should be wonderful.
Congratulation to your D, dte.
This year H’s birthday is during our visit with S in South Korea, so it will be extra special. At this point I’m glad we’re headed to Asia, and not Europe. S has said, though, that he may ask for his next Air Force assignment to be to a base in Europe. I’ll worry about him no matter where in the world he is.
I ordered some clothes for the upcoming trip. Last evening I received an email saying 1 of 2 packages was delivered at 3:00 PM yesterday – only I never got it. What’s odd is it was sent via USPS, and we did receive other mail yesterday. The store is trying to track it down, but what a pain!
And, in other “painful” news … Before signing the contract with the camp venue for D’s wedding, I sent an email asking for clarification on a couple points. (The contract is confusing in several places; H was not impressed.) The main wedding coordinator for the camp had told D several months ago that it was absolutely fine for us to use an outside caterer for the wedding dinner, instead of camp staff. Yesterday this person’s boss answered my email and started off by saying they don’t allow any outside caterers. H is livid. I’ll be calling her this afternoon …
Yikes, CBB!
Older D is coming in for Easter and the women’s Sweet 16. We are big Baylor fans so we figured we’d see them. But D’s alma mater will be there, too! Fun day tomorrow!
Happy Birthday to kmc and nm’s H’s.
No kids home for Easter, but we have friends we have celebrated with for the last 30 years so we will be going over there for dinner.
Good luck with the wedding planning, cbb.
Working on Easter. D2 is coming home and her and her dad will have a meal.
Well my 2009 is not getting married she is living with her BF but no wedding plans as yet. Funny, I guess its more tradition to ask the father now? In my time that didn’t happen.
Wow CBB changing the tables…
Shaw I would like to move to Boston. but I don’t think we will. We met a couple on our trip, to Hawaii. They were about 10 years older than us. they have a condo in Copley and travel to different spots for a month at a time. sounds like heaven to me
Still croaking here, but heading off to Boston on Tuesday anyway. I’ll be seeing the World Figure Skating Championships, doing some work during the days, and meeting up with D for the weekend. Looking forward to catching up with other fans I haven’t seen in a few years. I’ll be especially thrilled if the US manages to medal in something besides ice dance.
c_q – how long will you be living in New York? Are you going to visit the Macy’s flower show? I’ve encouraged D to go check it out.
Best wishes to all for a lovely Easter weekend. We’re due to get 3" more of snow tonight. Of course, on Wednesday we were supposed to get 3" and it turned into 15". So we’ll see.
Have fun in Boston, arabrab. My sister and niece (who is a figure skater) have tickets to worlds. I was hoping to join them there, but busy time at work.
dte - Re: the asking the father thing, I don’t get it. Back in my day, I did not know anyone who did that, now I hear about it all of the time. What strikes me as funny is that now almost all of the couples live together first (as my D and SIL did) so why does a guy ask a father for permission to marry a woman he is already living with? I don’t get it. FWIW, SIL did not ask and that was fine with us!