Pressure washing should be an Olympic sport. My arms are so tired after 2 hours of this exercise! 
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I am not a Kardashian fan, but I absolutely must give Khloe props for remaining involved in the life of Amari Thompson, the brother of her ex, Tristan Thompson. If you don’t know about them (I did not), look up the relationship. And huge kudos to Tristan for taking care of his brother after their mom died.
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You’re bitter about something so you are going to keep doubling down.
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This (work) place is no fun. People with their heads inside the cocoon of their computer/desk. I always make a point to stop and say hello and give a “how was vacation” when people are gone for a vacation or event. Today, I returned after a rare full week off. Not one person thought to ask about vacation. No extra smiles. No “welcome back”.
They got NOTHING. 
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OMG OMG OMG. I GOT THE JOB!
Now I have to figure out how to tell my bosses, and the people I supervise. I suspect they will all be very surprised and it’s going to suck for my team, but this is a very good opportunity for me.
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And I thought creativity in America was a thing of the past…then, while shopping, I discovered lemon blueberry flavored breakfast bread. Yea for capitalism and yea for American creativity. Faith restored.
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I frequently speak with the “younger generation”. Kids in High School through early 30s. I am constantly amazed by their complete ignorance of 20th century pop culture - books, music, and movies. I make what I think should be a universal cultural reference and they are clueless.
We raised our daughter (now 30) exposing her to classic movies (1930’s forward), old music (early rock, big band, early Broadway, etc.), and 20th century popular literature (Hitchhiker’s Guide, Princess Bride, stuff like that).
These kids are missing so much. The pure enjoyment of watching a Hitchcock movie, listening to Frank Sinatra, or reading Jaws. How can they understand recent history, how the world has changed in the past 100 years, without this cultural context?
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Enough is enough!
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The more I read CC posts the more I am so thankful for our two wonderful kids!!
Yes, I’m biased. 
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I am a big fan and advocate for social media and my life operates so much easier with devices, but I have to admit that devices/social media has taken much of the fun/anticipation out of the Olympics. It is nearly impossible to avoid spoilers even for a few hours unless you can totally disconnect - which is not possible in many occupations. 
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Once again, I am amazed that buildings ever get built. What a bleeping mess.
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Learned recently that a 2nd friend is getting a divorce. I was an attendant at their wedding. It sucks. But the friend’s soon-to-be-ex, over the years, turned into a real piece of work. It didn’t start out that way. But the ex became insecure, bitter, grumpy, and generally just ticked off at the world and took it out on everybody else. Poisoned the water hole basically.
and you know what? Friend is really better off without that person in their life anymore. I’m sorry it had to end that way.
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Wow, you really have too much time on your hands. You wrote the Association officers and informed us that the Bylaws require all communication to be sent by snail mail, but you hadn’t seen any for a long time. Fine, then you can volunteer to be treasurer or secretary and mail the owners of 43 lots! Geez. I guess we’ll vote to change the Bylaws.
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Not to make light of a bad situation, but it wouldn’t take listeria to make me sick if I ate liverwurst. Flashbacks to my youth, choking it down (because we ate what we were served).
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Ok … warning…. Decorum is missing.
I had two long drives on Interstates this weekend. Stopped at rest areas. They have bathrooms.
In Maryland and in Pennsylvania I saw one man in each rest area peeing in the parking lot. Mid-Day. With a clear view to the men’s room.
The women’s rooms were reasonably clean and an it seems they were all functional. I don’t understand why someone would urinate in the parking lot of a rest area.
……
I’ll admit, I laid on the horn as I drove past one, and I yelled loudly at the other. Why, just why?
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This morning during my pre-workout stretch at oh dark thirty, I hear something scratching in the fireplace. I’m guessing it’s a mouse. Lovely. Just something else I need to take care of. Get in my car to go to the gym, and I hear a thunk-thunk-thunk as I’m driving down the road. Gravel in my tire? I get that from time to time though this sounds different. Get to the gym and crawl all over the ground with my phone flashlight trying to see if something is stuck under my car or in a tire. I can’t see anything, but it is pretty dark. Maybe I imagined it.
I do my workout and start to head home. A man is looking at me funny, so I roll down my window and ask if he hears my car too. He says it sounds like a flat. Nope. He crawls and looks around and sees nothing. I call H and tell him I’m taking it to the service station. Get there and there’s a nail in my tire. Quick patch and I’m good to go.
Why is this so weird? Last Tuesday, the EXACT same scenario happened. Mouse sound in chimney (that I didn’t hear again until this morning). Get in the car, and something sounds wrong like something’s stuck in a tire or dragging. Only difference is after my workout, the tire was obviously losing air. It too was a nail. And both times in the same tire!
Talk about déjà vu
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It must be exhausting living life with that attitude!!!
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PSA - Asking a young woman “do you have children” and “are you married” the very first time you meet her, in a professional setting, is not an appropriate icebreaker. It’s creepy. Very creepy.
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