Note to self: don’t step in this ****, you should know better.
I don’t think we should buy it. It’s a big expense, and we don’t need it. I’m not even sure I love it. There are many other things we can spend that money on.
Why are you making this my decision? Oh – because you don’t pay any attention to the finances at all, do you.
Note to self: why did you put up with a self focused immature person for so long. She wasn’t a friend. Friends don’t act like that.
Holy Cow. I have a ton to do. So much for keeping a list.
Ah, I get it. Emotional blackmail. If we buy it, you’ll be happy. If we don’t buy it, it will be my fault. And I’ll be making you unhappy.
OK. It’s only money. If that’s what it takes to keep the peace, so be it.
Get over it–if you can’t, at least try to be civil toward family and don’t air your grievances with strangers in a public setting so much so that they are embarrassed. Really???
Luggage lost in travel mess on Sunday. Overnighted to arrived today guaranteed by 10:30 am and someone has to stay at house to sign. It’s 12:20 FedEx. No luggage and I have stuff to do. Not impressed by you or Southwest.
You are a stupid stupid doctor for not running the same tests his old doctor has done for a decade. He is a stupid stupid patient for not paying attention to his health. I am stupid stupid scared now that cardiology is involved. Or a relapse. Or both. Merry #$$%*&$% Christmas.
Congratulations to JC Penney and Jefferson Mall for taking the right positions in response to the abusive rant endured by 2 Latina women yesterday. What I thought was going to be a statewide type post on FB went viral and ended up on nbcnews.com, among other places, and now JCP is going to comp their purchase and Jefferson Mall is going to ban the woman who spewed all the racist hate towards them. Surely this experience will humble this woman and maybe 2017 will bring her and those like her to a kinder place.
Thank you for your holiday card. It was beautiful. The family newsletter that came with it was a bit odd considering the first paragraph was about politics and how you have lost hope. In the future I would suggest not including politics or your families resume in the newsletter. It left a lasting impression. There is always something to be thankful for and no matter what we must never give up hope.
It doesn’t hurt to ask, right? I can’t wait to see what he says.
It’s SO nice having my sister and her family here. We all went to cut down a Christmas tree yesterday, something they can’t do in Texas. The snow was beautiful and our Australian shepherd (seen in my avatar) bounded everywhere. It’s the best I’ve seen my sister look since before she lost her son. There’s still a huge hole in our family, but we’re starting to heal just a little.
Dear Amazon, I just don’t understand! I ordered a cook book, one of several very similar books, based on it’s guaranteed delivery of Dec. 23 from the time of my order (Two day Prime). I checked on the order today and now it shows a delivery date of Dec. 29th! Since the order still hasn’t shipped I thought I’d look to see if another similar book was available for Christmas deliver and I found the SAME book was still guaranteed for Christmas delivery. WHAT?! I called customer service and was told I would have to reorder the book today to get it for the 12/24 delivery and cancel the book I had previously ordered! I just don’t understand…
^^^^Same situation, except substitute knife set for books. Ordered 12/19 with Prime 2 day delivery. Now notified its to be delivered 12/29, yet it’s still being sold as “arriving before Christmas” on the main site. Egads!
Poor H, coming down with a miserable cold the night before we were supposed to leave for vacation. Many thanks to the wonderful person who pushed back our hotel checkin date by a day without charging us. I really hope I don’t have to call back tomorrow to cancel the whole thing.
I ordered a book last night–Prime–thought to check on it and the delivery was for next Tuesday.
I canceled the order.
I ordered a pair of slippers about an hour ago from Zappos and they will be here tomorrow or Saturday.
I get it if Amazon cannot honor Prime this late but that should be posted in large letters at checkout.
Still, they are my main shopping store, even for drugstore items. So not really complaining just not super
pleased that they did not make it clear.
You’re complaining about how cutthroat grad school is…really?!! Are you kidding me?!!
Do you even hear yourself or understand the very nature of the profession you’re aspiring to enter into. You, my friend have been extremely sheltered from the realities of the ways of the world.
Especially one in a field as oversaturated as yours and considering the graduate MA program you’re in is second-tier at best and full of fellow MA students using it as a springboard to improve their records to gain admission to top 8-15 PhD programs?!! Programs most are unlikely to admit most of them despite having much stronger undergrad records and research CVs than yours.
And that’s only to give them a smidgen of a fighting chance at even landing a tenure-track position.
Something which one mutual friend of ours still hasn’t found despite being in a less saturated field and having graduated with a PhD from a top-8 PhD program with full support of a very influential Prof in her field because there’s simply too many competitors who are just as accomplished/qualified as her and not enough tenure-track positions in even her less saturated field.
Oh, yeah, posting complaints about grad school being cutthroat on FB is unwise, especially considering you’re FB friends with several past undergrad/grad Profs who were willing to go out of their way to help you despite yourself.
Garbage in, garbage out. It does not matter how much lipstick you put on a pig… Can’t get blood out of a turnip… That kind of stuff.
it’s going to ultimately be a nice weekend. I’m sure of that.
but i need to get this off my chest: I DO EVERYTHING and i’m judged for how the whole weekend plays out. the food. the gifts. the accommodations. cleaning & shopping and prepping. Theres 6 people living here now. WHY CANT YOU HELP without me yelling about it?
No, you cannot bring alcohol. The rest of us are trying to figure out how we will manage you and your drinking, anyway. This could very well be mom’s last real Christmas. Do you really want to remember it through an alcohol haze?