<p>BHappyMom! Congratulations! There is a crown out back behind the IV set up. Go get it. Put it on. Come back.</p>
<p>We will all gather behind the bar and jump up and say SURPRISE!!!</p>
<p>Are you joking, BHappyMom? There’s an 18 piece band in the back room with a large banner toasting your achievement. I guess that sagebrush is blocking the entrance.</p>
<p>Alumother & momof3sons !!! Thanks - I return wearing a ‘fishtale’ gown made from old red pillowcases, lots of velcro, and Swarotski Crystals hot glue gunned on by the grateful Marmots (I’ve upgraded them from their cages and they now reside on the top floor of the Marmont Hotel with limitless room service…I think the Sinner’s Alley Platinum Card is good for a few years yet :p) ! My cardboard crown slips rakishly over one eye and I propose a toast to all the People who have made SA such a great place, and all the new people who have yet to wander through! Solstice Celebrations Everyone! the Drinks are on me…:D</p>
<p>woo-hoo! </p>
<p>I had to be out and missed the ball dropping, but I see our virtual celebration (and our marmots) are in good hands with BHappyMom.</p>
<p>Well, congrats behappymom!! Mootie and I pass the sepulcre, the tiara and the beer bong hat on to you. Well deserved!!</p>
<p>How has BHappyMom managed only 11 posts since November 2005? Does she only post in the cafe? :D</p>
<p>She has her ways…</p>
<p>Mwahahaha.</p>
<p>:O jym, I don’t think what you want to pass is a sepulchre (tomb), but a scepter, or better yet a magic wand!!! A scepter is just for show, but a magic wand–that’s worth something around here.</p>
<p>And a sagebrush…ah, you are locating us. In order to remain virtual, we need now to all contribute a biosphere organism local to our world that keeps Sinner’s Alley near to us all in our wassailing. Or wailing. Whatever.</p>
<p>From my world, I contribute the oak tree. Lying against the California hills. Almost looks like a lichen on rocks, from far away, as you drive by. So, outside of Sinner’s Alley, actually right behind the hot tub, there’s a California oak tree. Not a cork oak. I guess they are live oaks? And it’s not over the hot tub, just nearby, because the leaves are very acidic and they will cause problems with the hot tub pH.</p>
<p>:). What from your neighborhood is found in or outside of the Alley?</p>
<p>mommusic-
OOPS! We ashould keep a list of the best typos-- that one definitely goes in there! :)</p>
<p>I loved the sagebrush–reminds me of a Western saloon. Belly up to the bar and make mine a double!</p>
<p>Why does my CC page suddenly look different this a.m.? Larger type face–does somebody think I need it? I might, but it’s a little strange. </p>
<p>If CC is not the source–maybe my computer made a unilateral decision???</p>
<p>Are the marmots chewing on the CC powercord or something? Gosh, with ED notification happening in the next day or so, this is a tough time for the servers to keep taking sick days. They seem to get overloaded around admission time every year. Maybe we can put the marmots on little running/exercise wheels to keep the generators going. Be sure they wear their little party hats and tiaras for Bhappymoms 5000 post celebratory festivities tonight at the bar. Be there or be square.</p>
<p>Found it very frustrating not to be able to get on. S is waiting for EA decisions from two schools, I keep checking to see if anyone else has heard yet. He doesn’t know where my info comes from, I am a closet CC addict. This warm weather is going to drive him to Colorado. It is beautiful today in the NE.</p>
<p>Was wondering re BHappyMoms post count. Missed the 5000th post. Pretty amazing.</p>
<p>Drinks all around for the parents of seniors awaiting EA/ED. Hopefully the marmots will be delivering good news soon.</p>
<p>And an extra stiff shot for those waiting on LOAs!</p>
<p>Yes, good luck to all of the ED/EA bunch. DD already has those 4 rolling acceptances under her belt; she’s gone off on a 4 day religious retreat for (catholic) school and won’t be back until tomorrow. She’s missing all of the excitement/tears.</p>
<p>I imagine the long bar of Sinner’s Alley (it’s the dark wood kind thick with lacquer to make it shine and fill in the carved initials from those who came before) extending now. Virtual bars can do that. As the hordes of celebrants and drowners of sorrows file in, the bar stools multiply, the strings of old Christmas lights that are hung on the mirrors with beer logos grow longer, and the types of single malt scotch you can order magically increase.</p>
<p>And to anyone drowning sorrows, hunt for Sybbie’s advice to me two years ago at RD time when D’s first two were deferrals…</p>
<p>S has a rolling acceptance to a school he is excited about. Next rolling school was a deferal. Oldest changed his mind re his first choice several times between Dec. and April. Nice to have options. </p>
<p>Prefer vodka to scotch. Thinking of dinner tonight with a friend who just just got back from a memorial service for a college roommate - puts all of this in perspective.</p>
<p>Whoohoo!! Celebrating a great PSAT score here!! Drinks are on me!</p>
<p>Alu,</p>
<p>Are you trying to make them think that between TSFH, marmots, fairies, duct tape, evil neighbors, and all the other stuff that makes SA so great that we also have a few lucid moments:eek:</p>
<p>See how quickly the time passes? Now your DD is home on another winter break (mine is coming in this evening and will have an off term this winter so she’ll be here for a while) and you’re still in awe because it seems like overnight they’ve blossomed into these amazing young adults who you not only love, but you actually like.</p>
<p>Those of you who are waiting on pins and needles, take heart. A year from now all of the EA/ED agnst will be a thing of the past your kids will end up where they need to be and they will roll their eyes at you if you reflect back on this time.</p>
<p>But in the mean time, drink up, we’re still celebrating 5000. Be Happy is trying to get me to raise my standards as far as headgear goes, but I’ve got my chicken bucket broken down just so. With all the warm weather we’ve been having here lately, I don’t even have to wear socks with my baskets, so I am really doing high fashion (alu would be so proud).</p>
<p>Jym, congrats on the psat scores. And never one to tuen down a free drink, pass em down.</p>