The Ranting Thread

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:29 am

Damn it, do you give presents to everyone who gives you one? And by everyone I mean work colleagues who you may/may not like?

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:40 pm

Ah, the fun of being a teacher...whether to give to all or not...

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:28 pm

I meant adults, Alice. I have decided to buy some small items and keep them in reserve for the just-in-case moments. If I don't use them, then I keep them for another person or occasion.

Now to my rant - I need more sleep. Am waking too bluidy early with my mind abuzzing with al things I need to do before finishing work this week.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:38 pm

I know you meant adults...lol!

Well, that darned program is confusing. The instructions say in my email that if you download a trial version, all you have to do when you get a paid version, is key in the serial number code they give you and the program is yours. Quote: If you already have the trial version of the software you have just purchased installed on your computer, there is no need to download the software again. Simply launch your trial and enter the serial number provided below and follow the instructions. You will then have a fully functioning version!

But that's false. I had to look up customer service to find out that quote: The serial number WILL NOT work to unlock your trial.

So I had to delete the trial version and reinstall the paid version. Geez!

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:20 pm

DonnaKat wrote:: That four day weekend sure did fly by. It's already almost over.

And I'M off TODAY and TOMORROW!!

Neener, NEENER!! rendeer

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:42 pm

Why, that means your two days off is already halfway over. The Ranting Thread - Page 8 646968

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:37 pm

Betch.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:53 pm

I love your sig, Alice!

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:33 am

edited

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:36 pm

Thanks Steph. I had to find the siggy I made last year. It was actually too big to use on other sites, so I had to put it away.

Helena, that bites. Darn it.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:26 pm

Why is he moving, H?

Try to find some positive spin on it - planned time together can equate to intensely intimate moments.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:29 pm

I just saw this....

Helena, that's not that far away - especially if you want to make it work. I was engaged to a guy who was almost five hours away. He'd drive up to see me, then I'd drive down to see him, then we'd take a couple weeks away from each other. And that was before things were so convenient with the internet and cellphones, etc. It was actually when he decided to move near me that things in our relationship started going downhill. Laughing

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:18 pm

Sigh...

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:06 pm

He sounds like a really good guy. Hope the long distance thing works out for you. Sometimes, distance can bring people closer together.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:22 pm

Okay I'm going to rant now...

I would love to disappear and runaway with Gerry (in my dreams eh?)

The holidays suck...roommates suck...I am a private person...loner you could say...now I have to have roommate to keep my home...they are pains in my arse...sometimes they have rent, sometimes they don't...I want my solitude again!!! Me, my dog, and my cat...and to have no more freakin bills...(again...in dreams)...

Stress is at an all time high...and please excuse what I am about to say....lol...hopefully it's okay to say this here...I need a man...if you know what I mean...it's been four freakin years...talk about dry spell...

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:29 pm

Only four years? scratch

I'm not in much of a Christmas spirit, either. The family doesn't want to exchange gifts, my dad is still complaining about what happened last year with the garlic bread and how no one considers 'his feelings' and how he isn't coming up here for Christmas even if it's 70F and sunny....I have no decorations up, no cards mailed as of yet and to be completely honest, I have no desire to even go shopping to buy anything. My brother wants me to come down there for Christmas, and I almost hope it snows so I can just stay home. I know that sounds horrible, but that's the way I feel.

*grump*

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:04 am

I second that emotion.

Bah Humbug here too.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Sat Dec 06, 2008 6:26 pm

Kimmy, Donna and Oggs,

I do hope you find some christmas cheer soon. For the first time in quite a while, I am getting a tad excited about the season.

Commercialism and family angsts can so easily take away any joy but I am grateful that I will have people around me that I love and usually like at the same time.

Throw in some good food and a case or two of good alcohol and I am clearly going to be sleepy most of the time!

Hahaha Laughing

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Sat Dec 06, 2008 7:46 pm

Crap. I just realized that I forgot to send in my renewal of certification to the Missouri Commission of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Now I'll have to pay a $30 late fee. CRAP!! USUALLY, they send me something in the mail to remind me...they didn't this time, so it slipped my mind.

CRAP!

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:11 am

DK, my family is kind of indifferent about gifts this year too. Nobody wants or needs anything, and I have told everyone not to buy me anything. I am trying to get the women in my family to do a girls' day instead and go to the spa, then lunch and/or a movie together. It would be fun to treat ourselves by doing something together instead of buying crap just to buy it. Plus, it would be relaxing and a great way to spend some quality time together. I don't get to visit them all often and when I do, it is always rushed. So I would love to do this instead of gifts. Maybe you can do something similair suring the holidays, if not with family, then with close girlfriends (the family that you chose!). That would get you in the mood for fun.....

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:11 am

DK, my family is kind of indifferent about gifts this year too. Nobody wants or needs anything, and I have told everyone not to buy me anything. I am trying to get the women in my family to do a girls' day instead and go to the spa, then lunch and/or a movie together. It would be fun to treat ourselves by doing something together instead of buying crap just to buy it. Plus, it would be relaxing and a great way to spend some quality time together. I don't get to visit them all often and when I do, it is always rushed. So I would love to do this instead of gifts. Maybe you can do something similair suring the holidays, if not with family, then with close girlfriends (the family that you chose!). That would get you in the mood for fun.....

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:27 am

Yeah, I'm kind of feeling like that.

Don't you hate it when you do your job, and someone asks you if you still want to be part of the team? I'm doing my job!!! Is that not being part of the team?

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:37 am

Oh yes, Alice.

Well....my ex , who is also still my friend, wanted to come out and visit for Christmas. After much thought, I told him no tonight. Also...no to New Years.

I just don't want to expend that kind of energy.

God....I guess I'm really over him.

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:08 am

Wow, Leo. That's something...

Subject: Re: The Ranting Thread Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:17 am

Good! *Hugs Leo*

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