mthrtongue:
I didn't actually get around to watching this til just now.

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I'm pretty sure I've posted this before, but to celebrate Tom Waits day:

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pearlformance:
The One Simple Impression Prompt is warm.

sun patch flop
for dual-sided heating
cat climbs aboard butt

hopemcg:
Thought I should update since I haven't for a while.  I get lots of post ideas, but no time to sit down and do it -- especially since Megan's old laptop (the one I used to use in the evenings) died.

I went to "Certified Coder Boot Camp" a couple of weeks ago.  It was intense, but also very interesting.  I don't talk about my work here a lot, but most of you know that I work for Oh*o M*dicaid.  I am in the area that writes policy.  I am sort of a Jackie of all trades, so when the Feds offered to pay for people to go to this, I jumped at the chance.  I really did learn a lot about how medical billing is supposed to work.  This will enable us to make a better system and fight fraud and all that.

Anyone still awake?

While I was gone, they started notifying people about layoffs.  My job was spared, but I am among the fairly-newly-hired of my classification, so there is a good chance that I could get bumped out by someone with more seniority.  I won't lose my job, but I would then have to (no choice) bump someone lower than me out of their job.  This means that I would have no control over where I would end up or what I would be doing AND I would be making less money.  I think we would be fine, but things would get tighter.

Speaking of tighter, can anyone give me a reason NOT to get rid of our landline phone?

Speaking of looser (ok, so I wasn't, but play along), the metformin is k*i*l*l*i*n*g me.  I have had the runs (with the exception of a couple of days) for something like 3 weeks now.  I thought the medicine wasn't affecting me.  I was WRONG.  This was especially hard on my trip when I was in class for so many hours a day and had limited food options.  I have learned that rice is ok.  And if I eat a sandwich, one piece of bread is my max.  The evenings are also better.  I can get away with a sweet treat after 7 pm.  My clothes are fitting a little better.  Not so much the pants, but my jaws are thinner and my boobs and upper belly area are shrinking.

On the TTC front, I thought that I was having an anovulatory cycle, but then my temps shot up this morning.  Either I was having a slow rise or the weird infection in my toenail (I'll spare you the details about how the cuticle skin has separated from the nail) is starting to give me a fever.

I just want to put down on record before things change that Quinn is completely adorable.  For the past month or so (ever since she finished getting her canine teeth), she has been dream toddler.  She is agreeable, smiling and charming.  She eats her food, sleeps through the night and agrees to diaper changes (mostly).  We even had 2 pees in the potty this week.  I know this can't last, but we are SO riding the wave.

Megan and I have had a couple dates.  We don't really have anyone to watch Quinn in the evening (or at least want to save our resources), so we do afternoon dates when Q is at daycare.  lunch and a movie.  Delightful!  We really need this time.  I wouldn't say our relationship is strained, but we don't really get along like we used to.  It's nice to sit and eat and chew our food and stuff.  We really need it.

draggonlaady:
Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Ever Will

http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/15_things_kurt_vonnegut_said

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Wife's Chart

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): "The maxim for any love affair," wrote Charles
Williams, "is 'Play and pray, but do not pray when you are playing and do
not play when you are praying.' We cannot yet manage such
simultaneities." But I strongly disagree with Williams, especially in regards
to your destiny in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the
astrological omens, you can and should play while you pray, and pray
while you play. In fact, I recommend that you blend reverence and
irreverence in every way you can imagine. Explore the revolutionary
concept of sacred fun.

lyria:

Maggie is really worked up over the painters. She barks her head off whenever they're around and gets really short-tempered. So much so that she bit Scarlet and cut her face. I had to take Scarlet to the vet. Luckily, it's a superficial wound—nothing a couple of days of Neosporin won't cure. But the blood scared the hell out of me. It was a lot more than I would have expected such a small cut to make.

Anyway, Scarlet is fine, and Maggie continues to bark. I put the shades down in hopes that it would help, but it hasn't. The only thing that seems to help is sitting with her, and even that goes out the metaphorical window if the painters make any "sudden moves" like lifting a roller.

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In other news, my grades posted:

Gender and the Gothic in American Women's Writing - A
Nonfiction Workshop - A
Publishing and the Profession - A

Guess I did all right.

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Tonight I am going to trivia at the K&B with delree, drscottc, and others. Don't wait up.

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