I hope your tests went well today besides the associated hair loss rkz.

I will know soon. They were yesterday actually, very painful for me. Other than that, ok.

Good luck man, keep your chin up.

We just visited a friend who did not mention she had two sick children until we got there. But no no, don't worry, it's bacterial and they've already been on antibiotics for 5 days so they're no longer contagious.

This morning we are all showing symptoms.

One of my buddies has a back condition that looks like it could cripple him in the long run. Please don't run marathons if you find yourself laid up after.:headshake

Sorry to post this after other people's serious posts involving health. But. Well, it's the nature of the thread, right?

I forgot that Hot Fuzz was out on dvd today.
One of my Things to Do when I went into town was go & buy it and start a series of watching it with every available commentary (bound to be a few of them) when I got back tonight.

Instead I went wandering round looking at pink shoes (no idea) and then went into the internet cafe to kill time with you chaps. Remebered at precisely 18.31 when the cafe was closing and all the shops had closed. So I've come back here (the shop I work in, I am allowed access after hours) to waste my time with you a bit more.

The main disappointment - I'm not free to go and get myself a bit of Pegg until SUNDAY now. Sheesh.

SG - I saw Hot Fuzz a few weeks ago. I thought it was very well done, and we recognized a lot of actors from Shaun of the Dead. I will probably also get it when it comes out on DVD. I wonder if it's being released in the US now, also.

Had to put Jacquelita's old dog to sleep yesterday night, 3am.

The old boy put in his time, but he had just about everything a dog could have wrong - cancer, fused spine, arthritic legs. Yesterday night he sprained his front knee joint badly and couldn't move without a great deal of pain. The emergency vet agreed, it was time.

Bud will be remembered as a good dog who would not hurt a soul, who provided companionship to his family. He'll also be remembered as that dog who would lick his own feet incessantly, until he was basically eating them, and had to go into an E-collar. But mostly, he'll be remembered as having helped to define Jacquelita's life, when she rescued him from an abusive owner and put up with his various resulting mental issues, to give him a good long life he could enjoy.

Love your pets.

Sorry for your and J's loss. Pets are part of a family, and their loss is hard to take.

Not til July 31. After Harry Potter for you!
I'll give you my opinion on the commentaries in the Hot Fuzz thread once I've watched it ALL Sunday

Did you recognise Rafe Spall?
It took me til halfway through the film to click - am useless with faces though. He had a moustache, which is as good as extensive surgery to someone like me.

He's also quite buffed up now - hope to see him in other films soon (he's son of a very well known British actor Timothy Spall, who you might only know as Peter Pettigrew/ Scabbers in Harry potter films)

UT - sorry to hear that.
Glad to hear he was given a good life and died well loved.

Sorry for your loss, UT.

It sounds like the happiness was mutually given. Warm thoughts to you and yours.

love your pets, while you can.

not enough sleep, because I stayed up too late reading.

The Cellar. I'm about to give up.

jaq:

http://www.jazzflowers.co.uk/images/flowers_05.jpg

My condolences to you both.

Thanks to everyone for the support. Bud was a good dog. He was one of those dogs who was a lover - he wouldn't harm a soul and would do anything for a scratch behind the ears.

I'll miss him...

Why Cloud??? Honestly, I would like to know??

I do seriously wonder what you perceive youarent getting from the cellar???

Sorry for you loss UT and J....its awful to say to goodbye to a four legged family member.

Not upset...maybe miffed is a better word. And tired.

Little rap rap rap on my door last night. Ex b/f apparently had parked behind my house and walked up the street to the restaurant/bar near me and drank some beer until they kicked him out. It was almost midnight. I was asleep. I haven't gotten to the point yet where I don't let him in, but I don't do backflips because he decided to grace me with his presence anymore, either.

I don't know if he wanted a booty call or food, but he was getting neither. I said "I'm tired" and he said "Well so am I." I can see where a full day of drinking would make you more tired than say, a JOB.

Finally an hour later he left. He muttered a curt "I'm sorry to interrupt you" and slammed the door a bit.

SO all about him. I could be laying there dying and his concern would be himself.

Thanks for the vent time.

SMACK DOWN!

I know how it hurts to love a pet.

...... best wishes as you heal.

Not upset...just annoyed.
During my morning coffee at a local coffee shop a bird pooped on my head. (right before work)
The two people I told that to said that it's "good luck".
I'm standing there about to vomit with bird dung dripping off my bangs and someone says, "hey that's good luck".
Go f*** yourself.
Sorry about the language but that's exactly what came to mind.

Cicero -- was it a Foo bird?

I think they were shitting you. :)

It is lucky! If you didn't like it on your bangs, well, you're lucky it wasn't the Bluebird of Happiness!

The funny part is, I knew exactly what it was as soon as it hit. Like this happens all the time..... I just sat there and thought........I know that that's bird doody....I don't even have to check. Great. Then I freaked out.

Birdie, birdie, in the sky,
Why'd you do that in my eye?
I'm not mad, and I won't cry,
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.

That's such crap (pardon the pun)--I hate it when people take something bad and try to pretend that it's actually good by claiming it's "good luck." Like the Italians say it's good luck when it rains on your wedding day. No, honey, that's just what they're telling you so you don't cry and smear your makeup. And when I was in high school, a Chinese friend of mine told me that traditionally in China it was good luck to find broken eggshell pieces in your baking. I asked her why all the women in China were in denial about being terrible cooks. [/rant]

Do I even have to say it chick, or can you work it out from the above :)
I know - and you know I know - how difficult it is when habit/ affection/ innate courtesy kicks in. But he behaved badly, it ticked you off, but you let him.

You are the only one who can stop this happening again.
Next time pretend he has a paranoid, homicidal new girlfriend and by calling round he is putting both his and your life in danger. You'd find the strength to tell him he can't come in quite easily in that situation.

Anyway, you don't want advice. You have my sympathy for the disturbed night. I rolled over about 05.00 and got bitten on the shoulder because of it. By my cat. I certainly deserve sympathy!

*sends sympathy to Sundae* Last night I was trying to sleep....too hot.....started to drift off about 4 am and that's when my dog jumped on my bed, almost landing on my head....it had suddenly started raining really hard and he was scared in case of thunder (rubbish dog). He then curled into a tiny ball and shiverd uncontrollably for about half an hour.


On a more serious note: rk, hope you're feeling better. I know it must be horribly worrying, and i won't even pretend to know how you feel, but am thinking of you. Jacquelita, I really sympathise, it's the worst part of having a dog in your family. I just wish they could live as long as we do.

The house next to mine (and the factory behind) are being pulled down. It's tricky work as they are working around existing structures but there is a lot of collapsing walls, smashing glass and shouts from workmen over the last few weeks.

They start at any time from 08.00-09.00 which is when I get up/ leave the flat and are done by 17.00 (I get home 17.30). So my poor babbas face it all alone. It's made them very clingy, so I've started letting them in with me at night. I feel guiltier than ever that they're well behaved most nights (except when I roll on them).

my toilet is running. I had to stop it by putting a stick under the floater arm. Will now have to clean my entire apartment to get the maintenance in.

about a 2 week job! :)

I got up at 6:00 am this beautiful Saturday morning and fed my family (biscuits, ham, sausage, & eggs) and am now sitting alone in the hearth room (it's now 11:00am) with nothing but the Cellar to entertain me...and no one in my house has said Happy Father's Day to me, yet. :(

So to all of you Dad's out there...Happy Father's Day!

I thought that that was tomorrow.

yeah, Father's Day is tomorrow!

Okay, did I mention I haven't slept but 3 hours in 2.5 days? I think I am delirious...

We celebrate Father's Day on Sat due to father-in-law travels and is only home Friday afternoon-Sunday AM, so only have Sat night to spend with him. So our family celebrates a day early...we've been doing it so long I forgot I am not on same schedule as rest of the USA.

Maybe it's time for a nap?

ah! well, Happy Father's Day, then.

they'll get around to it, I'm sure.

go take a nap--you're entitled. After all, it's (sorta) Father's Day.

Summer cold. Yuk.

I woke up upset this am. Sad

Maybe if I cast it off it can finally go away.

I didn't go out for along time because of getting hurt. I've been working on my self esteem I've been feeling better about things. I decided to be a good role model and to make my life more full I allowed myself to meet some one. I guess I trusted too quickly the first person that walked my way.

He gave me every indication that everything was ok. In the beginning I personally felt as though we were better friends than a couple I was given assurances. I should have listened to my gut. Then without notice he told me to fuck off. Give me your key, I don't want to talk to you any more. The reason? ( because I had gotten upset he hung up on me)

I would have appologized if he had of told me I was mistaken and he was hurt but it was a cheap email break up. Email of which he always said he dosn't like to communicate through.

I felt as though he created a crisis in order to break up. It was a total 360 degree turn. He changed in a blink of an eye. To be straight up and not contriving...honest and trustworthy he wasn't/ couldn't , didn't want too instead he lied and was after something else. ( a women with money and time to go play) is my guess. What he told me was a load of new age bullshit that skirted around the true issue.

I am so confused. I mean it would be harder for me to get evicted from my apartment or fired from my job. Relationships are not this fragile. So he was lying to me this whole time about caring.

The irony is that he would use this logic. You have bad luck. The fact that I can just blow you off is proof that you were born under a bad sign. You are poisonous to my welfare but if you want to be even friends you must appologize for your tone of voice when I hung up on you.

I am so serious. It's so ridiculous I have decided I was going with a crazy man. A 54 year old 3 times married childless unemployed crazy person but it still hurts like hell.

thanks for listening

You must have the bad guy syndrome I have.

Fuck him, he's not worth it. You deserve a real man, not some pussy-footin' jobless mealy-mouthed spineless jelly fish.

Yep, this is why I don't "date."

Hang in there, sky. When you least expect it you'll meet a good guy.

Same thoughts from me Sidhe.
I worry that you would get involved with someone with so little to offer - the most glaring omission being any integrity.

You still have my full sympathy - hurt is hurt, whether it's over Prince Charming or a total shit.

Yes I must. I have no idea why. I am really nice, plain spoken but nice down to earth.

I still have my best friend friend in Canada. My original poetry partner. He is the true prince although we are great loving friends.

Funny you should mention princes because I was thinking I have kissed many frogs.

I worry about this as well.

I actually tried to just be friends but he used his new age crap to tell me otherwise. He made alot of promises in the begining he never kept. He used his weath as if it could impress me but never spent any except on himself. He would brag about this thing or that then warp into an ego speach about possessions as if that explains why he would never treat me.

I told him this was bull.....s.....I tried to call as you can imagine but he refused to talk to me on the phone. He would just email and say my upsetness about it was proof that I was this or that.

I am too worried because I like sex so much I was easy ( he says) although it might be years before I take a partner. I should have known by his lack of lovemaking skills. He would just lay there and let me do all the work...which honestly if I thought it was turning someone on I don't mind.

It's all so clear.Hindsight is so 20/20. I am wondering.
How can I learn?

so ...I am on lunch giving more information than I should.

thanks for the support Shawnee and Sundae. I'm ok. Just going to go back to being a nun again. :p

Sky - sorry you have to go through this luvie.

I meant to ask the circumstances when I saw you mentioned that this guy broke up with you over a hung up. You deserve sooo much better than him and are certainly better off without him...but SG is right (as usual), hurt is hurt.


I'm soooo tired and shitty tempered today....no sleep after the guy I have been seeing started acting weird and I fronted him...to find his ex girlfriend (ex of 6 mths) is 6.5mths pregnant. They didnt break up as such, but she just disappeared and guess what...now shes back.

Its not s'posed to be this hard is it?

I'm sorry you are going through this, I hope you feel better soon.
Expect from others what you think they should expect of you.

The depressing part is the older you and prospective lovers get, the more baggage everyone is carrying. That just makes things harder.

ahhhh, that sucks for all you ladies. There are some complete bastards out there who do a disservice to the male population.

You're right Ducks.......it isn't supposed to be that hard. Sounds like one of those times you wish you were all around the corner from each other and could go out for dinner and have a bit of a bitch session and a few bottles of red!

What's upsetting me today doesn't seem to compare to the shit that has been thrown your way girls, so i'll keep it to myself :)

Spill it TSM!! Its all good in the bitch thread.

FWIW, I hold no grudges against the guy I was seeing, he was in the dark about the pregnancy until just last week and was working things out in his head...just shitty timing is all.

It just baffles me at times, that its not simple like it used to be.

Yeah, youre right Bruce, with age comes baggage, and I dont mind baggage so much...if you didnt have baggage at this stage, to me, that would signify deeper problems.

true that, rk,bruce,ducks

ah man....*hugs for the hurt ducks*



Good thing is the memory will fade. There's still time to find beauty in things if we just look for them.

[edit- To be fair to him I realized from the beginning it wouldn't work. I saw the future. I am a single working mother and he is a footloose and free male who dates girly girls which isn't me so I am the stupid one for letting him have his way instead of laughing in his face when he asked me out to begin with. Totally not my type. Aries / Scorpio mix dosn't work. I'm earthy. He's nuts. ]

yeah TSM...misery loves company don'cha know.

it's gona seem silly, so trivial but it's pissing me off totally.

Do i go to Darwin for a weekend with 2 mates at the begining of August or do I not. On one hand it's Darwin cup - which should be wild, but on the other hand it's AUD 650 bucks just for airfare, plus i'm only going for 5 days.

I can't decide if 650 bucks so too expensive for airfares for just five days............when you include the extra cash for socialising then it's an expensive excercise.

Why can I not make a decision.

Dammit - i need a beer.

But as i said......not in the same ballpark as you lasses.

I say go for it!! Money is money and can be replaced. Memories are priceless. :)

Darwins awesome!!! Do it!!

Although, $650 is fairly expensive, I flew up there for $350 in March.

yeah I thought $650 was a bit pricey - they're trying to sting me prolly because the cup's on the same weekend.

See, i agree with you also sky, memories last a lifetime so it would be pretty cool.

I dunno, i've been thinking more since i posted and i'm slowly talking myself out of it. Maybe i'm being put off by the heat, and my damn pasty skin......haha, us redheads have all the fun.

arrrghgghh this is a hard one. Might toss a coin and leave it to chance.

It sounds like you don't WANT to go.

?

The five-year-old has become very jealous of the toddler and is acting out physically against him. It's still within the range of normal and not a long-term concern, but it's hugely upsetting.

Had a caudal vs lumbar (sp?) epidural again today... OUCH!
That is the one where they punch a big needle through your coccyx and pump fluid into your epidural space.
Mine is really small, birth defect, and it feels like my spine is in a vice for three days.
The whole process sucks.

I have to stuff 500 envelopes today for a bankruptcy mailing.

Okay, I know that's trivial compared to yours, Rob. Sorry you have to suffer. Hope it's worth it!

Not trivial at all... all I have to do now is lie here and be all, like, "this sucks, ow".
Sorry about the mailing, hope you don't get cut too much.

well, as long as you're lying there, you could help me.

Wanna lick?

:)

Not gonna' think it... not... damn

;)