What's making you happy today? - Page 347

monster · 03-25-2010, 11:36 PM

My swim team swimmed. For the second year. And this year we equalled numbers of the other teams. And we rocked.

Coolest moment, Hector (5th grade, technically too young as it's a Middle School /Junior high 6-8 team but we're a k-8 school so we can sneak 5th graders in to make up numbers....) swam a nice 100 IM, the high school boys were timing. He is tiny and skinny for a 5th grader, but an awesome swimmer. They were impressed already and then he did a bucket turn from back to breast -not for the novice- and the high school boys were all "Did he just bucket? he did! I don't believe it! Did you see that kid tunr? He did a bucket! He's my hero, he's my favorite! Did you see that turn?" so cool, so funny. They weren't half as impressed when my daughter did it same lane next heat and swam so fast she knocked two seconds off her personal best. But I was equally proud.

Athough i was even more proud of the swimmers who had never swum a meet before and whose parents were sure they would bottle out, and who didn't. We had 30 swimmers on the books, only one failed to showd rather than the three we expected. last year we had 17. I promised them chocolate, tomorrow I must pay up.

So Happy

So Tired

And beest is sick so i gotta make lunches for tomorrow. damnit

zippyt · 03-25-2010, 11:52 PM

Bucket Boy !!

monster · 03-26-2010, 12:05 AM

Thanks, Zip -that it totally the paper plate award he needs at the end of season!

monster · 03-26-2010, 12:07 AM

I'm even happier now I've made the lunches and can crash in peace.

heehee

bucket boy, I like it.

glatt · 03-26-2010, 08:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

Glatt -- have you been to the Udvar Hazy air & space museum, over by Dulles? We were there a couple of weeks ago. They've got the Enola Gay, the Global Flyer, and a SR-71 Blackbird. AND THE ENTERPRISE. The Freakin' ENTERPRISE. The U-H is also part of the Smithsonian. Highly recommended.

Yeah, I was there a year or two ago. It's really cool. I loved the Enterprise, and I was also blown away for some reason by the dirty Apollo space suits. They used tape to get all the moon dust they could out of the white fabric to study it, but they couldn't get it all out, and there's still dirty moon dust ground into the fabric. It's both so mundane and so fucking awesome at the same time.

toranokaze · 03-26-2010, 12:12 PM

I have over 1000 posts.

glatt · 03-26-2010, 12:16 PM

Today is the 1st day of my 20th year at my current employer's.

Pie · 03-26-2010, 12:33 PM

Congrats to both of you! Glatt, does this mean you have the seniority to go kick dirt on your boss' shoes when s/he pisses you off?

glatt · 03-26-2010, 01:25 PM

I haven't been here 20 yet. My 19th anniversary was yesterday. The big one will be in one year.

Being here this long means that every mystery gets brought to me because I remember shit that happened a long time ago. "Whatever happened to those files ten years ago?" "I dunno, ask glatt." And I usually come through.

Shawnee123 · 03-26-2010, 01:28 PM

These days, most people don't have that kind of longevity on a job. That is awesome! Congrats.

glatt · 03-26-2010, 01:45 PM

Oh, and another reason to be happy? Netflix is finally shipping us their streaming disc for the Wii today. So tonight I might be watching instant stuff on the TV instead of the tiny laptop!

Nirvana · 03-26-2010, 01:55 PM

The sun is out !!!

Shawnee123 · 03-26-2010, 02:23 PM

Did it snow anywhere else? I had a couple inches of snow on my car this morning, and parts of the interstate were pretty treacherous. Slide offs and accidents everywhere.

Silly Ohio.

Griff · 03-27-2010, 08:39 AM

Silly NEPA as well...

skysidhe · 03-27-2010, 12:55 PM

I am buying my text books today! I am humming with excitement.

03-25-2010, 11:36 PM	#5191
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My swim team swimmed. For the second year. And this year we equalled numbers of the other teams. And we rocked. Coolest moment, Hector (5th grade, technically too young as it's a Middle School /Junior high 6-8 team but we're a k-8 school so we can sneak 5th graders in to make up numbers....) swam a nice 100 IM, the high school boys were timing. He is tiny and skinny for a 5th grader, but an awesome swimmer. They were impressed already and then he did a bucket turn from back to breast -not for the novice- and the high school boys were all "Did he just bucket? he did! I don't believe it! Did you see that kid tunr? He did a bucket! He's my hero, he's my favorite! Did you see that turn?" so cool, so funny. They weren't half as impressed when my daughter did it same lane next heat and swam so fast she knocked two seconds off her personal best. But I was equally proud. Athough i was even more proud of the swimmers who had never swum a meet before and whose parents were sure they would bottle out, and who didn't. We had 30 swimmers on the books, only one failed to showd rather than the three we expected. last year we had 17. I promised them chocolate, tomorrow I must pay up. So Happy So Tired And beest is sick so i gotta make lunches for tomorrow. damnit __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-25-2010, 11:52 PM	#5192
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Bucket Boy !! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-26-2010, 12:05 AM	#5193
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Thanks, Zip -that it totally the paper plate award he needs at the end of season! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-26-2010, 12:07 AM	#5194
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm even happier now I've made the lunches and can crash in peace. heehee bucket boy, I like it. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-26-2010, 12:12 PM	#5196
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I have over 1000 posts. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

03-26-2010, 12:16 PM	#5197
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Today is the 1st day of my 20th year at my current employer's.

03-26-2010, 12:33 PM	#5198
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Congrats to both of you! Glatt, does this mean you have the seniority to go kick dirt on your boss' shoes when s/he pisses you off? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

03-26-2010, 01:25 PM	#5199
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I haven't been here 20 yet. My 19th anniversary was yesterday. The big one will be in one year. Being here this long means that every mystery gets brought to me because I remember shit that happened a long time ago. "Whatever happened to those files ten years ago?" "I dunno, ask glatt." And I usually come through.

03-26-2010, 01:28 PM	#5200
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	These days, most people don't have that kind of longevity on a job. That is awesome! Congrats. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-26-2010, 01:45 PM	#5201
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Oh, and another reason to be happy? Netflix is finally shipping us their streaming disc for the Wii today. So tonight I might be watching instant stuff on the TV instead of the tiny laptop! Last edited by glatt; 03-26-2010 at 01:55 PM.

03-26-2010, 01:55 PM	#5202
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	The sun is out !!! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

03-26-2010, 02:23 PM	#5203
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Did it snow anywhere else? I had a couple inches of snow on my car this morning, and parts of the interstate were pretty treacherous. Slide offs and accidents everywhere. Silly Ohio. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-27-2010, 08:39 AM	#5204
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Silly NEPA as well... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-27-2010, 12:55 PM	#5205
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I am buying my text books today! I am humming with excitement.

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