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What happened to you today?
- Thread starter FingerDub
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For the first time ever, I purposely wiped my fingerprints off of something 
No, it wasn't a weapon, window, or a mirror ...
and that's all I'm saying
No, it wasn't a weapon, window, or a mirror ...
and that's all I'm saying
Raked leaves out to the curb where the township will suck them up and make them go away. They were late falling this year, but they fell more or less all at once late last week after a few days of wind and rain.
There are fewer leaves this year than last and fewer last than the year before that. I've had to take down some pretty big, pretty old trees in the last few years - silver maple, sweet gum, Norway maple, cottonwood, spruce, and a bunch of redbuds - due to disease and age. I was sorry to see them go, but it makes for a lot less work this time of year. Still have another silver maple, a white oak, a couple of tulip trees, and more redbuds, so we're not completely deforested.
There are fewer leaves this year than last and fewer last than the year before that. I've had to take down some pretty big, pretty old trees in the last few years - silver maple, sweet gum, Norway maple, cottonwood, spruce, and a bunch of redbuds - due to disease and age. I was sorry to see them go, but it makes for a lot less work this time of year. Still have another silver maple, a white oak, a couple of tulip trees, and more redbuds, so we're not completely deforested.
You found out that it is hard to wipe finger prints off of chocolate frosting?For the first time ever, I purposely wiped my fingerprints off of something
No, it wasn't a weapon, window, or a mirror ...
and that's all I'm saying
Sadly an all too common occurrence these days - the inattentive drivers.... not your maturation, @Fishheadjoe!
Closed on a $4M refinance at work that (hopefully) will solve some issues that my employer talked to me about during my job interview 12 years ago. (I'm a finance professional during the day.)
Girls.....young and old.....come with a lot of complications. I wouldn't want to imagine a world without them though. That lady is just mean. Yelling at my eight year old is my job only. And I do it in private.
My "what happened" from yesterday is kind of depressing. (Sorry) I couldn't get myself together all day.
Yesterday morning, on the way to the same school my girls go to, there was a horrible accident. A young woman was driving her 6 year old kid to school. It was raining super hard. She hydroplaned and over corrected. She slammed head on into another car. She was killed. The kid (other than a few bumps and bruises) was fine. That kid is the same age as my youngest. I tried to imagine what it would be like for my daughter to be in the back seat and witness her mother being killed....and the few minutes afterwards when it was just that kid and its mother alone in the car. The kid was probably screaming "MOMMY!" over and over. The kid was in our hospital yesterday and it was all I could do to keep from clocking out and just going over there to love on that family. I did find out through some connections who they are. My church is looking at helping them out somehow.
It almost made me sick. I seriously couldn't get it together all day. The whole day people were talking to me and I didn't even hear them.
It was the top headline on our local news station web site for about half a day. By mid afternoon that lady and her (now motherless) kid were bumped down below local politics and and new stoplight cameras. By last night, you had to click a few links to even get to it.
Just love on your kid and teach her to rise above the drama. Life is too short to give "them" any of your energy.
(Sorry for the depressing post....but you asked.)
Girls.....young and old.....come with a lot of complications. I wouldn't want to imagine a world without them though. That lady is just mean. Yelling at my eight year old is my job only. And I do it in private.
My "what happened" from yesterday is kind of depressing. (Sorry) I couldn't get myself together all day.
Yesterday morning, on the way to the same school my girls go to, there was a horrible accident. A young woman was driving her 6 year old kid to school. It was raining super hard. She hydroplaned and over corrected. She slammed head on into another car. She was killed. The kid (other than a few bumps and bruises) was fine. That kid is the same age as my youngest. I tried to imagine what it would be like for my daughter to be in the back seat and witness her mother being killed....and the few minutes afterwards when it was just that kid and its mother alone in the car. The kid was probably screaming "MOMMY!" over and over. The kid was in our hospital yesterday and it was all I could do to keep from clocking out and just going over there to love on that family. I did find out through some connections who they are. My church is looking at helping them out somehow.
It almost made me sick. I seriously couldn't get it together all day. The whole day people were talking to me and I didn't even hear them.
It was the top headline on our local news station web site for about half a day. By mid afternoon that lady and her (now motherless) kid were bumped down below local politics and and new stoplight cameras. By last night, you had to click a few links to even get to it.
Just love on your kid and teach her to rise above the drama. Life is too short to give "them" any of your energy.
(Sorry for the depressing post....but you asked.)
Jeez.
One moment, rain. The next, world-shattering tragedy. It's always a hair's breadth away.
To lose a loved one to an accident like that, so suddenly and without meaning, without preparation or closure, with nobody to blame... I can't imagine the pain, and yet I guess it happens all the time..
Kind of a morning-wrecker, but thanks for sharing. Makes you think.
--^@
Yeah I tried to turn it into a net positive in my life. I loved on my wife and girls a little extra last night.
Thanks! Feeling alright. A little tough to move around but I'm still "young" enough that I can walk it off. I'm kind of an oaf - this sort of thing happens WAY more often than I would care to admit. I suspect even moving to a single story house would just have me finding new and creative ways to injure myself. But hey, at least I can still play the bass (while seated).
My god. My heart sank reading that. And to witness it, it must hit pretty close to home.Girls.....young and old.....come with a lot of complications. I wouldn't want to imagine a world without them though. That lady is just mean. Yelling at my eight year old is my job only. And I do it in private.
My "what happened" from yesterday is kind of depressing. (Sorry) I couldn't get myself together all day.
Yesterday morning, on the way to the same school my girls go to, there was a horrible accident. A young woman was driving her 6 year old kid to school. It was raining super hard. She hydroplaned and over corrected. She slammed head on into another car. She was killed. The kid (other than a few bumps and bruises) was fine. That kid is the same age as my youngest. I tried to imagine what it would be like for my daughter to be in the back seat and witness her mother being killed....and the few minutes afterwards when it was just that kid and its mother alone in the car. The kid was probably screaming "MOMMY!" over and over. The kid was in our hospital yesterday and it was all I could do to keep from clocking out and just going over there to love on that family. I did find out through some connections who they are. My church is looking at helping them out somehow.
It almost made me sick. I seriously couldn't get it together all day. The whole day people were talking to me and I didn't even hear them.
It was the top headline on our local news station web site for about half a day. By mid afternoon that lady and her (now motherless) kid were bumped down below local politics and and new stoplight cameras. By last night, you had to click a few links to even get to it.
Just love on your kid and teach her to rise above the drama. Life is too short to give "them" any of your energy.
(Sorry for the depressing post....but you asked.)
I got to hug my daughter this morning, so that's definitely my gratitude juice for the day.
I got two free buffets at the casino today. They only cost me about $15. Oh, well, it was a casual date with my wife. We had fun and got to eat for very little.
I'm not sure you know what free means.
In and around casinos, what you get for "free" is based on what and how long you play, how much you win or lose, and what is available. That is the "free" I meant.
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...PT this morning...spent an hour on the mulch pile...washed the truck...watched a couple of Jim Jefferies' Shows... 
My feet (peripheral neuropathy) are #¥€£!ng Killing me!!
My feet (peripheral neuropathy) are #¥€£!ng Killing me!!
I encountered work, then I encountered the internet, and now I'm going to encounter my bed, which is the finest of all things to encounter.
Woke up at 4:am, two and a half hours before I normally wake up for no apparent reason. Couldn't sleep. Still up. Weird pains in my body. I had a terrible nightmare that I had another kid and it was an adult Joe Nerve.
