crud. I was just finishing up the Humpday Cafe… I have an 8-9:30 class on Wed, so was planning on posting afterwards… complete with fun OB anecdotes! Next week, I’ll put it up at 7 (before class). Sorry for the confusion lately.
On the upshot, B-School is pretty fun, and the people are mostly really amazing. Not always politically aligned with BMT’ers, but it’s great to hear educated alternatives now and again too! I’ve recruited a couple visitors to the site, so you may see some new folks in here soon… so be nice to them! =)
I’ll have fun Econ stories in a couple hours… hope all is well in Cafe land with everyone!
Oh sorry abbott, I go into a panic when there is no cafe and I feared you were tied up again. When this one gets full or later in the day you can post yours, ok.
my laptop did nothing but give me the blue screen of death for 2 hours in class. what the frig??? NOw I am googling the errors to see what the hell the problem is. Me thinks I need tech support. I’m gonna go troll the computer lounge for some geeky lookin’ kids… 😉
Today I feel even worse, I have been suffering with allerigies/sinus stuff all week (stuffed nose, sore throat, etc.) and have been feeling under the weather. I haven’t been sleeping well lately (read: the last six months) because my two-year-old will just NOT stay in his room and sleep through the night, and many nights I end up with him in the bed and his big brother too (big one is ok to sleep with but the little one just wiggles around all night long!) and last night my husband and I got into a bit of a tiff and, worse, I completely lost it with my kids — screaming at the top of my lungs in the bathroom, where the acoustics make it so much lounder and sound so much scarier. I have not ever lost my temper that badly, but my husband was griping at me, the older one was whining and crying adn refused to use words to tell me what was wrong, and the small one started crying in sympathy with his brother, and I just lost it. I feel so bad today, in so many ways, and a part of me just wants to run away.
That was the last thing my husband said to me this morning as he went out the door, I had asked him what we could do to stop the seemingly incessant bickering that we do and he said “you sure do whine a lot, you could stop that”
So I guess you all are stuck with it. Do you mind?? I know this place is supposed to be fun, but I just have to get some of this off of my chest.
The bankruptcy still hangs over our heads (aside from coming to the meeting last week, my husband hasn’t really done much with it at all, to be fair, this is crazy-making time for him at work, he works in the information technology services at UT and school starts today — he had to work all last weekend and the chaoes usually keeps going well into September) I have to do an inventory of our household goods, call around and try to get info. on two bank accounts we closed earlier this year….)
September bills loom large (rent especailly)…we are supposedly getting a $3082 check from the IRS at some point this week (I just got around to filing our taxes), but it can’t get here soon enough. My dissertation is still out there waiting for me to finish it and my house is a mess (something my husband also complains about a lot).
Good to hear your voice as well.
Brinnaine, if you need to talk, give me a call.
Don’t beat yourself up over this, we all,(parents) go through this and we all feel badly after.
If I can help please do call me….I just tried to call you and no answer.
I remember lots of days like that when my kids were young and I was going through a depression. I didn’t know it was depression at the time, I just thought I was a huge bitch and my biggest fear was that my kids wouldn’t remember all of the good times we had when I was loving and kind…but that their lasting image of me would be red-faced and screaming, with that vein popping out in the middle of my forehead!
Hang in there, it does pass. Way too quickly if you ask me, though I remember sometimes the days seemed endless. My kids are teenagers and in various stages of leaving the nest and I am so so sad about it. I was laying in bed last night, trying to get to sleep, and I heard my 17 year old upstairs practicing his guitar, nice quiet, acoustic songs that he’s written. I was about to ask him to quit playing for the night when I realized that next year he’ll leave for college and I might never hear him play again. So, of course, I cried myself to sleep.
My wish for you is that the good times far outnumber the times when you are a raving lunatic :0)….and if they don’t it’s time to talk to someone.
I was diagnosed with depression 9 years ago — finally got better, after a few years battling with Paxil, when I started on Zoloft about 3 years ago….I know what true depression feels like and this isn’t that. This is exhaustion, this is stress, this is just the world wieghing heavy on my soul. Thank you for your concern and the sharing of stories and even after your son leaves for college, I’m betting you hear him play again….
I just need to regain my balance — I have been knocked for a loop this past month.
Hi Diane..decided to drop in here because if I read anymore horrible news, or watch any momre tragedy on TV, my eyes are going to implode at the same nano- second my head explodes amd it will be an awful mess.
I’ll just sit here with a nice cup of cammomile and decompress awhile. Oh, if anyone has a spare hug, bring it over here, ok?
(Uh oh..I give hugs, I don’t ask for hugs. (Shit. I’m in worse shape than I thought!)
I have a feeling that the world may need America to take a hit like this, but heaven help the millions of people who have to pay the actual price out of their lives.
Apart from all the cleanup, we need our leaders to stand up and start reminding America what government is for, what safety nets are for, what science and research and planning are for, what journalism is for, what taxation is for, and what our domestic service personnel are for–and not for.
All I have done is cry for the past few days. I don’t even have anyone to scream at. I did scare the crap out of my cat when I yelled some obscenity at the tv last night. I too could use one of those group hugs.
Ok here I am with my arms outstretched, wide enough to gather you all in, I’m not kidding I have realllllllly long arms. So I hope eveyone who reads these words feels my hug and oh I do believe that now it’s a group hug…..Oh mighty is the group hug.
all the clicking yesterday resulted in an unbelievable result. Prior to yesterday the most I ever earned off google ads was 18 dollars. Yesterday I earned $56 off of 190 clicks. I earned another $11 off of the Crispads. I could actually get by if I had that kind of revenue every day. So thank you all for thinking about the economics of the site. I really appreciate it.
Well, I’ve done my part, Boo, and my Visa card has you to blame. If I order any more bumper stickers and magnets my minivan is going to look like that hippie van from Scooby Doo. And now Powell’s….
Booman…what can we do to attract more advertisers here? It seems so reasonable compared to the other blogs rates. I know more users helps but what else? Can we suggest it to businesses or what?
It sure does look great. Katiebird, wasn’t there somebody who volunteered to do the ad and somebody else who offered to pay for it as a way of contributing to the site? I’d like to say thanks!
Even those of us who are in Kansas feel as if we’re not in Kansas anymore.
But if you happen to be here tomorrow, come to the Cindy Sheehan tour event on the Plaza. She won’t be there, but Gold star parents and Iraq vets will be. Details are in my diary. LINK
There’s a bit of info for Des Moines & St. Louis, too.
Good morning, everybody. Lovely photos. Sweet hugs.
Hey Tribbers, hope all is well despite the fucked up world that we live in. My thoughts go out to all those who are suffering from this flood and this war.
Wow….thanks for all the hugs, everyone. It truly does help to feel others close in like this.
Cat, I can’t even imagine living through these days WITH two little ones to care for at the same time. Be gentle with yourself, you hear? Turn to those you can vent with, and feel understood by and hang on..
I’ve decided that feeling very sad is pretty darned normal, given what’s going on in the world today. How can any sentient being be untouched, emotionally, by the incredibly suffering and loss everywhere? It’s good we came come together and share it..as well as to share what is still so good in our lives and in our world.
Like..pizza!
Pizza is good!
(running off to order one right now.)
(Yes, I’ll order enough for everyone 🙂
A schooner hoisting sail in 12 knot winds on Puget Sound this afternoon, seen through a breakwall that hasn’t faced the challenges of New Orleans’. As regular gasoline nears $4 a gallon, my jesting call for 100 sailing Puget Sound ferries is an idea that may have sea-legs.
Dept. of Don’t-Laugh
The seawall sits directly on top of an earthquake fault that has moved within recent years. 2-3 other active faults are within sight.
I can definitely understand where you’re coming from on the frustration — I don’t have young ones to deal with, but I do have the spouse who, though I love him lots, can be damn frustrating at times, especially over the past month or so when we’ve been trying to get him healthy enough to get back to work. I’m appreciating this vacation as a chance to get away from all those worries, and to try to recharge the marital batteries. Is there any way you can stick the kids with someone for a night and just run away, you and your spouse? It sounds like the two of you need a “fierce conversation”, where you both lay your frustrations out on the table. Maybe a mediator is needed to help you find middle ground…
I’m almost feeling guilty for having so much fun when so many are suffering, in body, mind, and spirit. Would it help if I said my feet and legs are killing me?
Miss all of you…I’ll be in and out, mostly in the evenings…
Just to let everyone know, the FBC is up and running so stop in and share your thoughts and grief, or whatever else you want to share with us today.
crud. I was just finishing up the Humpday Cafe… I have an 8-9:30 class on Wed, so was planning on posting afterwards… complete with fun OB anecdotes! Next week, I’ll put it up at 7 (before class). Sorry for the confusion lately.
On the upshot, B-School is pretty fun, and the people are mostly really amazing. Not always politically aligned with BMT’ers, but it’s great to hear educated alternatives now and again too! I’ve recruited a couple visitors to the site, so you may see some new folks in here soon… so be nice to them! =)
I’ll have fun Econ stories in a couple hours… hope all is well in Cafe land with everyone!
Oh sorry abbott, I go into a panic when there is no cafe and I feared you were tied up again. When this one gets full or later in the day you can post yours, ok.
my laptop did nothing but give me the blue screen of death for 2 hours in class. what the frig??? NOw I am googling the errors to see what the hell the problem is. Me thinks I need tech support. I’m gonna go troll the computer lounge for some geeky lookin’ kids… 😉
yesterday Diane — thank you so much for calling.
Today I feel even worse, I have been suffering with allerigies/sinus stuff all week (stuffed nose, sore throat, etc.) and have been feeling under the weather. I haven’t been sleeping well lately (read: the last six months) because my two-year-old will just NOT stay in his room and sleep through the night, and many nights I end up with him in the bed and his big brother too (big one is ok to sleep with but the little one just wiggles around all night long!) and last night my husband and I got into a bit of a tiff and, worse, I completely lost it with my kids — screaming at the top of my lungs in the bathroom, where the acoustics make it so much lounder and sound so much scarier. I have not ever lost my temper that badly, but my husband was griping at me, the older one was whining and crying adn refused to use words to tell me what was wrong, and the small one started crying in sympathy with his brother, and I just lost it. I feel so bad today, in so many ways, and a part of me just wants to run away.
That was the last thing my husband said to me this morning as he went out the door, I had asked him what we could do to stop the seemingly incessant bickering that we do and he said “you sure do whine a lot, you could stop that”
So I guess you all are stuck with it. Do you mind?? I know this place is supposed to be fun, but I just have to get some of this off of my chest.
The bankruptcy still hangs over our heads (aside from coming to the meeting last week, my husband hasn’t really done much with it at all, to be fair, this is crazy-making time for him at work, he works in the information technology services at UT and school starts today — he had to work all last weekend and the chaoes usually keeps going well into September) I have to do an inventory of our household goods, call around and try to get info. on two bank accounts we closed earlier this year….)
September bills loom large (rent especailly)…we are supposedly getting a $3082 check from the IRS at some point this week (I just got around to filing our taxes), but it can’t get here soon enough. My dissertation is still out there waiting for me to finish it and my house is a mess (something my husband also complains about a lot).
Good to hear your voice as well.
Brinnaine, if you need to talk, give me a call.
Don’t beat yourself up over this, we all,(parents) go through this and we all feel badly after.
If I can help please do call me….I just tried to call you and no answer.
Do I remember that your name is Cat?
I remember lots of days like that when my kids were young and I was going through a depression. I didn’t know it was depression at the time, I just thought I was a huge bitch and my biggest fear was that my kids wouldn’t remember all of the good times we had when I was loving and kind…but that their lasting image of me would be red-faced and screaming, with that vein popping out in the middle of my forehead!
Hang in there, it does pass. Way too quickly if you ask me, though I remember sometimes the days seemed endless. My kids are teenagers and in various stages of leaving the nest and I am so so sad about it. I was laying in bed last night, trying to get to sleep, and I heard my 17 year old upstairs practicing his guitar, nice quiet, acoustic songs that he’s written. I was about to ask him to quit playing for the night when I realized that next year he’ll leave for college and I might never hear him play again. So, of course, I cried myself to sleep.
My wish for you is that the good times far outnumber the times when you are a raving lunatic :0)….and if they don’t it’s time to talk to someone.
and yes, you remember right on the name…
I was diagnosed with depression 9 years ago — finally got better, after a few years battling with Paxil, when I started on Zoloft about 3 years ago….I know what true depression feels like and this isn’t that. This is exhaustion, this is stress, this is just the world wieghing heavy on my soul. Thank you for your concern and the sharing of stories and even after your son leaves for college, I’m betting you hear him play again….
I just need to regain my balance — I have been knocked for a loop this past month.
Hi Diane..decided to drop in here because if I read anymore horrible news, or watch any momre tragedy on TV, my eyes are going to implode at the same nano- second my head explodes amd it will be an awful mess.
I’ll just sit here with a nice cup of cammomile and decompress awhile. Oh, if anyone has a spare hug, bring it over here, ok?
(Uh oh..I give hugs, I don’t ask for hugs. (Shit. I’m in worse shape than I thought!)
(((HUG)))
(((HUG)))
(((HUG)))
(((HUG)))
That there is what, in our house, we call a big snuggy hug!
😉
Let’s do a big group hug this morning…
{{{GROUP HUG}}}
My brain is numb and I’m trying to work through all of this…
is clearly what you need to be watching. Got to be the best “hug” scene ever.
So just visualize all of us doing that scene with you — and as a bonus you can have fun deciding which character’s face to “paste” on which one of us.
you just have to cry.
I have a feeling that the world may need America to take a hit like this, but heaven help the millions of people who have to pay the actual price out of their lives.
Apart from all the cleanup, we need our leaders to stand up and start reminding America what government is for, what safety nets are for, what science and research and planning are for, what journalism is for, what taxation is for, and what our domestic service personnel are for–and not for.
All I have done is cry for the past few days. I don’t even have anyone to scream at. I did scare the crap out of my cat when I yelled some obscenity at the tv last night. I too could use one of those group hugs.
… we could all use some hugs.
(((((((scribe))))))
(((((((brinnainne))))))
(((((((diane))))))
(((((((Gooserock))))))
Anyone else?
Ok here I am with my arms outstretched, wide enough to gather you all in, I’m not kidding I have realllllllly long arms. So I hope eveyone who reads these words feels my hug and oh I do believe that now it’s a group hug…..Oh mighty is the group hug.
all the clicking yesterday resulted in an unbelievable result. Prior to yesterday the most I ever earned off google ads was 18 dollars. Yesterday I earned $56 off of 190 clicks. I earned another $11 off of the Crispads. I could actually get by if I had that kind of revenue every day. So thank you all for thinking about the economics of the site. I really appreciate it.
Well, I’ve done my part, Boo, and my Visa card has you to blame. If I order any more bumper stickers and magnets my minivan is going to look like that hippie van from Scooby Doo. And now Powell’s….
…on the minivan SN!
Good to know that BooMan. Visiting ads will definitely be part of my BT routine.
Booman…what can we do to attract more advertisers here? It seems so reasonable compared to the other blogs rates. I know more users helps but what else? Can we suggest it to businesses or what?
to remind us what it looks like when nature doesn’t come calling for us…
Courtesy of NASA…
The famous Pale Blue Dot photo, earth (blue-white spec at center) seen from beyond Uranus.
And to lighten the mood slightly, a view of the sound stage NASA used to fake* the moon landings.
*Actual moon landing may not have been faked.
Peace
Congrats to the people who coordinated the effort to place the Froggy Bottom Photography Fair ad. It looks great.
It sure does look great. Katiebird, wasn’t there somebody who volunteered to do the ad and somebody else who offered to pay for it as a way of contributing to the site? I’d like to say thanks!
Thanks Man Eegee & kansas!
babaloo bought the ad — she’s great.
Now, I’ve got to get to work. The ad is pointing to one of my old FBP Fair Diaries and it should really point to a new edition.
If anyone has any ideas please email me (just clean up my address below this message)
I have no words….so we’ll all just hold on tight together for a while…
That’s exactly what I need today, a long, cool, calming blue hug…my brain hurts today!
for all of us who’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more.
Even those of us who are in Kansas feel as if we’re not in Kansas anymore.
But if you happen to be here tomorrow, come to the Cindy Sheehan tour event on the Plaza. She won’t be there, but Gold star parents and Iraq vets will be. Details are in my diary. LINK
There’s a bit of info for Des Moines & St. Louis, too.
Good morning, everybody. Lovely photos. Sweet hugs.
Hey Tribbers, hope all is well despite the fucked up world that we live in. My thoughts go out to all those who are suffering from this flood and this war.
Wow….thanks for all the hugs, everyone. It truly does help to feel others close in like this.
Cat, I can’t even imagine living through these days WITH two little ones to care for at the same time. Be gentle with yourself, you hear? Turn to those you can vent with, and feel understood by and hang on..
I’ve decided that feeling very sad is pretty darned normal, given what’s going on in the world today. How can any sentient being be untouched, emotionally, by the incredibly suffering and loss everywhere? It’s good we came come together and share it..as well as to share what is still so good in our lives and in our world.
Like..pizza!
Pizza is good!
(running off to order one right now.)
(Yes, I’ll order enough for everyone 🙂
Oh Scribe, thanks for your words above and also thanks for the pizza. Mine was with mushrooms and it was delicious. Thanks
A schooner hoisting sail in 12 knot winds on Puget Sound this afternoon, seen through a breakwall that hasn’t faced the challenges of New Orleans’. As regular gasoline nears $4 a gallon, my jesting call for 100 sailing Puget Sound ferries is an idea that may have sea-legs.
Dept. of Don’t-Laugh
The seawall sits directly on top of an earthquake fault that has moved within recent years. 2-3 other active faults are within sight.
I can definitely understand where you’re coming from on the frustration — I don’t have young ones to deal with, but I do have the spouse who, though I love him lots, can be damn frustrating at times, especially over the past month or so when we’ve been trying to get him healthy enough to get back to work. I’m appreciating this vacation as a chance to get away from all those worries, and to try to recharge the marital batteries. Is there any way you can stick the kids with someone for a night and just run away, you and your spouse? It sounds like the two of you need a “fierce conversation”, where you both lay your frustrations out on the table. Maybe a mediator is needed to help you find middle ground…
I’m almost feeling guilty for having so much fun when so many are suffering, in body, mind, and spirit. Would it help if I said my feet and legs are killing me?
Miss all of you…I’ll be in and out, mostly in the evenings…