You outta know it's Wednesday

[inthekitty]

And I'm here, to remind you
Of the mess you left when you went away
It's not fair, to deny me
Of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know

I love me some Alanis.

We've had some rainy crappy days but it's supposed to be beautiful from here on out. I'm in the office today and tomorrow but I get to work my regular office day (Friday) from home. Yay!

What's going on ladies?

[mwhip]

Morning! I've figured out that no one pays attention to our internet usage, so I'm going to try to be more active during the day again.

They poured the footings for our foundation yesterday!

I'm also about at my wits end with H. It's been a week since they offered him the job, which he accepted, but he has no start date. And he isn't reaching out for update, offering to go to Texas to train while waiting for his truck, make sales calls, etc. We are going on week 8 of no paycheck. I had to transfer money from savings this morning. I'm seriously questioning every big decision he has made in the last year because they have all been questionable now. My attitude is total shit.

[guster]

That CD (yes I am aging myself) is my entire freshman year of college --add an a lot of Dave Matthews and a little bit of Green Day and it's 1995 all over again.

[guster]

Today is Charlie's last day of preschool and I'm really in all the feels.
We have HVAC workers here today trying to finish up the AC, but we haven't been given a full approval from our town so that will be delayed slightly. I'm trying to manifest the positive and will it into approval. Do it with me!

[nam2013]

I was once a complete and utter groupy at 15 waiting at Alanis’ tourbus to get an autograph, but hey I got it!

I have the best dad ever, he always drove me and my friends to concerts/festivals and then waited in the parking lot until it was over.

Eta he wanted us to be safe rather then take public transport at late hours. And I also think he liked being able to be a part of our lives in any way a teenager would let him.

[inthekitty]

I love Alanis' song she came out with last year, Ablaze. Have any of you heard it? It's very sweet. The music video has her family in it and the kiddos are so cute.

guster I really like Green Day. I appreciated them more as I got older. When I found out my dad died I angrily listened to a lot of their songs. I also enjoy Dave Matthews, but man, he is like the sweatiest, grossest performer. I've never seen him in concert, but just from the videos I've seen, he alone could solve California's drought issues.

[inthekitty]

mwhip, I'm sorry it's been so frustrating with your H. I hope he gets his shit together soon and everything pans out with the job.

[jewels]

Jun 16, 2021 8:52:03 GMT -6 guster said:

That CD (yes I am aging myself) is my entire freshman year of college --add an a lot of Dave Matthews and a little bit of Green Day and it's 1995 all over again.

Right after I graduated college, my girlfriend and I drove to Fl to visit my brother.  I had an external CD player that I plugged in through my cigarette lighter and my friend and I alternated between that CD and Janis Joplin the whole way down.  Every time I hear anything from that album I feel instantly transported to that car ride.  

And basically everything about that post ages me.  Most here probably don't even remember those CDMan players.  

[tgrimes]

H had an ENT appt this morning. She went over pre op stuff as well, so I don't have to make another appt to do that. I think I got approval for genetic testing through mychart, but I messaged the lady back to double check because it was weirdly worded. It it's accurate, they mail me a swab kit and I do it myself.

[tgrimes]

Jun 16, 2021 10:30:25 GMT -6 jewels said:

Jun 16, 2021 8:52:03 GMT -6 guster said:

That CD (yes I am aging myself) is my entire freshman year of college --add an a lot of Dave Matthews and a little bit of Green Day and it's 1995 all over again.

Right after I graduated college, my girlfriend and I drove to Fl to visit my brother.  I had an external CD player that I plugged in through my cigarette lighter and my friend and I alternated between that CD and Janis Joplin the whole way down.  Every time I hear anything from that album I feel instantly transported to that car ride.  

And basically everything about that post ages me.  Most here probably don't even remember those CDMan players.  

I also had the cd player that you plugged in the cigarette lighter.  Lol.  that's how I blew a tire once on the way home from a party.  My cd player fell into the floorboard and i reached down to grab it and hit a curb.  whoops.

[inthekitty]

I had a giant double tape deck boom box and used the auxiliary cord so my Discman could play on it. Good times.

[inthekitty]

tgrimes, do you have a date for surgery?

[tgrimes]

Jun 16, 2021 10:39:17 GMT -6 inthekitty said:

tgrimes , do you have a date for surgery?

July 22.

[lahdeedah]

Hi.

I had a busy morning running errands while M was at camp. I need to be doing some productive things at home, but I was tired from being out all morning. I’m getting bummed because there will be a tropical depression at the start of our vacation and it looks like it will be a wet week. I’m hoping the last two days we have decent weather, but who knows.

I’m a late 80s millennial, but I had a discman. Also know Alanis, Dave Matthews, etc… TRL kept me on music trend. Lol

[trtlcrzy]

Hey. I have had a busy day. I dropped H at camp, then went straight to Aldi so I could get V a water table from there for her birthday present. We ran home, I cleaned out the back of the van and laid down the seats so we could pick up my new patio set from HD, but apparently it was behind a bunch of stuff so it was taking too long and I had to leave and go back. Then to the ortho for my first braces adjustment (and now I have sore teeth). I dropped S off with my stepmom, went to the mill work place to order our doors and trim, home to unload the patio set and then back to my stepmoms. We went swimming and I barely made it back in time to pick up H from the camp bus. I’m planning for tomorrow to be much more chill.

[trtlcrzy]

I’m pretty sure my sister had that Alanis album on tape. I also had the plug in discman situation, my stepmom got this thing to put it on in the car so it didn’t skip so much. High quality. I didn’t get my first car with a CD player until college. I love all the old school alanis songs.

[kim22]

DD’s graduation was really nice. I spent hours blowing up balloons last night with 3 other moms but everything came out great. She won the American Citizenship award for being a good person. Now I’m starting what I’m going to call “selfish summer” because my kid is missing his practice tonight because I was day drinking.

[tgrimes]

Jun 16, 2021 16:53:56 GMT -6 kim22 said:

DD’s graduation was really nice. I spent hours blowing up balloons last night with 3 other moms but everything came out great. She won the American Citizenship award for being a good person. Now I’m starting what I’m going to call “selfish summer” because my kid is missing his practice tonight because I was day drinking.

Amazing.

[lahdeedah]

Jun 16, 2021 16:53:56 GMT -6 kim22 said:

DD’s graduation was really nice. I spent hours blowing up balloons last night with 3 other moms but everything came out great. She won the American Citizenship award for being a good person. Now I’m starting what I’m going to call “selfish summer” because my kid is missing his practice tonight because I was day drinking.

Ha! Congrats on her award!

[klong11]

Got my dl renewed today. I had to go in person because it was time for a new picture. Boooooo!

I got the go ahead to work from home until Monday.

trtlcrzy your day made me exhausted just reading that!

[nam2013]

jewels isn’t it amazing what music can do? I put on the weight when we drove into Woodstock, and it instantly takes me back there…

ETA I have a pic of dd1 looking like Janis (floppy hat, guitar, flowy hair) made in Woodstock, hence the random story 😂.

[nam2013]

Also mid/late ‘80 but I also had a discman, ‘inherited’ my aunts fancy one with shock protection! We still use a jack in the car for my h’s vintage 180gb iPod I got him when he got his masters in history.

At our wedding we made everyone a burned cd that looked like a vinyl with songs that were significant for us. We’ve been married 9 years, but handing out cd’s would not work anymore! I guess we would do real vinyls now 😂.

[guster]

Graduation was absolutely adorable. Charlie was a big ol' ham during the performances.
Some of their butterflies hatched during the day and the rest in the afternoon while the kids were home so they released them as a class after the ceremony. I think it was really sweet. His teacher is retiring and she said the whole thing felt poignant to her bc she'll be home next year and in a new phase of life.

[wineallthetime]

Jun 17, 2021 2:46:25 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

Also mid/late ‘80 but I also had a discman, ‘inherited’ my aunts fancy one with shock protection! We still use a jack in the car for my h’s vintage 180gb iPod I got him when he got his masters in history.

At our wedding we made everyone a burned cd that looked like a vinyl with songs that were significant for us. We’ve been married 9 years, but handing out cd’s would not work anymore! I guess we would do real vinyls now 😂.

My aunt and her H did this for their wedding 11 years ago. The first song was, "Let's get it on". I cringed every time my grandparents put the CD on during family get togethers.

[tgrimes]

Jun 17, 2021 5:00:17 GMT -6 wineallthetime said:

Jun 17, 2021 2:46:25 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

Also mid/late ‘80 but I also had a discman, ‘inherited’ my aunts fancy one with shock protection! We still use a jack in the car for my h’s vintage 180gb iPod I got him when he got his masters in history.

At our wedding we made everyone a burned cd that looked like a vinyl with songs that were significant for us. We’ve been married 9 years, but handing out cd’s would not work anymore! I guess we would do real vinyls now 😂.

My aunt and her H did this for their wedding 11 years ago. The first song was, "Let's get it on". I cringed every time my grandparents put the CD on during family get togethers.

OMG!

[lahdeedah]

Jun 17, 2021 5:00:17 GMT -6 wineallthetime said:

Jun 17, 2021 2:46:25 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

Also mid/late ‘80 but I also had a discman, ‘inherited’ my aunts fancy one with shock protection! We still use a jack in the car for my h’s vintage 180gb iPod I got him when he got his masters in history.

At our wedding we made everyone a burned cd that looked like a vinyl with songs that were significant for us. We’ve been married 9 years, but handing out cd’s would not work anymore! I guess we would do real vinyls now 😂.

My aunt and her H did this for their wedding 11 years ago. The first song was, "Let's get it on". I cringed every time my grandparents put the CD on during family get togethers.

😂😂

[nam2013]

Jun 17, 2021 5:00:17 GMT -6 wineallthetime said:

Jun 17, 2021 2:46:25 GMT -6 nam2013 said:

Also mid/late ‘80 but I also had a discman, ‘inherited’ my aunts fancy one with shock protection! We still use a jack in the car for my h’s vintage 180gb iPod I got him when he got his masters in history.

At our wedding we made everyone a burned cd that looked like a vinyl with songs that were significant for us. We’ve been married 9 years, but handing out cd’s would not work anymore! I guess we would do real vinyls now 😂.

My aunt and her H did this for their wedding 11 years ago. The first song was, "Let's get it on". I cringed every time my grandparents put the CD on during family get togethers.

😂😂😂 my goodness! We did no such thing, we still listen to it a lot, Coldplay, Cake, the beach boys, Amelie, Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Dylan and some more things.