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hillaryjacques said:

Yay for finishing the first pass, Bettie!

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Tifferbugz said:

Yay!!!! Congrats on finishing the first pass!

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Thank you's boths.
^that could probably use a little editing...

Guuuys.

Two things: my MRI results came back and I am cleared of any aneurysm suspicions Or at least, as far as the neurologist could see (nice disclaimer, eh?)

Second, my dogs' bloodwork came back today as well. Timmy's blood results were okay, which was a shocker. I had not expected that. That does mean that the problem is likely his heart. He'll be having a heart x-ray and an ultrasound on the 27th. Anyanka's results were not so good. She's indeed having thyroid issues, her hormone levels were extreme. I drove to the clinic immediately to pick up meds, at the vet's insistence. She took her first tablet tonight and has not had any adverse effects thus far.

Also (yes, I lied), tomorrow is my mom's surgery. She's a wreck, aww. I'm getting a bit nervous too

So happy one doggy is doing well with the meds. Ugh, what a stressful time for you, 10. Mucho hugs and thoughts your way. *hugs!!

Damn, 10, you got a lot goin' on! Stay strong, my friend.

*prays to Cieling Cat*

10trackers said:

Guuuys.

Two things:

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*HUGS!* So glad your MRI was clear! Keep us posted on Timmy. I'm glad Anyanka has some good meds to help, though! I'm sure your mum's surgery will be fine, too, but yeah... Nervous-making!

That's good news about your brain Tens! Not so good news about the doggies, but hopefully the vet can figure that stuff out.

Hope your mum's surgery goes okay

Evening folks. Busy days busy days... Weddings are stressful, did you know that? And I haven't even got round to mine yet...

I go to bed and everyone comes out to play. Stories about machetes, grapefruits, chocolate, editing first passes done ... boy. I gotta learn not to sleep anymore.

Then I get to Tens, what a horrid bag of mixed news. Um, here, I got cookies. I'll set aside a couple just for you.

Plus a

Teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnn.

So many things. So many feelings.

queries are impossible, that is all

Ugh, just made a dental appointment. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate going to the dentist.

It's so primitive and expensive amd primitive.

I've suffered from a lack of confidence in my WIP in the past few days. I'm only 4,100 words into it and nowhere near an ending, but already I feel dissatisfied with how the plot and characterization are running so far. I feel like starting over and putting more effort into planning the story this time.

hillaryjacques said:

Ugh, just made a dental appointment. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate going to the dentist.

It's so primitive and expensive amd primitive.

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Going to the dentist sucks. Hopefully there won't be any issues, so it'll be cheap and easy and only kinda painful (the best one can hope for when going to the dentist).

I need to visit the dentist. (Just routine stuff, nothing dire or painful as far as I know.)


Sadly, I have no insurance.

Isn't it amazing how much joy is to be had by some guy in a tractor dumping two bucket loads of finely aged year and a half old horse crap in the bed of your truck?


Comgrats, Bettie.

Bos, try 10s dental-surgeon-hack.

10trackers said:

Guuuys.

Two things: my MRI results came back and I am cleared of any aneurysm suspicions Or at least, as far as the neurologist could see (nice disclaimer, eh?)

Second, my dogs' bloodwork came back today as well. Timmy's blood results were okay, which was a shocker. I had not expected that. That does mean that the problem is likely his heart. He'll be having a heart x-ray and an ultrasound on the 27th. Anyanka's results were not so good. She's indeed having thyroid issues, her hormone levels were extreme. I drove to the clinic immediately to pick up meds, at the vet's insistence. She took her first tablet tonight and has not had any adverse effects thus far.

Also (yes, I lied), tomorrow is my mom's surgery. She's a wreck, aww. I'm getting a bit nervous too

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Thats a lot of stuff. Have some hugs. And an alot. And do something to destress.

Fenika said:

Bos, try 10s dental-surgeon-hack.

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This seems a way to go for a dentist, and if I was going to make such a trip, I think I'd have better things to do with my time.

Why do students assume that if two of them hand in the exact same assignment, word for word, in the same class, that somehow I am not going to notice?

amergina said:

Green with envy. Like a lime.

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hillaryjacques said:

Yay for finishing the first pass, Bettie!




You have my attention.

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CAMueller said:

I'm not going to say I'm jealous. I'm just going to ask if you have a recipe, because that's nicer. Maybe. OK, I'm jealous.

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Andelana said:

That sounds awesome.

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It was from Gigi's Cupcakes.

My new boss does some sort of monthly employee morale thing and this month was gourmet cupcakes.

zanzjan said:

Hmmm. Sounds like somebody made a decent profit off that paper.

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Nah. It wasn't worth selling. More like one did the work, and let the other copy.

tjwriter said:

It was from Gigi's Cupcakes.

My new boss does some sort of monthly employee morale thing and this month was gourmet cupcakes.

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I need a new boss, clearly.

<-- is not a cupcake

but it should be

College, yes, but ESL students. I suspect some of that wonderful male/female Middle Eastern dynamic was at play.

As opposed to my Asian students, who copy things from a TOEFL prep course and assume somehow I can't find it online. Or notice when their assignment magically improves 200% from their last assignment.

Idjits.

aliwood said:

You know, that's an excellent question.

Here's another one: given that I'm not hungry right now. Do I actually want chocolate?

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I'll get back to you on this, if I can ever figure out what being hungry has to do with eating chocolate.

Fenika said:

Isn't it amazing how much joy is to be had by some guy in a tractor dumping two bucket loads of finely aged year and a half old horse crap in the bed of your truck?
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I can understand that. I grew up in a dairy town. You know the one. It's the one where during flood season, the newspaper has headlines about how many head needed to be airlifted to safety and nothing about your neighbors house that has flood water in the kitchen sink.

I used to hate spring and summer while growing up. They'd use all the manure they had saved up all winter to fertilize the grass. Wonderful smell.

Weird thing is, I go back to visit the town for the first time in ten years and they are spraying. "Ahh, now that smells like home" is what came to mind. Weird huh?

slcboston said:

Why do students assume that if two of them hand in the exact same assignment, word for word, in the same class, that somehow I am not going to notice?

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I really, really, really don't get this. Especially when it is a 120 word English essay. I've seen worse though. Speeches. Speeches that they new in advance that I was going to take video of for easier grading.

I mean guys! I now have both written and video proof, how are you going to explain that?

slcboston said:

College, yes, but ESL students. I suspect some of that wonderful male/female Middle Eastern dynamic was at play.

As opposed to my Asian students, who copy things from a TOEFL prep course and assume somehow I can't find it online. Or notice when their assignment magically improves 200% from their last assignment.

Idjits.

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This. Try with freshman kids who turn in 300 words for a 100 word essay. Those three hundred words are not only all spelled right, in perfect grammar constructions that even I, a lit major in college, never used, but with terminology that only a professional anthropologist would ever use.

These get the "If I can't do it, no way you can do it." big red zero.

Sometimes they get hung up on the bulliten board in the teachers room if it is entertaining enough.