Cagliostro wrote:Damelon wrote:A bit of the unexpected yesterday at work. My boss told us that he'd accepted a position in my old department and will take it up by the first of the year. It's time to take stock of my options.
Maybe they want to give you a promotion.
Just a thought.
Or maybe they're fixing to give you a dolt for a new boss. I understand that's the usual procedure for the gummint.

Anyway, hang in there, Damelon.
And you, Cag -- good going on kicking the habit! And Guns -- good news on your brother! And good luck with the new start, Lore. And good for you, Menolly, having the house to yourself again! Hugs all 'round, dammit!
Erm, well, as for me...
I was supposed to leave this coming Saturday for a trip to Spain to celebrate my 50th birthday. I think I mentioned that about three weeks ago, I stumbled over an uneven spot in the sidewalk and sprained my ankle. Well! Fast-forward to this past Sunday. Drove the girls back to college, took 'em to Kroger and out to eat for, y'know, their last meal (before dorm food again

), said goodbye, and walked out of the dorm. There's a magnolia tree right outside the door and it's dropping seed pods right now -- big honkin' things, about the size of a tennis ball. Well, I stepped on one and went down. Again. Twisted the same ankle and banged up the same knee. Made a lot of noise ("AAAAAUUUGHHHH, NOT AGAIN!!!"). Many people came running; one fetched my kids; one called campus security. Perhaps dorkishly, I declined a rescue vehicle *again*, took 4 ibuprofen, duct-taped a bag of ice to my ankle, and drove home.
I was fine once the ibuprofen kicked in.
And it's not too bad now (thank goodness I was still wearing the ankle brace!). But I'm hesitant to traipse around Spain with a bum ankle. Soooo...I'm putting off the trip 'til March. Good news: changing the airline ticket, etc., etc., will cost me less than $100 net, and I'll be healthy by then (unless I do some other boneheaded thing in the meantime

). Bad news: I won't be spending my birthday in a Moroccan bath, sipping mint tea. Oh, and I'll have to do actual Christmas shopping for all those folks I was going to buy cool souvenirs for.
