How do you feel today? v. 3.0

[Cameraman Jenn]

Apparently my post disappeared...

That's so awesome, Pam. SD, I loves me some rye bread, it's second on my list of most delicious breads just under pumpernickel. Although it does seem to vie for that position with boston brown bread depending on the dish it's accompanying. There are few things more satisfying as comfort food to me as a mayo slathered hunk of rye with sharp cheddar, a light swath of dijon and fresh sun warmed tomato from my Dad's garden. It has to be serious rye though, with the seeds all up in it. So freaking good.

I'm tired, a bit cranky and yet full of myself about the copy center numbers.

[aliantha]

That's pretty cool, Menolly.

I think I've seen a TooJay's hereabouts, maybe up in Rockville, MD.

[Shaun das Schaf]

That's a bonza story Menolly! Good on 'em and good on you.
And I've been to'ing and fro'ing about publicly well-wishing you because, you know, I haven't been here long.
I've been doing the well-wishing in private instead (until now)
My Mum had thyroid cancer about 10 years ago and is cancer-free/going like a trooper now.
I am hoping the same for you, and that your cancer has been well-behaved and kept itself to one room, so to speak.

[deer of the dawn]

Iz gud day!

[Cagliostro]

Sorry to hear it Pam. But like Shawn the Sheep, my sister went through the same thing, and she is doing just fine, and no other spreading. But as someone who is also worried about the possibility of the big "C" in the throat region, and trying to patiently wait, do what you can to distract yourself and not worry too much.

[MsMary]

Sorry to hear it Pam. But like Shawn the Sheep, my sister went through the same thing, and she is doing just fine, and no other spreading. But as someone who is also worried about the possibility of the big "C" in the throat region, and trying to patiently wait, do what you can to distract yourself and not worry too much.

Thirded. I have several friends who had it with no recurrence and no further problems.

Hope that will be the case for you, as well.

[Menolly]

Thanks yet again, all.

With my parents history of cancer (lost mom on her 50th birthday to breast cancer, and daddy at age 57 to lung cancer) I will indeed feel blessed when this is in remission and no further happenstance of it occurs.

[Avatar]

Woot! Last day of work, then a nice long holiday. Only back to work on the 5th of Jan. Raining and miserable here...I would have skipped the company lunch to stay in bed quite happily.

I'll be around during the hols, although perhaps not posting quite as much.

--A

[aliantha]

Have a great holiday, Av!

I'm feeling kinda mellow tonight. I ended up with a sort of "moveable feast" birthday this year. Tuesday, I treated myself to Chinese takeout. Yesterday (the official day), I had lunch with a couple of co-workers who I don't see often enough, and my attorneys got me flowers and two dozen cupcakes from the really good cupcake place. Today, another friend took me to lunch at the expensive Spanish place across the street from my office, and tonight after work was our firm's holiday party. It's been a fun several days. And tomorrow's Friday.

[Cameraman Jenn]

Ali, I did lamely neglect your birthing day but I did think of you today for other reasons which are talked about in my blather blog.

I'm tired, had another swamped day and worked an hour and 15 of over time and blew my numbers out of the water yet again.

[MsMary]

I'm overtired. And up too late.

I need more hours in the day.

On the upside:

Spoiler

We have two offers pending on my mom's house.

[Shaun das Schaf]

.....and tonight after work was our firm's holiday party. It's been a fun several days. And tomorrow's Friday.

We had our office Christmas party the other night. I wasn't really in the mood - been rather flat this week - but did the right thing and attended. We do a Secret Santa and usually it's blow up plastic pools with raspberry jelly, dildo-shaped pasta, chocolate or bath gel. This year, I went up to Santa's sack first and pulled out perhaps the most appropriate Secret Santa gift ever given in the history of Secret Santa gift-giving. Big call I know but bear in mind, it is only here that I am known as SdS....



I love LEGO too and even though the advertising implies it's for little boys and not grown women masquerading as sheep ...





I went ahead and put the pieces together anyway....







Now to play!

P.S. Happy Holidays Avatar!
And may your offers turn into signed contracts MsMary!

[lucimay]

oh i agree!!! FABULOUS secret santa gift, shaun!!! baaaaaaaaa!!

[aliantha]

Shaun, that's what's known as sympathetic magic.

I work for a big law firm in DC, and so our holiday parties are rather a 1% experience. The firm rents buses to take us to a waterfront restaurant in Georgetown. We rent the whole place out for the night. There were food tables in several locations, an open bar, and a live DJ.

This is dialed back from when I first got to the firm 12 years ago. Back then, spouses were invited, and the party was at the Four Seasons. We had multiple rooms, with a different spread of food in each room; a live band; and door prizes that included, like, airline tickets (which I never won, dammit ). It was pretty amazing.

Then the firm got too big for the "and spouse" party at the Four Seasons, and so we didn't have a party for several years. It's just been the last three or so that we've started renting out Sequoia on a random weeknight after work.

[Cagliostro]

The gentleman on the packaging with the stalk of wheat or whatnot clenched between his teeth looks like he has a bit more than just shaving the sheep. I do think it could begin with the same first 3 letters however.

[aliantha]

So once you shear the Lego sheep, can you spin it into Lego yarn? Just wondering. <whistles innocently>

[Shaun das Schaf]

The gentleman on the packaging with the stalk of wheat or whatnot clenched between his teeth looks like he has a bit more than just shaving the sheep. I do think it could begin with the same first 3 letters however.

Well the sheepies certainly look scared enough for that explanation! (Come to think of it, so does his playing partner. Perhaps he knows something?)

And Aliantha, re: your work. I can't believe you'd prefer the Four Seasons over a pub and an airline ticket over a blow-up plastic pool. No accounting for taste eh?

Actually I used to work for one of Murdoch's big companies here and for several years we had our parties down by the Wharf in Sydney; multiple marques, full open bars, live screens and big-name bands. But then an executive and his underling fell into the water (she scantily clad and both of them under the influence of several illegal substances), it made the papers and that was our last 1%'er too! I both miss and do not miss those days.

[Shaun das Schaf]

So once you shear the Lego sheep, can you spin it into Lego yarn? Just wondering. <whistles innocently>

Well I couldn't, but an expert knitter like yourself might well be capable of such a feat!

I haven't read the rules fully yet, but I believe the aim of the game is to merely get more wool than your playing partners, (without losing any to the big bad wolf.) What you do with your won wool is entirely up to you!

[Sorus]

That is totally awesome, Shaun.

I'm glad it's finally Friday. I think I'll leave it at that for now.

[Cameraman Jenn]

I am too, Sorus.

Shaun, I want your legos.