evile: howdy :)
SkyeDS: hey you!
evile: I'm glad it's Wednesday.
SkyeDS: lol would be happier if it were Friday but oh well
SkyeDS: what you doin this weekend?
evile: Saturday evening is a bellydance & fire show at Natural Magic.
Sunday is a picnic/tubing trip in San Marcos that we might/might not
go to.
SkyeDS: now that the trailer is fixed, I want to go somewhere nearby
(gas)
evile: No idea what you consider 'nearby'....
SkyeDS: halfway pondering either the lake or round rock
evile: *nods*
SkyeDS: every time I get lunch out of the fridge I am amused at the
stash of alcohol all over this office, lol
evile: Lawyers...
evile: Aunt L just let me know that the fireworks at Elaine's are
actually on July 3. so...my options are now 1) fireworks & hotdogs
with the Village of the Damned or 2) camping in the weeds with the
weed-smokers.
SkyeDS: we are always happy to hide you
evile: Sweetie also has a possible 3 rd option, camping at Pace Bend with
the VW people. Who are also weedies...but they are subtle about it
and there are no children participating.
SkyeDS: I still want to investigate PB too, sounds cool
evile: I still haven't been. But given that Sweetie will decide what he
wants to do for July 4 weekend midafternoon on Saturday, to put
arrival time sometime after 10 PM...I probably won't be doing
whatever he decides to do...
SkyeDS: lol
evile: And then we still have the transportation issue to consider,
in that it's pretty hard for 2 people to go 2 places at the same time
in 1 car.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: Aunt L said she & Uncle B would be happy to give me a ride to
Elaines, but then I have no means of escape if the 4 villagers of the
damned + Pat's brat get to be too much for me.
SkyeDS: :(
evile: At least if I'm camping with the white trash weedies, I can
just decide it's time for bed and go off to the tent.
SkyeDS: point
evile: And honestly, with the VW people, it's never been an issue.
The weedies go off someplace private and do their thing and dont'
offer it to the kids, and I'm fine with that.
SkyeDS: nods
evile: But I'm not going to go out in the middle of the night
Saturday, sleep overnight, and come home Sunday. That's ridiculous, a
waste of time, and pointless from the POV of wanting to hike &
explore the park.
evile: Oh well. We've still got a week and a half to wrangle over it,
I guess.
SkyeDS: I am lucky that the boys don't do that to me
evile: yup.
evile: If there was something I really wanted to do, I could pitch a
fit and make it happen...but none of the options are any more or less
appetizing, they all contain some positive points and many points of
suckage....so I'm just like "whatever"...
SkyeDS: you can come with us
SkyeDS: you might be bored
evile: I really wouldn't care to inflict myself on you for any length
of time in any situation where one or all of us couldn't get away if
we needed to....
SkyeDS: true
evile: Not trying to be mean, or critisize...I'm a prickly person,
and we both know sineater can be that way too, and sometimes you & I rub
each other wrong...it's not anybody's fault, it's just the way it is.
SkyeDS: no offense taken :)
evile: Ok. *hugs*
SkyeDS: in general I hate not having my own ride
SkyeDS: hugs :)
evile: Yeah...I really miss having reliable transpo. :( But not
quite enough yet to do anything about it.
evile: And I still think it's ridiculous to have so much driveway
sculpture.
SkyeDS: ?
SkyeDS: oh the multiple vehicles
evile: yup.
evile: Maybe if I use the only working one more, and inconvenience
Sweetie more, the other(s) will get fixed...
SkyeDS: might be
evile: Asking nicely doesn't work. Nagging doesn't work. So I just
have to get tricky. WHich is interesting because Sweetie says he doesn't
like being manipulated. But after Asking and Nagging, what else is
there??
SkyeDS: I have no clue what else there would be
evile: exactly. It's wierd to have to be sneaky & tricky...that is so
NOT me.
SkyeDS: I've told the boys when they seemed peevish that I can go do
by myself, and they can stay home
evile: good plan :)
evile: The good news is that apparently the reservations I made
Saturday for Mom & Sister H are good. I love the internet--using their
last names & the confirmation #'s I was able to find their travel
plans :)
SkyeDS: tis good
SkyeDS: and no chilluns for them to deal with
evile: CRW just got bombed out of the sky, far as that weekend's
plans go :)
evile: Well, Brother A & The Rubber Pig will want to come visit, or will want Mom
to come to san Antonio, but that's different than having them all by
herself.
SkyeDS: "sorry, no time"
evile: She does want to meet them, just does not want to parent them.
evile: I'm hoping that by the time they get here, some of this Krav
Maga will actually be making a difference in my appearance. So far my
weight's stayed the same even though I do feel a lot better.
evile: The bellydance/fire show at NM Sat. Night is in their
backyard, so I'm sure Arthur would be fine, probably not the horses :P
SkyeDS: rofl
SkyeDS: parking there is bad enough I can't imagine trying to f ind
trailer space
evile: I've parked further back in the neighborhood on occasion.
evile: I just got denied vacation during Mom & Hollys visit..SUCK.
Plan B, I'm asking if I can work half-days all week.
SkyeDS: :(
evile: Can't give me a raise, can't give me a promotion, can't give
me the leave days I asked for...why am I working here, again??
SkyeDS: security and benefits and a paycheck
SkyeDS: < will trade jobs with you?
evile: I would never work in a 2 person office again...the one time I
did tha, it was a fricken nightmare. I don't have the personality for
it.
evile: I could have the same insurance if I was a welfare crack whore.
evile: I guess it is nice to have a forced retirement fund. Otherwise
I would probably not have the discipline to do one for myself.
evile: The Parks & Wildlife job I went for went pfft. *sigh*
SkyeDS: :(
SkyeDS: I would like to be a ranger if I were in shape
evile: Not enough $.
evile: Plus you have to go through some kind of police academy type
thing.ick.
SkyeDS: got to be better than what I make now
evile: Park Ranger 1: $8.43/hour
SkyeDS: lol nm
evile: Park Ranger 5 is $-wise on par with what I'm making now
evile: Their office jobs seem to be better paying than the field jobs.
evile: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/involved/jobvac/04_39_467.htm
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/involved/jobvac/04_40_472.htm
evile: Miracle of miracles, The Rubber Pig left the swim clothes she borrowed
at Aunt L & Uncle B's, so Aunt L's giving it back to me when I go by tomorrow
evening :)
SkyeDS: awesome
evile: Yup. So The Rubber Pig may not be a total thoughtless moocher...
SkyeDS: it may be that she just needs appropriate behavior modeled
for her
evile: could be.
SkyeDS: how is Aunt L enjoying retirement
evile: I think she's a little bored, but probably grateful for the
boredom after last week!
SkyeDS: would think so
evile: Elaine is retired, too, so they spend time together during
the week.
SkyeDS: some people seem to work harder after they retire lol
evile: Fridays she & Uncle B go out to their property & work on clearing
brush, rocks, etc.
SkyeDS: my parents & gramma seemed to enjoy that
evile: to each their own, I guess...
SkyeDS: poor Hugh
SkyeDS: Travis Co Sheriff called because they think his daughter's
car is supsiciously parked
SkyeDS: and he just had to go see his dad's dr again
evile: yuck.
evile: That kind of stuff is why I never, ever say "it could be
worse" anymore!
SkyeDS: lol
evile: Yeah...never tempt fate. the gods have a rough sense of
humor...
SkyeDS: never name the well from which you will not drink
SkyeDS: the gods will find a sewer treatment plant and drop you in it
evile: heh.
evile: well, another work day draws to an end...gotta walk papers
around.
SkyeDS: bout to storm
evile: yay...just in time for the walk to the bus stop! Oh well,I
have my umbrella.
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