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Sundae · 11-22-2008, 04:50 PM

I found out today I'm finally getting to meet the daughter of one of my oldest friends at Christmas. Last time I saw her she was a very big bump in her Mummy's tummy (not literally, she was in the womb). And Mummy - bless her - was quite happy to drive, so my wastrel friend and I could get drunk together. Well she was 8.5 months pregnant, but it was sweet of her to offer all the same.

So A is almost 3 and this is the first chance I've had to see her in this time, although I've had lots of photos. He's home for Christmas, and regardless what happens I will be here too. In sadder news, I found out his brother's wife died this year. His brother is now a 32 year old widower with 3 children under 12. That's horrendous. I'll tell my Mum and she'll pray for them, it's the best I can do.

In other slightly sad news, I never really let my hopes of coming over to America die. But while travel-dreaming this evening I found out American hotels were really not as cheap as I had anticipated, knocking the possibility further out of the ballpark. Of course they're designed for couples at a minimum, and mostly for families. $100 a night between four AND all getting breakfast is an amazing deal. Not so hot for a singleton. Prejudice! Maybe I'll just head for the nearest bar where a fat arse and an English accent will impress, and get someone to take me home for the night. Fat chicks get laid more often, I read that somewhere really trustworthy.

Mum & Dad back tomorrow. Quick whisk round with a hoover, mop, cloth, duster, etc etc. It's fine as it is, but I want to make a really good impression. It's time for The Talk.

monster · 11-22-2008, 05:01 PM

1) you could get together with the widower

2) motels are nicer than they sound and way cheaper than $100/night. where in the hell are you looking for $100/night hotels, anyway? Central Manhattan? I can almost get a night in a hotel with a waterpark for a family of 5 for that right now.....

Sundae · 11-22-2008, 05:17 PM

1) Nuh-uh!

2) I was looking in Philadelphia. And that's the point - a family of five can stay in them, but it's no cheaper for a single person to occupy the room. Oh and American's mean something very different by Bed & Breakfast (usually the cheapest of all options in the UK apart from hostelling).

monster · 11-22-2008, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

1) Nuh-uh!

2) I was looking in Philadelphia. And that's the point - a family of five can stay in them, but it's no cheaper for a single person to occupy the room. Oh and American's mean something very different by Bed & Breakfast (usually the cheapest of all options in the UK apart from hostelling).

yes, b&B is posh.

cheapest deals are mostly to be had on the spot, not by prebooking. for $50 i can get a nice basic motel room pretty much any where except center of major cities (but right next to commuter lines into major cities). For $30 I can get a dodgy basic motel room. for a family of 5 or just for 1. I've never paid $100 for a room, except when we went to the waterpark hotel. Where the waterpark was included.

Sundae · 11-22-2008, 05:28 PM

Sigh. Well if I stay at the airport hotel I can average about $50 a night. Which is cheap of course. Just seems a rip off that a whole bed is going spare AND I could include up to another 2 people for only $20.

It's only dreaming still, but I like to occupy my time this way

monster · 11-22-2008, 05:31 PM

I'm seeing $50 on expedia for philly hotels, and you usually get them for less if you just turn up -except on holidays.

monster · 11-22-2008, 05:32 PM

then invite a homeless person to share it with you

Cicero · 11-22-2008, 05:54 PM

Barely Homeless count?

Chocolatl · 11-24-2008, 09:47 PM

This semester, I've been interning at a high school for two periods a day, once a week. Today was my last day there. Despite our limited time together, the students gave me hugs and "We'll miss you!"s as I bade them goodbye. Many of them expressed the hope that I'd be back teaching at their high school, soon, or that at the very least I'd come to visit. My host teacher e-mailed me tonight to tell me that he thought I did very well, that the students asked about me on days that I wasn't there, and that he thought I should be very proud of myself.
I am! Earning the respect and affection of a bunch of 10th graders is probably one of the highlights of my year.

classicman · 11-24-2008, 09:52 PM

Being the "hot" teachers aid probably didn't hurt either.

monster · 11-24-2008, 10:29 PM

A lot of people in different parts of my volunteer world spontaneously thanked me for what i do today. not just thanked me, but took the time to specify what they like about what i do. aaaaw.

And I got a marquis-style sandwich board to play with at the kids' school

Maybe i'll put "Teh Cellar" on it and post a pic. maybe

sweetwater · 11-25-2008, 08:27 AM

Today is mr. sweetwater's birthday - time to go bake a cake!

Treasenuak · 11-25-2008, 08:34 AM

Happy Birthday, Mr. Sweetwater!!

DanaC · 11-25-2008, 08:49 AM

Happy Birfday Mr S !

Well done Chocolatl, that's brilliant. You sound like a natural. Though you can instill knowledge and train in technique, a good teacher is born not made.

@ Monster: nice

Sundae · 11-26-2008, 04:46 AM

Diz is fine.
Back from the vet.
"A touch of" conjunctivitis, no temperature or breathing problems.

Although he does have a heart murmer, according to this vet.
"Has he seen a vet before?" he asked.
Three and a half year old pedigree cat - what do you think?
He said that perhaps it was just due to stress (WHAT?) but to keep an eye on it (HOW?)
I said, "I know a couple of people who've been diagnosed with a health murmer recently."
"Cats?"
"No, people."

Anyway I am happy Diz is fine.
But kicking myself for rushing him in.
And feel fleeced - he's been given a course of antibiotics for a viral infection, "To make sure he doesn't pick anything else up in the mean time."
Funny, that's what GPs fight against doing. Antibiotics are not sweeties to be given out willy nilly.

Okay, it's actually spending £80.17 in under 10 minutes that I'm grumpy about. Grrrrrrrrr. Eighty pounds!!!!!!
Shocking.

11-22-2008, 05:01 PM	#2867
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	1) you could get together with the widower 2) motels are nicer than they sound and way cheaper than $100/night. where in the hell are you looking for $100/night hotels, anyway? Central Manhattan? I can almost get a night in a hotel with a waterpark for a family of 5 for that right now..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-22-2008, 05:31 PM	#2871
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'm seeing $50 on expedia for philly hotels, and you usually get them for less if you just turn up -except on holidays. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-22-2008, 05:32 PM	#2872
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	then invite a homeless person to share it with you __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-22-2008, 05:54 PM	#2873
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Barely Homeless count? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-24-2008, 09:52 PM	#2875
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Being the "hot" teachers aid probably didn't hurt either. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-22-2008, 04:50 PM	#2866
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I found out today I'm finally getting to meet the daughter of one of my oldest friends at Christmas. Last time I saw her she was a very big bump in her Mummy's tummy (not literally, she was in the womb). And Mummy - bless her - was quite happy to drive, so my wastrel friend and I could get drunk together. Well she was 8.5 months pregnant, but it was sweet of her to offer all the same. So A is almost 3 and this is the first chance I've had to see her in this time, although I've had lots of photos. He's home for Christmas, and regardless what happens I will be here too. In sadder news, I found out his brother's wife died this year. His brother is now a 32 year old widower with 3 children under 12. That's horrendous. I'll tell my Mum and she'll pray for them, it's the best I can do. In other slightly sad news, I never really let my hopes of coming over to America die. But while travel-dreaming this evening I found out American hotels were really not as cheap as I had anticipated, knocking the possibility further out of the ballpark. Of course they're designed for couples at a minimum, and mostly for families. $100 a night between four AND all getting breakfast is an amazing deal. Not so hot for a singleton. Prejudice! Maybe I'll just head for the nearest bar where a fat arse and an English accent will impress, and get someone to take me home for the night. Fat chicks get laid more often, I read that somewhere really trustworthy. Mum & Dad back tomorrow. Quick whisk round with a hoover, mop, cloth, duster, etc etc. It's fine as it is, but I want to make a really good impression. It's time for The Talk.

11-22-2008, 05:17 PM	#2868
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	1) Nuh-uh! 2) I was looking in Philadelphia. And that's the point - a family of five can stay in them, but it's no cheaper for a single person to occupy the room. Oh and American's mean something very different by Bed & Breakfast (usually the cheapest of all options in the UK apart from hostelling).

11-22-2008, 05:28 PM	#2870
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sigh. Well if I stay at the airport hotel I can average about $50 a night. Which is cheap of course. Just seems a rip off that a whole bed is going spare AND I could include up to another 2 people for only $20. It's only dreaming still, but I like to occupy my time this way

11-24-2008, 09:47 PM	#2874
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	This semester, I've been interning at a high school for two periods a day, once a week. Today was my last day there. Despite our limited time together, the students gave me hugs and "We'll miss you!"s as I bade them goodbye. Many of them expressed the hope that I'd be back teaching at their high school, soon, or that at the very least I'd come to visit. My host teacher e-mailed me tonight to tell me that he thought I did very well, that the students asked about me on days that I wasn't there, and that he thought I should be very proud of myself. I am! Earning the respect and affection of a bunch of 10th graders is probably one of the highlights of my year.

11-24-2008, 10:29 PM	#2876
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	A lot of people in different parts of my volunteer world spontaneously thanked me for what i do today. not just thanked me, but took the time to specify what they like about what i do. aaaaw. And I got a marquis-style sandwich board to play with at the kids' school Maybe i'll put "Teh Cellar" on it and post a pic. maybe __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-25-2008, 08:27 AM	#2877
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Today is mr. sweetwater's birthday - time to go bake a cake! __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

11-25-2008, 08:34 AM	#2878
Treasenuak Multiorgasmic and wrapped in plastic Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Tennessee Posts: 483	Happy Birthday, Mr. Sweetwater!!

11-25-2008, 08:49 AM	#2879
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Happy Birfday Mr S ! Well done Chocolatl, that's brilliant. You sound like a natural. Though you can instill knowledge and train in technique, a good teacher is born not made. @ Monster: nice

11-26-2008, 04:46 AM	#2880
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Diz is fine. Back from the vet. "A touch of" conjunctivitis, no temperature or breathing problems. Although he does have a heart murmer, according to this vet. "Has he seen a vet before?" he asked. Three and a half year old pedigree cat - what do you think? He said that perhaps it was just due to stress (WHAT?) but to keep an eye on it (HOW?) I said, "I know a couple of people who've been diagnosed with a health murmer recently." "Cats?" "No, people." Anyway I am happy Diz is fine. But kicking myself for rushing him in. And feel fleeced - he's been given a course of antibiotics for a viral infection, "To make sure he doesn't pick anything else up in the mean time." Funny, that's what GPs fight against doing. Antibiotics are not sweeties to be given out willy nilly. Okay, it's actually spending £80.17 in under 10 minutes that I'm grumpy about. Grrrrrrrrr. Eighty pounds!!!!!! Shocking.

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