The lounge is in a funk today, and it isn't even a full moon.

[progmom]

ET Awful has money and car problems.

Chavezspeaksthetruth broke a molar.

Not_Giving_Up's husband is being an asshole.

Joan Alpern is losing things.

Sugar Smack keeps tripping over wadded up tissues.

MrScorpio's wife's computer is on the fritz.

Left_is_Write lost her cable connection for most of the morning.

illini has a urinary tract infection.

MissHoneychurch's man owes her $$ and keeps lying.

sniffa's having serious problems with a meter maid.

I'm totally freaked out about work and my laptop issues still aren't solved.

And to top it all off, Shrub is on TV tonight.

So...what's going on in your world?

[redqueen]

1. Oh, the usual...

$$$ problems
lazy, selfish husband
suckass job (working on that one!)
desperate loneliness :blush:

Nothing new here... :)

[progmom]

3. oh sweetie

you deserve better.
what can we do about this loneliness? :hug: do you know how much you are loved here?

[redqueen]

10. awwww...

That's so sweet of you!

:pals:

Not sure what to do... but keep working towards my goals. Thanks for the comforting thought. :)

[hfojvt]

91. It could always be worse

someone could be online, comparing you to Reagan :blush:

Wish you well.:hug:

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. Really, is the lump being an asshole an occasion?

That's pretty much day to day!

[progmom]

5. well, his latest criticism of you kind of got my blood boiling a little

:grr:

[Not_Giving_Up]

27. Mine too

So far, this week bites.

[progmom]

29. .

:hug:

[Not_Giving_Up]

40. Thanks!

I needed that.

[MrSandman]

4. I am on the brink of being RIF'd...

Because of Medicare (mis)managed care.

[progmom]

8. I don't know what RIF means

Other than Reading Is Fundamental, and I am pretty sure that's not what you mean. :(

[BikeWriter]

69. It means a "reduction in force." :-(

[progmom]

70. oh.

x(

that sucks.

[BikeWriter]

76. Yes'm, s'not good. :-(

[MrSandman]

89. Sorry for thw temporary confusion....

I think it came into use with Reagan, early retirements and lay-offs combined to form a RIF.

Guess which one I fall under.:(

[progmom]

90. i'm really sorry

that's hard to face. :hug:

[MrSandman]

92. I am hoping to find something before ...

No announcements, but I can do the math on reimbursements, etc.

[tjdee]

6. I think my car stalled on me earlier....but then it acted fine.

And it's been acting fine all day since then.

Maybe I hallucinated?

I don't know. But I don't have any money to fix anything on my car (or for mostly anything, LOL) for about two weeks, so if something happens before then I am screwed. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

I can't even go see the new Shah Rukh Khan picture!
:cry:
Need some escapism....need some escapism....in another window I am watching SRK dance to a Hindi version of Pretty Woman. Ahh.

[progmom]

11. well...maybe this is a good thing

your car is working? yay!

i'll keep my fingers crossed for you for the next two weeks. :hug:

[tjdee]

20. Thank you....why are you freaked about work?

Is it just regular work stuff, or did something happen?

Hope you get it sorted out soon!

[progmom]

30. it's just been a weird time

and i am not sure how much i want to talk about it on a public discussion board. :)

[tjdee]

35. I understand....

Hope it gets resolved in a way that eases your mind and satisfies you.
:hi:

[progmom]

41. very kind words

thank you. :hug:

[enigmatic]

7. Alot good

My wife and I are going to go to this funky diner down the street that just opened up, and I just got an email from Stompin' Tom Connors thanking me for having a special show for Canada Day this Friday dedicated to his songs about Canada.

It's been a very good day..

Stompin' Tom Connors, a Canadian Institution:



http://www.stompintom.com/

[progmom]

12. he looks like he is in mid-stomp!

:)

and your evening sounds really swell. :loveya:

[enigmatic]

23. I'm very, very lucky..

I found my soulmate:)

[progmom]

28. :deep sigh:

so did i.
isn't it great?

[sparky_in_ma]

9. Pipe broke in the basement

Sunday nite. Still cleaning up.:(

[progmom]

15. ugh

that is my nightmare. were you able to salvage anything you had down there?


:hug:

[sparky_in_ma]

24. I was lucky

I keep most things on wood pallets so damage was limited. I have one finished room that needs repair to the sheetrock, plus the carpets are all hanging outside.

[progmom]

32. very smart - pallets are key

all our records and most of our CDs are in the basement, and we make sure they are never directly on the ground.

[Pale Blue Dot]

13. No funk here!

I will sprinkle you all with happy dust!

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[progmom]

17. i cannot tell you how happy i am for you both

:D

take good care of her, ok?

[Pale Blue Dot]

22. I'd be a fool not to.

:thumbsup:

[texas1928]

14. So that is why I was in a good mood.

[progmom]

19. hey now

i have had sympathy for you when you needed it. :(

[texas1928]

26. No No not you

The lounge in a Funk. Usually when the lounge is in a good mood, I am pissed off and grumpy. which is most of the time.

[progmom]

46. That's ok, Tex. It's all good.

:hug:

[texas1928]

54. Not a problem.

Just did not want you to think I was making light of you.

Have a snuggly evening.

[redqueen]

78. AWWWWWWWWW!

:loveya:

[Sugar Smack]

16. Hi, sweetness!

:hi:

It's OK, because I landed on my face instead of my typing, smoking, saluting, and Shiraz-drinking hand. Now I can have people at work wondering about the mysterious scrape on my chin.

SALUT!

Do you look pretty in that photo, or what?

[progmom]

21. can't be hurting that shiraz-drinking hand.

maybe one day you and i will have a glass of shiraz together. with Bok! :P how much fun would that be?!

[Sugar Smack]

36. Don't tell him I told you this-

but that boy is itching for a pile-on.

I haven't seen the likes. I get that he is twitching to be piled-over by mad chicks. He wants it.

[progmom]

48. and that makes *me*...

...twitch. ;)

[Sugar Smack]

64. hey.

I'm sure he won't see it.

[Sugar Smack]

65. Plus, this is for you.

Kiss, kiss!

[progmom]

72. thanks, beautiful!!

back atcha

[progmom]

66. now that is hilarious

and very creative! :thumbsup:


:)

[graywarrior]

18. Pondering backruptcy

[progmom]

25. that is a scary, scary situation

do you have someone you trust advising you?

:hug:

[graywarrior]

42. Yes. Saw a credit counselor.

He suggested it may improve our credit. It's the finance charges that are killing us. And credit card companies will not make deals with us...they want it paid ALL in full.

[progmom]

44. well, if you trust him...them maybe this is the thing to do

good luck with whatever you decide. :hug:

[graywarrior]

50. Thanks, and the same to you.

[merh]

31. I could tell you, but you wouldn't believe it.

x(

I hope things get better for you, progmom! :hug:

Maybe the love struck one's happy dust will make it's way down here! ;-)

[progmom]

34. I'm all ears if you ever feel like getting it off your chest.

It will get better for me. I have to get my head in a better place first.

:hug: I hope things turn around for you too! :hug:

[merh]

45. I do appreciate the offer, I just have to make it through some

tough times and am tired, my faith is waining. Eventually everything will work out, it just will. Just as it will for you. :hug:

Let's just say I really hate this administration and all of its hate that flows through out the states. The repukes are very destructive, evil folks. :cry:

[sniffa]

33. i'm gonna take care of her

but right now, i'm stuffed. too much stuffed pork tenderLoin. :puke:

[progmom]

37. just don't do anything rash

:hug:

[sniffa]

38. never

:hug:

[zinndependence]

39. desperately seeking new job...

since I was laid off from my teaching position in June, especially after learning today that continued health insurance would cost over $1000 a month...wtf?!?!

[progmom]

43. isn't that amazing and awful?

my brother faced something similar when he was laid off from northwest after 9/11. :(

good luck with the job hunt. my brother-in-law says a lot of times teaching postitions come up at the last minute in august. maybe that will work for you! :hug:

[Bunny]

47. Crappy day for me too.

Woke up with my bulging disk aggravated - I've had pain, numbness and tingling all day. Still going strong, and no good drugs. :evilfrown:

Had to have two "Reprimand Employee" meetings BEFORE 8:30 AM. :eyes:

Got into an e-mail confrontation with a subordinate. Dumb move on my part, very dumb. :spank:

Consoled my boss over some marital problems. :(

Took Young Bunny to the orthodontist for her checkup. They noticed Baby Bunny's overbite, and suggested that she begin orthodontic "correction" as well. Do I look like I'm made of money? I thought I'd at least have the oldest one's braces paid for before I had to buy them for the little one! :nopity:

Pissed off Young Bunny because she wanted at $42.00 bathing suit that DID NOT FIT, so I refused to buy it!! Got the silent treatment for an hour over that one! Pissed off Baby Bunny because I refused to buy her YET ANOTHER watch to add to her extensive colletion of watches that she NEVER WEARS!!! :thumbsdown:

Other than that, it's all good! :D

[progmom]

49. yes, that sounds like a crappy day

:hug:

[Bunny]

51. Thanks darlin'! You're a sweetie!

:*

[Chichiri]

52. I've have a fairly good day, actually.

In that nothing disasterous happened. Yes, my standards really are that low. It's about the only way I can survive.

[progmom]

59. well, if you're happy, then it's a good day

:hug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

53. i got a call from payroll today.

I remember bitching up a storm last week after I found out that everyone except me received a cost of living pay increase this year. Alas, I tossed all my pay stubs from 2004. So anyway, I got a call from the HR manager telling me that there was an audit in the payroll, and they would pay me retroactively for the mishap. So, I had a good day for once. :evilfrown:

[progmom]

56. hey!!!!!!!! that is wonderful!!!

:hug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

61. Yeah. I can finally get this computer built.

Posting from the library is for the birds.

[In_The_Wind]

57. are you kidding

that's a great day :woohoo: :thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

63. Indeed. Thanks!

:D

[In_The_Wind]

55. I'm always losing things

I need a keeper I tell ya ....

[progmom]

60. this is why progdad is perfect for me

though he has said that his least favorite phone call from me starts out thusly: "hey baby...where is the....?" :P

[In_The_Wind]

83. ain't love grand

cause I know he still likes hearing your voice even when it starts out "hey baby" ... that always used to get to me very nicely too

[LastKnight]

58. actually I'm having a *Good* day today...

for once...

well, good by comparison... i went to lunch with my grandfather and he offered me to travel with him next summer to a bunch of the presidential libraries, and we are gonna plan something like that out over the year and hopefully get it done. as a history dork... that sounds pretty damn fun, and its something we can share because my grandfather was a history major in college before going to seminary.

but yea, sorry everyone's in a funk, i could be my regular depressed self if you guys want... just need to ask. :crazy:

[progmom]

62. hey, that sounds really wonderful! thanks for sharing that.

:hug:

grandfathers can rock sometimes.

[BikeWriter]

67. I've been an anti-social asshole for years, but other than that...

Best wishes for everyone else's problems to work out!

[progmom]

73. funny - you don't come across that way online

:shrug:

[BikeWriter]

77. Thank you, Ma'am. I'm glad the facade is holding up...

You folks are all great to be around and a positive influence on me. :)

[bridgit]

68. zippi-ty doo-dah, zippi-ty eh...

[Sugar Smack]

71. BAYBAY!

You! It's YOU!

How's it been, 'Pants?

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

Tuesday and the love is pouring out.

You're a special little, precious thing.

Just gold.

[bridgit]

81. my sweetest SugarSmackEver...

thou art sweet, but it's all like, you know, goof ball space cases talking on cell phones like they have something to talk about sans blinkers cutting us off oblivious to the known world, strong-arming (me; strong arming anything can you imagine :shrug:) people that owe little ole moi, moi money, bowing low & wide before the absurd = the usual suspects

so it's really all like: the zen of water rolling off the back of a duck :thumbsup:

"loving your brain in absentia ~ :spank: O8) :loveya: :hippie: :yourock: :patriot: :rofl:

ps, i did lose all my play-lists in rhapsody :thumbsdown: but even that's all good :thumbsup: just time to re-tool that's all

watch those toes on tissues THAT CAN be a bitch, lover :pals:

[mvd]

74. Well, everything's going pretty well in the family

My dad just got a new job, and we're all healthy right now. I am concerned about what my future will bring as I'm relying on starting a business. I don't want my parents to have to help me out for much longer.

But I realize that others have more serious problems, and my thoughts are with you. :hug:

[progmom]

84. sounds like things are heading in the right direction for you!

that is wonderful!!

when it comes right down to it, i have nothing to complain about. my family is healthy and loving, and we are able to pay our bills. thanks for putting it in perspective for me! :)

[Ikonoklast]

75. Got f*****d over by a broker today

cost me $500 and lost a days' revenue. It wouldn't be so bad if they just wouldn't lie their asses off to me. Oh, well, c'est la vie.

[progmom]

85. that really sucks

:hug:

here's hoping tomorrow makes up for it.

[rug]

79. Nominated.

Caught it better than a strobe.

[progmom]

86. hey rug

a hug :hug: for rug

[GOPisEvil]

80. It's not all bad.

I can't really complain when there's people in the world with real problems. My petty issues seem insignificant. Life could always be better, but instead of whining, I should focus on improving what I have control over.

I hope everyone gets their things worked out soon.

[progmom]

87. yeah - by the time you get to the end of this thread

you get a little perspective, eh? :hug:

thanks for being you.

[SOteric]

82. My cat

and I just had a long discussion in which it was resolved that 'He's the bestest little fuzzy dude in the whole world, yes hims is, yes hims is.'

Sure there's crap in my life, but the people (and kitties) who love me make up for an awful lot. *insert the blissful grin of a village idiot here.*

[progmom]

88. yep - you said it.

love makes it all ok. :hi: