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learnteach) wrote2007-08-27 05:21 pm
learnteach) wrote2007-08-27 05:21 pm
Shucky Drat! (3)
How does one say that in Texan? I'm not sure. Probably you don't say that at all.
Dad is doing better, but still, he's old. We're fixing up the house and bugging out; he will come out to be with me later in the year, if I come down and bring him out. Ohhhhhkay. Still, it's one of life's cruelties that I, who has inherited packrat/mess tendencies, am cleaning up a 2000 foot house.
And yes, CV, he is saving piles of cans sorted by type (spam, tuna, etc) for storing things in.
SD 2: Well, the trip to Germany is off (not officially, but it's being killed slowly.) The bosslady wants me to be fully capable, and doesn't have a login for me or a badge or...so, we'll see. I'll devote the end of the week to study, but at some point, you have to ask: is there money in this somewhere? Why am I doing this? Because if I have to learn everything about Cisco VoIP, including CCM (three versions), SRST configs, ER servers, IPSLA machines, interactions with MoM systems, phone codes, equipment compatibilities and timelines, that's a fairly large commitment of time.
SD 3: The cold I've been fighting for a week is gaining on me, perhaps, helped by the cold/hot transfers. So I may be getting ill.
SHUCKY DRATS!
How would I say that in German?
Ooopsala?
PS: Norman haircuts are in style, at least in the teen crowd. They do seem cooler in heat. I saw 5 at the Wallyworld today.
PPS: I don't think this side trip being taken impaired my possiblity of getting to go to Germany. And as long as I don't freak, I think I'll be getting class contracts. But I need to get to the point where I can be paid to do these things.
PPPS: My, it's warm! Warm enough perhaps for fish to swim!
Dad is doing better, but still, he's old. We're fixing up the house and bugging out; he will come out to be with me later in the year, if I come down and bring him out. Ohhhhhkay. Still, it's one of life's cruelties that I, who has inherited packrat/mess tendencies, am cleaning up a 2000 foot house.
And yes, CV, he is saving piles of cans sorted by type (spam, tuna, etc) for storing things in.
SD 2: Well, the trip to Germany is off (not officially, but it's being killed slowly.) The bosslady wants me to be fully capable, and doesn't have a login for me or a badge or...so, we'll see. I'll devote the end of the week to study, but at some point, you have to ask: is there money in this somewhere? Why am I doing this? Because if I have to learn everything about Cisco VoIP, including CCM (three versions), SRST configs, ER servers, IPSLA machines, interactions with MoM systems, phone codes, equipment compatibilities and timelines, that's a fairly large commitment of time.
SD 3: The cold I've been fighting for a week is gaining on me, perhaps, helped by the cold/hot transfers. So I may be getting ill.
SHUCKY DRATS!
How would I say that in German?
Ooopsala?
PS: Norman haircuts are in style, at least in the teen crowd. They do seem cooler in heat. I saw 5 at the Wallyworld today.
PPS: I don't think this side trip being taken impaired my possiblity of getting to go to Germany. And as long as I don't freak, I think I'll be getting class contracts. But I need to get to the point where I can be paid to do these things.
PPPS: My, it's warm! Warm enough perhaps for fish to swim!
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"gawdamn" with proper drawl... but I'm outta practice
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unfortunately now Waners Brothers cartoon voices are playing in my head... and I'm not sure that is better...
Saving cans
Just throwing things out, if OCD, can send him into a legitimate panic, as much as locking a claustrophobe in a closet or covering an arachnophobe with spiders.
I wish I'd known this when I was cleaning up for my father. He had agreed to it, but he felt violated.
Re: Saving cans
Re: Saving cans
And of course he's going to want to go through things--he's got not just the 10 years of detritus living here, but also everything that he's considered worthwhile saving for the 20 years before that.
My frustration is the difference in time and effort scale, mostly. Because of being called out to a rescue mission, I've spent money I really don't care to, and once we're here, it's much more logical to pursue things to completion than let my Dad, who hasn't gotten them done in 3-5 years, pursue them. He is retired, so time is different for him, and with no sense of urgency it's very hard to complete many of these projects.
His ideas are sound, but execution week. My strongest sense of frustration is between the "rescue" nature of the operation and the reality: he's not moving out until things get done. We're optimizing things (calling a maid service right now, carpet cleaners in at noon, contracter should have quotes back to me by 11:30) and managing them, but I really hadn't planned on committing this much money and losing this work time (pretty crucial to educators) on such short notice.
And then, watching the old habits reassert themselves...but I don't think he's hoarding; he has released a lot of things.
As well, professional treatment is likely to come out of my pocket. Even worse, Dad hates the medical profession and wants nothing to do with it. Just getting him in for a general checkup? Impossible.
THanks for your support. After all that shuffling, could you send me a link that would give me basic information I can review after I finish this level of activity?
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Will you still be competing in Bardic?
The point is
I hope to--but won't know for a while.
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More obscurely, Gawl-dang it.