Posts by lbh

Original Post by crazineko:

So sorry you’ve had to experience a negative working environment.  I know what a toll that can take on a person. 

All I can say is throw yourself into job hunting and exploration.  Is your resume redone?  If not, start there.  What connections do you have?  Explore those!  What type of environment do you want to work in? 

Don’t leave yourself open to doubt. 

I watched my mom struggle with a toxic working environment for far too long and know all too well how it affects even your home life. I just had to get out.

I do have my resume updated and have started the hunt. I'm actually looking into different/maybe even nontraditional avenues for one with an accounting degree. I'm grateful that I have made some useful business connections during my time in this area and won't mind calling on them for information/advice.

I appreciate the encouragement and support. In my mind, that's how I'm looking at this...A push from myself to move onto bigger, better things (or even just a lateral move that I enjoy more than the current situation).

I like sparkly things, so I'm happy for you and your diamond earrings :)

The husband bought me a pair of compression pants for my new found hobby - running. Now here's the thing, these compression pants, they compress things...Mainly my legs on up to my ass.

These are my new favorite everything. Because I can clearly see ass where there was none. Thank you squats and lifts and all things fitness-y I've been investing no small amount of time in.

I certainly feel your pain. Having to audit for M'care/M'caid after all the transitions to new programs is just as infuriating. Here's to hoping you guys get it worked out soon.

Sometimes I wonder if this cycle will ever, ever end here. Each time something like this happens, it only serves to bring out more hate.

I am guilty of making that same generalization. It's been proven false with growing older, as well as being a little more selective about my girlfriends. I have people that I talk to out of convenience (like coworkers) and then I have my friends that I will walk over coals just to be able to have a cup of coffee with. That, for me, is a distinction it took a while to make.

We spent the weekend in a hotel with our own private hot tub. Somewhere during hot tub sexy time we decided to move it to the bed...

I stood up and promptly blacked out. Hot water + alcohol = abrupt end to sexy time.

I agree with awestendorf. Just had an interview about 3 weeks ago and there were no 'test' type questions. Standard behavioral type questions, situationals, etc.

Best of luck to you!

Original Post by crazineko:

Original Post by lbh:

Original Post by crazineko:

Original Post by kathygator:

Original Post by crazineko:
Tolerate wouldn't be the word, Kathy. 

Well I know it wouldn't be 'condone', so I went with 'tolerate'. I mean you wouldn't boot your 16 year old out of your house if she chose abortion, would you?

Never.

ETA: I would more likely cry like a baby and consider myself a failure as a parent because my child didn't come to me first.  Because if she came to me first she would know that our whole family would rally around her and her child and support her.  Many girls don't have this, which is why they choose abortion. 

If we are still talking about the rape scenario, then I wouldn't put the blame on her.

I had that. And if I had gotten pregnant at 16, I would have had an abortion. I still have this, and I still would be hard pressed to give birth if I were pregnant.

Okay.  Didn't say "all".   I said many, because it's true. 

You don't know that, though. My beliefs are drastically different than those of my parents. No rhyme or reason behind it. I have no traumatic or dramatic events in my life that lead to such a drastic departure, but the fact remains that our beliefs are no longer in alignment. This departure took place somewhere between 8 and 16...

I would not have had the relationship I do with my mother now had she ever, ever tried to force me to do something so life altering that I didn't agree with. At 10-13, a young person's brain may not be fully developed, but I assure you they understand more than they're usually given credit for. If your daughter ever becomes pregnant in less than ideal circumstances, I do hope you will give a not inconsiderable amount of consideration to how your handling of that will impact your relationship with her for the rest of your lives.

Original Post by cnichols2000:

Original Post by santonacci:

We're all slinkys on a treadmill

Until we wind up in a star, that is.  Which is awesome.

The awesome part is that we were once stars.

My current understanding of the universe: Big Bang, lots of matter, cooled down and turned into discrete particles. Two kinds, oppositely attractive -> hydrogen. Gravity slowly pulled lots of H2 together, the H2 started to fuse, making helium. The helium eventually fused to lithium, beryllium, on and on up to iron. The early stars ran out of fusion elements, died, and exploded. In the cataclysm of their violent death, fusion of transferritic elements was finally possible.

The mere existence of copper, gold, lead, xenon, uranium? Proof that we are not the first. We were once all one being, one singular entity, singing a collective joyous note of life lasting for millions of years, before inexorable gravity pulled us inward, only to result in our final act of defiance to show that not even that fundamental force holds dominion over our spirit.

A trillion years from now, the stars will be mostly out, supermassive black holes will populate our universe, drawing everything down. The atoms and energy that made up that star, that make us today, that will make our children's children's children, that will someday reside in a cold gravity well, will slowly disappear from what we know as existence.

On that day, we will be reborn.

Also, have you ever really looked at your hands?

I find this incredibly beautiful...what am I looking for in my hands?