[powerfulcheese04]

Good luck, Fred! Sending you lots of good thoughts!

[steph]

I wish you the best with the interview!

[Petra456]

Thanks : )

Will forgot he had my keys with him when he went to work, so the interview has been rescheduled for Monday : (

[Gravity Defier]

Ouch. But good luck for Monday!

[Eaquae Legit]

Good luck tomorrow, Fred!

*****

Dear Bob,

Last night my dreams were full of death and slaughter. It was nice to have to wake up to pee.

[Petra456]

Bob,

I GOT THE JOB!!!

And to top it off, my best friend gets to train me!

WOOOOOO!!!!

[thoughtreader]

Woo! JOB!!!!!! Congrats!

[LilBee91]

Yahoo! Congrats!

[elfprince13]

Petra456 wrote:

Bob,

I GOT THE JOB!!!

And to top it off, my best friend gets to train me!

WOOOOOO!!!!

[Eaquae Legit]

Woohoo! Congrats!!

[Luet]

So happy for you!

[steph]

YAY!!!!!

[Gravity Defier]

This is going to sound stupid, Fred, but this really marks a new era for you...I don't know if I can even remember a time when you weren't at the store. Congratulations, all the best to both you and Will on all the good job luck recently, and may you have your own space soon, to complete the dream. :)

[Petra456]

Thanks guys : )

It comes at a really bad time at work though. My store manager is out this entire week with breathing problems and I have to call her at home to give my two weeks. I have it officially in writing too, I just hate to give her more stress right now then she needs.

I can't pass up this opportunity though, i'm so excited!

[Gravity Defier]

Bob,

If it's me, then hand me the hammer and the nails 'cause I'm going to go to town on that coffin. I adhere to the idea that you go big or go home.

[thoughtreader]

Dear bob,
waterproof bandages are the best invention ever!!!!!!!!!
a shower the day after surgery is awesome!

Teresa

[VelvetElvis]

Yay, Fred!

[Eaquae Legit]

thoughtreader wrote:

Dear bob,
waterproof bandages are the best invention ever!!!!!!!!!
a shower the day after surgery is awesome!

Teresa

Hells yeah.

[Boothby]

Dear bob,

I get mildly depressed when no one from the production team of the Ender's Game Movie contacts me to talk to me about what I've developed for "Ender's Game Tech." I feel left out. I wind up sending out dozens of e-mails to everyone I think might be involved or who might be able to put me in contact with who might be involved. Every once in a while, I get a response: it's some times interesting, but it's always a dead end.

It's the way that I am that I cannot help but set my sights high. I feel I do, actually, know my place in the hierarchy/pecking_order/whatever, but I also realize that without a concerted effort on my part, no one is going to just shoot me off an e-mail saying, "We'd like to talk to you about how the 'subway cars' work..." (I know this, because no one HAS sent me such an e-mail).

That's all. I don't know if I feel better yet. But thanks for listening.

Steve

[GS]

Dear Bob,

It is nice to know that some one that you thought was a nice person is completely bat S H I T ! ! ! crazy. Someone I would never want around my family or friends or even enemies. This person should run for political office. They would definitely be the favorite.

Love,

Ed

[Young Val]

Dear Bob, dear Bob, dear Bob:

Oh man, my life.

I am trucking along on this Health thing, and I'm actually scared that if I talk too much about the emotions of it, rather than the mere mechanics, it will somehow start to fall apart in front of me. So mostly no one knows. I mean, that won't last long, because people see me every day and they are obviously starting to notice that I'm losing weight/more inclined to engage in physical activity, but I don't really want to tell anyone what I'm doing or why I'm doing it. Frankly, I don't really have an answer as to why. I don't know what makes this time any different from all the other times I've wished I could take off this extra weight and be a fit, physically active, healthy person. Because I've definitely wished that before, and even made some attempts, but obviously they were all half-assed and never stuck. I don't really want to examine why this time is any different.

s*** is Getting Done wedding-wise. I am scared to book the remainder of my dress fittings, mostly for the reasons listed above. I am almost 15 pounds lighter than I was at my first fitting. And if they tell me I need to stop losing weight to fit in to my dress, I'm going to tell them no. I started this 65 pounds overweight. For real. I've still got about 45 to go. I will keep paying them to make the dress fit, and if we get to a point where that's no longer feasible (doubt it) then I'll get a white sundress and call it good. I am beyond caring. It's looking like our final wedding budget is going to be TWICE what we originally planned for. That sucks. But we can afford it (even though we'd obviously rather not). Considering all the usual wedding stuff we're not doing at all, I'm shocked the price is so high. But it is what it is. And it will be a kickass party and I'll marry the man I love, and rock on. All the big stuff is done. Deposits made. Contracts signed. I have seriously a bajillion crafts to finish. I'll be folding those damn paper flowers when I'm walking down the aisle, I'm sure of it. But still.

Still in touch with Llewellyn about potential job. Struggling to align our schedules for an interview. The waiting kills me.

David and I are going to build a house. Not tomorrow or anything. Bit by bit. He owns ten acres just across the state line in Wisconsin. St. Croix Falls, to be exact. It is empty, just sitting there. His aunt and uncle own large plots of land adjacent to his, and they've built houses and live there currently. St Croix Falls is a sweet little town, but it's the COUNTRY. We are going to leave the Twin Cities and move up to the country and build ourselves a little house and David will hunt in the forest behind the house and I'll grow food in the garden at the side of the house and we'll have an apple orchard and I'll run my own agency from home and stay with the kids, and he'll switch to a corporation up there and that will be our life. And I'm still sort of wrapping my head around this whole thing because it is not a picture I ever ever ever thought I would want for myself, and now I'm coming to terms with it, and in some ways I'm even really excited about it, but WOW, DIFFERENT. Because, yes, after the wedding, We start saving for the house. First we put up a shop, then we dig the well, and on and on until the house is done in a couple years. We figured we'd put up a little cottage and retire there, not that we'd be raising our kids there. But we went up there and walked all over his property and talked about our life and the direction we're heading and what we want to have and do and be and this is sort of the no-brainer conclusion. We're talking budget and materials and design at this stage. Life is moving so so fast.

And somehow none of this is what I wanted to say, but I'm too wiped to try to start over.

Oh, Bob.


ETA: Scratch that. Interview at Llewellyn tomorrow AM. Interviews always make me feel like puking. Oh, god, oh god, oh god, oh god.

[Dr. Mobius]

Young Val wrote:

fitter, more physically active, healthier person.

Fixed that for you.


Also, yay house! Country living is pretty sweet. Honestly, if I could get broadband where I live now, I wouldn't be trying to find a higher paying job so I could afford an apartment in town.

Good luck with your interview! Relax, you'll do fine. Besides being completely amazing at what you do, remember they came to you so you've already got one foot in the door.

[steph]

So much I want to respond with, but I'll keep it at this: I've already said a prayer for you and this interview and they will keep happening until it's over. Love from me and the family to you.

[Petra456]

Bob,

2000th post! Woo!!! I felt like I should do some sort of big long post but I didn't know what to write about.

: )

- Fred

[Luet]

Just got home from a weekend in NYC to find that our house was robbed. They stole my laptop (with a years worth of un-backed up birding pictures), a PS3, 20 bluray and some games, and a bunch of my medicine. Waiting for the police. I feel sick.

[elfprince13]

Luet wrote:

Just got home from a weekend in NYC to find that our house was robbed. They stole my laptop (with a years worth of un-backed up birding pictures), a PS3, 20 bluray and some games, and a bunch of my medicine. Waiting for the police. I feel sick.

ugh! That's so awful (and probably a bit scary as well)!

[Gravity Defier]

Oh my god, Nomi, I can't even begin to imagine how awful and scary that must feel. *tons of hugs* If you need anything, just ask and I'll do what I can. Love you. Stay safe.

[Mich]

Oh my gosh, that's one of my biggest fears! Thoughts and hopes with you.

[Noodle]

Luet wrote:

Just got home from a weekend in NYC to find that our house was robbed. They stole my laptop (with a years worth of un-backed up birding pictures), a PS3, 20 bluray and some games, and a bunch of my medicine. Waiting for the police. I feel sick.

Oh NO! that really sucks. Thoughts are with you!

[steph]

*hugs Nomi*

[Petra456]

How horrible!

*hugs*

[Boothby]

So sorry to hear that. I hope that the police can (at least) recover your laptop! (It CAN happen)

[Young Val]

:::hugs Nomi:::

I am so sorry. What a horrible thing to come home to.

[powerfulcheese04]

Oh, Nomi! I'm so sorry! What a horrible thing to come home to.

[LilBee91]

That's awful. I'm so sorry.

*hug Nomi*