spring is finally showing up!!!!

[ffm172]

though some pics would bring up some smiles :)

[xmas74]

1. How pretty!

[ffm172]

2. hello!!!

:hi:

how you doing?

[xmas74]

5. I am having a hard time keeping my eyes open!

[ffm172]

7. didn't you get any sleep yesterday?

was your daughter bugging you too much or why?

by the way, did you hear ynything of that job you were applying for?

[xmas74]

8. My interview is Thursday afternoon

3 pm my time.
I couldn't sleep at all today-someone kept sounding the sirens all morning long, even though there was no severe weather.

[ffm172]

12. poor you

that is awful. Hope you get some sleep today. Can someone pick up your daughter from pre school so you have some more rest?

And I will definitely cross my fingers for you tomorrow. That is 9pm my time, nothing else to do, I can sit in front of the TV with crossed fingers :hug:

[xmas74]

15. I still have to pick her up.

And she has a doctor's appointment after school anyways.
Thanks for the fingers crossed-I really need it. Just starting to wear down again is all.

[ffm172]

20. you know I am wishing you the best in all

:hug:

[xmas74]

23. Thanks (too lazy for smilies tonight).

I am now only about 70 posts away from 3000. I am spending way too much time on the computer. Oh well.

[ffm172]

27. me too spending too much time

but then I have to work on the computer anyway all day, so it doesn't hurt to jump over to DU once in a while (if it only were "once in a while" :) )
And as long as it is a quiet night for you. What else is there to do for you?

[xmas74]

34. I'm running to the store in about a half an hour.

I'm at the part-time tonight. They are out of breakfast supplies and I need to pick some up. Otherwise, that's it.

[ffm172]

38. buy yourself some more coffee

at least you have something to do then. Makes you a bit more awake. But please don't fall asleep while driving

[xmas74]

45. Stores only about 2 blocks away.

I'll be fine.

[ffm172]

48. how about walking?

some fresh air always help to wake up again. But then, at this nighttime maybe not such a good idea ...

[xmas74]

57. too many things to bring back w/ me.

I can't carry them all back (juices, bread, fruit, etc-no supplies left for breakfast for a 40 bed motel-lots of shopping tonight).

[ffm172]

59. that was the other reason what came in my mind about

that it might not be a good reason to walk.

[xmas74]

65. I wasn't too happy to come into this mess.

I would love to quit this job if I can get the other. My parents don't want me to quit until August. We are hosting the family reunion here this year and I can get my relatives discounts on rooms if I still work here.

[ffm172]

68. do you think you can stand it till then?

[xmas74]

75. What choice do I have?

I have 75 people depending on me to do this-I have to stick to it.

[ffm172]

81. then get out of it the day after everybody left

August isn't that far away. Of course in a job you hate every day is f* long. How often do you work there in the week?

[xmas74]

92. All of my days off from my full-time job.

So I never really have time to myself.

[ffm172]

94. I don't know how you do that

how long is that going on?

[xmas74]

99. 18 months.

[ffm172]

101. quite some time alreday

[xmas74]

109. And it's really dragging me down.

[ffm172]

111. I believe you that unseen

make a calendar till August and cross out each day you lived through, it helps.

[xmas74]

117. I already have.

I keep a calender anyways and mark my hours on it-then I double check it against my time card and then against my paycheck. I don't trust some places w/ my work hours-I have been ripped off before on paychecks.

[ffm172]

120. we have a work clock, where we have to sign in

and I don't get paid after hours. I get a monthly check but of course have to work my 38.5 hours/week.

[xmas74]

124. We have one too at one of my jobs.

It just seems like the hours don't always compute.

[ffm172]

127. fortunately that is something I don't have to worry about

we get our timetables at the beginning of the new month and can of course check it.

[xmas74]

132. I have noticed problems w/ other jobs.

So now I am very careful.

[ffm172]

136. of course

better be extra careful than getting screwed.

[xmas74]

140. Exactly.

[ffm172]

142. I am just impressed

how we hijack our own thread :) with freebird's and Dark Leftist's help :)

[xmas74]

144. Why? Don't we hijack threads every night!

'Cuz we want to?

[ffm172]

146. of course

but I find it kind of funny that in this thread there are pretty much only we two, freebird and Dark Leftist. And we have our private conversations here.

Beside no other threads worth hijacking tonight

[xmas74]

148. And the fact that we will put 150 posts on one of our threads in

a night. BTW-I have almost 3000 posts now. Way too much time in the lounge lately.

[ffm172]

150. lol

compared to the ones who have over 10000 posts it is still nothing. But I think one reason is that we two write so much to each other. That piles up ... :)

[Freebird12004]

3. beautiful!

Good morning you two

[ffm172]

4. you are here also

:hi:

good morning to you two.

Both my favorite DU friends are here, I am feeling blessed :hug:

[Freebird12004]

9. I was going to go back to sleep

until I saw Spring flowers... they're just what I needed!
Thank you ffm172:pals:

[ffm172]

13. you are welcome

thought I bring some color in the threads :)

[Freebird12004]

16. Oh ! They're colorful!

:evilgrin: but this was a treat to the eyes :hug:

[xmas74]

6. Good morning.

[Freebird12004]

10. Yes, It is a good morning.

:donut: & :hug: time

[xmas74]

11. Just finished making a pot of coffee.

I really need it tonight.

[ffm172]

14. and I just finished my pot of tea

:)

[xmas74]

17. I needed the extra caffiene boost tonight.

[ffm172]

22. I can tell

you barely post tonight :)

[xmas74]

25. I just got online not too long ago.

Had some paperwork that had been piling up all day long and was pushed off to me. I am the type of person who cannot stand to leave work undone-it freaks me out.

[ffm172]

28. same here

I HATE it if I have nothing to do at work.

[xmas74]

36. I prefer to keep busy.

I just don't know how to pace myself-I never have. I like to get everything done and over with immediately and then I never have anything to do the rest of the night.

[ffm172]

40. then you have time for DU

:)

[xmas74]

46. Some nights.

some nights I am too tired to even look at a screen.

[ffm172]

50. when you live with your parents again

you have some more time to sleep.

[xmas74]

60. Maybe.

My mom doesn't understand the concept of the night shift. She thinks that anyone who sleeps past 9 am must be lazy.

[ffm172]

64. take her with you to the night job

and then lets see how long she sleeps.

[xmas74]

73. I don't think that I could handle that much time in a room w/ her.

I am staying there now and I stay in my little room w/ Callie until she leaves for work. I really don't come out until then-it's easier that way. Nothing is good enough when she is around-the reason why we don't get along too well.

[ffm172]

76. so you already moved back in?

oh man, I hope you can sort your finances out soon so that you can have an own place again. I would get screaming fits that way also. Do you get along with your dad?

[xmas74]

90. He tends to side w/ my Mom.

[Freebird12004]

18. I think I'll try for 2 more hours of sleep.

It's 4:38 AM on the East Coast.

[xmas74]

19. Go to sleep.

Goodnight.

[Freebird12004]

26. Thanks

:hug:

[xmas74]

32. You're welcome.

Gee, I'm a bossy one tonight!

[ffm172]

33. don't worry

we still love you :pals:

[xmas74]

43. I really need the love tonight.

[ffm172]

47. you have it

here is some more:

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
:pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals:

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[xmas74]

53. That just made my night.

[ffm172]

69. you are welcome

that is what friends are for. Even when those friends live thousands of miles away

[Freebird12004]

86. Here

:loveya: :hug: :loveya: :grouphug:

:pals: is that any better :yourock:

[xmas74]

93. Thank you!

[Freebird12004]

102. I know that you believe

things will get better and they will. :hug:

[xmas74]

107. Eventually they will.

They have to.

[Freebird12004]

118. You're strong enough

You are moving both yourself and your daughter to safer/better surroundings as you can. You already know nothing happens overnight so hang in there with these words as your mantra "this too shall pass". One step at a time ... you'll make it. :loveya:

[ffm172]

121. I just can agree with Freebird

and as I said before, you have friends here .... if you need to rant or whatever, you have my email and yahoo account. I will try as good as I can to help you, and if it is just listening (or reading in that matter :) )

[Freebird12004]

156. e-mail and IM info

I'll PM them to you both.

[xmas74]

122. Eventually.

I would prefer to move my daughter and myself out of Missouri (check out the MO forum for how bad MO is becoming). I can't because of child custody issues.
If I had my choice, we would be back East or maybe on the West Coast (really old friends in the East and family on the coast). At least she would get a decent public school education and would still have the right to make decisions for herself as she gets older, something that is being taken away from us here in MO.
Damn, this state is going straight down the shitter!

[Freebird12004]

157. now you have another friend

on the east coast :hug:

[Freebird12004]

35. Playing Domme ?

instead of Mommy :evilgrin:

[xmas74]

42. No it's always Mommy.

My own mother is one of the bossiest people that I have ever met (and most of my friends agree w/ that assessment).

[Freebird12004]

49. I gave up being bossy

I'm much more mellow these days.

[xmas74]

52. Some day I would like to be mellow too.

Here I can joke about it. In the real world, I tend to be extremely organized (the person who has a snap lid container for everything, books movies and music filed alphabetically and by genre, color coded file system-yes, I know that I am anal). I sometimes get upset w/ people who are not quite as organized and then I can get bossy w/ them.

[ffm172]

56. you sound like a perfect librarian to me

we have to organize in our job everything so it can be found by the customers. Me at home I have an organized mess.

[xmas74]

62. I was a library aide in high school.

The librarian loved me. She called me a neurotic mess and begged me not to graduate-ever!

[Freebird12004]

63. My CD's, old vinyl records, essential oils and an entire room

full of books are all filed alphabetically but that's as far as the organization goes. It's clean but disarrayed at all times.

[ffm172]

67. I have my books filed alphabetical also

and separeted in hard cover and paper back, German and English, fiction and non-fiction ... guess I can't deny me being a librarian ... lol

[Freebird12004]

71. I stopped

after I separated the fiction from the non-fiction {which are together by topics}

[ffm172]

77. its a start

:)

[ffm172]

51. I can be bossy sometimes too

just ask my bf :)

[Freebird12004]

66. when my friends salute me

I know it's mellow-making time.

Thankfully we all laugh about it.

[ffm172]

70. lol

I try not to be that bossy but sometimes I just can't help it. I got it from my mom

[Freebird12004]

79. I don't know where I got it from.

but it's an on-going battle for me not to run everything.

I was single for most of my life and whenever I tried to share {or heaven forbid the biggest mistake to turn over} responsibility to my boy friends or husbands - most times - everything got f***ed-up beyond belief until I straightened things out.

[ffm172]

83. So far I lived by myself only

since I moved out from my parents. 10 years by now. It will be quite interesting to see how things work out once I move together with my bf (hopefully next year). But I am not a person who likes to fight, I think we will get along quite well. And he knows I am bossy. The thread I started the other day about crazy emails I wrote him about that topic. That I hate being bossy towards him. He told me he knows me, everybody has its personality and he can deal with it. When I see him this weekend we might talk a bit more about it.

[Freebird12004]

88. If it isn't a problem, don't turn it into one!

Your bf might like you just like you are - slightly bossy.

:evilgrin: wait until after you're married to bring out your floggers

[ffm172]

97. I think he likes me like I am

otherwise he wouldn't be with me :)

[Freebird12004]

106. so don't try to improve perfection

changing to please someone else never works!

:hug: you're lucky to have someone love you just as you are.... wallow in every wonderful moment of it!

[ffm172]

110. I do

it's just that I don't really want to be too bossy.

[xmas74]

80. But I am bossy most of the time.

I like things done a certain way. I am turning into my mother more and more every day.

[ffm172]

84. aren't we all?

I can see resemblances between me and my mom also. Even though I don't like it.

[xmas74]

91. The resemblances between me and my mom

tend to piss me off! She says that I am more like my dad-but it is her that I don't get along w/.

[ffm172]

95. maybe that is the reason that you don't get along w/ her

that you are more like your dad

[xmas74]

My brother says that I am more like her.

I don't care-don't really want to be like either of them.

[ffm172]

103. how many bro and sis do you have?

[xmas74]

108. a younger brother. That's all.

[ffm172]

112. I have an older brother

do you get along with him well?

[xmas74]

116. when he was younger he practically idolised me.

He won't admit to it now, but I introduced him to music, sci-fi, classical literature and his favorite Arthurian legends. I also gave him more than a few lessons on politics. I used to buy his clothes for school (my parents expected me to buy my own and I didn't want him to worry about the same thing). I pretty much molded his views on the world (and then the Army added to it).
Now, he still has the same tastes and same views but he can be a really selfish asshole about it.

[ffm172]

123. how old is he?

I guess he tries to be himself and at a certain age it just shows that way. I am sure he will get around it.

[xmas74]

125. 27 in August.

Nope-he's just a spoiled rotten asshole. I have many people who will vouch for that.

[ffm172]

128. ouch

[xmas74]

133. Yep.

He really likes to push buttons sometimes.

[ffm172]

137. can you still push buttons on him?

to make him a bit less of an asshole again?

[xmas74]

141. Nope. It makes him even worse if I start in on him.

[ffm172]

143. too bad

has he a girlfriend? that is sometimes changing them back to normal humans

[xmas74]

145. He's getting married in October.

Big Renaissance festival wedding. But he was an ass before they met.

[ffm172]

147. oh man

how much is it pissing you that he behaves that way and how often do you see him?

[xmas74]

149. He lives about 6 miles from me.

His fiance was previously married and she has two children from the marriage. He has pretty much raised them as his own.
I see him every time he wants a babysitter. That's about it.

[ffm172]

151. don't tell me you do that also?

you don't really have the time to do it. Gosh, I wish for you you could really get out of MO.

[xmas74]

152. Can't.

Child custody issues.

[ffm172]

153. yeah I know, you already told me that

but when you think about it is crazy and stupid. That you can't move to another state because of that.

[xmas74]

159. That's the way it goes.

[ffm172]

161. why are the policies like that?

it is constricting you in your personal life

[xmas74]

162. It is supposed to be for the benefit of the child

so that one parent cannot up and leave w/o the other knowing it.

[ffm172]

163. and when you let him know, let him sign a letter

that he has knowledge of it and is ok with it. Would that help you move out of MO?

[xmas74]

164. Still has to go through the courts.

That way, I have legal proof.

[ffm172]

165. what keeps you from doing it?

[ffm172]

21. then why are you still up?

beside my flower pics?

and I find it fun that the three of us have our own thread :) No intruders ... lol

sleep good and dream of spring flowers and other spring feelings :evilgrin:

[Freebird12004]

29. I'm still here cause I couldn't leave you two.

and it is nice to play together in the early morning hours.

[ffm172]

30. it is

I have the feeling the threads tonight are kind of strange

I am happy that both of you replied to my thread :)

[Freebird12004]

41. They were not my kind of strange

at 9 last night when I gave up on DU and went to bed to watch TV.

[ffm172]

44. I mean right now

I think it is kind of slow and some strange topics. At least not much I can reply to. Maybe because xmas is too tired to come up with something :)

[Freebird12004]

55. *now* I'm too sleepy to lurk around

and there were several threads earlier with starting topic lines that I would rather not have show up on a google search attached to my user-name

[ffm172]

58. that is what I mean

and you are still lurking .... lol
I am happy you stay with us a bit :hug:

[Freebird12004]

82. I'm addicted

to DU and this darned computer.

AND happily to my new :pals:

[ffm172]

85. same here

any reason you can't sleep during the day?

[Freebird12004]

89. I tried a night job Once.

I kept falling asleep at the switchboard ~ I was a long-distance telephone operator.

I do catch a nap during the afternoons sometimes but the activity of the world around me keeps me from doing that too often. AND besides ... I've found that naps, like eating breakfast, are habit forming.

[ffm172]

96. I sometimes take a nap when I get home from work

esp. when I am really tired. And I love to nap on weekends when it is rainy or nasty outside

[Freebird12004]

100. I'm still fighting nap time!

the same way I did 56 years ago.

[ffm172]

104. so it never changes?

uh-oh ...

[Freebird12004]

114. some things never change

and I am only slowing down a bit.
But naps are habit forming and the good weather is coming. I don't think I want to risk becoming Rip-Van-Winkle by stopping for a nap under a tree while I'm out Triking around.

[ffm172]

138. that is something that can happen to me

laying outside in the sun, reading and then falling asleep.

[Freebird12004]

154. I always find the shade.

as you can see from my picture, I have fair skin. Back when I spent my summers in the sun the darkest tan I ever had was honey colored.

[ffm172]

155. if it is getting too hot I go in the shadow also

but I love the sun. First I get red then I get darker, not too much but you can see the difference

[Freebird12004]

158. baby oil

My best friend back in college used baby oil to bake in the sun while I sat in the shade. I hate wearing any type of oil or lotion and a 1/2 hour in the Southern sun turns me lobster red.

[ffm172]

160. gosh, talking about that makes me yearn for the summer

and it is so beautiful outside today I hate to sit here and work. i would rather sit in the sun with a great book.

And I have a dentists app. today. Get my teeth cleaned.

[Huckebein the Raven]

24. yeah with cold rain all day here

[ffm172]

31. an intruder! an intruder!

lol ... you are more than welcome here :)
How are you?

We have beautiful blue sky today and it is getting up to 65 degrees. Ahhh ... spring has finally arrived :bounce:

[Huckebein the Raven]

37. I'm fine just checking out DU

:)

[ffm172]

39. what is your opinion on the threads tonight?

and don't you dare to say anything wrong :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

54. They are the usual DU threads I guess

I mostly stay in the Lounge and lurk and post occasionally in GD and LBN.

The one about age difference between someone who had taken an interest in you was a good read. I couldn't post a good answer to the question in that thread.


I saw someone posted early that the freep from last night returned a few hours ago. Is this true ?

[ffm172]

61. I read the thread about the freeper too

but that must have been before I showed up.

Well, maybe one day you can relate to the age difference thread. My mom dated a guy who could have been her father and now is together with a guy who could ber her son .. lol

[Huckebein the Raven]

72. I actually posted in that age difference

but what I was referring to in my answer was someone taking an interest in me in general. But hopefully sometime in the future I am able to relate to that thread.

:)

[ffm172]

74. saw your post and answered it also

I am sure you will find someone. I was 27 when I had my first long term relationship (if you wanna call a year long term). My first bf, the one I referred to in the other thread I was together for 4 months, then I had to leave the States.
Now I am 30 and for the first time met a man I want to be for really long (lifetime).

[Huckebein the Raven]

78. I saw your reply. Thanks.

:)

[ffm172]

87. you're welcome

:hug:

[Huckebein the Raven]

98. so where are you in Germany ?

[ffm172]

105. Frankfurt

middle/south Germany

[Huckebein the Raven]

113. What type city is Frankfurt when compared

to cities like Berlin, Munich, or say Stuttgart ?

[ffm172]

115. yes it is

actually Frankfurt is the financial town of Germany. It is bigger than Stuttgart but smaller then Munich I think. I like it quite well. It is a big city but still small enough to get somewhere fast

[Huckebein the Raven]

119. Sounds interesting. Hopefully one day I will travel to Germany

[ffm172]

126. I wish it for you

there are quite some nice places to visit. and it is always an experience to travel foreign countries. Have you been anywhere outside the US?

[Huckebein the Raven]

129. The only place I've been outside the US is Mexico.

[ffm172]

130. then come to Europe

I know it is not cheap but it is worth the trip. Doesn't necessary have to be Germany, other countries are as fantastic. Depending on which country the life style is quite different. Very laid back in the South for example.

[Huckebein the Raven]

135. Hopefully some time in the near future I will

Is Frankfurt pretty diverse culturally ?

[ffm172]

139. yes it is.

we have a big fair here and a lot of people come to Frankfurt. Lot of museums also.

[tjwmason]

131. Is it getting warm for you?

There is some sun peaking through here today.

The heaters in my office are all off.

I didn't have my scarf tied whilst walking into work.

Spring has definitely begun over here.

[ffm172]

134. oh yes

it is sunny, the window is open, you can walk around without a jacket. It is around 18°C.
The sun is warming my back at the moment .... ahhhh ...

... and the spring feelings are about to pop up ... lol