Dream, dream, dream....

Jim got home, fried to a nice crispy brown - 10:00 - 6:30 on a Sunday is brutal, or so I've been led to believe.

Hell, any shift on a weekend is short-staffed, overwhelmed and cranky-making.

I guess it was sympathy leaking into the ol' subconscious, because I spent the night dreaming of being in hospitals again.

As the only healthy person there -

Putting 'friends' into wheelchairs and gurneys so they could visit each other, and then calling codes when one of them crashed...at least one of them died.

Being the 'friend' of another patient, one of those calm, cool and collected businessmen who fell ill with something terminal - but the end is two years away or more, and having to convince him not to put a bullet through his brain was not my idea of a restful slumber.

But everyone was leaving the place before me again - and I got to sit on the sidelines and both be grateful it wasn't me, and envious at the same time that they were going to find out just What was Out There before me. I kept expecting to run into Cliff, but I didn't. It was his territory, though - last five years of his life.

*yawn* I'm getting Starbucks this morning. The scale says I may have lost a couple of pounds the last couple of weeks - screw it.

Dream, dream, dream....

Jim got home, fried to a nice crispy brown - 10:00 - 6:30 on a Sunday is brutal, or so I've been led to believe.

Hell, any shift on a weekend is short-staffed, overwhelmed and cranky-making.

I guess it was sympathy leaking into the ol' subconscious, because I spent the night dreaming of being in hospitals again.

As the only healthy person there -

Putting 'friends' into wheelchairs and gurneys so they could visit each other, and then calling codes when one of them crashed...at least one of them died.

Being the 'friend' of another patient, one of those calm, cool and collected businessmen who fell ill with something terminal - but the end is two years away or more, and having to convince him not to put a bullet through his brain was not my idea of a restful slumber.

But everyone was leaving the place before me again - and I got to sit on the sidelines and both be grateful it wasn't me, and envious at the same time that they were going to find out just What was Out There before me. I kept expecting to run into Cliff, but I didn't. It was his territory, though - last five years of his life.

*yawn* I'm getting Starbucks this morning. The scale says I may have lost a couple of pounds the last couple of weeks - screw it.

Dream, dream, dream....

Jim got home, fried to a nice crispy brown - 10:00 - 6:30 on a Sunday is brutal, or so I've been led to believe.

Hell, any shift on a weekend is short-staffed, overwhelmed and cranky-making.

I guess it was sympathy leaking into the ol' subconscious, because I spent the night dreaming of being in hospitals again.

As the only healthy person there -

Putting 'friends' into wheelchairs and gurneys so they could visit each other, and then calling codes when one of them crashed...at least one of them died.

Being the 'friend' of another patient, one of those calm, cool and collected businessmen who fell ill with something terminal - but the end is two years away or more, and having to convince him not to put a bullet through his brain was not my idea of a restful slumber.

But everyone was leaving the place before me again - and I got to sit on the sidelines and both be grateful it wasn't me, and envious at the same time that they were going to find out just What was Out There before me. I kept expecting to run into Cliff, but I didn't. It was his territory, though - last five years of his life.

*yawn* I'm getting Starbucks this morning. The scale says I may have lost a couple of pounds the last couple of weeks - screw it.

Hello, anyone up for some spin?

For decades, we in the media have reported that women earn less than men. As a result, we've created a generation of angry women and self-conscious men.

A new book, "Why Men Earn More," by Dr. Warren Farrell, shows we've been dead wrong: For the same work, women earn more than men. His findings are based on a comprehensive review of government and other statistics.

Farrell is no right-wing misogynist. He ran for the Democratic nomination for California governor. He's the only man ever elected three times to the board of the National Organization for Women in New York City. And he's no intellectual lightweight; the Financial Times named him one of the world's top 100 thought leaders.

The book's main message is good news for women: If women do one or more of the 25 things men more often do, women can earn more than men.

Farrell does not encourage nor discourage women from doing these 25 things: "Each of the 25 usually requires trading quality of life for money. I just want women and men to be aware of their options so they can craft a life rather than just accept what drops in their lap."

poetpaladin brought this to my attention -

Forget the fact women are usually the primary caregivers of elderly parents and minor children in addition to earning a living outside the home. Just, forget it. Mommytracks are for - well - mommies. What are YOU doing here in the land of intelligent, thinking women? Oh, you want to earn a living...ohhhhhhh. Go home and raise your kids, bubbie. That's what husbands are for - making money. Just leave it up to him. *pat pat pat*

Heh. Mom told them to stick it. So will I. She wasn't given a choice - and often got called a saint for her trouble.

I ain't no saint. I want what the guys get - and that's all.

Not planning on kids and you STILL want to get paid? FEMINAZI!!11

I need to read this book, but I'll be damned if I'll spend a dime on it.

(Sales Engineers. Anyone out there a Sales Engineer?)

Hello, anyone up for some spin?

For decades, we in the media have reported that women earn less than men. As a result, we've created a generation of angry women and self-conscious men.

A new book, "Why Men Earn More," by Dr. Warren Farrell, shows we've been dead wrong: For the same work, women earn more than men. His findings are based on a comprehensive review of government and other statistics.

Farrell is no right-wing misogynist. He ran for the Democratic nomination for California governor. He's the only man ever elected three times to the board of the National Organization for Women in New York City. And he's no intellectual lightweight; the Financial Times named him one of the world's top 100 thought leaders.

The book's main message is good news for women: If women do one or more of the 25 things men more often do, women can earn more than men.

Farrell does not encourage nor discourage women from doing these 25 things: "Each of the 25 usually requires trading quality of life for money. I just want women and men to be aware of their options so they can craft a life rather than just accept what drops in their lap."

poetpaladin brought this to my attention -

Forget the fact women are usually the primary caregivers of elderly parents and minor children in addition to earning a living outside the home. Just, forget it. Mommytracks are for - well - mommies. What are YOU doing here in the land of intelligent, thinking women? Oh, you want to earn a living...ohhhhhhh. Go home and raise your kids, bubbie. That's what husbands are for - making money. Just leave it up to him. *pat pat pat*

Heh. Mom told them to stick it. So will I. She wasn't given a choice - and often got called a saint for her trouble.

I ain't no saint. I want what the guys get - and that's all.

Not planning on kids and you STILL want to get paid? FEMINAZI!!11

I need to read this book, but I'll be damned if I'll spend a dime on it.

(Sales Engineers. Anyone out there a Sales Engineer?)

Hello, anyone up for some spin?

For decades, we in the media have reported that women earn less than men. As a result, we've created a generation of angry women and self-conscious men.

A new book, "Why Men Earn More," by Dr. Warren Farrell, shows we've been dead wrong: For the same work, women earn more than men. His findings are based on a comprehensive review of government and other statistics.

Farrell is no right-wing misogynist. He ran for the Democratic nomination for California governor. He's the only man ever elected three times to the board of the National Organization for Women in New York City. And he's no intellectual lightweight; the Financial Times named him one of the world's top 100 thought leaders.

The book's main message is good news for women: If women do one or more of the 25 things men more often do, women can earn more than men.

Farrell does not encourage nor discourage women from doing these 25 things: "Each of the 25 usually requires trading quality of life for money. I just want women and men to be aware of their options so they can craft a life rather than just accept what drops in their lap."

poetpaladin brought this to my attention -

Forget the fact women are usually the primary caregivers of elderly parents and minor children in addition to earning a living outside the home. Just, forget it. Mommytracks are for - well - mommies. What are YOU doing here in the land of intelligent, thinking women? Oh, you want to earn a living...ohhhhhhh. Go home and raise your kids, bubbie. That's what husbands are for - making money. Just leave it up to him. *pat pat pat*

Heh. Mom told them to stick it. So will I. She wasn't given a choice - and often got called a saint for her trouble.

I ain't no saint. I want what the guys get - and that's all.

Not planning on kids and you STILL want to get paid? FEMINAZI!!11

I need to read this book, but I'll be damned if I'll spend a dime on it.

(Sales Engineers. Anyone out there a Sales Engineer?)

Location, location, location -

Location, location, location -

Location, location, location -

Your Animal Planet Moment of the Day

That's the flowering plum tree in the front yard - actually, the trees the city planted many moons ago in the medians between the curb and the sidewalk. It desperately needs replacing, but today - a swam of bees decided to call it home.

Uh, they're the "killer bee" variety - and the city is coming to take them away, ha ha - tomorrow.

Ah, spring is the air. So are bees. Really really.

Your Animal Planet Moment of the Day

That's the flowering plum tree in the front yard - actually, the trees the city planted many moons ago in the medians between the curb and the sidewalk. It desperately needs replacing, but today - a swam of bees decided to call it home.

Uh, they're the "killer bee" variety - and the city is coming to take them away, ha ha - tomorrow.

Ah, spring is the air. So are bees. Really really.

Your Animal Planet Moment of the Day

That's the flowering plum tree in the front yard - actually, the trees the city planted many moons ago in the medians between the curb and the sidewalk. It desperately needs replacing, but today - a swam of bees decided to call it home.

Uh, they're the "killer bee" variety - and the city is coming to take them away, ha ha - tomorrow.

Ah, spring is the air. So are bees. Really really.

Aussies -

deense, dewhitton - I'm looking right at you.

I'm invading your country November 12th.

The timeshare exchange came through - I got housing!

I will be at:

Destination Asia-Pacific at Radisson Resort Palm Meadows (*whew*)
Surfer's Paradise (they named a town that?), Carrara
Queensland -

Gold Coast - an hour's drive from Brisbane.

I'll be there for my 45th birthday. I still can't believe it.

Now...to get there. *laughs*

Oh, and we'll have to drive there. Jim's up for it - he lived in England in the Air Force for almost three years. Me? Oh boy.

Since LJ can't provide me a geographical report - I suspect I have more Aussies on my list, and I have no earthly idea if anyone is nearby the place. Well, I have all summer to find out, I guess.

I'm going to Australia. Holy cow.

(Why is getting the timeshare exchange so critical? It's about $150 to do an exchange - I exchange a week at my timeshare for a week at another one - and since my timeshare has been paid for since 1997, a week of accomodations anywhere in the system is only $150. For a week. And in this case, now already paid for. If someone wants to give you a timeshare - you might say yes. I'll write the story of how I got this one another day.)

Well, that explains the weirdness the last week or so. Cliff's been here. I may not notice 'him' being around, but I sure notice the results of him passing through. I was sure I wasn't going to get an exchange...called them today to widen the search, and they told me I'd landed one. I was on a waiting list - I was on a waiting list all last year for a Swiss exchange, and one never came.

A whole week in Australia for $150. I just have to get there now.

Aussies -

deense, dewhitton - I'm looking right at you.

I'm invading your country November 12th.

The timeshare exchange came through - I got housing!

I will be at:

Destination Asia-Pacific at Radisson Resort Palm Meadows (*whew*)
Surfer's Paradise (they named a town that?), Carrara
Queensland -

Gold Coast - an hour's drive from Brisbane.

I'll be there for my 45th birthday. I still can't believe it.

Now...to get there. *laughs*

Oh, and we'll have to drive there. Jim's up for it - he lived in England in the Air Force for almost three years. Me? Oh boy.

Since LJ can't provide me a geographical report - I suspect I have more Aussies on my list, and I have no earthly idea if anyone is nearby the place. Well, I have all summer to find out, I guess.

I'm going to Australia. Holy cow.

(Why is getting the timeshare exchange so critical? It's about $150 to do an exchange - I exchange a week at my timeshare for a week at another one - and since my timeshare has been paid for since 1997, a week of accomodations anywhere in the system is only $150. For a week. And in this case, now already paid for. If someone wants to give you a timeshare - you might say yes. I'll write the story of how I got this one another day.)

Well, that explains the weirdness the last week or so. Cliff's been here. I may not notice 'him' being around, but I sure notice the results of him passing through. I was sure I wasn't going to get an exchange...called them today to widen the search, and they told me I'd landed one. I was on a waiting list - I was on a waiting list all last year for a Swiss exchange, and one never came.

A whole week in Australia for $150. I just have to get there now.

Aussies -

deense, dewhitton - I'm looking right at you.

I'm invading your country November 12th.

The timeshare exchange came through - I got housing!

I will be at:

Destination Asia-Pacific at Radisson Resort Palm Meadows (*whew*)
Surfer's Paradise (they named a town that?), Carrara
Queensland -

Gold Coast - an hour's drive from Brisbane.

I'll be there for my 45th birthday. I still can't believe it.

Now...to get there. *laughs*

Oh, and we'll have to drive there. Jim's up for it - he lived in England in the Air Force for almost three years. Me? Oh boy.

Since LJ can't provide me a geographical report - I suspect I have more Aussies on my list, and I have no earthly idea if anyone is nearby the place. Well, I have all summer to find out, I guess.

I'm going to Australia. Holy cow.

(Why is getting the timeshare exchange so critical? It's about $150 to do an exchange - I exchange a week at my timeshare for a week at another one - and since my timeshare has been paid for since 1997, a week of accomodations anywhere in the system is only $150. For a week. And in this case, now already paid for. If someone wants to give you a timeshare - you might say yes. I'll write the story of how I got this one another day.)

Well, that explains the weirdness the last week or so. Cliff's been here. I may not notice 'him' being around, but I sure notice the results of him passing through. I was sure I wasn't going to get an exchange...called them today to widen the search, and they told me I'd landed one. I was on a waiting list - I was on a waiting list all last year for a Swiss exchange, and one never came.

A whole week in Australia for $150. I just have to get there now.