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Heeeeeeeeeeeeere we go!
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okay, so i know it's not pc to be excited about a storm like hurricane frances, but i reckon since i'm stuck with it anyway, i may as well make the most out of it, hey?

we are just now getting the first feeler bands from the storm...the wind is gusting hard, blowing the rain in almost horizontal sheets.

it's so cool!
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Please wish me luck...
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i've got the first part of my state certification this morning...a three hour exam covering the last month and a half of training on state law, the judicial system, case practice, interventions, indicators of maltreatment and abuse et cetera and i've got anxiety out the wazoo (btw, does anyone know what a wazoo is??).

i have to pass this in order to keep my job and i've heard that it's pretty difficult, so i'm stressing just a wee bit.

i'm thinking the gallon of coffee i've already had this morning may not have been such a good idea??
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A HUGE "thank you" to Si, Harry, Mulan, and Big Red
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thank you sooooo much for the special things i found in my mail!!!

and not to be forgotten, (((((((((joy))))))))...you're such a sweetie, and thank you for your generous offer...i'm totally bummed that we're not going to be able to do it, but please know that it meant a great deal to me.

love,.
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Aaaannnnndddd I'm spent......
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it has been accomplished, it's over, done, kaput.

a chapter of my life that has lasted 5 and 1/2 years has reached its final page and the book is now closed.

(no, i'm not talking about my sex life, that's been more than...erm, well, never mind).
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An Apology ...and the Face of Terror
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first, i must make a public apology to simon for labeling him a "beer wimp" in my last thread.

i discovered last night at dinner that the only reason he ordered coors light was because he didn't know what it was!

simon's beer ordering habits are now improving and i feel confident that the reputations of british beer drinkers everywhere will be salvaged (we've at least got him ordering amberbock now .
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A bright spot has gone...
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out of our lives.

my mother-in-law, jo, passed away yesterday afternoon.

she died peacefully in her sleep.
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Sometimes, it just ain't any fun...
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i took my kids on a vacation to disney world...their dream vacation, actually, although it didn't turn out that way.

midway through we get a call that their grandmother (the real one, who was never a dub and who hasn't ever turned her back on the kids or on me even thru my divorce from her son, unlike my own jw mother) is in serious condition at the hospital.

we spent one of our 'vacation' days sitting in a hospital icu waiting room, timing our 15 minute visits so that we could see her, and throughout it all the kids were troopers.
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Argh! What to do, what to do...
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my children have a friend who lives in the neighborhood and who comes over often to hang out.

he is a little jw boy, but he and his mom have no idea that i'm an ex.

"gabe" has been a frequent visitor to our home for over a year now and nothing about religion has ever come up...until today.. he and my son got into a discussion about evolution vs. creation, and, as the conversation seemed to be heating up, i got involved.
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Nobody Knows It But Me
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there's a place that i travel, .

when i want to roam .

the roads don't go there, .
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Brummie and Xena
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now then...wot's all this about kissin'????

dana