Friday

[dana86]

Well what a sad turn of events in the last 12 hours or so for our country. 

Not much exciting today. I have to go meet someone to sell an item and then pickup a part for H's truck. I'm running on light sleep thanks to little man screaming for a bit. Poor guy is on the end of 3-4 teeth popping through so I'm not mad at him for it.

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I agree it has been pretty devastating.

Not much here today. Chiro after work and then date night with the husband. Totally changed up my typical color palette for the day. I am typically in blues and neutral colors. Today I wore white jeans and a pink top and changed my watch face and phone case to pink too. Its refreshing but definitely not an every day occurrence.

[georgeharrison]

I started a post, but took too long.

I'm feeling low today. Not sure why. The Dallas stuff is really upsetting.

Leaving work a little early today. I will still be "working," but we are checking out a vendor that is closer to home, so that's nice. Drive there, do that stuff, and then I get to go home and I'll already be mostly through traffic. Booyah.

Tman is home today alone (If you know where I live, don't go over there and try to steal him. I would be really sad. Oh, and the dogs might eat you.) I'm kind of a mean mom and left him a long list of things he needs to do while he's there including a bunch of Math problems that I wrote up for him.

I guess some camp prep tonight, a hike tomorrow, and then Tman is off on Sunday and James and I are going to the AquaSox game Sunday to see Felix pitch a "rehab start."

Lots of work the next couple weeks and then I get a week off. I can make it!

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Jul 8, 2016 11:01:57 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

I started a post, but took too long.

I'm feeling low today. Not sure why. The Dallas stuff is really upsetting.

Leaving work a little early today. I will still be "working," but we are checking out a vendor that is closer to home, so that's nice. Drive there, do that stuff, and then I get to go home and I'll already be mostly through traffic. Booyah.

Tman is home today alone (If you know where I live, don't go over there and try to steal him. I would be really sad. Oh, and the dogs might eat you.) I'm kind of a mean mom and left him a long list of things he needs to do while he's there including a bunch of Math problems that I wrote up for him.

I guess some camp prep tonight, a hike tomorrow, and then Tman is off on Sunday and James and I are going to the AquaSox game Sunday to see Felix pitch a "rehab start."

Lots of work the next couple weeks and then I get a week off. I can make it!

So are you coming up to my neck of the woods?

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Back at work. Of course, I had a crap night of sleep but looks like my body is now in it's wired phase so I'm surprisingly not dragging. *MUST* clean the house this weekend as we will be having a houseguest starting me-next week for over a week.

Migraine yesterday sucked but near as I can tell, the US caught fire in a pile of crapitude yesterday and it was best to not really know all the poo that happened.

[minion]

Praying for all. That's all I have.

To do list is down to some investigating on things, and clean up at work. Which is all great, and for my next interview I will have lots of great examples. Read in between the lines: I am great at cleaning up other people's messes.

We have the West Seattle Summer Fest today. Taking MiMi in to get pictures done tomorrow. I also want to get a haircut tomorrow.

So we own 4 of the recalled IKEA Malm dressers. I was able to clean one out (MiMi's) so we can return it. I'm working on the one in my room next. FTR when we bought the 4 dressers, 3 of them were full of my clothes. I am now down to 1 dresser, and the 4 drawers under the bed. Yay downsizing.

[sotally tober]

I can't even with the Dallas stuff. Ugh.

My interview was this AM. I'm not really feeling good about it. So frustrating.

I hope everyone has a good Friday.

[georgeharrison]

Jul 8, 2016 12:20:01 GMT -5 sotally tober said:

I can't even with the Dallas stuff. Ugh.

My interview was this AM. I'm not really feeling good about it. So frustrating.

I hope everyone has a good Friday.

I bet it went better than you think.  Good luck.

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Jul 8, 2016 11:13:45 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Back at work. Of course, I had a crap night of sleep but looks like my body is now in it's wired phase so I'm surprisingly not dragging. *MUST* clean the house this weekend as we will be having a houseguest starting me-next week for over a week.

Migraine yesterday sucked but near as I can tell, the US caught fire in a pile of crapitude yesterday and it was best to not really know all the poo that happened.

Boo, you really need to get this looked at. I am worried about you. You aren't getting good rest and having a lot of migraines and such. 

[madDawg228]

sotally tober, I hope your intuition is wrong.  Good luck, and ALL THE VIBES!

I'm sick of the amount of violence in this country.  I hate that I have gotten into the habit of keeping in mind the exit/escape routes whenever I go out in public.  No one is safe, and I wish this would change.  I wish Reagan didn't gut the mental health care system in the '80s.  I wish the NRA was out of the government entirely.  I wish POC could have the same privileges and respect as our white citizens.   

On a happier note, today is the start of the Seattle International Beer Festival.  I'll be heading there after work, and will go back on Saturday.

[spa]

I have no words for the violence, and I think I don't have a great perspective since I grew up in WA and I feel like there is a lot less racism here, I went to PA and it was so weird/eye opening that people there have so much hatred for people they don't even know.

I have a black co-worker from Ohio and he thinks it is weird that here no one cares what color he is or judges him and everyone intermingles, he said he likes raising his kids in this environment, but he and his wife sometimes have a hard time adjusting.

I have a cold... who gets a FREAKIN cold in July.

[llh0211]

sotally tober, fingers crossed the interview went better than you think!
spa, hope you feel better!

This has been a rough week. Like everyone else, all the violence is really weighing heavy on my heart. Add to we're super short at work. And, the icing on the cake, I found out that an old friend passed away last Friday after being ill for the past couple months. I don't know many details, other than what her obituary said, and we hadn't seen each other in years. But way back in the day, we were childhood (well, tween, really) bff's. She just got married last summer. Its so sad. Her celebration of life is Sunday, I'll head up north to go to that.

Tomorrow, K & I are either going to the Seattle International Beer Festival or wine tasting. Alcohol is much needed after this week. I think my bestie may tag along, so she'll meet him too.

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Jul 8, 2016 13:14:39 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Jul 8, 2016 11:13:45 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Back at work. Of course, I had a crap night of sleep but looks like my body is now in it's wired phase so I'm surprisingly not dragging. *MUST* clean the house this weekend as we will be having a houseguest starting me-next week for over a week.

Migraine yesterday sucked but near as I can tell, the US caught fire in a pile of crapitude yesterday and it was best to not really know all the poo that happened.

Boo, you really need to get this looked at. I am worried about you. You aren't getting good rest and having a lot of migraines and such. 

I have a massage on Monday. It's the only day the gal who really helps me works when i can see her. It's just my neck again.

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Jul 8, 2016 11:16:57 GMT -5 minion said:

So we own 4 of the recalled IKEA Malm dressers. I was able to clean one out (MiMi's) so we can return it. I'm working on the one in my room next. FTR when we bought the 4 dressers, 3 of them were full of my clothes. I am now down to 1 dresser, and the 4 drawers under the bed. Yay downsizing.

I thought the recall was because they could tip over on kids...but that it's really only been an issue because people haven't done the appropriate attaching to a wall like you're supposed to?

[madDawg228]

Jul 8, 2016 14:10:24 GMT -5 spa said:

I have no words for the violence, and I think I don't have a great perspective since I grew up in WA and I feel like there is a lot less racism here, I went to PA and it was so weird/eye opening that people there have so much hatred for people they don't even know.

I disagree, while the racism in the PNW isn't always out in the open, I feel like there is a strong presence of it in the culture.  Aren't Seattle and Portland some of the whitest cities in the country?  There seems to be a segregation in a lot of the communities in the PNW area, not everywhere, but it feels like a lot of the time there is a separation and not a lot of intermingling.

It could be a part of the Seattle Freeze (not welcoming to new people), but there is a lot of historical events that have pushed POC out of the PNW.

I'm not explaining it well, but it's something that has become more clear when I "look around." Not everyone is "racist," but there is a strong tradition to not being welcoming and accepting of the "other" cultures in the area.

[spa]

madDawg228 , maybe you are right, I mean the way of the PNW is passive aggressive-ness and racism could be well hidden. Do Asians count as white? Then we would be pretty white.

I understand the history in terms of Camp Harmony. My mom immigrated from Korea and no one in her side were anti-Japanese even though my grandmother lived through the colonial period under Japanese rule. She was more focused on providing a better life for her family I think.

I grew up in a mixed race household, and never once did we hear about oh got to watch out for Robin because she is x race or Sean because his parents are from y. So, it might just be my personal experience. I never thought about race growing up. I married an immigrant but mostly because I like his Euro accent and Asian-esque face no there were other reasons for sure.

Our baby however will be still half Asian, Eastern and Western Euro mix. We have to think of an acronym like KFGLB ...

Sorry for the novel/ 

[madDawg228]

spa , I can definitely see your viewpoint too. I'm kinda jealous of your "melting pot." I grew up in Skagit county and have lived in the North Seattle area for almost 13 years, so I've been surrounded by white people my whole life. And the effed up part about that, is that I didn't realize that it wasn't normal and it was weird until my mid-twenties.

I hate to be the white girl acting like I'm an expert on race, I'm not. And I really do love the PNW, but this area definitely has a sketch, not so awesome side too.