Here We Grow Again Weekender Feb 5 Pt 2
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PeacefulRain, make sure you eat something before you go to the grocery store. It's always so much harder to be strong if you're starving to death and the wine starts staring you in the face.
Sao, I see that you've avoided a tube strike this friday. I was surfing online and saw that it was cancelled. I did stumble across some really interesting photos of stuff that can be found underground in London. Roman baths, the remains of an amphitheater, the Fleet Museum under St. Bride's church. Cool things. I should google Chicago and see what fascinating things I'm missing in my own backyard.
As extremely cold as it is today, I have a taste for salad for lunch. Time to go forage.
Sao, I see that you've avoided a tube strike this friday. I was surfing online and saw that it was cancelled. I did stumble across some really interesting photos of stuff that can be found underground in London. Roman baths, the remains of an amphitheater, the Fleet Museum under St. Bride's church. Cool things. I should google Chicago and see what fascinating things I'm missing in my own backyard.
As extremely cold as it is today, I have a taste for salad for lunch. Time to go forage.
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Originally Posted by Ruby2 
Sao, I see that you've avoided a tube strike this friday. I was surfing online and saw that it was cancelled. I did stumble across some really interesting photos of stuff that can be found underground in London. Roman baths, the remains of an amphitheater, the Fleet Museum under St. Bride's church. Cool things. I should google Chicago and see what fascinating things I'm missing in my own backyard.
I supported the strikes for pay and conditions 18 months ago but the last few have been about resisting running the tubes at night. I'm to old for that to benefit me much but it is way past the time to start running them at night - it should have happened decades ago
Mesa - i read or heard somewhere that El Nino should help Californian water shortage
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Horseradish cheddar sounds really good.
I think that public transportation needs to run at night. I don't benefit from the late night runs but there are people who work odd shifts who don't have cars and can't afford taxis.
I think that public transportation needs to run at night. I don't benefit from the late night runs but there are people who work odd shifts who don't have cars and can't afford taxis.
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I feel so guilty hearing of all you fine folks dealing with the dreary, cold, wet weather, blowing snow, and shoveling driveways. Here in the Phoenix area it is sunny and 77F (25C) heading up to a high of 84F (29C) for the day. I guess I'll get my comeuppance in July when it is 112F (44C) and I dare not leave the house for fear of bursting into flames 
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Yes, something is missing.
For as long as I can remember, I've watched my friends pair off. Temporarily and fleetingly in high school, longer and more lasting in college, and now, permanently. Throughout it all, I've remained single. Too shy, too insecure, too ... whatever. I got used to my role as the "Single One" — I was even OK with it. As an introvert, I not only like my alone time, I need it. But, somewhere along the line, I stopped just being single and started being lonely. Most days I'm both. There. I said it: "I'm lonely." And try as my paired up friends might, they don’t seem to fully understand what it's like to watch everyone around you fall in love. They don't understand that I'm lonely and what it means to be so.
For as long as I can remember, I've watched my friends pair off. Temporarily and fleetingly in high school, longer and more lasting in college, and now, permanently. Throughout it all, I've remained single. Too shy, too insecure, too ... whatever. I got used to my role as the "Single One" — I was even OK with it. As an introvert, I not only like my alone time, I need it. But, somewhere along the line, I stopped just being single and started being lonely. Most days I'm both. There. I said it: "I'm lonely." And try as my paired up friends might, they don’t seem to fully understand what it's like to watch everyone around you fall in love. They don't understand that I'm lonely and what it means to be so.
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I'm climbing back on the bus just before the last stop, I guess. New thread tomorrow...looking forward to it. Have had a maniacal week so far, but today IS hump day.
Ruby, it seems your job alternates between excruciating boredom and panic mode. That is not easy.
Tetra, feel ya. Lonely is crappy, but it beats a bad relationship around the block.
Ok, that is as far as I have caught up.
Later.
Ruby, it seems your job alternates between excruciating boredom and panic mode. That is not easy.
Tetra, feel ya. Lonely is crappy, but it beats a bad relationship around the block.
Ok, that is as far as I have caught up.
Later.
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I understand too tetra. Even though I haven't been single very long it still gets lonely especially when everyone you know is married or in a serious relationship. I vacillate wildly from loving being single to wishing I wasn't. Blah!
Well....not only did I NOT get donuts this morning, I'm just now eating crackers and V8 for lunch! The bank took longer than I thought this morning so I didn't have time for Krispy Kreme. Crud. This job is either super busy or super slooooow...no in between!
Well....not only did I NOT get donuts this morning, I'm just now eating crackers and V8 for lunch! The bank took longer than I thought this morning so I didn't have time for Krispy Kreme. Crud. This job is either super busy or super slooooow...no in between!
Giving up is NOT an option.
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Try having your ex-husband be madly in love and coupled up when you are not. That kind of sucks. I'm happy for him - don't get me wrong. But I am lonely sometimes, too. And also in love with my best friend, who doesn't love me back. Oh, well. I'm okay most of the time. My kitties keep me warm at night and they don't snore.
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My cats snore. Sometimes. I'm not single. However, it's hard being lonely in a marriage too. Grass is always greener.
Yes, Bix, hurry up and wait and hurry up and wait. Mostly wait. And wait. I'm getting soft because there's not much going on. Looking forward to my four day weekend.
Yes, Bix, hurry up and wait and hurry up and wait. Mostly wait. And wait. I'm getting soft because there's not much going on. Looking forward to my four day weekend.
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Tetra - here's my twopence worth and I do understand how you feel
Save your earnings, work at your at your job, including a small amount of the social/ office politics crap - all the while keeping your eyes and ears open for something better.
In time get your own place and I would predict that you won't be lonely for long, in fact you will most likely become wary of giving up your independence and will set the bar correspondingly high
Save your earnings, work at your at your job, including a small amount of the social/ office politics crap - all the while keeping your eyes and ears open for something better.
In time get your own place and I would predict that you won't be lonely for long, in fact you will most likely become wary of giving up your independence and will set the bar correspondingly high
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