The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

Songbird76

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The zoo is like that too. Like the only time it's even manageable temperature wise is in the morning, but the crowds still surge during the hottest part of the day. We went yesterday and when we got there it was about 77* and when we left two hours later it was pushing 90* and the parking lot was getting packed. Like, who chooses to walk around a zoo in 90* over 77*?!?!
People who don't want to get up at 7 on a weekend to get to the zoo at opening. Or to be at Rope drop for Disney. Personally, if it's for a day or two, I can do that. But I do need to sleep in once in a while, and if I'm getting up early every day for work/school, I want my weekend to sleep in, at least one day. It doesn't always work out that way, but unless there's something special happening that I'll miss by going later, I'll take sleeping in.
 

Songbird76

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MinnieM123

Premium Member
Happy Farm Market Saturday. In addition to the eggs and greens peas and beets have started to come in:joyfull:

I had a salad last night, too (along with some baby back ribs from the grill--they were the precooked kind--you just heat them up :hungry: ). My salad had just croutons and salad dressing. Hubs told me that wasn't a salad, so I put a lettuce leaf in there to shut him up! :hilarious:

(O.k. Figgy, stop convulsing -- I did make a regular salad for us, but really wanted to try a croutons/salad dressing "salad" for me, first -- it was yummy. :p But hubs was beside himself over my salad creation, not to mention the dog kept staring at me . . . so to put an end to their drama queen spectacle, I ate some tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, etc. Sheesh.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Yikes!!! So sorry I missed this. Did he get help with Alexa??? Don’t want to read through all this to find out. And apologies my family is going through 2 major health issues that are icky and apologize for missing this. Miss ya all💕💕💕💕💕

Gabe, sorry to hear about the health issues with some family members. I wish them well and hope for a quick and positive resolution.
 

MinnieM123

Premium Member
Splash Bash was a blast!!!!!!! :joyfull:
It was at a neighborhood pool complex down the road, and is a pretty cool place...!!! :)
Just a coupla' pics from the end of the night...

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Ha! That looks like FUN!! You have the busiest social calendar of anyone I know!

P.S. Kudos to your family for participating in this fundraiser for charity.
 

Songbird76

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Another stupid person moment at work...

This person sent in a ticket for software approval. It was an easy approval, so I did it for him. He IM'ed me and asked me what the status was. I told him that his ticket had been sent to the service center and that if he didn't hear back from someone within two days to let me know. He says, "Well, can't we have this faster? We've been waiting weeks for this." He submitted the ticket less than a week prior. Which I could plainly see on the ticket. I repeated myself: give them two days, and if you don't hear back, let me know (that's usually when I escalate to their manager and say "Hey, ticket's not being worked on and the user wants an update" and he gets it assigned, but I don't like doing that unless I'm sure it's being ignored).

Today, I get an email from his boss, who I happen to know, and I see his email to his boss where he tells his boss that I told him that it would take a week for the ticket to get completed and that they'd already been waiting weeks.

Well, since his boss asked nicely if I would escalate, I did, and then I sent his boss a screenshot of the conversation where I told him to check back in two days and told him the ticket had only been opened a week prior.

Lesson: do not lie to me or about me.
And what did his boss say to you when he got the screen shot?
 

Songbird76

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Well, referring to the article, I was baffled why they ranked RI so low---I mean, even though it's a small state in comparison, it has some wonderful, historical places such as that whole area surrounding the Gilded Age. And, the ocean areas are gorgeous, too. Again, don't agree with the low rating.
They got Wyoming right, but I'm surprised South Dakota was so far down the list...it's a fantastic place to go road tripping. There's SOOOO much to see and do in the black hills region alone. We went there several times a year. And Nebraska needs to be farther down on the list...there is NOTHING in Nebraska but corn fields. Miles and miles of corn fields. Unless you are a big hunter/fisherman, there is nothing for you at Cabella's, which is pretty much the only draw to Nebraska.
 

Songbird76

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That’s unbelievable and infuriating that you haven’t heard from them.

I also have an issue with the school’s handling of it. I understand that the boy didn’t try to break your son’s arm, but what if he pushed him off of something else, or caused him to hit his head, or have a more serious injury? An intentional push should hold responsibility from the other parents, and the school should have had both families meet. I’m truly sorry that your family has gone thru this ordeal.
Well, to be fair, a lot of it I think is to reduce the trauma for DS. We COULD make a big stink about it, and demand to meet the kid and his parents, but that escalates the situation and is not in DS's best interest. We got it taken care of, the kid "apologized" as far as he understood it, and DS accepted the apology. The teacher said they were working on stuff in the classroom in general to keep the boys on track without hard feelings. DS already has a hard time dealing with stuff like this...we have to always try to keep things low key because otherwise he gets even more wound up. So I actually think the school handled it pretty well...they called us to come get him when he was still crying an hour later about the the pain, and they called back to check on him while we were getting the x-ray, and then the teacher came out to talk to me the Monday after school to tell me how it went with the cast on, and he called again in response to the email DH sent about transportation. They are on top of it, but they are following the school philosophy of seeing behavior as "onmacht" rather than "onwil"...basically, they are supposed to look at behaviors as an inability rather than ill will. Like...the kid was angry and wasn't able to think clearly, but he didn't actually mean for DS to get HURT, he just didn't know what to do in that situation and made a poor choice. And they try to teach the kids how to handle their emotions in a better way and NOT react aggressively/inappropriately. And I asked DS how it's going at school with the kid on the Monday after it happened and he said it was good. He said he was a bit intimidated by the kid at first and was avoiding him, but then the teacher called them both together to talk about it and explain what happened and the teacher was able to straighten it out for both boys, they shook hands, and were even complimenting each other by the end of the day, and it's been fine since then. But, as a PARENT, I would have wanted to call the other parents and find out if there was anything I could do, and I'd want to make sure the other kid wasn't completely traumatized by it. But that's just me, and I guess I can't expect that other parents will handle things the same way I would. I just think it would have been a nice gesture to call and check on my son.
 

ajrwdwgirl

Premium Member
Hey folks! I'm back from my trip with my friend. It was fun. I still am going to share some of my Epcot day pictures. Warning: travel story ahead..... My travel home was not very delightful, I had a connection through Atlanta and there were storms there and in Orlando. I got switched to a connection through St. Louis then ultimately back to the connection through Atlanta. I almost missed that connection though, the plane was supposed to take off at 10:20 pm for Minneapolis and at 10:19 pm my flight from Orlando hadn't landed yet. Luckily the Minneapolis flight was delayed and I had a chance to catch it. I ended up having to run the length of the concourse, and I don't run ever, and basically got on literally at the last second. Or so I thought, after I sat down Southwest decided to hold the plane for about 20-25 more minutes because there was another flight with a bunch of passengers that were supposed to connect to the Minneapolis flight. They didn't make it. So my flight came in at 1am. My bag however did not, it had been sent to St. Louis.

The bag agent was helpful and told me it would be on the 1pm flight into Minneapolis (on June 23) and reassured me at least twice I would be called or notified when they had it. But because I lived out of the delivery range they would FedEx it to me with arrival by Tuesday. :( So I met up with my hubs who was picking me up and made it home by 2:30 am and got lots of kisses from the dog. On the way home, hubs told me that he has to go to the airport Sunday (today) to pick up the large vans they need for the church trip, apparently it is cheapest to pick them up at the airport. Great I thought, when Southwest calls or notifies me about my bag I will just tell them I will pick it up. Well I hadn't been notified about my delivery by 2:30 yesterday so I called and yep it was there. So I tell the guy that I'm just going to pick it up on Sunday since I'm traveling to the airport anyway. He says okay and gets a little snippy that he had just filled out the FedEx paper work. So anyway, hopefully it will still be at the airport today when I go to get it.

Lessons learned:
1. If I book a flight with connections just take a carry on bag
2. Never have a connection through Atlanta, this was my third horrid experience with that airport.
3. When checking luggage, take a picture of the outside and inside in case it gets lost so you can easily describe it. Luckily I had a picture of the outside of my bag (I had sent a picture to my friend when I was all packed at home and sent it to share my excitement). But when I tried to remember the inside of my bag at 1 am I was not to descriptive.
4. Maybe instead of trying to save money with a connecting flight, maybe just spring for the more expensive non-stop flights.
 

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