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Resignation

Are you sick of it?
I am.
Open your mouth.
Get ready to speak.
But don't.
Not without inspecting each syllable.
Someone is waiting.
Listening.
In the dark a wicked laugh.
They wring their hands.
Tell us how you feel.
Say it like it is.
Don't hold back.
Ah hah!!
Now they've got you in their clutches.
You blasphemer of all that is ordinary.
How dare you speak your

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Within the last week the Dayton, Ohio area got more snow dumped on us that only Jenny the calltaker delighted in as she loves to do snow angels with her daughter. Most people just relied on AAA for those pull out of snow bank needs.

One quick amusing (to me) story occured. A calltaker takes information that a car is "to the side of the dw (driveway)" needing winched free. Relatively simple. The station isn't too busy--probably an hour to finish. Or so I thought. ...

Hello dear reader,
I have once again reached the stage where my bordem has inspired me to submit another blog entry. Litnet members, I apologize for torturing you with the details of my boring day to day life.

Oddly enough, I have quite a variety of things I wish to discuss this evening which I suppose is good.

A fortnight ago, I embarked on a trip to Belgium in order to visit a series of museums, war cemeteries and trenches. In all honesty? The museums bored ...

...that I haven't been able to tell you all that I've talked on the phone with mtpspur!!!

He's grand!!!

As nice as his blog persona, and then some.

He said something that is now my favorite compliment.

Something along these lines:

"I think of you as a sister and a friend -- but also a little bit of a daughter, too."

!!!!!!

I'm so privileged!!

--and this'll be all you'll ...

It was a tough, exhausting week, but the bottom line (we’re taught to provide the bottom line up front in a presentation ) is everything worked well.

I was juggling three things this week, and living on caffeine to help me manage them. You know about my mother’s hip replacement. That is going great. On Thursday she was discharged from the hospital to a rehab facility. On the weekend I had to drive to my sister’s house in Ohio for my niece’s confirmation. And on Monday I had ...