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- 000 April 2015
- Cherry_Pie April 2015
- Dr_William_Hayward April 2015
- flossy_log_lady April 2015
- freddy April 2015
- MirandaJuly April 2015
- swamp_knobbler_mahan April 2015
- the_owls April 2015
- UncleBoatShoes2011 April 2015
- YoursTruly April 2015
talking about the future to mitigate the sorrows of the present
dudes
3 more weeks and then SUMMER VACATION
my grad students are in presentations now, so no more prep for that seminar
only one more lecture to prep for my big class
800 meetings
grade 32 papers
have four job candidates visit campus and I take them out to dinner and grill them on their pedagogy
then I'm done
We get out for summer break on freaking April 29, did you ever hear of such a thing? And we don't go back until September, what on earth
then over summer I just have to write another book, plan three classes, present at a conference, read 100 books, buy a piano, and plant some tomatoes. I could not be more excited.
I am coming to Portland for 2 weeks this summer!
Will someone please go to the river with me?
I will bring my trunks and buy you a juice
ASS GRASS OR CASH NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE
3 more weeks and then SUMMER VACATION
my grad students are in presentations now, so no more prep for that seminar
only one more lecture to prep for my big class
800 meetings
grade 32 papers
have four job candidates visit campus and I take them out to dinner and grill them on their pedagogy
then I'm done
We get out for summer break on freaking April 29, did you ever hear of such a thing? And we don't go back until September, what on earth
then over summer I just have to write another book, plan three classes, present at a conference, read 100 books, buy a piano, and plant some tomatoes. I could not be more excited.
I am coming to Portland for 2 weeks this summer!
Will someone please go to the river with me?
I will bring my trunks and buy you a juice
ASS GRASS OR CASH NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE
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We may have to move out of our place. I don't think we can deal with the noise of a baby 15 feet from our faces. Meeting with them to talk about it at some point.
WHY WOULD YOU BUY A ONE BDRM CONDO IN A SUPER OLD BUILDING IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON HAVING A BABY?
This is a horrible nightmare and I am so sorry for you.
At least you'll make a profit if you have to move!
(We bought the condo catty corner from swamp knob.)
@cherry YOU want to live under a baby? We'll trade.
Random aside: does anyone want a soda stream before I goodwill it? Turns out I am not a soda stream person. I am a case of la croix person. :/
Burden of the first world sorrows.
re: babies, I agree toddlers are worse in terms of sharing close quarters
re: soda stream, those things seem chill as hell
re: I didn't know you bought a condo Cherry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
today is TGIF so see you later you dillweeds
Miranda - I don't like things out on the counters, so I always put it away after use. It's awkwardly sized/shaped and once it was away it just stayed away! Also, carbonation holds better in cold water, so you have to remember to fill the brita or otherwise chill water if you don't have a fancy fridge that delivers chilled water. That was also a barrier to use.
Also I kept wondering about this and whether I would just be better off buying occasional cases of la croix. I've probably never kept track of a metal water bottle long enough to get to the break even point.
Lastly just hoping and praying we'll get our tiny house and planning for the great reduction from 2000 sq ft to 750.
Well, Chris paid the $$$ but it's ours! We move in this month. :)
Thanks so much for the stream! Let's figure out a time for me to swing by and take it off your hands!
Our landlord asked if I wanted to manage both units of the house we're in and I said no, so they're going to sell! I don't really understand who the potential buyer is for this house, it'll be interesting to see what happens!
I hope the stream gets lots of use with you! I wanted to love it but I couldn't make it work. May it bubble freely.
BUT, on the water bottle front...I remember when I went to India for 3 months and one of my biggest goals was to NOT purchase five million bottles of water, which is what every tourist does because what other water are you going to drink? I did so well! I think I came out of the three months having purchased fewer than 10 water bottles. And I wasn't doing some nice cushy travel thing - I was staying in VERY bare-bones places out in the rural areas... I'm still proud of myself for that. Just boil water or ask someone to boil it for you! No biggy!
Re: metal water bottles....can't you find those at the GoodWill or something? There must be a huge repository somewhere of all the lost metal water bottles.
Our appraisal came in and it's all good! Just the loan finalization and then closing date May 22nd. Whoa! We'll probably stay in Turret at least some of June while doing a little work on the house (needs new roof! needs partial foundation fix! we gotta insulate the detached garage for baby Julia to camp in! (not a real baby, just a friend)).
Speaking of the future and water. I want a metal roof cause they're supposed to be good for rainwater catchment. Made from recycled materials, recyclable, supposed to last forever. Anyone have any advice or people to talk to about them?
I have no advice about metal roofs, though. Sorry.
Do you think your agent/friend would get coffee with me sometime so I can ask him/her what it's like to be a real realtor (as opposed to a volunteer realtor)? It's not tough to become one, just takes some minimal coursework and $1500 or so. I wonder if I should just take the plunge and do it as a side-gig.
Congratulations!!
metal roof is a tight call! Never thought about that.
around here there are a SHOCKING number of houses with roofs covered with solar panels, I'm so into that. We are trying to find a house to buy that already has them installed, but if not I am going to be saving up for that post-haste. You guys should look into it! With such a small house I bet you wouldn't need that many panels--could prob get away with a little stand of them in the yard!