mugglechump | Mondays kind of suck. /eloquence

This morning I was very late to work. Meredith missed the bus again, so I drove her to school. She's been doing that a lot lately and it's getting on my last nerve. Who misses an 8:15 bus? When I was in high school, my bus came at 6:50. Her's a clue, child - Get up before 7:30 and you might make it on time! Then I drove to work, only to realize that I had left my laptop at home. *headdesk* Had I a PKI card, I would have just worked from home, but I haven't ordered one yet and my old VPN doesn't work, so I had to come back to the office. (The PKI card and VPN are the two possible ways to access my office server from home.) I finally got back in around 11:30. I should probably order the PKI card. Add that to the to-do list for today.

I realized today that I forgot to mention that I got a Christmas card from

ccnancke recently. I'm not sure how I let that slip by without mention, but I've corrected it now. Yay for mail from Christina! I love international mail. (Not to be confused with International Male, which is fun to look at, but for different reasons.)

I also got a Christmas card from

twinkly this weekend! Not international, but all the way from Hawaii! And it had a sketch of Ginny, which made me squee because

twinkly makes such pretty pictures.

blackholly has posted an exerpt from Ironside, the sequel to Tithe, and is having a competition for advance copies of the book. If you're a Holly Black fan, check it out! For me, the exerpt reaffirmed the fact that Roiben is the fairy I'd most like to hook up with. (Maybe I'm just partial to pale fellows with sharp features and silvery hair.)

I'm looking at new cell phone plans, since James and I will need separate accounts at some point anyway. I need to get something with a huge amount of texting included, so that Meredith can have a phone and I won't be surprised by $250 in text charges. She really does need to have one, though, now that she's running around all the time. She wants a pink Razor phone for Christmas. I don't know about that, but maybe a less fancy cell phone. We'll see how much they cost.

When I picked Mer up from her dad's yesterday she informed me that Rob was no longer dating the most recent girlfriend because she has herpes, but that he'd been tested and was okay. Two things went through my mind at this piece of information. First, why on Earth would Rob (or his family, I'm not sure who spilled the beans) feel the need to share this sort of news with his daughter? Ick. That's firmly on the list of Things Meredith Does Not Need to Know About Her Dad. Second, Rob has the worst luck with dating of anyone I've ever known. Last fall it was Stalker!Girlfriend, this year it's Valtrex!Woman. Dude should become a monk or something. Dating clearly is not his forte.

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I got a new phone in May (from Verizon), and the Razr was one of the phones that I could have gotten for free with the New Every Two plan. So maybe if you get a new plan it wouldn't cost anything? And I've seen alltel commercials for buy one get one free. I'd bet other companies have similar plans.

I'm comparing Verizon and Cingular. I can't get the Razr for free from Verizon, but it's only $50. That's not horrible. Cingular's site has been down for maintenance, which is frustrating.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Mitch learned the hard way never to miss the bus - I made him ride his bike ;)

Hee! We live close enough that Meredith can walk if she needs to (and she has). The hassle comes from the number of tardies she's already had. If she has any more before the end of the semester (late January), she gets automatic Friday school (detention from 4-7 on a Friday). She'd have to miss cheering if she got Friday school, and could get booted off the squad. You'd think that would be incentive to get to the bus on time, but apparently it's not enough. *smacks teenagers*

What time does he school start? My bus came at 6:35. So I had to get up at 5:30. GAH!!!

The bell rings at 8:50. We're only about a mile from the school, if that, so she's picked up close to last.

From what I know about RazRs-- they aren't all cracked up to what they should be. They freeze a lot, and they will jam up on you to the point that you need to take out the battery to reboot the full phone over again.

Its a good thing he doesn't have herpes! That stays with you for life. Ah *cringe* it is bringing back bad slides on the projector from Human Sexuality class..

Hmm, I'd not heard that about Razrs. Mer's aunt has one, and Mer's gotten used to using that when she's over there on the weekends. And it comes in pink, which I think is a major selling point for Meredith. Priorities, right?

Yeah, herpes is not nice. And it's far more common than you'd expect.

Oh I know it is extremely common, because those who have it can pass it to others even when they are not having an outbreak and it is hibernating in the back of their spine until a major stress point sets them loose again.
That is why you A] wait until you are ready B] talk to your partner and be truthful with each other c] use a condom d]tested for everything before anything sexual starts.
Sure the spontienaity is out of sex, but I would rather have that then having the spontienaity of herpes.

As for the RazRs, I know this from 4 of my friends who have RazRs-- major reason why I did not get one myself because I could have gotten the CUTEST eeyore phone cover for it.

I have a land line...*shrugs* It's pretty cool. You can call people in the middle of storms, when the electricity goes out, etc. It's all the rage.

*giggles* You crack me up.

*on the floor* *LOL* You are cracking me up with Rob's "superhero" girlfriends! XD!!

Trei is really hard to get up, too. The alarm doesn't even stir a budge! :O!

YAY! for Christmas cards! ♥

Oy! Rob and his women friends... (I hesitate to call them 'ladies'.) That's just a mess. I'm very nervous that I'll be back in the dating pool again soon. It was a lot easier when I was young and stupid.

Christmas cards = love

Well just take your time, Lovey X)

*huggles tight*

yay!! :D I'm glad you liked the doodle! :DDD mERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I did! Very much! Thank you and Merry Christmas to you, too!

Mondays kind of suck. /eloquence

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