What's new in your life?

[Claudia]

I got engaged last week!
My boyfriend told me we were going to a party on the beach (Lake Erie), but just as we pulled up to the lake a big storm blew in. He had set up two chairs, a little table, an ice bucket, champagne, strawberries, and a violinist. It was so windy I could barely walk. To make a long story short, he did propose and all of his belongings blew into the lake.

Congratulations!

New... well... I'm on holidays now (yay!), but I have nothing to do. I'm also having some computer problems, but it's all getting fixed and I've just cleaned my room (yes, that is news ).

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Claudia

Congratulations!

New... well... I'm on holidays now (yay!), but I have nothing to do. I'm also having some computer problems, but it's all getting fixed and I've just cleaned my room (yes, that is news ).

Any big plans for your holidays? Other than maintaing that clean room?

- Jake

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

besides being ill not alot (On the 18th I get to have an appt. with a Dr. to discuss my throat/esophagus/stomach problems and how we will next proceed.)

I tend to want life as simplistic as possible, But it always ends up at the extreme opposite end of the spectrum.

How is Debbie doing? I'm keeping you both in my thoughts.

[hayley]

Congrats laurarox!!!

I'm moving into a new apartment in the suburbs, close to my job, on July 1, by myself- the first time I will live on my own. Since moving out for college, I've always lived with other people- dorm roommates, boyfriend- so it'll be really nice. I'm very excited about it. I'll be SO close to work, too- I live in Chicago. I've been living in the city and working out in the suburbs (Schaumburg area) and doing that commute every day, and it's been HORRIBLE. It's 18 miles, and on a GREAT day takes me an hour and fifteen minutes to get home. I just can't handle it anymore.

I also have gallstones! Spent a night in the ER this week doubled over in excruciating pain to learn that.

[DrummerDeanna]

Other than the one I already posted about (the job)

I just connected with my best friend from high school who also happens to be in DC....it was through Friendster, my friend insisted I sign up to increase his network...and then I found my friend from high school!! We hung out last week, and hope to again, it's really cool...we'd lost touch for a couple of years...

Also, I just realized I HATE having roomates...I'm living in a dorm room for the summer (it's free) and my roomate is a nice girl, but I hate living with people...

That's it...

Congrats on the engagement laurarox!!!

And Maria, my sister and her husband are in a similar situation with paying on two houses....it's a pain, so I wish you the best with that!!

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by hayley

Congrats laurarox!!!

I'm moving into a new apartment in the suburbs, close to my job, on July 1, by myself- the first time I will live on my own. Since moving out for college, I've always lived with other people- dorm roommates, boyfriend- so it'll be really nice. I'm very excited about it. I'll be SO close to work, too- I live in Chicago. I've been living in the city and working out in the suburbs (Schaumburg area) and doing that commute every day, and it's been HORRIBLE. It's 18 miles, and on a GREAT day takes me an hour and fifteen minutes to get home. I just can't handle it anymore.

I also have gallstones! Spent a night in the ER this week doubled over in excruciating pain to learn that.

I used to live in Chicago for part of 1991 and later 1992-April 1996. The worst parts were the weather and the commute, and I wasn't working in the sububs. Even going from north to south was a hassle.

Do they have plans to do something to your gallstones?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

Other than the one I already posted about (the job)

I just connected with my best friend from high school who also happens to be in DC....it was through Friendster, my friend insisted I sign up to increase his network...and then I found my friend from high school!! We hung out last week, and hope to again, it's really cool...we'd lost touch for a couple of years...

Also, I just realized I HATE having roomates...I'm living in a dorm room for the summer (it's free) and my roomate is a nice girl, but I hate living with people...

That's it...

Congrats on the engagement laurarox!!!

And Maria, my sister and her husband are in a similar situation with paying on two houses....it's a pain, so I wish you the best with that!!

I'm not familiar with Friendster (And YES, Marissa, I have friends ). Can you explain how it works?

I decided as a child I would not want roommates. I love living on my own, but near other people. I'd hate to live as a hermit in the middle of nowhere. I am not a cliffdweller.

- Jake

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Any big plans for your holidays? Other than maintaing that clean room?

- Jake

I definately need to maintain it clean, I was exausted by the time I finished cleaning it, you can't imagine all the junk I had . I don't have many plans, I'll have some family over for part of the summer so I can't really travel. I'll just paint (I actually bought one of thosepaiting kits) and try to relax from the school year.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I'm not familiar with Friendster (And YES, Marissa, I have friends ). Can you explain how it works?

I decided as a child I would not want roommates. I love living on my own, but near other people. I'd hate to live as a hermit in the middle of nowhere. I am not a cliffdweller.

- Jake

See, I think living near no one would be ideal for me. I'm such a tyrant when it comes to home time. I need peace and I REALLY need quiet...and I've never had neighbors who respected that....actually my neighbors this summer are not loud at all..which is great, but it's a dorm, so I'm constatnly hearing elevators and people coming and going...and my room is right across from the bathroom so I hear that door all the time....

Anyway, Friendster. I'm still pretty new so I really don't know exactly how it works. You just creat a profile, and then add friends and then it tells you how many first second and third degree friends you have...because when you add a friend their friends become your second degree friends and so on...and I don't think I'm making any sense.....maybe someone with more experience on it can explain it better...I just signed up last week...

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Claudia

I definately need to maintain it clean, I was exausted by the time I finished cleaning it, you can't imagine all the junk I had . I don't have many plans, I'll have some family over for part of the summer so I can't really travel. I'll just paint (I actually bought one of thosepaiting kits) and try to relax from the school year.

I can imagine, my parents are packrats.
By painting kits, are we talking Paint By Numbers?

- Jake

[Claudia]

Originally Posted by darklinensuit

I can imagine, my parents are packrats.
By painting kits, are we talking Paint By Numbers?

- Jake

No. One of those things that have everything you need to paint : brushes, paits, etc.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

besides being ill not alot (On the 18th I get to have an appt. with a Dr. to discuss my throat/esophagus/stomach problems and how we will next proceed.)

I tend to want life as simplistic as possible, But it always ends up at the extreme opposite end of the spectrum.

Sending positve energy your way to FEEL GOOD.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Claudia

No. One of those things that have everything you need to paint : brushes, paits, etc.

What do you mean "everything?" Some of us need the numbers.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

See, I think living near no one would be ideal for me. I'm such a tyrant when it comes to home time. I need peace and I REALLY need quiet...and I've never had neighbors who respected that....actually my neighbors this summer are not loud at all..which is great, but it's a dorm, so I'm constatnly hearing elevators and people coming and going...and my room is right across from the bathroom so I hear that door all the time....

Anyway, Friendster. I'm still pretty new so I really don't know exactly how it works. You just creat a profile, and then add friends and then it tells you how many first second and third degree friends you have...because when you add a friend their friends become your second degree friends and so on...and I don't think I'm making any sense.....maybe someone with more experience on it can explain it better...I just signed up last week...

Don't get me wrong, I hate noise from other people. I just don't want to be in the middle of the woods, completely removed from any other signs of human activity all the time. I prefer just to close the blinds and unplug the phone on some days, you know?

The Friendster thing makes sense. Let me know how you end up liking it.

- Jake

[Violet]

Originally Posted by hayley

Congrats laurarox!!!

I'm moving into a new apartment in the suburbs, close to my job, on July 1, by myself- the first time I will live on my own. Since moving out for college, I've always lived with other people- dorm roommates, boyfriend- so it'll be really nice. I'm very excited about it. I'll be SO close to work, too- I live in Chicago. I've been living in the city and working out in the suburbs (Schaumburg area) and doing that commute every day, and it's been HORRIBLE. It's 18 miles, and on a GREAT day takes me an hour and fifteen minutes to get home. I just can't handle it anymore.

I also have gallstones! Spent a night in the ER this week doubled over in excruciating pain to learn that.

I had gallstones, and it's horrible. Have laperoscopic surgery and get those suckers out. They don't pass like kidney stones. As soon as they're out you'll have no more pain, aside from healing from the surgery.

Congratulations, Laurarox!

Nothing new is going on with me. We have a lot of plans over the summer -- Florida for a reunion, Ocean City NJ for vacation, Hersheypark for a day. I will only be working three days a week for the summer to save on child care, and also to spend more time with my daughter. Which I guess does bring up something new. She graduates Pre-K on Friday. They have a whole little ceremoney planned. The class will sing "The Power of the Dream" by Celine Dion, do some poems, and each student will get up and say their FULL name and what they want to be when they grow up. Rachel had a hard time with her name. She kept saying first, last, middle, and the teacher didn't correct her because her middle name is Chinese and thought it was supposed to be last. But she has it down now. Oh, yeah. She wants to be a pediatrician. Pretty cool. One boy wants to work for the CIA and another wants to be a paleontologist/archeologist. They're 5 for crying out loud! Pretty much the rest want to be firemen and such.

So that's pretty much what's new!

Carol