The Drop in Centre

[mollyhousemouse]

20 hours ago, Starrynight22 said:

It's been quiet on here.  

 

Everyone ok?

just keeping my head down. dealing with some increased discomfort & busy as heck at work. how're you? 

[kbois]

21 hours ago, Starrynight22 said:

It's been quiet on here.  

 

Everyone ok?

Things are okay here. Busy with work, trying to bust through this plateau I've hit and working on editing my story. Same old same old!

 

[mollyhousemouse]

9 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Hope you are all okay.  i'm working from home still .. trying to get an appointment for a booster.  My shrink is away for a month to get married and i'm working with someone else for a time.

writing very slowing .. a story called W.A.R. and the other's working title is Kidnapped .. i had to stop until i could figure out why i didnt want to write, usually its because i know what i'd vaguely planned is wrong ..

so im hanging in.. keep up the good fight. 

good to see you 💛💛

 

[Starrynight22]

Oh good.  Hello everyone.  

 

I'm doing ok.   Work is so stressful.  We've had a number of residents pass in 2 weeks, some from age related issues and 3 from covid.  It's so exhausting.   

[Ryan Jones]

Things here are good. Waiting for next snow which, luckily, will be light. Assuming the forecasts are correct. Just up to 3" or so. On the coast in DE and MD beaches, over a foot. Of course a deviation of 20 miles in the track of the storm could give us a foot here in the DC area also.

On a covid related note, our little town just dropped off free boxes of 20 N95 masks to every address in the town. Also early next month they'll be giving them out free in any places that gave covid booster shots. I saw something that was verified by the local news that in order to reuse the N95 masks (assuming you're not in a high risk profession) you put them in brown paper bags and that will disinfect them somehow.

Let's all hope that @kbois has lots of extra clothing, it's supposed to get down to below freezing almost to southern FL.

[kbois]

15 minutes ago, Ryan Jones said:

Things here are good. Waiting for next snow which, luckily, will be light. Assuming the forecasts are correct. Just up to 3" or so. On the coast in DE and MD beaches, over a foot. Of course a deviation of 20 miles in the track of the storm could give us a foot here in the DC area also.

On a covid related note, our little town just dropped off free boxes of 20 N95 masks to every address in the town. Also early next month they'll be giving them out free in any places that gave covid booster shots. I saw something that was verified by the local news that in order to reuse the N95 masks (assuming you're not in a high risk profession) you put them in brown paper bags and that will disinfect them somehow.

Let's all hope that @kbois has lots of extra clothing, it's supposed to get down to below freezing almost to southern FL.

Yep, got my socks lined up ready to go. My poor toes have been covered too much lately. They deserve a pedicure once it warms up again. 

Sunday morning should be right around the freezing mark. Glad I don't work Sundays!

Stay warm everyone!

[Mrsgnomie]

Heading to the mountain for the weekend. Taking the kids skiing for the first time. A little cosmic tubing. Should be fun!

[chris191070]

8 minutes ago, Mrsgnomie said:

Heading to the mountain for the weekend. Taking the kids skiing for the first time. A little cosmic tubing. Should be fun!

Have a great weekend 

[Mikiesboy]

7 hours ago, mollyhousemouse said:

good to see you 💛💛

 

Good to see you too!

[Reader1810]

31 minutes ago, Mrsgnomie said:

Heading to the mountain for the weekend. Taking the kids skiing for the first time. A little cosmic tubing. Should be fun!

Have fun! 

[Reader1810]

I went for a walk earlier when it was nice and sunny. Now, I’m huddled under a blanket and my nose is cold. Funny how things change when the sun goes away…

I hope you all had a great day.  

 

Edited January 28, 2022 by Reader1810

[Wayne Gray]

I have 61 minutes to enter some data required of us by the federal govt for a COVID-19 test distribution project. And I have a single site that has yet to send their data I had requested yesterday.

If I get the data in time, it'll be a rum night. If not, it'll be a "special" muffin night washed down with some rum.

[mollyhousemouse]

42 minutes ago, Wayne Gray said:

I have 61 minutes to enter some data required of us by the federal govt for a COVID-19 test distribution project. And I have a single site that has yet to send their data I had requested yesterday.

If I get the data in time, it'll be a rum night. If not, it'll be a "special" muffin night washed down with some rum.

i really hate it when other people not getting their stuff done impacts what i have to do

 

[Wayne Gray]

2 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

i really hate it when other people not getting their stuff done impacts what i have to do

SAME. But ... the clinic got the data to me, and then I fought with HRSA's website to get the data uploaded. It's DONE. With thirteen minutes to spare. LOL

Screw it. I'm still having a special muffin.

Edited January 28, 2022 by Wayne Gray

[kbois]

2 hours ago, Mrsgnomie said:

Heading to the mountain for the weekend. Taking the kids skiing for the first time. A little cosmic tubing. Should be fun!

For the love of all things white, cold and fluffy, have fun and please don't break anything. You've got a story to finish and one to finish editing!😉

[kbois]

I'm currently waiting to be seated. Have a dinner date with my younger son. 

Latest drama at work:

Had a call from a sheriff's deputy wanting information about a dispute between a buyer and seller of one of the homes in my park. The seller signed a contract with a closing date of Jan 20. A couple of days before the closing she tells her realtor she can't be out by then. Realtor says too bad, you signed a contract and the seller is ready to take possession. Seller blows up my phone for three days panicking because she has to be out of her apartment by the 20th. She has all her stuff in storage and her current place is two hours away. She just started a job here and now has to commute 2 hours in each direction because the seller won't move out. There's nothing I can do, I wasn't involved in the sale. The realtor keeps blowing up my phone because the seller and buyer are both pissed at him. Played phone tag with the deputy, there’s not much I can tell him, not my circus! I'm pretty sure the buyer has pulled out of the deal. What a mess!

@Wayne Gray, can I have a muffin?

[Wayne Gray]

22 minutes ago, kbois said:

... What a mess!

@Wayne Gray, can I have a muffin?

Oh, you deserve one!

[mollyhousemouse]

@Wayne Gray enjoy the rum & muffin and @kbois enjoy that dinner

side benefit to being in a work from situation is pot roast dinner on a Friday because you can throw it in the crockpots(plural because leftovers) AND monitor your computer at the same time. i'm enjoying mine with a bourbon and coke.

take care y'all

[Mrsgnomie]

1 hour ago, kbois said:

For the love of all things white, cold and fluffy, have fun and please don't break anything. You've got a story to finish and one to finish editing!😉

We won’t be doing anything crazy, just teaching the kids basics. I’m actually anxious about not writing all weekend! 

[MichaelS36]

13 hours ago, Wayne Gray said:

SAME. But ... the clinic got the data to me, and then I fought with HRSA's website to get the data uploaded. It's DONE. With thirteen minutes to spare. LOL

Screw it. I'm still having a special muffin.

I'm not sure I want you talking to my boy any longer, Mr. Gray. You may be a bad influence! 

Drugs, lack of will power ... I can only imagine what else you tell/suggest to him. 

[Wayne Gray]

1 hour ago, MichaelS36 said:

I'm not sure I want you talking to my boy any longer, Mr. Gray. You may be a bad influence! 

Drugs, lack of will power ... I can only imagine what else you tell/suggest to him. 

I am as pure as the driven snow!

You know. Driven. As in driven on. By big trucks.

[spyke]

1 hour ago, Wayne Gray said:

I am as pure as the driven snow!

You know. Driven. As in driven on. By big trucks.

 🤔 TMI 

On second thought, more please.  🤣

 

 

Edited January 29, 2022 by spyke

[MichaelS36]

12 hours ago, Wayne Gray said:

I am as pure as the driven snow!

You know. Driven. As in driven on. By big trucks.

Indeed. 

[kbois]

Hope y'all are staying warm!

I took the dogs for their walk and it was a balmy 35F here in Florida. I dressed as appropriately as I could, with no winter gear in my wardrobe any longer. Socks, sneakers, jeans, t-shirt, sweatshirt, zip up hoodie with hood up and knit gloves. 

All was good. It was brisk, but not frigid. Yesterday's 20mph+ winds had died down, only a light breeze. Off we go. It felt a little chilly, cuz let's face it, a sweatshirt and hoodie are not a winter jacket. But whatever, it was only a 20 minute walk, about a mile. 

Halfway around the block IT happens. Yes, the dreaded hot flash!. Here I am, in 35 degrees, sweating like I'm at the gym on the elliptic. Now, hot flashes only last a few minutes, but when they're over, the sweat is still there.  I'm out in 35 degrees, in just 3 thin layers. I was shivering by the time I got home 10 minutes later. 

This is why coffee exists. 

I'm now convinced every male expert on global warming is wrong. The Industrial Revolution may have contributed, but all those baby boomer women hitting menopause in the late 1990s kicked it into high gear, and us Gen Xers are carrying the torch (literally) onward. 

Enjoy your Sunday!

[rickproehl]

Excuse me Good Sirs and DiC friends

 

Good Morning 

thought i would drop in as well. 

January has been challenging.

they say a picture is worth 1000 words so this happen Saturday morning. no injuries which is a good. now comes the not so fun things towing , car repairs and rental. 

let’s hope February is better.

take care of yourself.