What's on your mind?

[Hawthorne]

I applied the first coat of stain yesterday. 'Stainable wood filler' is an absolute lie. I spent this morning colouring over the hundreds of wood-filler spots with a dark stain. It looked awful, and only slightly better than it did with the initial stain. I then bought some red mahogany stain and applied it. The floor doesn't look bad now. The spots are visible, but it's quite tolerable. I'm going to let that dry a few days before the finish goes on.

 

[Hawthorne]

And my head is splitting from all the fumes. I'm glad I had those two open windows and fans.

Hopefully this will all be worth the effort.

 

[graciesings]

OMM: you can't always expect people to "forgive and forget." Even if you feel like they started it, hurt you more, etc. Especially if you were manipulative, abusive, or threatened to blackmail them.

I HATE it when people act like they deserve my respect, even though they haven't earned it.

Also on my mind: public speaking. I have a great opportunity to stand up for what I believe in, and I'm scared to death, but I'm excited.

 

[Tess]

I'm going away to a church youth camp today. I'm going as a youth leader and I'm really excited to see what God will do. 10 days of camping though - less fun!

 

[SarahsKnight]

You can trust me not to think
And not to sleep around
And if you don't expect to much from me
You might not be let down
'Cause all I really want is to be with you
Feeling like I matter too
If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago
I might be here with you

Ah, the "Hey Jealousy" song from the 90's, wasn't it? By the Goo Goo Dolls? (Stupid band name, but good music.)

 

[scraparcs]

Ah, the "Hey Jealousy" song from the 90's, wasn't it? By the Goo Goo Dolls? (Stupid band name, but good music.)

Gin Blossoms. Early 90s. No idea how I recall this.

 

[MarkSB]

Gin Blossoms. Early 90s. No idea how I recall this.

Ah, that's who it was. Yeah I couldn't remember either.

 

[ReesePiece23]

OMM: you can't always expect people to "forgive and forget." Even if you feel like they started it, hurt you more, etc. Especially if you were manipulative, abusive, or threatened to blackmail them.

They say (whomever they are!) that time is a great healer. I on the other hand, believe that time just deepens pain - especially when the memories of times gone by return to haunt you. (I find the sweetest memories the hardest to live with.)

ACTION and the ability to reinvent yourself are in my view, the best healers. It's just a question of whether or not you can progress though life enough to eventually forgive that person, or to see them in an entirely different light. I've managed to do it, but not at the expense of a lot of hard work.

 

[Saucy]

My mom finally has a surgery date of August 13th at 5 AM. Not sure why so early, but I'm at least glad they are finally going to do it.

 

[MarkSB]

^That's good.

 

[MarkSB]

I really wish I could go to sleep.

And I got some news today at work which, eh... its going to take some growth on my part, but it makes me sad for a person that's leaving.

 

[Saucy]

Im being bold and downloading windows 10 lol

 

[GreenFan]

The job interview went really well. I knew two of the people that were interviewing me. And I didn't completely mess up the testing.

They said they are making a decision today and that we will be notified tonight or tomorrow either way.

Prayers please??

The job is for Division Assistant for the Languages and Social Sciences at my old college.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

Oh, good. Just checking in light of some story about a lion getting killed. Naturally, it was in Zimbabwe, where the politics are broken and Robert Mugabe has been in power since the 80s. I like deer hunting, but lions and rhinos? That's just cruel. And if you shoot an elephant my childhood past self will throw a tantrum at you!

I'll make sure not to shoot any of your pet elephants.

 

[grandvizier1006]

I'll make sure not to shoot any of your pet elephants.

Lol, I don't have any. They were just my favorite animal as a kid.

 

[Travelers.Soul]

 

[SarahsKnight]

Prayers please??

The job is for Division Assistant for the Languages and Social Sciences at my old college.

Sure thing, Green.

 

[MiniEmu]

Sometimes I'm such a tourist.

I think I'm going to make a 3 hour wander around central London an essential part of my post-work routine. I feel much calmer after gallivanting around like a baby hippo...

 

[SarahsKnight]

I think I'm going to make a 3 hour wander around central London an essential part of my post-work routine. I feel much calmer after gallivanting around like a baby hippo

I like that word, gallivanting. It amuses me.

 

[Messy]

I had no money left for a holiday, it's so expensive and I had money for the holiday but somehow it disappeared lol on toys and kid's parties. Then someone said: Why don't you go to that website? They have public sale there, you get it for almost nothing. So I did and now we go to Belgium for a week. I said: Do you wanna go here or here kiddo's? There! There! Okay! I won, I was the only one who reacted. Days out to expensive amusement Parks for 20 euro instead of 80, great! Won that one too.