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Four Things

1. We took Susie for her annual check-up yesterday. She did very well but may need dental work in February.

2. I damaged the toenail on my right big toe during that April mailroom job. (You know. The one that I wasn't paid for the second week of for another month.) The nail finally fell off yesterday.

3. My mother gave me two library job ads yesterday. Thinking I had time to apply I put it off until today. I call human resources today to see if they still had my information on file as I had recently applied for another job there. The good news is they did but the bad news is the deadline for the suckier of the two jobs but the one I had a better shot of getting was yesterday. Did it ever occur to me my mother would tell me of a job that was about to expire? No. In reality, by the time she came home with the ad, the office would have been closed anyway but I'm still kind of irritated.

4. I was kind of irritated to discover the new online game Gold Rush was forcing me to watch Survivor but I discover this morning that they posted the pertinent clip online so I'm less irritated about it now.
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Anonymous said…
1: Poor Susie! Leave her teeth be!! ;)

2. Gross. The husband had that happen to a thumbnail waaaay back. It was just ICK.

3. Sorry about the job. Keep trying, you are going to find the perfect fit. It will happen.

4. I have no idea what Gold Rush is......how can I have grown up not loving the same things as you and Corey?? HOW? I did try sometimes.

~Your Cousin
September 15, 2006 12:55 PM
Likestrek said…
1. The dental would actually be a cleaning and only a possible pulling. This might actually save most of her teeth from falling out so that would actually be a good thing.

3. Like I said, it was the suckier of the two jobs anyway...

4. I'm not sure if our cousin would be interested in this as it's pop culture trivia nut thing that I may be alone in liking but your question is still valid...
September 15, 2006 1:35 PM
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