And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Sometimes Simon and Garfunkle say it best. Time management, the eternal cycle of life, and the need to hold onto your hopes, my friend.
A moment of silence for the terrible catastrophe in Haiti. All of our whines pale in comparison.
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Even in Grief We are Human Award to Sue for putting up with a most unpleasant Person while planning the funeral of Person's mother.
Automotive Fluids Award goes to kathy a.'s son's car, with hopes that the leaky radiator behaves itself. Bonus McGyver Award to kathy a. for solving the problem with duct tape and a ziplock bag, and for recommending the same approach for Sue's unpleasant son-of-the-deceased.
Biblical Proportions of Fluids Award to esperanza for the dreaded deluge which is predicted for the day of a long car trip. (With a side of Happy Dance for the full-term Mini-Baboo!)
Bodily Fluids, Feline Division award to Sue (or her spouse with the iron nose?) for continued encounters with teh RunnyStinky. Here's hoping canned pumpkin and/or baby cereal are the magic you need.
Old Skool Award also to Sue for the fresh cup of coffee spilled in the parking lot (fluids, fluids, fluids for you this week!)
Best Backhanded Whine Award to Miranda, for this sentence with whiplash:
"My dog is still missing but my daughter, who bruised her back in a nasty tumble down the schools stairs, is almost totally back to normal." Eeep!
Whine of Style and Prodigal Whiner Awards to Yankee, Transferred, who popped in after long absence with a charming verse about familial financial betrayal. Oy, YT. Teh Drama! Teh Lawyers! So sorry.
Ouchie Ouch Ouch Award to Days for dental pain during work travel. Ouch. And to KLee for unintended physical comedy which led to undesirable physical pain (and drug testing? Hunh?). I hope you are both feeling better by now. If not, here's a mega-sized bottle of virtual ibuprofen.
Warm Comfort Food Combo (Whine and Anti-whines) Award to JenR for the roast beef that needed some time to mature and the magical reappearing gift card. Yay for free beverages!
And, back to the theme of the week, the Time, Time, Time Awards to liz and kathy a., for expertise in time management. And let me say I'm bailing that same leaky boat.
Projectile Wrench Award to Sue, whose boat is in good shape, except for the hole from that flying tool. (Heh, tool! I made a pun.)
Take care, be strong, love each other. See you next week.
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8 comments:
oh, madeleine, such lovely awards. thank you!
and i hope your fluid situations are working themselves to acceptable solutions. resolutions, i mean.
thanks so much madeleine. excellent awards as usual. We *did* have a lot of fluid whines this week, didn't we. Love the pun at the end, by the way. You should get a special award for that one....
great awards, madeleine! may your own fluids dry appropriately and quickly. :)
and thank you for the perspective at the start.
Just so you don't all think I'm hopped up on goofballs at work, I shall clarify the Drug Test thing...
Whenever you are hurt on the job here, you must undergo "random" drug testing. This is to ensure that you are not impaired at work and caused whatever accident that injured you. Standard procedure. I just found it funny that I must be impaired in order to have hurt myself. Uh, no. Just a klutz. That's the second time I've slipped and fallen on the job. I do NOT want to go for a three-fer. :)
Great awards, Madeleine!
Deluge is underway, and I am again awake in the middle of the night. Sigh. But at least I had something good to read here.
KLee, yes, I didn't think you were actually Teaching Under the Influence.
kathy a., solutions is a great word choice for a fluids whine :-)
esperanza, safe driving.
I'm ready to declare the Miracle of the Inhaler. Or maybe placebo effect. Within two days of my doctor's visit, I think the cough is pretty much gone. I'll keep inhaling a few more days to be sure.
klee, hope you aren't too sore. we can be in the gracefulness club together. i'm capable of tripping over air molecules. if i wear white, there is a 99% chance of spillage. etc.
Aww...thanks for the prize. YT, I wish that the reason for your return wasn't so tragic.
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