[GG Mora]

The Big White Dog (90 lbs.) who was too much of a pussy to step out in a light rain to pee before bedtime and thus was doing the Watusi at 4:30 AM, waking me out of a sound sleep to let her out. When finished relieving herself she decided that, rather than return indoors posthaste, she would go on a recon mission of the surrounding woods, leaving me standing – naked, freezing (yes, I own a bathrobe but not one I can easily find and don quickly enough for a certain canine) – at the kitchen door...or so she thought. I smartly returned to bed and to deep sleep, from whence I was unceremoniously retrieved some 45 minutes later by a pounding at the storm door because someone "would like to come in now, please?"


Bitch.

[monkeymay]

Your big white dog should meet my black pit mix. He is an absolute wuss when it comes to weather - I have to FORCE him outside where he cowers under a tree furiously relieving himself.
Such is the life of an LA dog with no water experience...

Speaking of weather it is now officially crackhead driving season here. Everyone continues their less than desirable driving habits, including chatting, eating, make up applications at 55 miles an hour on city streets slick with water and oil that's accumulated over the past 8 months...
I saw 1 spinout and 3 near misses the other night when the rain started

Dude, where's my pipe?

[MyKong]

6 am--went to bed; fiftfully rested until 8 am.

Woke up and finished 1st draft of Appellate Advocacy brief for Johnson v. California, which the Supreme Court is hearing next month. Went to class totally unprepared. On the bright side, I followed along as if I had read.

And it is only Monday.

[g.johnson]

nerissa, on Oct 18 2004, 04:58 PM, said:

Woke up and finished 1st draft of Appellate Advocacy brief for Johnson v. California, which the Supreme Court is hearing next month.

I'm taking California to court? When did that happen? Was I drunk at the time?

[Vanessa]

No, it's the other Johnson got himself in a pickle in the bourbon bar.

v

[Wilfrid1]

nerissa, on Oct 18 2004, 03:58 PM, said:

6 am--went to bed; fiftfully rested until 8 am.

Nothing as bad as that. Shortly after 1am, conceded defeat to Red Sox. Lay awake grinding teeth for one hour. Shortly after 2am, fell asleep. 2.30 am, woken up by toddler for first time. 3-ish, a light doze. 4am, woken up by toddler again. 6.27am, beep beep beep, oh good it's morning.

[Rose]

Wilfrid, on Oct 18 2004, 05:12 PM, said:

nerissa, on Oct 18 2004, 03:58 PM, said:

6 am--went to bed; fiftfully rested until 8 am.

Nothing as bad as that. Shortly after 1am, conceded defeat to Red Sox. Lay awake grinding teeth for one hour. Shortly after 2am, fell asleep. 2.30 am, woken up by toddler for first time. 3-ish, a light doze. 4am, woken up by toddler again. 6.27am, beep beep beep, oh good it's morning.

I did exactly what you described, minus the Yankees, for two and one half years, some time back. Every single night for two and one half years. Nearly went bonkers. It was my second and last child, as you might expect.

[scamhi]

Wilfrid, on Oct 18 2004, 04:12 PM, said:

nerissa, on Oct 18 2004, 03:58 PM, said:

6 am--went to bed; fiftfully rested until 8 am.

Nothing as bad as that. Shortly after 1am, conceded defeat to Red Sox. Lay awake grinding teeth for one hour. Shortly after 2am, fell asleep. 2.30 am, woken up by toddler for first time. 3-ish, a light doze. 4am, woken up by toddler again. 6.27am, beep beep beep, oh good it's morning.

Wilf, I have to break it to you but...your daughter is NOT a toddler.
Typically we call toddlers children from age 1-up to 3 years beginning walkers. After toddling a 3-4 year old is called a preschooler and above that school age or young girl.

[Daisy]

Well, I just got moved into my new workplace. (Down one flight of stairs in the same suite but with all the bother it might as well have been a move to the dark side of the moon) Phone, printer, computer, etc. all up and running. Desk drawers locked, no key in sight and the office manager is out sick. I'm sitting here behind a wall of boxes and files

[Wilfrid1]

Let me see. How about rain, baseball, the Devi thread, life, work...mmm, that'll do for a start.

[Orik]

steam pipes banging like crazy at 5:30am.

[Vanessa]

What Wilf said without the baseball.

v

[Kikujiro]

Total productivity block

[Wilfrid1]

Vanessa, on Oct 19 2004, 09:20 AM, said:

What Wilf said without the baseball.

v

The baseball also presented an opportunity for bad parenting. We spent several hours shushing the Munchkin and moving her out of the way of the TV set. She eventually retired in disgust to a different room and fell asleep on the couch.

[GG Mora]

Riverdance.