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[Jestgar]

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[curlyfries]

I was an educational assistant at our local high school in New Jersey....I absolutely loved working with the high school kids--if I had it to do over, I would have become a guidance counselor.

Same here....although sometimes I feel like one anyway. I got the most wonderful note from a student the other day. She had gotten a Red Star award for being "most improved student". She gave me her red star and wrote that it would not have been possible if it weren't for all I have done for her and that I should keep the note forever so I will always remember how much I mean to her.<<<lipquiveringeyeswellingup>>>>She addressed it to Dear Mom (she sometimes calls me that)

[curlyfries]

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Just had an interview yesterday for a summer job. I was a wreck when I got out of there....keep playing it over in my head wondering if I made a fool of myself

AARRGHHH!!! I hate interviews!

[DingoGirl]

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OMG - what is the current acceptable answer for "what is your biggest weakness??????" Can I say.....staying in my pj's too long? Eating too many nuggets? Mowing my lawn every 10 days to two weeks instead of every week, like all of my Stepford neighbors? Trapping cars that try to tailgate and pass? spending too much time with me sillies?

Same here....although sometimes I feel like one anyway. I got the most wonderful note from a student the other day. She had gotten a Red Star award for being "most improved student". She gave me her red star and wrote that it would not have been possible if it weren't for all I have done for her and that I should keep the note forever so I will always remember how much I mean to her.<<<lipquiveringeyeswellingup>>>>She addressed it to Dear Mom (she sometimes calls me that)

*sniff* that is soooooooooooo sweet!

Interviews........... a true heinosity. Try not to dwell on it too much Leisagh (easy for me to say)......

[elye]

Yes, yes . . . another good way to sabotage this prospect . . . vomit during the interview.

OR: vomit on your resume, then send it along. That outta do it.....

She gave me her red star and wrote that it would not have been possible if it weren't for all I have done for her and that I should keep the note forever so I will always remember how much I mean to her.<<<lipquiveringeyeswellingup>>>>She addressed it to Dear Mom (she sometimes calls me that)

OMG.....That makes my heart go dancing, Lisa.

Patti, I meant to mention that you would absolutely make the BEST guidance counsellor EVAH. Man, would I love to be heading into your office as a screwed-up teenager. You should do this!

[Mtndog]

Oh Oh Oh...I wanna come!!!!!!!!! I am a 6 hour drive from Philly or a 5 hour train ride. BUT.....I may be on our annual family vacation that week. PM me when you know the dates! OMGAWD- a silly summit- if I had a million dollars I'd fly ALL of us there!

[curlyfries]

OMG - what is the current acceptable answer for "what is your biggest weakness??????"

On the application I had to pick my 3 greatest weaknesses from a list....I don't even remember what I picked!

[psawyer]

Oh Oh Oh...I wanna come!!!!!!!!! I am a 6 hour drive from Philly or a 5 hour train ride. BUT.....I may be on our annual family vacation that week. PM me when you know the dates! OMGAWD- a silly summit- if I had a million dollars I'd fly ALL of us there!

Me too! Bev, you are closer than I am. About 8 hours driving, not counting the delay at the border, for me.

[elye]

Me too! Bev, you are closer than I am. About 8 hours driving, not counting the delay at the border, for me.

King Peter! if you are also on vacation during July 8-10, YOU MUST COME!!

[happygirl]

Random thoughts:

Hmmmm....I'm not *that* far away from Philly...... Patti, do you have room for me?

vote for Coke

We have two maine coon kitties (at least partial MC) and I love them so much.

[Jestgar]

We have two maine coon kitties (at least partial MC) and I love them so much.

Clearly the preferred cat of Silly yaks.

[elye]

Random thoughts:

Hmmmm....I'm not *that* far away from Philly...... Patti, do you have room for me?

Laura!!! YOU must come, too!!

[psawyer]

Oliver, the giant ginger tabby seen in two of the pictures I shared, may have some Maine Coon in him.

Like all of our cats, he is a rescue, so we don't know his background. He has been with us since October of 1996. He is 30 inches long and weighs 22 pounds. He is gentle and sometimes follows us around.

Becky, the brown tabby that you have seen from time to time in my avatar, probably also has Maine Coon in her. The consensus seems to be that one of her parents was a Maine Coon. She was rescued as a stray in 2000 at the age of two.

Laura must join the party!

[curlyfries]

*sniff* that is soooooooooooo sweet!

Last year I got a note from a girl that said, "Thanks for helping me become a better person". Things like that remind me why I'm there.....becaus for every one you are able to reach out to, there are a gazillion hormonal freakazoids that you couldn't get across to if you hit them with a baseball bat!! ( I really do love my job! )

OOH!....reminds me of a story.....

Two years ago, near the end of the school year, I read some poems written by a boy for a class assignment and thought they were awesome...so I asked him if I could copy them.

A couple days later he brings me a notebook and asks if I wanted to read some more of his poems.

I read them and thanked him for sharing them with me. ( Many were dark and disturbing, but yet very well written) and I expressed my concern.

I got a long note from him explaining how he no longer feels that way and how thrilled he was that I enjoyed his poetry and that he'd never shared them with anyone before.

He was an 8th grader at the time and moving on to HS.

Over the summer he e-mailed me often, talking about problems with friends, parents, and eventually that he realized that he was homosexual (which I already figured out)

I always gave him parental-type advice in a way that I thought he would listen.

....Then he met someone and proceeded to tell me about this first encounter with another boy....Tongue and all!!!! TMI!!!!

[tom]

Or......maybe someone would conk you in yer noggin and you could.....pass out er sumfin.

Suzy been watchin' 3 Stooges?

That's twice today.

And then - OMG - A job as a proofreader has come up. Full time, that is the only heinosity of it.

Hehehehe I swear misssteaks just >JUMP< out at me w/ only a glance

Always thought I'd make a good proofreader.

do they do job-sharing down there?

Full-timeness would be a big step, 'twouldn't't?

ONLY other skill is coloUr I.D.? What about that vertiver biz?

Oh....maybe just my ear, or from the forehead up, so I wouldn't have to put on makeup....

I got the most wonderful note from a student the other day.

Awwwwww that IS a good one!

[DingoGirl]

do they do job-sharing down there?

Full-timeness would be a big step, 'twouldn't't?

ONLY other skill is coloUr I.D.? What about that vertiver biz?

fulltime-ness is really phfreaking me out. Ummmmmmmm job share, brilliant, but if not, p'raps a brain share? Seems to work well for Em and Amanda.......

OMG - it's VETiver, not vertiver BTW. And..........well that skill is partially innate - the nose and all - but I surely couldn't get a job at it, punkin.

no, no three stooges today.......I just PHEEL like a stooge, that's all.

[jerseyangel]

Worse, she probably spent a lot more time than we were originally led to believe inside her crate. So, all this activity, including the long romps in our backyard with Gus, may be a big shock to her system. I'm just not sure......

Let's hope that this is the case and she just needs to build up her leg muscles a little

I just sent my resume to the gal. I may vomit.

Gosh, I know that feeling. It's going to work out fine, Susie--you don't have to do anything you're not ready for And there's no shame in that

Patti, I meant to mention that you would absolutely make the BEST guidance counsellor EVAH. Man, would I love to be heading into your office as a screwed-up teenager. You should do this!

Thanks Em

Oh Oh Oh...I wanna come!!!!!!!!! I am a 6 hour drive from Philly or a 5 hour train ride. BUT.....I may be on our annual family vacation that week. PM me when you know the dates! OMGAWD- a silly summit- if I had a million dollars I'd fly ALL of us there!

Bev, you must come!!!!!!!

Me too! Bev, you are closer than I am. About 8 hours driving, not counting the delay at the border, for me.

PeOter!!!!! Yes--you too!!

Hmmmm....I'm not *that* far away from Philly...... Patti, do you have room for me?

Always, Laura

[curlyfries]

Sorry sillies....I can't get on the Philly bandwagon ......I absolutely detest car trips!

[tom]

Oh!! I forgot the greatest weakness question.

(trapping tailgaters the closer to LA you are the more likely they'll shoot )

Was Nuggets an option?

Or - and you've got be on your toes for this one - the interview can go

Q: What would say is your greatest wea

A: interruptingpeople!!

Or "my inability to convince people of my infallibility".

Or "WEAKnesses!?? Do you mean lesser strengths?"

OMG!!!! They're ALL going to Silladelphia!!!!

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[nikki-uk]

Morning sillies!!!!!!

GADS!! Job application for Susie!!!....exciting but understandably scary

Good gawd, so many sillies work (or have) with children ..even........ ...with TEENAGERS!!!!!

GAHHHHHHHhhhhh!!!!!!!!

This, I feel may be why y'all spend so much time here

Them critters should have a health warning on 'em

...and the Sillies in Philly summit!!! <have I mentioned how gutted I am I can't go?>

It makes me giggle when you guys say ''I'm only 5 hrs away on a train''

Flippin' 'eck!!!....I'd be in the south of France or sumfink if I were on a train for 5 hrs!!!

Em, hope the vet finds nothing too serious

[Darn210]

...and the Sillies in Philly summit!!! <have I mentioned how gutted I am I can't go?>

It makes me giggle when you guys say ''I'm only 5 hrs away on a train''

Yes . . . I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass also . . . It' just a quick 11 hour drive . . . but, you know, price of gas and all that . . .

Em - here's hopin it's something simple . . . just some over training or such . . . needs to warm up, stretch more . . . perhaps she should start off with some Yoga . . . I bet she'd be good at downward facing dog.

[blueeyedmanda]

Morning Sillies!!!! I see you typing Em!

Jess---any new Kitty news???? I thought about you last night when I hugged my lion.

So who is all in for the Silly Summit??? And when is it going to take place? I am game!!!

[elye]

Morning, All!!

The Philly Silly Psummit....I am getting SO excited about this. I was thinking about it late into the night...

Last year I got a note from a girl that said, "Thanks for helping me become a better person". Things like that remind me why I'm there.....becaus for every one you are able to reach out to, there are a gazillion hormonal freakazoids that you couldn't get across to if you hit them with a baseball bat!! ( I really do love my job! )

Lisa, you must be terrific at what you do...One must be, to illicit these kinds of responses and interactions with even the most open of teenagers. Those kids are lucky to have you!

Now, my diplomat students....SIGH....dunno what they'd say if asked whether or not they felt lucky to have ME. Tell ya one thing, however - - their responses would be completely free of all misplaced modifiers and dangling participles. I hope.

Sorry sillies....I can't get on the Philly bandwagon ......I absolutely detest car trips!

Lisa!! How long a drive is it? Are you as far from Philly as Janet is? You could come together, and take driving shifts, and entertain each other so that the time just whips by!

OMG!!!! They're ALL going to Silladelphia!!!!

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Ptaoughmnhgmn!!!

Hmmmmmmm....how do we get you there.....

We'll have to think of somefin' for you and Susie....

Em - here's hopin it's something simple . . . just some over training or such . . . needs to warm up, stretch more . . . perhaps she should start off with some Yoga . . . I bet she'd be good at downward facing dog.

Yes! Or pilates, to strengthen her doggy core...

I'll find out this afternoon.

[jerseyangel]

Mornin' Sillies....

Quick note since I'm off to the Chiropractor in a few minutes. (crack)

Em, good luck at the vet today--will be anxious to hear, and pray it's nothin' serious.

Amanda--you in for the Sillie Summit? ....And yes, we must find a way to git our friends out west here for this historic meeting

Sun's out here this AM, more rain later .....basement report: new sump pump is working beautifully (and constantly) as well as the new dehumidifier! Operation dry-out is working!