What Have You Done Today?

[Julian]

I knew the other word for santorum before I knew it was an actual person. And I'm so jealous of you folks who can crochet.

I learned the other word from Tumblr. And crocheting really isn't that tricky. It's knitting that's a bitch. I can't seem to get the hang of knitting.

[Padma]

Boxed up and posted my just-ex-girlfriend's books and DVDs and other stuff, as part of a prisoner-exchange deal. Wondering whether including the breadknife I'd promised her was a weird thing to do or not - but it was already polka-dot wrapped, so let it pass. Ripped her DVDs first so I can eke out the misery - and because I still want to know what her favourite films were all about. Ate chocolate. Wallowed. You know the drill... now watching Garden State.

[Shantel]

Felt bad for Padma 

[veritatemfurto]

getting ready to go to group tonight for my 3rd week... hope i meet new friends.

[Constance]

I got some more staging work done on the FAQ updating project I've been assigned. But since I still don't have build to examine, there's not much else I can do yet. I'm hoping it won't be one of those mad-rush-at-the-last-minute update projects.

[Padma]

Pulling myself together, giving a local transgal reassurance about using estrogel . Gonna eat some soup with tuna in it.

[Amazon D]

i finally finished spreading hay all over my garden so when its time to plant all i'll have to do is push the hay to the side and drop some seeds in and watch them grow.. I am using the ruth stout method.. she has a video but died around 98 yrs old.. i use 8 large round bales and cut them with my chainsaw to make spreading the leafs around verses trying to peel bits and pieces off a giant roll.

[King Malachite]

I went to school and took out the trash today.

[JessicaH]

I started the day drinking coffee under a giant 1,000 year old baobob tree then my driver took me into town to get a laser printer and we did some other shopping. Then we went and had a really good pizza cooked in this large stone, wood fired oven and drank a beer. Then driving back to my office along the beach road, we found a local fisherman with 9 small lobsters and we got them for $20.

Went and met with the the finance manger for a large multinational oilfield service company about some money they owe us and set up a meeting for tomorrow morning to get a bunch of invoices signed and make sure they are cleared through their system.

Had a phone conference with the owner of the company then met a colegue and we drank Mozambican beer and had a wonderful lobster dinner on the cheap! It was a very nice evening!!!  :-)  And now, it sounds like there is a freakin monsoon outside. Raining VERY hard with lots of thunder. Six weeks left and I can leave Mozambique and head back to the US!

[schism]

woke up at 7:30 after about twelve hours sleep, made breakfast, took the kid to school, went to grab a notebook from wilkos then stopped off at starbucks and had an espresso and did some writing until the music started to annoy the crap out of me- don't try to write while some depressive chick moans a nasal country track out of unstrategically placed speakers.  ain't happening.  went home, biked/HIIT for an hour while watching karate kid, had a shower, had lunch... walked up through town to college for a maths assessment and totally passed the whole time: got called a young man for the first time ever, was internally ecstatic but pretended to be totally nonchalant like it happens all the time.  met up with this awesome girl i recently made friends with and went to see this means war... not bad, not amazing, pretty funny, couldn't get past the whole rom com thing though.  then we grabbed a juice, chatted, she had an appointment to go to and i went to see if my piercer was in his studio.  yet again he was awol, so i went to pick up the kid from school.  got home, made dinner, flapped around on the internet until her bedtime, put her to bed, did an hour of yoga and some weights, then replied to some messages on facebook and that leads me up to right about now, procrastinating a post i owe on a writing site.

good day was good. 

[caseyyy]

*hugs Padma*

[Pica Pica]

Walked my parent's dog  (while dogsitting) with the cheap digital camera I've been given - finding interesting little things.

[Constance]

Hang in there, Padma.

{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[Amazon D]

I went to school and took out the trash today.

wow the school must be happy with you for doing that don't they have janitors or is this a gingrich thing?

[King Malachite]

wow the school must be happy with you for doing that don't they have janitors or is this a gingrich thing?

Lol sorry I should have made my self a bit more clear- Those 2 events were separate as I took out the trash at my house although I do clean up at the school by picking up any pennies that may be on the ground.   

[Julian]

I mailed the check for the anesthesia fee for my top surgery. It's really going to happen.

[Constance]

I finally got some of the more complicated public-facing FAQ and internal support knowledge base articles updated.

[Padma]

I got measured for a bra in Marks & Spencers, and thoughtlessly insulted twice in the process. It was more funny than painful, though: I'd already blown my trauma fuses just walking in there and saying "This is embarrassing, but I'm going through a gender transition and need some advice on bra sizes, please." The woman at the counter turned to her colleague and said "Can you help this gentleman?" - and then they took me to a gents' changing room to fit me . I'm going to write a letter explaining why this is less than appropriate, in the hope that they get provided with some needed training. I don't read malice in this on their part, just thoughtlessness (it's the price I pay for preferring trousers). Oh, and I got some good advice and a bra out of the experience .

[Shantel]

I do clean up at the school by picking up any pennies that may be on the ground.   

That's one of the perks for us short people, we're closer to the ground and find a lot of lost change. I still pick up pennies and am amazed at the number of people that discard them in front of soda pop machines. One man's fruit is another man's candy!

[Shantel]

I got measured for a bra in Marks & Spencers, and thoughtlessly insulted twice in the process. It was more funny than painful, though: I'd already blown my trauma fuses just walking in there and saying "This is embarrassing, but I'm going through a gender transition and need some advice on bra sizes, please." The woman at the counter turned to her colleague and said "Can you help this gentleman?" - and then they took me to a gents' changing room to fit me . I'm going to write a letter explaining why this is less than appropriate, in the hope that they get provided with some needed training. I don't read malice in this on their part, just thoughtlessness (it's the price I pay for preferring trousers). Oh, and I got some good advice and a bra out of the experience .

Well done Padma! You're probably right about there not being any malice, they were probably just not versed in how to respond to your situation. A little sweetness will always avail you of much better results in the long run than a lot of vitriol!