International Pro's and Ex-Cons - FTW

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Happy day after Thanksgiving, losers! Mine was pretty busy -- four hours of homework, two loads of laundry, four hour family dinner with the Koreans, two hours at some friends' after dinner (refusing all offers of more pie), home at 1am. Overslept, and have mostly done homework all day.

But thankful! Four years ago, my life was a mess. I was in a relationship of sorts with a man who was unavailable in so many ways, and who refused to draw any boundaries. I got really screwed in the head for a while, made a ton of bad decisions, had a few health emergencies. On top of it all, I lost a number of my clients due to the economic downturn and then I was the victim of a crime that took me months to really recover from. It felt like I was cursed. Then one day, I saw a break in the clouds. One good thing happened (met my beloved Mr U), then I got an amazing job, left the guy who was wrong for me, fell in love, went back to school where I'm kicking butt, and everything just fell into place. I'm happy and stable and sane in a way I've never been in my life. I'm responsible-ish now. I've mended a lot of fences. I learned to be okay with things being just okay, being steady and stable, but not feeling like I'm settling. I'm healthy, my parents are in great shape and I have a decent social life (when school allows me). I have a little black cat who loves me in his own kitty way more than anything else in the world.

Yeah, I'm pretty thankful, happy and grounded. And pretty soon I'll be able to get over the taco incident.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Happy day after Thanksgiving, losers! Mine was pretty busy -- four hours of homework, two loads of laundry, four hour family dinner with the Koreans, two hours at some friends' after dinner (refusing all offers of more pie), home at 1am. Overslept, and have mostly done homework all day.

But thankful! Four years ago, my life was a mess. I was in a relationship of sorts with a man who was unavailable in so many ways, and who refused to draw any boundaries. I got really screwed in the head for a while, made a ton of bad decisions, had a few health emergencies. On top of it all, I lost a number of my clients due to the economic downturn and then I was the victim of a crime that took me months to really recover from. It felt like I was cursed. Then one day, I saw a break in the clouds. One good thing happened (met my beloved Mr U), then I got an amazing job, left the guy who was wrong for me, fell in love, went back to school where I'm kicking butt, and everything just fell into place. I'm happy and stable and sane in a way I've never been in my life. I'm responsible-ish now. I've mended a lot of fences. I learned to be okay with things being just okay, being steady and stable, but not feeling like I'm settling. I'm healthy, my parents are in great shape and I have a decent social life (when school allows me). I have a little black cat who loves me in his own kitty way more than anything else in the world.

Yeah, I'm pretty thankful, happy and grounded. And pretty soon I'll be able to get over the taco incident.

Inspiring story! Good luck with everything!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Inspiring story! Good luck with everything!

Thank you! I lived something of a charmed life for so long, and then I made some bad decisions that had real consequences. (Most of them involved men, of course.) I'm glad I learned a few lessons along the way and grew the eff up!

[GandD 5,966]

It is indeed enlightening to hear such s positive turn coupled with hope for the future. Cheers to you and yours and thanks for sharing. We all need reminders from time to time that things can and will level out for us on a long enough time span. And sometimes when we need them to the most.

[Pooky 3,819]

I was at work today.

Kind of fitting, though, because five years ago tomorrow, I started work there after a month's involuntary vacation.

[Operator 1,927]

Just back from the Sunshine state. Has anyone else ever noticed that the majority of the motoring public in that state has a propensity to drive like they are alone on the road?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Just back from the Sunshine state. Has anyone else ever noticed that the majority of the motoring public in that state has a propensity to drive like they are alone on the road?

I give that state a wide berth, but when back in CT the worst drivers were always the snowbird Floridians who came back "home" for the summer and of course the Massholes.

It rained quite a bit yesterday, which we need desperately out here, and more rain to come this week. However, rain = LA drivers who don't know how to drive in the rain = accidents everywhere = more traffic.

[Pooky 3,819]

Just back from the Sunshine state. Has anyone else ever noticed that the majority of the motoring public in that state has a propensity to drive like they are alone on the road?

I give that state a wide berth, but when back in CT the worst drivers were always the snowbird Floridians who came back "home" for the summer and of course the Massholes.

It rained quite a bit yesterday, which we need desperately out here, and more rain to come this week. However, rain = LA drivers who don't know how to drive in the rain = accidents everywhere = more traffic.

I've driven in New Jersey. 'Nuff said.

[GandD 5,966]

Just back from the Sunshine state. Has anyone else ever noticed that the majority of the motoring public in that state has a propensity to drive like they are alone on the road?

Same here except they work in teams. One in each lane that way you have no chance to pass.

[Operator 1,927]

Same here except they work in teams. One in each lane that way you have no chance to pass.

I think that move is called the 'parade maker'. Here the commercial divers are fond of 'the fence', where they all line up 6 inches from each other in the right lane so no one can exit the interstate.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Speaking of parades.

[Operator 1,927]

Speaking of parades.

You dudes in B-town can sure handle the cold. Looking good!

[Teddy B 17,252]

Spooks, was surfin the youtube today and came across this Molly Hatchet gem. I've got some good memories that go with these two tunes.

[Operator 1,927]

Molly Hatchet was the reason for my first speeding ticket!

[Pooky 3,819]

Molly Hatchet was the reason for my first speeding ticket!

You sure it wasn't excessive speed?