I’m pretty sure being an adult is just doing the things that need to be done, often while muttering, “I don’t wanna” over and over under my breath.
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Don’t think about what’s happening to Britain – or you may have to get out and vote
Don’t think about what’s happening to Britain – or you may have to get out and vote
Do not get sick.
Don’t fall over, don’t have an accident at work, don’t catch a bug. Try not to get old.
Don’t be single. Don’t be bereaved. Don’t be depressed.
Woe betide if you are weak, if you were born disabled or disadvantaged, if a limb doesn’t work properly or your…
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Insert frustrated wail
So, I registered to submit things to (attempt to) obtain my nursing registration in Washington State. Having gone through roughly the same process for BC I figured I kinda knew what I was going to need. So I was all set to fill in tedious paperwork and submit many cheques to all my unis saying ‘please send them transcripts, again’. I’d had a look at the notes and was all prepared for everything. The mission ‘get US registration’ was a ‘Go’.
Except one thing.
One thing I’d somehow missed.
They want my High School Graduation Certificate (or equivalent). Unfortunately, the examination board that assessed my ‘A’ Levels is long gone, and now I’m waiting to hear whether the company that now handles that ex-registration board’s replacement certificates need me to pay separately for my ‘AS’ and my ‘A’ level certificates.
It’s not that it will take a long time. All in all, including the ‘normal response time for enquiries’ (because I’d rather not pay nearly 100 if I can only pay half that) it will take a month or so. Assuming they get back within their ‘normal response time for enquiries’. And in the grand scheme of things that’s not a long time to wait. But it’s irritating because mentally I was all prepared for a step forward, and what I got was a month-long-step-backwards.
It’s also doubly irritating because Nikki pointed us at a means of getting Rebecca across to the US that’s potentially more convenient, albeit more paperwork. I’d got all excited, was feeling inspired, and then shot down in flames.
Feh, is my general opinion on the situation. Feh.
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And lo, a wall.
So I’ve made the first fixed glazed section. Both the end walls of the greenshed will have a fixed (non-opening) window. Today after much pondering of the how, the where and the why I put together the first of these. Unfortunately, being a bit of a twit I forgot I’d already made the back panel and needed to design the end panel I was creating with that in mind. So I didn’t. Which means I’ll have to tweak the structure of the back panel to make them meet the way I want. They will work together as is, but it’d be less pretty. Despite this I’m quite pleased with where I’m at. I’ve got enough wood to throw together the other end, and the only things I’ve bought are screws, a few* hinges, a hook-and-eye fastener and a handle. Oh and some glazier’s putty, because the windows were in danger of falling out. But to be honest I needed some of that for the door I painted on the server/laundry room anyway.
I trial-fitted the front and side bits together:
Which amazingly went very well.
The one minor irritation is I bought shorter screws than I meant to; then I ordered more of the short screws (as auto-feed screws) as well. Thankfully they just about work, but I do feel a little silly having done that.
The next step is a little tricky, however. My plan is to create a quick’n’dirty concrete base (oh postcrete, I feel another purchase coming), on which to stand the thing. Then I need to do some careful measuring before I make the other end of it, because it needs to be trimmed to go around the neighbour’s rather odd little foundation that juts out into our garden. It should all be quite entertaining.
At any rate, another solid couple of days of work should have it pretty much together, I think. Then I just need to grab some hessian sacks to line the raised bed component of it, and we can plant some things in there, and leave some pots of other things in there**.
It’s all quite exciting.
* well, okay, four hinges
** Err, I suppose I also need to finish the edging bit of the deck such that the chiminea, if it’s salvageable, will not be able to fall directly in to the greenhouse, which would be extreme badness I feel. I’m a bit wary of this because it’s wood in relatively close proximity to the fire, but I’m unsure how else to achieve any kind of safety net there. Unless I get some metal railings… -
3/14/15 9:26:53
Pi! Also Pie! When I went into the bakery, they had one slice left, and it was just the kind I wanted :)
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Yet again we have run out of bookshelf space. Not an uncommon occurrence, but one which prompts ever more pained discussions of ‘are you going to read this (again)?’…
I’ve explained to my best beloved that there’s a simple solution… Move to America and build a house with sufficient space for all our books (or as Kathryn pointed out, a house made entirely of bookshelves). This is perfectly acceptable to me, but Kathryn doesn’t think this solves the immediate crisis…
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You know what I love about this statement? The fire inside of it, the rage directed at a racist action from a school administrator. There is no professional glossing about this, no usage of “we do not condone this behavior”. This was not done to make those reading it feel comfortable, it is a direct shaming of behavior that these young men knew better than to demonstrate.
This is the LEADER of a institution of higher learning firing back and telling a group of students that they are a disgrace to the school name.
I love President Boren’s overall attitude of, “You knew the rules when you showed up, here are the consequences, because in 2015, you all knew far better.” He even acknowledges it was “freedom of speech”, but addresses they abused that, resulting in consequences.
I am so here for this.
::cackles::
“As for where the SAE members will live in the meantime, Boren said: ‘We don’t provide student services for bigots.’”
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I also love that it’s like “yep, you have freedom of speech, but you used it to be a racist fuckwaffle and should be ashamed of yourselves.”
The whole thing seems to be being handled incredibly well. ‘You have freedom of speech, for sure, but when you’re a dick with your freedom of speech this is what happens’.
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i had to go through 13 websites to download this, bcs the official videos were restricted to the us only. so worth it
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“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?”
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
(Terry Pratchett, Sourcery)