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Old 04-16-2020, 06:44 PM   #12481
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I got a call from the resident social worker where my Mom lives. I'd sent my Mom a card for Easter and included a couple little treats inside. I sent it c/o the social worker, knowing that the social worker has a good relationship with my Mom and that the social worker also knows how to get and deliver mail, is ambulatory, etc. When the social worker, J, called me she told me she'd given the card I sent to my Mom, she was all smiles and hugged the card to her heart. This was before she'd even opened the card.

Anyhow J told me how happy it made her and how my Mom reached out to J for a hug, how happy she was. This makes me happy too. And a little wistful, it's been months now since I've seen my Mom. The place is on lockdown, has been for months (it seems, time's weird now). The phone sucks for my Mom since the stroke gave her aphasia as a nice little fuck you gift on the way out the door. *sigh*

Still it was nice to hear from a good person helping my Mom tell me how happy she was.

Yeah. Happy, we were talking about what makes us happy.
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Old 04-17-2020, 06:16 PM   #12482
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My son, the barber, just finished his application to request a gap year before enrolling in the University of Vermont.

I was worried it wouldn’t be approved, because with the uncertainty around Covid, literally every high school senior should be taking a gap year. But they responded within a couple hours approving his request.

He’s going to do forestry work at Philmont Scout Ranch in NM for most of the gap year. It’s perfect for him.
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Old 04-17-2020, 06:55 PM   #12483
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Nice! So many people underestimate the value of work experience as a teen, plus you can't beat good clean outdoor work.
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Old 04-17-2020, 09:06 PM   #12484
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Old 04-18-2020, 10:29 PM   #12485
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SonofV has been cleared to return to work!

He is back on the schedule for Sunday morning, 9am. He has a serious case of cabin fever and being back at work will be much better overall, even factoring in the increased risk of exposure to the public.
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Old 04-19-2020, 05:51 PM   #12486
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My hair doesn't grow evenly and it's starting to resemble a game of Whack-a-Mole with weird long bits suddenly popping up
I get some of that with my beard: the cheeks grow faster than the chin so after trimming towards a longish Sigmund Freud (gives my chin a sassy defiant jut) I start getting broader and rounder, fulfilling the Claus.

The wife and I may swap haircuts with our Wahl and its graduated rakes.
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Old 04-19-2020, 08:07 PM   #12487
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Productive afternoon.
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Old 04-19-2020, 08:11 PM   #12488
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Old 04-19-2020, 09:56 PM   #12489
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That is beyond impressive to a foreign city-ish chick like me.
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Old 04-19-2020, 11:43 PM   #12490
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It's impressive for natives too, well done sir.
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Old 04-20-2020, 12:24 AM   #12491
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That's some good wood, sir!

SonofV reported a successful return to work, albeit "odd".
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Old 04-20-2020, 06:27 AM   #12492
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I'm pretty chuffed.

Getting back to work is gonna be weird for everyone, glad he survived.
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Old 04-20-2020, 02:07 PM   #12493
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Are all those trees going to be planks or some for posts and beams?
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Old 04-20-2020, 08:09 PM   #12494
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Right now, I’m guessing what I’m going to need for a not yet designed table for Pete. I will probably turn the rest into sizes more typically useful. I have a lot of projects in my head that probably should be on a drawing table but sometimes you just need to make chips fly
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Old 04-20-2020, 09:03 PM   #12495
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My son, the barber, just finished his application to request a gap year before enrolling in the University of Vermont.

I was worried it wouldn’t be approved, because with the uncertainty around Covid, literally every high school senior should be taking a gap year. But they responded within a couple hours approving his request.

He’s going to do forestry work at Philmont Scout Ranch in NM for most of the gap year. It’s perfect for him.

Groovy UV. One of my alma maters. Took dendrology 101 there. Great course in 1984.


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