Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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We have fire at the Smithville Campus. Both the South and North gates are ablaze at this time. There was an explosion and we are having an issue with wind changes and this fire is MOVING. Could use all the hopes and prayers you can muster to save our educational and research facility in Smithville. The threat to many homes is growing as the fire continues to grow.
It is jumping roads and climbing the hill to lab 4.0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »We have fire at the Smithville Campus. Both the South and North gates are ablaze at this time. There was an explosion and we are having an issue with wind changes and this fire is MOVING. Could use all the hopes and prayers you can muster to save our educational and research facility in Smithville. The threat to many homes is growing as the fire continues to grow.
It is jumping roads and climbing the hill to lab 4.
Hugs. Fire is scary stuff. I was in Malibu during a bad fire. I hope all is safe and well. Take good care. Xoxox. Thinking of you.0 -
I'd love to go through each of the posts for some validation - I did read the first page and it made me feel a lot better. So... confession: I'm finishing off an emo-eating binge. Three brownies, a couple of apples and about half a jar of peanut butter. And somehow, I still came in under my calorie limit. Go figure. Apples + PB = my kryptonite.0
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UPDATE: Still have Texas Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire department on campus. Several spot fires on and around the campus. Anticipated shift change at approximately 0500, they will be bringing in more equipment and personnel to deal with the spot fires at that time.
The Campus is much safer than it was at this point.0 -
The mint ones. In Canada (as far as I know) we only get mint ones in the fall, then in the spring it's a combo box with the vanilla & chocolate filled ones.
I realized I typed Girl Scouts, but I guess it's Girl Guides, right?
That's why I'm safe until the spring. I only like the vanilla ones.0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »UPDATE: Still have Texas Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire department on campus. Several spot fires on and around the campus. Anticipated shift change at approximately 0500, they will be bringing in more equipment and personnel to deal with the spot fires at that time.
The Campus is much safer than it was at this point.
That's good to see! I was trying to find news but everything was hours out of date.0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »Well not ALL of the county is on fire....
Our South gate at Smithville campus is totally eff'd. The whole area is on fire and we are JUST NOW being informed that some of our fire hydrants don't work.
Currently no buildings threatened but that may change.
Wind is picking up. Fire is 30-40% contained.
They are currently splitting the crew so half of them can get some sleep.
I am feeling all KINDS of anxious because there is a problem and I can not fix it and I just see EVERYTHING going wrong and the whole campus going up in flames and all of our research being lost.
I am like a ticking time bomb for cancer here. I am only waiting for WHEN I get cancer, not if given my genetic history. People like me NEED scientists doing studies and research. This is mucking up the whole thing.
I will not hold myself accountable for the grief bacon I may or may not consume while staying up all night and listening to the radio and watching my camera as the South gate to one of my campuses goes up in flames.
/temporarily end rant
I am safe. The campus has been evacuated(well everyone except the mice). My family is so close to the Bastrop Campus that they are on stand by for bringing in food and supplies for the officers to take as needed.
*kitten* we've just had an explosion! *kitten*!
Wow. You be careful. And big hugs.0 -
madigan731 wrote: »I'd love to go through each of the posts for some validation - I did read the first page and it made me feel a lot better. So... confession: I'm finishing off an emo-eating binge. Three brownies, a couple of apples and about half a jar of peanut butter. And somehow, I still came in under my calorie limit. Go figure. Apples + PB = my kryptonite.
We've all done it. The food isn't the kryptonite. The emotions behind the eating are the problem. I ate peanut butter and brown sugar from a bowl at one point this week because it was. GF and available. Grief peanut butter - again. It's okay, occasionally.0 -
That's good, but you keep safe and I will keep praying.lilaclovebird wrote: »UPDATE: Still have Texas Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire department on campus. Several spot fires on and around the campus. Anticipated shift change at approximately 0500, they will be bringing in more equipment and personnel to deal with the spot fires at that time.
The Campus is much safer than it was at this point.
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lilaclovebird wrote: »Well not ALL of the county is on fire....
Our South gate at Smithville campus is totally eff'd. The whole area is on fire and we are JUST NOW being informed that some of our fire hydrants don't work.
Currently no buildings threatened but that may change.
Wind is picking up. Fire is 30-40% contained.
They are currently splitting the crew so half of them can get some sleep.
I am feeling all KINDS of anxious because there is a problem and I can not fix it and I just see EVERYTHING going wrong and the whole campus going up in flames and all of our research being lost.
I am like a ticking time bomb for cancer here. I am only waiting for WHEN I get cancer, not if given my genetic history. People like me NEED scientists doing studies and research. This is mucking up the whole thing.
I will not hold myself accountable for the grief bacon I may or may not consume while staying up all night and listening to the radio and watching my camera as the South gate to one of my campuses goes up in flames.
/temporarily end rant
I am safe. The campus has been evacuated(well everyone except the mice). My family is so close to the Bastrop Campus that they are on stand by for bringing in food and supplies for the officers to take as needed.
*kitten* we've just had an explosion! *kitten*!
Hugs! I am hoping everything is contained & safe now! Glad to hear your family is willing to bring in supplies & food to help out the officers.0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »UPDATE: Still have Texas Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire department on campus. Several spot fires on and around the campus. Anticipated shift change at approximately 0500, they will be bringing in more equipment and personnel to deal with the spot fires at that time.
The Campus is much safer than it was at this point.
Glad to hear things are safer. Hopefully by now, it is completely contained. How scary for you! Take care!!0 -
@lilaclovebird So sad to hear of fires in your area again- so much devastation the last time I went through there. One of my favorite parts of the state!0
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I'm on the "Social Committee" in my office (voluntold, not by choice) and I think it's kind of the worst. I don't mind organizing the Christmas hamper donations/Food Bank volunteer work and that sort of thing, because it benefits people, but most of the potlucks/lunches/activities just seem like...if people wanted to do that stuff they could do it without it being formally organized, I guess. I like my coworkers but I don't like them any better after being forced to play weird office games or whatever. Charity stuff is one thing but the random parties and games and stuff are not for me.
YES!! It's always so awkward. And, I never take part in the potlucks. I don't know how sanitary these people are when they cook.0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »UPDATE: Still have Texas Parks and Wildlife Service and Fire department on campus. Several spot fires on and around the campus. Anticipated shift change at approximately 0500, they will be bringing in more equipment and personnel to deal with the spot fires at that time.
The Campus is much safer than it was at this point.
Oh yikes. Stay safe.0 -
MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »
I hate team building. Just let me work. They made us have a team photo taken last week. It was for a retiring coworker or I would have told them to shove it.
I'm the same. My coworkers were kinda mad at me but I was just like I'd rather just work and then go home. I don't want to have to go hang out with everyone. I was in a bad mood, my eye hurt (I think I got something in it so my contact was bothering me all day-I'm in glasses today because my eye is now red) and I couldn't bowl because of my knee injury from April so I just sat there anyway. They were giving me grief and saying I was using it as an excuse but I wasn't. I really am terrified of my knee being hurt again especially since my boyfriend just messed his knee up last week. We don't both need to be injured at the same time...
The only good thing was we got to have a couple drinks and I got some sparkly water bracelets to use with my halloween costume (80s) since I was able to play games at the arcade area.
I ate too much at lunch. I was going to get a salad but then got a hamburger instead because everyone else was getting good food. Then since I felt like I already ruined my day, I got a couple cupcakes on the way home. No excuses just being dumb...0 -
MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »We survived the funeral. My boys and husband were pall bearers. I am proud of them. It's a hard thing to do as a teenager. It was.so strange. The MIL and the aunt decided they didn't want me to sing, so I didn't. Memaw will just have to haunt them for changing her funeral plan. I don't think it's worth the fight, personally.
Sorry about this. I feel bad for you guys. 0 -
I'm on the "Social Committee" in my office (voluntold, not by choice) and I think it's kind of the worst. I don't mind organizing the Christmas hamper donations/Food Bank volunteer work and that sort of thing, because it benefits people, but most of the potlucks/lunches/activities just seem like...if people wanted to do that stuff they could do it without it being formally organized, I guess. I like my coworkers but I don't like them any better after being forced to play weird office games or whatever. Charity stuff is one thing but the random parties and games and stuff are not for me.
^Yep. Thanks guys, you make me feel less weird. Everyone here acted like I was crazy...0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »We have fire at the Smithville Campus. Both the South and North gates are ablaze at this time. There was an explosion and we are having an issue with wind changes and this fire is MOVING. Could use all the hopes and prayers you can muster to save our educational and research facility in Smithville. The threat to many homes is growing as the fire continues to grow.
It is jumping roads and climbing the hill to lab 4.
This is so scary. I really hope as much was/is saved as possible. I'm looking up information right now since I hadn't heard anything about this.0 -
rungirl1973 wrote: »
YES!! It's always so awkward. And, I never take part in the potlucks. I don't know how sanitary these people are when they cook.
Haha you sound like me.
I RARELY take part in potlucks either. I also hate when people bring in food that their kids helped make. I never eat that. Yuck. This usually happens around the holidays. I'll leave the food for someone else. 0 -
I went to go donate blood yesterday and the whole time I was sitting there, this guy kept talking to me about how he has been in a relationship with a married woman but she broke up with him for her husband and he thinks she was cheating on him with another guy while they were together because she always wanted to spend time with her children and now he's really lonely. I was half-heartedly listening, throwing in "oh that sucks" and "that's too bad" where it seemed appropriate. He asked me to exchange numbers with him (I couldn't switch numbers because I was 6th in line and he was 9th, and I had to be to work in an hour and a half, otherwise I would have let him go ahead of me) He kept glancing down at me, and positioning himself so that he was awkwardly close. He had a wicked stutter, and joked that I should try to "slap it out of him." He was bragging about all his scars and how cool his scar stories are (seriously, his best scar story was that he was sweeping with a really cheap broom and it broke and stabbed him in the finger, and he needed a couple stitches). He kept telling me how cute he was though he still couldn't find a woman, and I just smiled politely and said "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and told him that he'd find someone "eventually." This older gentleman gave me a sympathetic glance and saw that I was shivering (my chair was next to a fan) and gave me his coat, which was really nice. The guy with the stutter turned to him and was like, "oh you don't have to do that, I could have kept her warm." The old guy started laughing and said that he was donating double reds, so he'll be there awhile anyways. I have no idea what weird guy's actual age is, but he was telling me how he didn't get his learner's permit until he was 29 and he still can't drive a car because he doesn't have one. It was so hard to not just be like "shut the hell up, sir, you're stupidly annoying!"0
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I went to go donate blood yesterday and the whole time I was sitting there, this guy kept talking to me about how he has been in a relationship with a married woman but she broke up with him for her husband and he thinks she was cheating on him with another guy while they were together because she always wanted to spend time with her children and now he's really lonely. I was half-heartedly listening, throwing in "oh that sucks" and "that's too bad" where it seemed appropriate. He asked me to exchange numbers with him (I couldn't switch numbers because I was 6th in line and he was 9th, and I had to be to work in an hour and a half, otherwise I would have let him go ahead of me) He kept glancing down at me, and positioning himself so that he was awkwardly close. He had a wicked stutter, and joked that I should try to "slap it out of him." He was bragging about all his scars and how cool his scar stories are (seriously, his best scar story was that he was sweeping with a really cheap broom and it broke and stabbed him in the finger, and he needed a couple stitches). He kept telling me how cute he was though he still couldn't find a woman, and I just smiled politely and said "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and told him that he'd find someone "eventually." This older gentleman gave me a sympathetic glance and saw that I was shivering (my chair was next to a fan) and gave me his coat, which was really nice. The guy with the stutter turned to him and was like, "oh you don't have to do that, I could have kept her warm." The old guy started laughing and said that he was donating double reds, so he'll be there awhile anyways. I have no idea what weird guy's actual age is, but he was telling me how he didn't get his learner's permit until he was 29 and he still can't drive a car because he doesn't have one. It was so hard to not just be like "shut the hell up, sir, you're stupidly annoying!"
Many parts of this tell me why the dude is single. And he was hitting on you way too hard!0 -
Haha you sound like me. I RARELY take part in potlucks either. I also hate when people bring in food that their kids helped make. I never eat that. Yuck. This usually happens around the holidays. I'll leave the food for someone else.
The big fundraiser at my son's school every fall is the Apple Pie Fundraiser. They always want people to come help peel apples and roll dough, etc. I can't imagine a world where I would purchase and eat a pie that was made by snotty nosed Kindergarteners.0 -
Oh hey, I have over 1000 posts. LOL0
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rungirl1973 wrote: »
YES!! It's always so awkward. And, I never take part in the potlucks. I don't know how sanitary these people are when they cook.
Ugh, neither do I!
I once ate tacos that were provided for our store being accident free for so many days & had diarrhea. Plus with potlucks you never know if people wash their hands after using the restroom or touch foods with their hands.0 -
kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »
Ugh, neither do I!
I once ate tacos that were provided for our store being accident free for so many days & had diarrhea. Plus with potlucks you never know if people wash their hands after using the restroom or touch foods with their hands.
I have to say none of this has ever occurs to me. It will now!0 -
AngryViking1970 wrote: »Oh hey, I have over 1000 posts. LOL
I must be nearing 5k....all in this thread or the batcave!0 -
WestCoastJo82 wrote: »Hi main thread! I'm about a million posts behind so zero chance of catching up, but thought I'd popover and see what's happening
Welcome back!0 -
The mint ones. In Canada (as far as I know) we only get mint ones in the fall, then in the spring it's a combo box with the vanilla & chocolate filled ones.
I realized I typed Girl Scouts, but I guess it's Girl Guides, right?
Are they like thin mints? Yum!0 -
You can't see me nodding, but I am.
Totally agree0 -
MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »
I knew I could count on you POF!! It's funny how the thread is really slow for a few days and then it picks up for a few. I can tell when my Confession friends are busy IRL.
I know! Today seemed a bit busier too.0
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