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I accepted a verbal offer this AM.

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Woo hoo!

Knock on wood the written offer, CBC, and on boarding all go well.  They should.  Unless some unrecognized alter ego surfaces.  Which might be interesting.

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Not great from a base (~30% low)... but incredible variable comp and more than doubles our current marital income.  It also lets us stay where we are and continue to keep the focus on DW's career.

Lumps and leaky eyeballs.

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Damn this incredible woman.

No wonder I have man cards on volume order from the print shop.

I got my usual stak of VD cards for DW.  All year long, I always grab any VD card that reminds me of her, makes me laugh, or reminds me of her and gives me a lump or a sniffle.

Because I missed my usual over the top spoil her for Groundhogs day. A thing we have done for a very long time.  Instead of the usual 4-6 cards, I ended up with 10.  It took me an hour to fill them out, put some snappy comment on the envelope,

OT - SMH

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She is brilliant.  Incredibly qualified and professional.  Makes informed $multimillion decisions nearly instantly, caring, engaging, basically spectacular.

So, why.... smh?

It is nearly 2AM and she has been surfing shoes (flats, wedges, low heeled sandals).... for hours.  

Asks my opinion repeatedly , harrumphs, then dives back in.  Gets angry and stomps  off to bed.

A very good friend of ours is turning 50 and we are commanded to attend the shindig.  Outdoors but a cocktail dress/Jacket and tie event on grass.  So no heels.

O/T Some marital bliss advice please.

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So, we have a two segment garbage bin.  Which side does the trash go on, and which side does the recycling go on?

We have had it one way for 2.5 years, and now, "someone" has switched it.

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So, very carefully pick the sides, Left or Right, for trash and for recycling.  Please.  Our connubial bliss may ride on your answers.

Happy New Year!

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I hope everyone's new year is going well.

Mine is good... but......

I left mom and dad's on Tuesday.  I drove from Austin to Las Vegas.  My car that was blasted by a huge hail storm at the end of Sept and took two months to get fixed had to get home.  I tested (-) for COVID on Sunday and left for home Tuesday AM.  1200 + miles. I love road trips but still not yet fully recovered from COVID it was a long two days.  Pretty much uneventful other than the beautiful vistas.  I overnighted in Las Cruces NM.  

I pulled into our garage at 6PM yesterday.  

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Happy New Year!

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COVID central for the Rags clan ... we all went to bed early last night.  Not that sleep was happening with the WW3 of neighborhood fireworks raging around us.  Normally I would have been blowing stuff up with everyone else.  This time, it was just annoying.

The Skid, DW, me, mom, and dad are all grinding through day 5 of being COVID+.  SS tested + after traveling back to his duty statuion. He called his mom with that information and I ran and bought tests for the 4 of us at mom and dad's. We all tested +.

I knew it was possible! The Christmas Miracle.

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Merry Christmas Eve STalker-verse.

The skid made it in on time last evening.  All is good.  DW, the Spawn and my mom and dad were hot after the catch up visit at the butt crack of Dawn this AM.  I dozed.

My dad was interrogating SS on his work, life, .... etc.  The only thing missing was the bright spot light in SS's face.  My dad likes to know..... everything.

We just ran out the door for last possible second grocery and gift shopping.    First stop, Sprouts for some last minute low carb ingredients.  And then the miracle happened. 
 

The hit man has been canceled!

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The kid called this AM, and.... the kid has plane tickets!

He will survive. But just barely.  I hit send on the text to the hit man canceling taking the Skid out just as the explosive package was being placed at his door.

Kidding of course.

This grouchy demanding StepDad's heart is full.  It moves me immensely how much he is a part of all of us. 

Cray 2

Ha-hmmmmmm

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