Monday! So I am in the process of divorce, and have had to learn all kinds of new things.
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
I do realize that some of these things will seem completely laughable :) I was, however, a city girl for the most part. I learned to drive at age 11 in the Hamptons, but didn't get my driver's license until age 29. I think that I have previously mentioned the time that I was driving without a license in New York and accidentally sideswiped a police car that was hiding in the bushes. Oops.
I checked into a hotel for only the second time in my life this past Christmas. That wasn't too complicated :)
Today, for the first time ever, I rented a trailer and drove with it attached. I have never rented a car or truck, either. But I needed to cart home a sofa that I bought to replace one that D took. I don't know many people who own trucks, which also seems a little odd.
I took physics and got A's. I understand how the trailer SHOULD have behaved when reversing, but the damn thing seemed to have a mind of its own and swung wherever it wanted. Quite annoying. But I was lucky enough to have my son with me :) He had spent a lot of time with my brother and the boat trailer, so knew exactly how to hitch and unhitch it. He was very patient with what I am sure he saw as hopeless idiocy on my part.
We managed to get the sofa home just as the skies opened up and rain poured down. As I said, "SHIT!" my son suggested that we cover the sofa with the cover for my convertible. It actually worked quite well for helping the sofa to slide down the hill, too :) Then we couldn't get one side of the French doors open to get the sofa inside. But by angling it this way and that way, we finally got it inside through one door. And against the wall. Yay!
Furniture moving was another new experience :) Not one that I look forward to repeating. But I guess that I am actually stronger, after three months of training:)
The dating world seems ludicrously complicated. I am still stuck in the 1950's, even though I wasn't actually born until the 60's :) But I decided that my rules aren't MY problem. Anyone that I date can either deal with it or find somebody else. I really don't care.
I joined a site and posted a picture with my face obscured and only one eye showing :) Of course, I got at least two messages mentioning my "beautiful smile." Which made me laugh and then shake my head. I wrote an entirely truthful and rather obnoxious profile in which I said TWICE that I do NOT like facial hair. And then got messages from a large number of fuzzy-faced individuals. Clearly, they have reading comprehension problems. Strike! Even funnier--I am now officially "one of the most attractive people" on that site. Without my face being shown! Men are nuts. Truly. One guy did shave off his beard and then messaged me saying, "I shaved it off for you! Now will you go out with me?" Alas, he was still not my type. I'm sure it's grown back by now :)
I need to figure out how to turn the water on :( Everyone seems to expect me to flood the basement. Ugh.
Have a good Monday, everyone :)