More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed (Page 32)

Mel- Scotland is on my list of places to visit!  How fun for you to visit your family roots.

Mary - Congrats on the move and all the other fun you're having.

Justin - I am not a Pats fan - Dolphin person here, but I'm happy for you!  Have a great time Sunday.

Jim and Sean - buckets full of suck.  Identity theft can be hugely destructive - good thing you were on top of it and caught it! 

Scotland sounds awesome!  Can't wait to take that same trip (mom was a MacDonald, clan Ranold).

As for Pats, I'm a Masshole through and through.  Looked at tix this morning to see if maybe I'd go with my oldest (who is also a Pats fan), but the tix were a bit, shall we say, spendy. 

We'll be watching on a new, big TV on Sunday (which cost less than a single ticket, and the beer will be cheaper, too, I'm sure). 

Great that you are organized enough to notice. This sucks, a lot!

I loved Scotland, you will, too!

Wow! How cool to be able to be there, no matter that you are a fan of the wrong team

Originally posted by marysia83 This is my sort of proof of life. Sorry for not being too active. 2017 started with tons of stuff. Thankfully, everything's going the right direction - it is just time consuming and intense. I believe I mentioned that my kids and I moved outside of Chicago just before the New Year. It was a great decision for my family, but you know - packing, moving, unpacking... blah... I still have stuff unpacked. New year started right away with classes and this semester my classes were full of reading and writing (Adam: I'm taking methods in psychology, so I may be contacting you so far feels much better than stats............) In addition to that my son has tons of trouble with school. His teacher apparently ignored his IEP plan and decided to simply fail him on almost every subject (the kid is only 3rd grade!!!) Long story short, after fighting with the extravaganza of the public school system, I decided to transfer my kids to our new school (I was planning to transfer them at the beginning of the new year, to avoid some stress, but apparently they will benefit much more if they go asap). So here I am - juggling between work, school, and all the paperwork for the transfer. And trying to fit my marathon training (it is NOT going well...) Anyways... I decided I need to relax, step back for a moment, because I will go nuts. I will do my best to visit this group more often, to seek some asylum until things get settled And to see how everyone is doing Off to a new month!

That is a lot on your plate. I hope it evens out soon!

Ugh, stolen CC information.  Good that you were on it quickly Sean!

Melanie, so great you are going to Scotland!  Like others, it's on my list.

Mary, that is a lot to be dealing with!  Interesting that you consider us an asylum :D  Hope we are helpful!

Justin - Not a Pats fan either, but would go if I got free tickets!  Have a blast!

Stacey congrats to you, mom and K for your consistency!  It's amazing how lots of easy running translate to increased in pace!

TJ congrats on jumping in!

Jim no way would I have waited either.  I wait until they reach the end, let them know I am getting in and ask if they would like to share or circle.  I expect others to do the same if I am in the lane first.

I just received news that I have been accepted into a volunteer position with the Victims Assistance Unit of a local police department.  40 page application, interview, fingerprinting and 10 references, so I am happy I made the cut! 

WOW That is a lot of vetting. Congratulations. That is going to be heart wrenching, but Oh So needed! Good for you.

Passing the extreme vetting!  Congrats and hope it's a great position for you.

Matt

haha!

Congrats Kirsten! Victim Advocates serve a really important function, thanks for volunteering.

Sorry to see that happen! Had someone nab info from one of my to kick off the year (January's really suck for me lately). First learned of it when at the DMV for license renewal.  Thankfully the card company had caught on and denied most all the charges. I only had to point out one more. It likely came from a breach in SwimOutlet a little while ago, they had sent an apology letter. All the more reason I should keep away from swimming, right?

Then for the watch, my Garmin 210 could sometimes turn on if left in a backpack. Seems easy to bump it. I didn't have a great fix for it. Mostly try to charge it fully right up until packing it up. Then placing it real careful in the bag since I pack most things the night before. So long as it didn't turn on overnight things were fine in the morning as the charge would last plenty long by then.

Some great and not so great stuff in here!

Sean - I hope your CC issue doesn't become a CC battle for you. It might be beneficial to close stuff up and open new. It can be a hassle, but proactivity wins. And one of those credit watch programs might not be a bad idea either (says the guy who has been down this road 2 or 3 times now).

Mary - Good to see from you, I hope that you aren't too busy to take care of yourself every now and then.

Kirsten - Congrats on the vetting, that is pretty cool!

Melanie - Enjoy the trip, that is one of the ones on my list too.

Stacey - I'm not sure if I told you this earlier, but the entire running journey that your turtle team is on is really cool. Congratulations on helping others find something in running for themselves.

James - I would have climbed in, swam over and asked to share a lane. I've done it more than once and most people are pretty good about it. On the flip side, I always offer to share my lane with others when it is full, hopefully people will learn that it is OK to share. I took the lessons of kindergarden to heart, good manners, sharing, being kind, etc.

Justin - Enjoy the game. TW and I were talking about that yesterday. There are very few large scale sporting events we'd like to attend, but that is one of them. More for the surrounding atmosphere than the game itself.

Karen - Keep in mind you were cycling with some pros. I'm pretty sure that most of us regular folks would have been dropped! I hope you are feeling better soon.

TJ - I hope your training for IMChoo goes well and your race goes even better.

Have a great day everyone, enjoy whatever today brings you.

PS, Janyne, I hope you are feeling better.

It's so awesome to hear that all of your were motivated :-)  The improvements are great to see as well!  Best of all, it sounds like you are all having fun with it and that's what it's about for most of us!

No kidding, you hit that final button and it's like, "OMG! WHAT HAVE I DONE!"

I'm with Karen.  That being said, I do find it difficult to ask.  :-/  

Totally sucks :-(

Woo hoo!

Originally posted by marysia83 This is my sort of proof of life. Sorry for not being too active. 2017 started with tons of stuff. Thankfully, everything's going the right direction - it is just time consuming and intense. I believe I mentioned that my kids and I moved outside of Chicago just before the New Year. It was a great decision for my family, but you know - packing, moving, unpacking... blah... I still have stuff unpacked. New year started right away with classes and this semester my classes were full of reading and writing (Adam: I'm taking methods in psychology, so I may be contacting you so far feels much better than stats............) In addition to that my son has tons of trouble with school. His teacher apparently ignored his IEP plan and decided to simply fail him on almost every subject (the kid is only 3rd grade!!!) Long story short, after fighting with the extravaganza of the public school system, I decided to transfer my kids to our new school (I was planning to transfer them at the beginning of the new year, to avoid some stress, but apparently they will benefit much more if they go asap). So here I am - juggling between work, school, and all the paperwork for the transfer. And trying to fit my marathon training (it is NOT going well...) Anyways... I decided I need to relax, step back for a moment, because I will go nuts. I will do my best to visit this group more often, to seek some asylum until things get settled And to see how everyone is doing Off to a new month!

Congrats again on the move.  I'm sure that in the long run, it will be for the best.  Getting from here there though...

Regarding your son's teacher -- not cool!

It's kinda fun that the Manatees might be mentoring in something other than tri -- well, at least one Manatee.