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ORIGINAL: ashjor911

I admit that ... i am here... nothing to say.. just the case of the flu.
I admit that ... i hate it when winter comes with no wornings

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ORIGINAL: Phoenixpower

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ORIGINAL: yourdarkdesire

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ORIGINAL: Phoenixpower

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ORIGINAL: yourdarkdesire



Kids......quiet............right..................

Yes, Phoenix?

Yanno....I am working with 19 kids right now....(we had 20 but one we threw out after he tried to throw chairs and other stuff towards the other kids)....11 of them are 5-7, the others are up to 9....

and I NEED "hope" to survive at work  

I admit the peeeeeps do have their very short moments when the realise to shut up....like...when the quiet ones start getting their food and they still have to wait....but jeeeeeesh they need fucking long to learn that

I admit I asked my boss if we actually are insured against tinitus

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
I admit, poor you, flu is no fun.
I admit Fall flew by like an express train, this year, in Colorado Springs, and Winter's fast behind it.
I admit my body's confused as a result.
I admit feeling pretty darned punkish today, as well, and can keep you company, Ash, if ya want!

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ORIGINAL: yourdarkdesire

I admire you Phoenix. I could never work with that many kids. When I was in nursing school, I spent a month in the newborn nursery. My baby was a little prem boy. I swear that kid knew the minute I stepped on the unit, because he would start screaming, and just kept going..and going..and going..

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ORIGINAL: LadyPact

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
I admit, poor you, flu is no fun.
I admit Fall flew by like an express train, this year, in Colorado Springs, and Winter's fast behind it.
I admit my body's confused as a result.
I admit feeling pretty darned punkish today, as well, and can keep you company, Ash, if ya want!

We were just talking yesterday about how many times there was snow by Hallowen when we lived in CS. Keep the snow brush for your car handy.

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
..and I'd probably need drugs up the wahoo, to deal with that many kids. My hat's off to you!

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls

I admit, poor you, flu is no fun.
I admit Fall flew by like an express train, this year, in Colorado Springs, and Winter's fast behind it.
I admit my body's confused as a result.
I admit feeling pretty darned punkish today, as well, and can keep you company, Ash, if ya want!

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
LP, it'll probably sound silly, but the last two years, I've just kept my snow shovel on my porch year around!

Whereabouts in the Springs were you?

I lived there for fifteen years, so I had a few locations. I lived on Palmer Park for a while. Had a place in Stratmoor Valley for a few years. After I met and married MP, we lived in Fountain. When we drove through a couple of years back, that town has GROWN.

Remember the two golden rules about CS and snow. The first is to pay attention to all of those Florida, Texas, and California plates. Those are the folks spending their first winter with white stuff and they *really* don't know how to drive in it. (I saw that youtube clip you posted last year.) The second is, if you live south of Bijou and you don't see snow, that doesn't mean it isn't coming down hard once you are north of Bijou.

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

I admit, there is NO WAY I could work with children on a daily basis. I would end up in prison for child abuse ( I've been known to grab an ear to get a kid's attention...) and inappropriate touching. ( I am also hugger )

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LP, it'll probably sound silly, but the last two years, I've just kept my snow shovel on my porch year around!

Whereabouts in the Springs were you?

I lived there for fifteen years, so I had a few locations. I lived on Palmer Park for a while. Had a place in Stratmoor Valley for a few years. After I met and married MP, we lived in Fountain. When we drove through a couple of years back, that town has GROWN.

Remember the two golden rules about CS and snow. The first is to pay attention to all of those Florida, Texas, and California plates. Those are the folks spending their first winter with white stuff and they *really* don't know how to drive in it. (I saw that youtube clip you posted last year.) The second is, if you live south of Bijou and you don't see snow, that doesn't mean it isn't coming down hard once you are north of Bijou.

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls

I admit, poor you, flu is no fun.
I admit Fall flew by like an express train, this year, in Colorado Springs, and Winter's fast behind it.
I admit my body's confused as a result.
I admit feeling pretty darned punkish today, as well, and can keep you company, Ash, if ya want!

sure .... just bring your own toilet paper....
& grap some lemons , hummus & condoms for me....

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..and I'd probably need drugs up the wahoo, to deal with that many kids. My hat's off to you!

lol, thanks....there were moments where I asked the boss "now, where is our bottle of Baldrian (not sure if you know that name in english...however, its stuff which is supposed to keep you calm)...

I admit, though, sometimes we are wondering what is actually harder to deal with...the kids or their parents....though thankfully most of the parents are ok....so we just face the ones with a deep breath, who expect us to do the work of a fulltime school (that all homework is completed and perfectly correct) cause they will never get the fact that we have just one hour time for that and whilst we do our best, it is not our job to ensure that everyone gets finished and finishes it correctly...cause with having 3-4 in each learning group which need more attention due to their behaviour (one 6 year old loves water....and he used to flood his homework.... now I sit next to him and the wall on the other side...so there is no way to get to the sink!!!) just isn't the best situation to spend enough time with everyone for their homework...

I admit it actually always gives me a snark when parents think for 1-2 euro per hour (thats what they pay for 80 hours a month inclusive mealtime) they can expect the same work as 1:1 nanny service....bejeeeesus I don't mind criticism....but ffs, stay realistic, too

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ORIGINAL: Duskypearls
LadyP, I know all those places. I've heard some folks allude to Fountain as being a bit low rent, as of late. Don't know what it was like when you were here. How long ago were you here?

You are sooooo right about transplanted, warm weather drivers here. They are incredibly dangerous and frustrating. How funny you remember that youtube video I posted. It really gets like that here.

That's funny about Bijou, as well, and so true. It's so odd. It can be warm and sunny here on the Westside, and freezing, icy and blizzardy in Monument. Strange place.

Do you miss it?

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LadyP, I know all those places. I've heard some folks allude to Fountain as being a bit low rent, as of late. Don't know what it was like when you were here. How long ago were you here?

You are sooooo right about transplanted, warm weather drivers here. They are incredibly dangerous and frustrating. How funny you remember that youtube video I posted. It really gets like that here.

That's funny about Bijou, as well, and so true. It's so odd. It can be warm and sunny here on the Westside, and freezing, icy and blizzardy in Monument. Strange place.

Do you miss it?

Sometimes. It's been roughly eight/nine years since we lived there. I'd probably be half lost in the city now. MP was shocked when he was there the last time.

The drivers really can't help themselves in the winter. Between the military presence *and* the influx from Silicone Valley in the past, there are just too many of them. I wasn't a bit surprised that video came from CS.

Oddly enough, one of the things I *definitely* miss is a little shack of a restaurant that went out of business before you moved there. Greatest Mexican burritos, etc. It was all the rage when it opened. It used to be just off of Garden of the Gods (I think the cross street was Circle) across the street from Albertson's. My other half was mad as heck that I had never told him about the place *before* we were moving out of town.