This place is dead tonight

[Haole Girl]

Sorry, but somebody had to say it!

;)

[Inchworm]

1. I'm here!

a dry sock.. but!

:toast:

[Haole Girl]

3. Are you dry...

..as in not drinking?

[Inchworm]

8. shit- no did I miss the rules?

I am so not dry, lol

I am prolly drinking more than I should be :)

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

9. Interesting use of the word prolly

Only know of one other person, here, who used that.

[Inchworm]

17. do tell

Im hanging hehe

:D

[Haole Girl]

19. Nothing really to tell, I suppose

Just an observation.

[Heidi]

34. There are others who use that term.

According to an Advanced Search, I've used the word "prolly" at least 31 times in the Lounge alone since I joined DU. :blush:

:hi: KC2!

[Haole Girl]

42. Thanks for easing my mind then

I only notice it with one whom I will not name.

Hi Heidi! :hi:

[Heidi]

50. No worries.

:hug:

[Inchworm]

43. thank you

I feel less like a silly for spelling probably as prolly :D

:yourock:

[Heidi]

49. You shouldn't feel silly.

I grew up in Oklahoma and that's just how I pronounce it in my mind sometimes, especially when I'm tired or rushed. :hi:

[Inchworm]

51. feel like tucking me in?

muahahahaha

:hide:

[Heidi]

53. Prolly

not. :rofl: :spray:

Kidding, kidding. Sweet dreams, inchworn. :hug:

[texanwitch]

2. Sure is.

I need to stay awake until 4 AM.

[SeattleGirl]

4. 4:00 am? Eeeeek! How come?

:hi:

[texanwitch]

10. I am at work, my shift is over then.

Working early voting totally screws up my sleep.

Normally I would be wide awake but with early voting I have to to get up at 5 am.

Early voting is over but I still can't get back to my normal hours.

Why do I work early voting, I must be crazy.

I want my nightowl hours back.

[Haole Girl]

5. I'll help you stay awake if you want...

..but not that late. I have to be awake by 8am.

Did you get flooding where you live, too, texanwitch?

[texanwitch]

11. Any help will be nice.

We just got a little rain and lots of thunder.

How much flooding did ya'll get.

[Haole Girl]

14. Quite a bit

The ground is saturated, the lakes are full, and we expect 5 more days of rain!

This, after a 4-year drought. Just like Texas, to have a drought followed by a flood!!

My husband wanted to cancel our flood insurance, but I wouldn't let him.

I said, "What do you think will follow 4 years of drought in Texas?

[texanwitch]

18. We are saturated also.

Between the rain and working early voting my grass got so tall, six inches in spots.

Everything is nice and muddy around here.

I am afraid we will have a hard rain for about 30 minutes to an hour, it will all be runoff.

[Haole Girl]

22. Wow

I just checked our forecast, for N. Texas, and now they are predicting 6 more days of rain.

This could get really messy. :-(

[texanwitch]

27. Ya'll have been dry up there.

We have had plenty rain down here.

[Ptah]

6. .

:cry:

[Haole Girl]

7. I'm sorry

I didn't mean you! :hug:

[Ptah]

13. I'm off the hook!

[Haole Girl]

16. Ha-ha!

Now I'm really awake!

:rofl:

[Ptah]

23. Well then, enjoy the sunrise

[Haole Girl]

25. Awesome!

I thought of you when I saw a sunflower in So. Calif.

When I take some time to load all my pics, I'll share it with you...though, it's not as good as the pics you take.

:-)

[The Straight Story]

12. I am here - want me to tell you some stories to keep you up :)

Us old folks got a lot of things to blather about late at night!

[Haole Girl]

15. I would like to hear some stories....

...I'm listening...

[The Straight Story]

20. Back in the day....

Ah hell, I will tell it in a minute.

Here is the video that is the intro into it (I made this video)

Kind of teary eyed right now, seriously.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGOq-M1dFHw

I remember being there in Byesville, Ohio. This is a video of my mom who died 12/31/2004.

But it reminds me of the monster times, small towns, black and white movies, and a time in life when things seemed ok.

[Haole Girl]

24. I'm teary eyed, now, too...

Those photos are great...and the music fits well...

thank you for sharing that! :hug:

[The Straight Story]

31. It kicks my ass everytime I watch it

I scanned those photos in after she passed on. And that is a story in and of itself.

Basically - I bought the house next door to mom in August, 2004. Hoping to spend some time together. I went to Chicago on business on election day. Came home and mom went in the hospital.

Near Christmas my wife had tickets to come home to Bakersfield to spend Christmas with family, I was gonna drive out a few days later. But mom was slated to come home. Mom and I both told the wife and daughter to make the trip, I was staying to help out mom when she came home.

Mom came home a week before Christmas. A few days before Christmas there was an ice storm, we both lost power. Christmas eve she went back into the hospital. I spent Christmas day home alone, boiling water to stay warm with my dog. The following Wednesday I went to see her and sit with her for the night, she was out of it...rambling on until she saw me, then told my dad to send me home as I could not handle it. I went home. On new years eve, 2 am, dad called me. I rushed to the hospital, two minutes too late. She had passed on.

I came home to an empty house. Wife and daughter were out of town, mom was gone, and it was new years eve.

I can't even describe what it was all like. I blacked out most of it.

I am just thankful my wife and daughter were not there for that time - no power for days, ice everywhere, cold, and death.

I am still not over it :) but am way better now.

[Haole Girl]

47. Oh no...

Somehow I missed this story until just now.
That is awful. What a horrible time to be all alone...
if you needed those you love around you.

I'm sorry. I miss my mother, too.

:hug:

[texanwitch]

28. That was really nice.

I was thinking tonight of my Aunt and Grandparents who raised me.

[Inchworm]

32. if you were here I'd tackle you

and just hug

:hug:

[texanwitch]

21. I would like to hear some stories.

I need to keep my eyes open for a few more hours.

[The Straight Story]

26. ok here goes

My life basically:

When I was a teen (a lot of stories there) - playing chess, going to the library, hanging out with friends.

Got married, spent 10 years in a bad relationship - had 3 kids, my little boys.

Separated, moved to CA from Ohio. Lived with a younger woman in the desert. A lot of stories there, especially my first trip alone out of ohio and cross country.

Spent some time in CA, met the woman of my dreams at enron, moved back to Ohio. Lost my kids.

Had a kid with new wife, lived in Ohio for 9 years, it all went to hell (mom died, friends, wife got ill, etc), and finally (recently) moved to bakersfield, CA.

Last two years: Mom died, her best friend and ours, X died, found my boys, one moved in - his GF had a baby making me a grandpa, things did not work out, he moved out, I moved on, and then there is my daughter in Tehachapi :)

Pick a time frame :)

[Haole Girl]

29. Well, if you don't mind...

Will you please start with your time in the desert?

[The Straight Story]

36. That was a wonderful and painful time

I found independence finally in my life. I drove across country alone, through three tornadoes, and found myself in Ridgecrest.

I was 30, my GF was 19. She was in college for English.

We are still friends now, and have a daughter together (and that is a whole other story).

I was amazed at it all. I had never been west of Ohio, except when I was a teen with a friend to Indiana.

I was missing my boys, sad and yet happy.

She (my GF) was young and controlled by her dad (her money was deposited to his account, etc).

I met a lot of good people, from the guys who ran KRAJ radio to council members. I learned more about computers that I had at any other time in my life.

And I spent a lot of time driving around Jack's ranch road, thinking and smoking. And missing my boys and family.

My life was about to change in ways I never imagined.

I quit my job and went back home, to see my kids. That did not work out too well. So I came back. My job and GF were both there waiting for me (first time I drove across country without sleep - another story....)

And then, suddenly things changed. The company I was with went under, and I ended up leaving the desert and heading back home. The GF moved back to the mountains. I worked in Ohio a few months and found a job where she was living.

And then, I moved backed here again - and it all changed forever (a lot of details missing, but it would take me a lot of time to type it all in and wanted to make sure you were still awake...)

[Haole Girl]

38. Oh...I'm still awake...

Thank you for sharing. Cross country drives do shape and mold us...in more ways than mere transportation, don't they?

[The Straight Story]

41. This drive did for me :)

I went through Missouri and Oklahoma (up until Okie city) mostly in the dark.

Tornadoes, smoke, construction. When I hit Okie city daylight was breaking, and I was so happy I made it I pulled the car over and cried. Clear blue skies....

I promised myself I would stop in Amarillo and rest. I got there and it was daylight, and I could not even think of sleeping. So I pressed on, until I hit Albuquerque - and there arose my desire to someday beat that city. I eventually did - ie, I was able to drive from Ohio Past it without sleeping.

To me, it was all a testament to what I could do if I tried hard enough.

And finally I beat Albuquerque, I made it from Ohio to CA without sleep - though I did stop in Flagstaff for a few hours and rested.

[Haole Girl]

44. Long drives, to me anyway, seem...

...almost like a modern-day vision quest. Are you familiar with that term?

[texanwitch]

30. Start from the beginning.

Your teen years would be great.

[The Straight Story]

33. give me a sec :) reply to the op

Will get to you, just did not want you to think I was ignoring you.

[Az]

35. Whatchu talking about

[Haole Girl]

37. How cute!

:rofl:

[Robeson]

39. I just showed up....

...don't that mean somethin'....:shrug:

[Haole Girl]

40. You may have to take over for me soon...

...I'm still not sleepy, but I'm supposed to be waking up for work in 5 hours. :(

[Robeson]

45. I appreciate your confidence in me, but I just showed up....

...after a night of drinking with fellow musicians. Though I wish I could take over for you, I fear I'll pass out before I can... :hi:

[Haole Girl]

46. Well, then...

I shall say good night...just in case you do! :hi:

[Haole Girl]

48. Good night!

Thank you, everyone, for the great conversation(s)!

:hi:

[Inchworm]

52. word!

thank you KC2.. you rock! nighters!

:boring:

[In_The_Wind]

54. I was only sleeping!

[SeattleGirl]

55. This sure is a busy thread for it being so dead here tonight!

:evilgrin:

[texanwitch]

56. It was only semi- dead.

I getting out here and going home.

See ya'll later today.

Thanks to everyone for helping me stay awake, I was going under for awhile there.

Everyone have a good weekend.

[Neoma]

57. Sorta.