Family Car Camping Trip

“its geo fault. all day it was sunny7
but as soon as he comes on line

RAIN~~~


LOL lyndy.”

“I'm Baaaaaaack!”

“Bring da football!!!!!”

“I missed you :)”

“Reminds me of one friend in an inflatable raft struggling with the oars. Finally she yelled, "I just can't ... I don't have both oars in the water!" Another friend yelled back "Don't worry, we like you anyway!"”

“LOL


is there a walmart near this place?

i may have to stop on my way down.”

“It's raining like he!! here, but in Maryland, the forecast still looks great for the weekend. Bringing a CD of the Woodstock 'No Rain' chant...”

“There's an IKEA about twenty miles down the I-state.

Rain?

Get Out!”

“oh geez tom, i just saw your photos on phils page.

I am really hoping that I will not see that big ole white thing this weekend. (look at last photo)
.

ALL TOGETHER, RAIN RAIN GO AWAY”

“Oh my!
Full moon over Minnesota!
That was in The Land Of Sky Blue Waters......before grey hair and chilluns.

The chilluns are much bigger now.
That was three years ago.”

“Maple, who wanted to go skinny dipping, does not want to see Tom's moon? What are you going to do Maple, skinny dip with a blindfold on? Jeez!

I, of course, will not be skinny dipping. No sense taking a chance of being harpooned by a land-locked whaler!”

“Uh, the photos of the kids was three years ago”

“well, TB is bringing his telescope in order to see the moon.

butt :)
with the weather being as it is, with alot of clouds, TT moon's maybe the only one we see.


LOLOLOL”

“Can you read the tattoo?”

“im not going back to look.
spank you very much :)”

“How did we go from a family car camping trip to a discourse on Tom T's butt?”

“Yes folks, this is a family car camping trip, and my husband thankfully has not been reading this thread. We have to crack adult jokes only when the wee ones are out of earshot. My daughter came home yesterday saying that she couldn't be friends with someone because they were flipping the bird at other kids. In the fourth grade. They obviously have older siblings or liberal parents (Ha! starting a war before we even get there!)”

“or a television set.”

“We don't see stuff like that on the Discover or History channel.”

“Aw shucks, she didn't go for it!

I have no tattoos~~~~~:P

The bird?

Have hands, will flip off”

“Who is renting kayaks?”

“Jun 17, 2003 11:13 P.M. PARSIPPANY, NJ, US ARRIVAL SCAN

dues here in NY Thursday!”

“how come nobody ever answers my questions? :(

boooohoooohooohoooo :''(”

“NO WHINNNNING ON THIS TRIP



I guess my answear is NO beacuse I have one already !!!

But i do hope the weather holds out for us. cant kayak in the rain.

so a bunch of people that have never yaked before are going to do it this weekend?

ok im bringing my video camera!”

“I didn't call to rent the kayak yet because I was watching the forecast. Gee Mapleleaf, Parsippany is near me, I can swipe .. er .. hold it for you.”

“Fri
Jun 20 Partly Cloudy 72°/57° 20 %
Sat
Jun 21 Partly Cloudy 77°/59° 0 %
Sun
Jun 22 Mostly Sunny 81°/61° 0 %


no rain, no rain”

“listen lady do not pick on me today



it would be kinda funny if you ended up being the one to fall in the water while kayaking ;)”

“Lyndy, did I underastand you when you said that you were reg. to go to school to become a Nurse?”

“I will bring along the Tarp Mahal Lodge and Conference Center just for insurance. It goes up fairly quickly and easily. Doesn't stay up in high winds though.”

“TT, yup I can see that happening.


(i may have to learn how to do a live video feed to TT)”

“Yes, I filled the ap out and am waiting for them to get my old old old transcript so they can beg me to ... er accept me into their program. Actually I hear the program is tough to get into so I am praying ....”

“Meapleleaf heas a probeam with ea's it seams to mea.”

“Lets skip the cameras and videos and instead, find that cartoon site and make a comic book about the weekend camping trip and kayaking fiasco .. er event.”

“lyndy, that is sooooo great!! good for you!!!!

What made you want to go into Nursing?

Something about going to College or back to school , is the most incredible feeling.

I am so happy for you. :)

so Twinks, Lyndy, and myself are college girls again.

YEAH!!!!!!”

“can you say,

CO-ED?”

“So, when are y'all appearing in your first Girls Gone Wild video?”

“Cool. Brian may want to go on a panty raid.”

“LOL Bit, these girls went wild long long ago! They're still wild!”

“Should have made different plans for this weekend...”

“Thanks, Mapleleaf! Yes we are college girls again. Except that I want to look like I did in college again.

I have a lot of friends who are nurses, I have had lots of good experiences with nurses (a couple of bad as well) when having babies and operations. Both my deliveries were C-section. I think that I will work long days and fewer days and then have longer stretches of days off to hike, etc. I wanted a new career where I wasn't on the computer sitting at a desk all day every day. As a nurse I will be much more active physically which will be an incentive to stay fit. Less strain on the eyes. More flexible hours (I can work nights and be home with the kids afterschool). I am more interested in medicine than I was as a young person, but I don't want to be a doctor, I don't want to do that many years of schooling at my age.”

“Congrats Lyndy on the decision - I'm sure you will get into the program. They would be foolish not to coming begging for you!”

“Thanks, Twinks. The courses I have to take are a little frightening, like Anatomy and Physiology (warning, class involves dissection) and Microbiology and Algebra, if I can't place out of it.”

“Im with you on the years of schooling.
my story is sad but true.

I have spent years watching Animal Plannet and going to zoo's and volunteering at these kinds of places.
(I love that staion). its silly bUt all I would think aboout was. "I want to be able to do that, or WOW I want to be able to help that eagle to fly again"

so with alot (and I mean alot) of encouragment from my family, I did it and now I will start in Sept.
Its funny, because its all i talk about anymore. It just blows my mind that I am doing it. years of not thinking I was smart enough and things like that, then to really having my dream start to come true, is just so FRIGGIN COOL!!!!!!”

“A lot of times, it isn't how smart you are that matters, it is how much courage you have. Our vet had an assistant that didn't work out because she was fearful and hesitant to do things with the animals that were necessary, like hold them a certain way while blood was being drawn.”

“that is some of the things i will be learning.
I will also have to be an inturn for about 6 months.”

“I also know that being a nurse or vet will expose us to dangerous pathogens. Now that I am older, I worry less about that risk than I did as a young person or mother of young children. More and more, I want to be able to help people who are hurt. I want to be part of disaster relief teams when my kids are less dependent on me.”

“yes I worried about that stuff too.
I also wanted to volunteer to the Red Cross, but I work better with aniaml. I seem to understand them better (maybe im part whale LOL)
I worry about my alergies. I know I will need to take the shots, but it will be so worth it.
to see an animal go home or fly again, knowing that I helped him, will be the greatest feeling in the world!
what a great example you are for your girls. they must be so proud of you!!

it shows them if you want it bad enough, then go get it because it will not come to you.”

“Disaster relief team. Sounds like you can get some practice in this weekend.”

“heehee, Geo wants me to crack his ribs!”

“Animal magnetizm?


Doc to intern, "Here, hold the tail while I......"”