It took me 2 hours this morning to shovel the additional 5" that fell on our driveway after the two passes I shoveled yesterday + two cars (unshoveled yesterday) and the 2-1/2' high pile of ice that the plow left. I am ready for a nap.

Spare a thought for me, as I will be flying on Air Whisky CRJs this weekend.

Is that the part of Texas that Atul Gawande flagged for excessive abuse of Medicare?

Oh, ouch. I've been there, a couple years back, with my two best friends at the time. I've never had a "friend break-up" before or since...and that's really what it felt like - in fact, it hurt more than some of my relationship demises ever did! I'm really sorry. :(

No commitments from March 4-21. There are (were?) several perfectly good MRs available but I'm in a holding pattern because my parents refuse to make any decisions/take any action regarding the family spring break plans (which are really not participation-optional, since they know that I'm on vacation).

He's totally right. Remember, everyone there WANTS you to be awesome. They invited you to interview because they're hoping that you will show up and they'll know right away that the job is going to good hands.

Ditto and that would put back half the spend from daughter's honeymoon "gift"

It won't get to the stage that our friendship is lost. I'm too sensible and rational to allow that to happen. I know that I feel so angry about this situation because I, personally, have very strong core values about certain things, and my friend absolutely cannot see that by taking an action that she took yesterday she violated one of my core values. She thinks it's no big deal.

... so, it's more my problem than hers, because I have to reconcile my feelings and get myself to a place that is acceptable in my mind.

I am going to have a conversation with her this evening about it and then put it to bed.

It's not worth losing a very close friendship over.

I just needed to vent a bit, here! :D

The :rolleyes: are strong today.

You are a good and kind father.

You can be my father, if you like.

Just send two RTW J-tix via FedEx....:D

plus, this friend is really like my "family" over here. And, the way I see it, family's have spats all the time :D:D:D

sorry :(

Nothing I can do about the usual suspects on FT :D

Thanks, all. :-: I'm confident of my ability to put on a good interview performance...what worries me is the anxiety of wanting it so bad leading to stage fright or Sudden Onset Stupidity Disorder.

I'm going to go shovel the remainder of :rolleyes: off of my car so my other half can get to her accountant. After that, it's lockdown mode. Gotta do my printing and go over everything five or six last times.

Has anyone seen the STL-LAX UA run in the MR forum?

That looks tempting for the lines alone.

The fact that they spelled it "Wensdays" is confidence-inspiring. :-:

Actually I like their 'important points' and it is very simple....

Their Wikipedia entry is also enlightening. If you've had your certificate revoked by Nigerian authorities, that spells Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y.