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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:10:19 PM EDT] Join KK has joined this channel.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:10:23 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi KK!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:10:33 PM EDT] <bynw> Hi KK
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:10:50 PM EDT] <KK> Wow, looks like folks have forgotten that it's early chat today.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:11:11 PM EDT] <bynw> its April still :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:13:21 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello KK How are you
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:14:19 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am just sitting down of lunch with dad, so I may be away for little bit.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:16:02 PM EDT] <KK> I'm good. We had a great time at the Loch Norman highland games last weekend--which is why I wasn't in chat last week.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:17:56 PM EDT] <bynw> that's awesome
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:17:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Glad to hear it
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:18:07 PM EDT] <bynw> i hope the weather cooperated too
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:20:29 PM EDT] <KK> Weather was very pleasant--though not as good as it was here, yesterday. We took visiting friends to an al fresco lunch that was brilliant. Couldn't have asked for better weather. tToday is colder, though, and there's frost forecast for overnight.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:20:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Winter needs to get gone already. Good grief!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:22:52 PM EDT] <bynw> almost 70 here today
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:24:16 PM EDT] <KK> Colder than that here.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:24:30 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It's somewhere near 80 here, but then again, it IS Florida. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:24:59 PM EDT] <bynw> i would hope FL would have warmer weather
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:25:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> One would hope. ;)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:25:15 PM EDT] <Laurna> Going to the highland games would be fun. and glad it warmed up for your lunch. I can not imagine still having frost this time of year.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:25:51 PM EDT] <Laurna> Only 70 degrees here and I am cold.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:28:56 PM EDT] <Laurna> KK, our evil plotting game master has discided to over through all the ligitmate royal families of Meara, Gwynedd and Torenth and replace them with the United Deryni Empire ruled by the Festils.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:29:15 PM EDT] <bynw> LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:29:42 PM EDT] <Laurna> You just keep laughing bynw.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:29:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:30:39 PM EDT] <bynw> it wouldn't be the Festils it would be the descendants of Teymuraz
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:31:08 PM EDT] <Laurna> Ok true, a branch of the Festils
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:33:02 PM EDT] <KK> Teymuraz was a tricky dude. DOn't think I'd much like him and his descendants taking over in the Eleven Kingdoms.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:33:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> Thank you I will agree. and our good characters agree too. LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:33:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Uh oh, bynw! Herself has spoken! :P
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:34:02 PM EDT] <bynw> we are playing a play-by-post game on the Rhemuthcastle.com forums. WHere they are basically planning just that. Hopefully the heros can stop them
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:34:32 PM EDT] <KK> It would make for...interesting times.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:34:47 PM EDT] <bynw> it is indeed
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:34:49 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL to say the least! :P
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:35:13 PM EDT] <DesertRose> In the "may you live in interesting times" meaning, which I said to bynw earlier.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:35:37 PM EDT] <Laurna> What is amazing is that we started this in november and six months later we are still at it.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:36:27 PM EDT] <Laurna> Must be because Gwynedd is such a wonder place to be.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:36:53 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is Kelson's Gwynedd and not the united Deryni Empire.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:46:51 PM EDT] <KK> So, how far in the future is this set? Is Kelson still alive?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:47:17 PM EDT] <Laurna> 1164 Kelson still reigns Javan is married with children.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:47:19 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, but much to the dismay of Derynifank, Alaric died in battle some time before the game starts.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:48:01 PM EDT] <KK> So, who is Kelson's battle general now?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:48:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> Alaric fought Tameryze in a duel arcane. Alaric won but then was killed by one of Tameryzes' children.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:48:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Seems like Duke Kelric, if I had to hazard a guess.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:48:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> Tameryze's two sons
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:48:51 PM EDT] <Laurna> Oops sory Kelric is Duke of Corwyn and Champion of the King
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:49:38 PM EDT] <KK> Sounds fairly dire.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:49:51 PM EDT] <Laurna> Dhugal is heading the Cassan troops
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:49:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, it'd be a boring game if there were no danger.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:50:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> Duncan is Archbishop
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:51:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And the character revanne is playing is Dhugal's son from the wrong side of the blanket, except Dhugal never knew he'd gotten the lass with child.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:51:50 PM EDT] <KK> That occasionally happens.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:51:53 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It does.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:52:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> A lot easier for a man to have a child he doesn't know exists than for a woman.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:52:17 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am playing the youngest brother of Kelric Morgan
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:52:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL DR
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:52:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Unless you're well into modern times with egg donation. ;)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:53:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And even then, it's genetically the donor's child but someone else will have carried the pregnancy.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:53:12 PM EDT] <Laurna> I had to play a Morgan, I loved Alaric too much
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:54:18 PM EDT] <Laurna> Should not be in past tense. I love Alaric. is much better. LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:54:23 PM EDT] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:54:28 PM EDT] Join Evie (~IceChat9@OWIRCN-af2005e5.al.charter.com) has joined this channel.
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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:54:34 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello Evie
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:54:38 PM EDT] <Evie> Hello
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:11 PM EDT] <Evie> Just barely got home and settled in when I got a message saying KK had arrived early today. :-)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:14 PM EDT] <KK> There she is. Congrats to the mom of a newly minted nurse! Did he get an RN or a BSN?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:29 PM EDT] Join Jemler (Jemler@OWIRCN-54654211.oh.comcast.net) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:34 PM EDT] <Evie> BSN. RN has to wait until he passes the NCLEX exam
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:34 PM EDT] <Jemler> hi folks
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:38 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello Jemler
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:51 PM EDT] <Evie> But that should happen soon
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:51 PM EDT] <Laurna> Congrates on your DS
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:53 PM EDT] <KK> When does he do that?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:55:55 PM EDT] <Jemler> it's not early chat!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> and his graduation
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Evie, Jemler.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:05 PM EDT] <DesertRose> It is if KK says, so.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:10 PM EDT] <KK> Yes it is, Jemler, since I couldn't come last week.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:21 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Stray comma up there.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:34 PM EDT] <Evie> Not sure yet, but I'm thinking in a month or two. He's already got a job, though keeping it would be provisional on passing the NCLEX.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:46 PM EDT] <Jemler> i hope spomeone has the log.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:56:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I do
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:57:06 PM EDT] <KK> A job already? Great! Of course, nurses are in great demand, these days. Where will he be working?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:57:33 PM EDT] <Evie> Not that I'm worried, since he passed the comprehensive exam in the top 99th percentile for the country, and that exam is supposed to be harder than the NCLEX. So he'd better pass the NCLEX!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:57:49 PM EDT] <KK> What does that stand for?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:57:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Watch him do what my kiddo did and the test stops him after the minimum required 85 questions. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:58:01 PM EDT] <Evie> He'll be working in our university hospital in the abdominal organ transplant ICU
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:58:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Of course, she was taking it at the LPN level, not RN (yet), so the requirements might be different for him.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:58:26 PM EDT] <KK> Wow! Is that a special interest of his, or is it just where he's landed at this point?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:58:40 PM EDT] <Evie> I don't know what NCLEX stands for, but it's the exam they have to take for licensure.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:58:59 PM EDT] <DesertRose> National Council Licensure Examination.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:59:07 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, I didn't know that off the top of my head. ;)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:59:47 PM EDT] <bynw> hi Evie and Jemler
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [5:59:51 PM EDT] <KK> Well, it sounds like he's got the whole medical world at his feet, with skills and knowledge like he's acquired. Is he excited?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:00:09 PM EDT] <Evie> He wanted to work in the ER where he did his preceptorship, but they are in a different hospital and weren't going to pay for him to go back for his Masters. This job offer is for night shift, but they are offering him a higher rate of pay and the chance to go back for his Masters on their dime.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:00:22 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Good call on his part, then, sounds like.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:00:36 PM EDT] <Laurna> Oh now that is really good
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:00:42 PM EDT] <Evie> He is. He'll be excited to be making decent pay and start paying off his loans, with enough extra to finally get a decent car
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:00:45 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That's part of why the Kiddo took the job at Mayo. The prestige and the fact that they'll help her continue her education.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:00:52 PM EDT] <KK> Definitely sounds like a good call. So, he'll be going for a MSN?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:01:29 PM EDT] <bynw> thats great news Evie. I hope my son gets something decent he graduates from college on Saturday
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:01:38 PM EDT] <Jemler> NCLEX - National Council Licensure Examination
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:01:39 PM EDT] <Evie> Yes. Not sure if he still wants to be a nurse practitioner or what his long range goal is. He really likes working with trauma cases, and had talked about being a flight nurse eventually.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:01:52 PM EDT] <Laurna> Congrates for your son bynw
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:01:54 PM EDT] <Evie> Congrats to him, Bynw!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:02:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Good going to your kiddo, Bynw. What degree is he getting?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:02:16 PM EDT] <Jemler> what's his major?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:02:17 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (I think you've said, but I've forgotten.)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:02:23 PM EDT] <bynw> he's in a different line of work though, he's a double major Finance and Econ
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:02:42 PM EDT] <KK> So many good choices available, then. Good on him! And Bynw, congrats on your son's impending graduation. In what field?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:03:04 PM EDT] <KK> What does he hope to do with that?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:03:06 PM EDT] <Jemler> ahh. Doctorate of Money.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:03:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol Jemler
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:03:29 PM EDT] <bynw> currently studying for the 1st of 3 tests earn the CFA (Chartered Financial Analysis)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:03:35 PM EDT] <Evie> Sounds like there could be a variety of career paths with that double major
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:04:09 PM EDT] <bynw> Evie, there are a number of them. He's looking at jobs in Chicago and other larger cities.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:05:08 PM EDT] <Jemler> chicago? loan sharking or NASDAQ? :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:05:17 PM EDT] <Evie> Too much wind and snow in Chicago. Atlanta is a large city. And that way we can have dinner together when you're driving through B'ham on your way to visit him. ;-)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:07:15 PM EDT] <bynw> Atlanta would be cool. I enjoyed the 2 years I spent there.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:07:40 PM EDT] <Evie> Actually, Atlanta would be hot. This is the South. ;-)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:07:45 PM EDT] <KK> Hot in the summer, though. And serious traffic issues.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:07:52 PM EDT] <Laurna> Never been to Chicago, but I like the sound of Atlanta better.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:07:59 PM EDT] <bynw> I lived in Atlanta when I first meet a really cool author. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:08:07 PM EDT] <Evie> Yes, so true re: traffic issues. But then again, I suspect any large city will have some.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:08:23 PM EDT] <bynw> It's not nick named Hotlanta for nothing
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:08:38 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:09:00 PM EDT] <Laurna> It is not the heat so much as the humidity
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:09:03 PM EDT] <bynw> traffic jams at Spaghetti junction, traffic jams on GA 400
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:09:28 PM EDT] <Evie> I still remember the hurricane forecast meme recently that joked about the hurricane force winds reaching Atlanta at approximately 8:00 am (or whatever), "depending on traffic conditions."
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:09:48 PM EDT] <bynw> when i lived there, i didnt bother with a car. took MARTA or a cab
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:09:51 PM EDT] <KK> Oh, a couple of Deryni items of interest. I've been invited as Special Guest for Chessiecon, which is the successor to Darkovercon, in Timonium, MD over the Thanksgiving holiday. So maybe I'll see some of you there. Will also be a guest at Dragoncon, which is Atlanta over the Labor Day weekend.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:14 PM EDT] <Evie> Yay! I figured you might be there at D*Con again, but wasn't sure.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:16 PM EDT] <KK> In addition,thre will finally ne e-editions of Adepts 4 & 5, which some of you were asking about.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:22 PM EDT] <Laurna> OH I so wish.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:22 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh fantastic!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:27 PM EDT] <bynw> cool
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:34 PM EDT] <Evie> Oh good! Yes, someone asked about that on the forum quite recently
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:10:37 PM EDT] <Laurna> Y;ah
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:18 PM EDT] <Laurna> that is perfect KK as I just started reading Adept #
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:23 PM EDT] <Evie> Now I just need audiobooks of the Camber series
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:24 PM EDT] <Laurna> Adept 3
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:35 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The Templar Treasure, right?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:41 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (3rd Adept book)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:47 PM EDT] <Laurna> yep
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> just started it
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:11:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:12:28 PM EDT] <KK> Dagger Magic and Death of an Adept
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:12:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yay!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:12:42 PM EDT] <Laurna> sense I seem to have a little time on my hands this week
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:12:55 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, that's right, you're having a staycation, Laurna
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:13:04 PM EDT] <Evie> :-D
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:13:09 PM EDT] <Laurna> yep, pond building vacation
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:06 PM EDT] <Evie> Yay for time at home to get stuff done. Wish I knew what that was like. :-D
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> You did, for a while. Then you got hired out of retirement. ;)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:33 PM EDT] <Evie> Our roof repairs got delayed by a few days, but they are coming tomorrow. But I won't be home for it; DH will be here.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yay for repaired roof, though!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:43 PM EDT] <KK> Pond building? Oh, goodie. You can come and rebuild ours next! (Actually, we're going to have to come up with a new design. Sprung a leak in the liner, and can't find it to save our lives.)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:54 PM EDT] <Laurna> https://www.gardenpondforum.com/media/step-3-liner.5142/
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:14:58 PM EDT] <Laurna> my new pond
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:15:04 PM EDT] <Evie> LOL, yeah. And even with all that free time, I didn't get as much done as I thought I would, though I did get some things accomplished.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:15:10 PM EDT] <KK> Evie, you got a new job?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:15:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> My parents are having fun (for a very weird definition of fun). The toilet in their master bathroom sprung a leak in the middle of the night a month or so ago, so they had to take all their furniture and stuff out of their room and pull up the carpet and padding.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:15:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> So they'd be planning to redo their room for a while anyway, but the timeline got shifted.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:16:09 PM EDT] <Evie> No, I got my old job back.I was only retired 8 months when they begged me to come back "for a few weeks" while they "trained someone new." But the new girl didn't work out, so they asked me back again
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:16:18 PM EDT] <DesertRose> *they'd BEEN, not be
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:16:46 PM EDT] <Evie> So I'm more or less permanent at this point. I'm still technically "Temporary irregular," but that's so that I can still draw my pension in addition to what they pay me.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:17:04 PM EDT] <KK> That's handy.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:17:09 PM EDT] <Evie> So between my pension and my current pay, I make almost enough for a decent job. :-D
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:17:18 PM EDT] <Jemler> :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:17:22 PM EDT] <KK> Insurance benefits?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:17:23 PM EDT] <Laurna> "Irregular?" LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:17:30 PM EDT] <Evie> Yes, but that's through my pension.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:18:06 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, WE all knew Evie is weird. :P
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:18:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> has it settled down after the office move
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:18:30 PM EDT] <KK> That sounds pretty good. So, the Mini-Deryni will start going to work with you again from time to time?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:18:52 PM EDT] <Evie> Oh dear, DR! Well, at least now they have no reason to delay getting a bed/bath makeover.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:19:31 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yeah. Mom had been wanting to redo the bathroom for quite a while. She wasn't happy with the way the paint on the walls aged, and somebody miscalculated somewhere with the width of the cabinets below the sinks, so.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:20:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> (fortunately, the cabinets were a little too narrow, so they did go into the space, just with a gap.)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:20:11 PM EDT] <Evie> Well, yes and no. They had their own little setup on the corner of my reception station, but someone complained about there being Barbies in a waiting room with clients with eating disorders. But my boss loves the dolls and action figures, so I still have permission to bring them, but their dios
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:20:12 PM EDT] <Evie> can only be set up in my private office.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:20:36 PM EDT] <Evie> Which, unfortunately, I am rarely in more than 2 hours a day at most, since I spend most of the day at the front desk.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:20:58 PM EDT] <bynw> front desk is a lot of work and a lot of interruptions
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:21:04 PM EDT] <Evie> Yes, it is
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:21:46 PM EDT] <Evie> And since the person I share those duties with is also our main admin person, she gets the private office (which we also share) the greater percentage of the time so she can get her ordering and such done with minimal interruptions.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:02 PM EDT] <KK> But it's always good to feel that you're wanted. Great when one is called back out of retirement. That happened to my dad, too. He went back for nearly a year--and had retired late anyway.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:34 PM EDT] <Evie> Which means I end up having to spend the greater part of the day at the front, but since I also have the occasional project that requires more focus, I get to use the office for a short amount of time on most days.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:35 PM EDT] Join Derynifank (Derynifank@OWIRCN-dc339139.hr.cox.net) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:39 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Derynifank
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:40 PM EDT] <Jemler> hi df
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:51 PM EDT] <Evie> Hi DFK
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:22:55 PM EDT] <Laurna> hello DFK
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:23:04 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Hi all.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:23:22 PM EDT] <Evie> Luke is purring like a coffee grinder and obscuring my view
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:23:32 PM EDT] <Laurna> Hello Luke
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:23:35 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Luke
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:23:53 PM EDT] <KK> Hi, Luke.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:23:55 PM EDT] <Laurna> Archer and Jessa are snoring at my feet
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:24:17 PM EDT] <Laurna> Sophia moved to the couch behind me
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:24:29 PM EDT] <Evie> Gigi is happy because tree frog season has started, and they like to climb up our back windows and just stick to the glass, which fascinates her.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:24:31 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Hey Luke have a good nap
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:24:45 PM EDT] <Laurna> lol
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:25:03 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Carys has been having fun with the many ducks, geese, and miscellaneous other birdies who live in or at least visit the retention pond.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:25:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> She just watches them, but she seems to be enjoying it.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:25:17 PM EDT] <Evie> He's too awake to nap. He's determined to be in the center of the action, which means draped across both wrists while I type
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:26:28 PM EDT] <Evie> I'm just glad it's spring, not summer, because despite the slightly cooler temps Luke already feels like a furry hot water bottle
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:26:34 PM EDT] <Derynifank> My dad puts peanuts out on her porch and she and the cat have fun watching them
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:27:12 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Daughter
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:29:14 PM EDT] <Derynifank> He doesn'T have any interest in catching them
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:31:27 PM EDT] <KK> How big are the tree frogs? I know they're loud....
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:31:47 PM EDT] <Evie> About 1 to 2 inches long
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:32:13 PM EDT] <Evie> The one that was on the window earlier was closer to 2 inches, but we have smaller ones also
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:32:20 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Small to make such a big noise
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:32:51 PM EDT] <Evie> That's snout to tail. Leg length when legs are extended would make them about twice that.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:33:19 PM EDT] <KK> So, it sounds like they're almost more like short lizards.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:33:32 PM EDT] <Evie> But they're usually all drawn up with all limbs tucked under them when I see them, looking like the vertical version of a cat meatloafed on a glass table.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:33:41 PM EDT] <KK> LOL
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:34:12 PM EDT] <KK> I had no idea that some frogs have tails. I wonder if they're vestigial tadpole tails.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:34:26 PM EDT] <Evie> They are usually green or greenish and smooth skinned, but otherwise look the same general shape as a garden toad.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:34:44 PM EDT] <Evie> Well, not a tail, but the pointed backside where a tail would be if it had a regular one.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:34:50 PM EDT] <KK> Of couse, maybe they don't swim, which tadpoles need to do. Do tre frogs hatch on the ground or in water?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:34:57 PM EDT] <Evie> In water
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:35:27 PM EDT] <KK> So they must be tadpoles in the beginning, even if they migrate to land later.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:35:48 PM EDT] <KK> I shall have to google tree frogs.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:36:34 PM EDT] <Derynifank> From tiny tadpoles great big bull frogs grow
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:37:13 PM EDT] <KK> Probably. After all, look how small we strt out.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:37:14 PM EDT] <Evie> https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/418131146647406590/ I think the ones I see here tend to be the Eastern Gray and maybe the Green frogs.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:37:14 PM EDT] <Laurna> Not too many frogs in my area, there is a near by dry creak we do hear frogs in mid summer
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:37:38 PM EDT] <Evie> And yes, they get pretty loud to be so small
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:37:52 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Cicadas aren't all that large, but they are noisy!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:38:06 PM EDT] <Laurna> I think ours are pacific tree flogs.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:38:10 PM EDT] <Laurna> frogs
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:38:20 PM EDT] <KK> Wow, frogs in their infinite variety.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:38:53 PM EDT] <KK> Cicadas are weird.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:38:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> True.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:39:09 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Our botanical garden has lakes and swampy areas yesterday there was a very loud frog chorus
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:39:51 PM EDT] <Laurna> My old fishponds had tadpols for a couple years. but now my fish are way to big, they eat anything
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:40:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, you probably still have tadpoles; they just don't make it.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:40:22 PM EDT] <Laurna> Phantom is about 24 inchs long. I have 4 that size
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:40:43 PM EDT] <Laurna> That is why I needed to make a bigger pond
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:40:52 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Who is phantom?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:40:57 PM EDT] <KK> Our old fishpond also had tadpoles, but I'm not sure if they all got eaten by the fish about the time the liner sprung its leak. I never say mature frogs.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:41:00 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I assume one of Laurna's fish.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:41:11 PM EDT] <Laurna> A white butter fly koi, he is gorgeous
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:41:46 PM EDT] <KK> That's big enough that a heron can't take him.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:41:57 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Do herons live in southern California?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:42:05 PM EDT] <Laurna> Yes and I have had herons in my pond before.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:42:12 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Lol Koi have big appetites
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:42:13 PM EDT] <Laurna> Oh yes
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:42:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Oh, okay. I haven't been out there in a long time and didn't remember.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:42:50 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have woken up many a summer morning to find them stalking my tiny ponds
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:43:03 PM EDT] <Evie> Drat...DH just texted me, needing me to pick up something for him from Home Depot that he needs for tomorrow, and unfortunately the store closes the same time his workplace does, so I will need to run across town and pick up the parts for him. But I'll try to make it back for the tail end of chat if
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:43:04 PM EDT] <Evie> everyone is still here.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:43:33 PM EDT] <Laurna> Have fun shopping Evie
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:43:49 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Hope to see you back
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:07 PM EDT] <Evie> It's for some sort of building hardware, so not my idea of fun. :-D But I'll try to get back asap.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:12 PM EDT] * bynw will be here
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:20 PM EDT] <DesertRose> As will I.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:23 PM EDT] <Evie> Evie disappears in a shower of blue-violet sparkles
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:25 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Travel safely, Evie
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:37 PM EDT] <Evie> Too bad I can't just Portal to the store and back!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Would make a lot of things much easier, yes. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:48 PM EDT] <Laurna> HAHA yes that would be perfect
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:49 PM EDT] <Derynifank> So true
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:44:53 PM EDT] <Evie> Later!
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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:46:29 PM EDT] <Laurna> I have some chores to do, so I will stay on but be away for a little bit.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:46:38 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:47:10 PM EDT] <Jemler> i'm just gonna lurk for a bit.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:47:59 PM EDT] <KK> Ack, just looked at my calendar, and realized that I won''t be able to make chat next week at all. We have a wedding at 3PM, and Scott is one of the groomsmen. Sorry about that.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:48:24 PM EDT] <bynw> no trouble at all
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:48:30 PM EDT] <Laurna> Cool, a close friend then, enjoy.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:48:38 PM EDT] <KK> And the next Sunday is Mother's Day.Probably not a good day for early chat, but I should be able to make 7 PM.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:48:56 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, so the 20th for May early chat, then?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:49:09 PM EDT] <Laurna> I am just starting to work on flower arragments for my sister's wedding, but I have months still to make it work.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:49:42 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Wasn'T feeling well earlier. really violent chills but took Tylenol and better now. So not sure how long I will last
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:49:59 PM EDT] <Laurna> Get well DFK
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:50:33 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Thanks
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:53:09 PM EDT] <KK> OK, early chat on the 20th should work.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:53:46 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, thanks. I'll adjust the notice on the forum.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:54:40 PM EDT] <DesertRose> And done.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:55:13 PM EDT] Join Goatmistress (~chatzilla@OWIRCN-bc01fffc.cntmoh.sbcglobal.net) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:55:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Goatmistress
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:55:21 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> hi
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:57:44 PM EDT] <KK> Hello, goatmistress. We're early toight because I couldn't be here last week.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:57:51 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> hi
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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [6:59:59 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi Bee
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:00:12 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi everyone
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:00:18 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> hi
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:00:21 PM EDT] <bynw> hi Goatmistress and Bee
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:00:21 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Hi bee
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:02:28 PM EDT] <The_Bee> so anything interesting been happening?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:03:01 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, KK showed up early. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:03:19 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I noticed. Hi, KK!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:03:59 PM EDT] <KK> Can't stay long, because I've already been here for 2 hours, but I'll repeat that I'm to be Special Guest at Chessiecon, formerly Darkovercon, in Timonium, MD, over Thanksgiving weekend.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:04:23 PM EDT] <KK> Also, there's to be an e-book edition of Adepts 4 & 5.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:04:28 PM EDT] <The_Bee> cool!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:04:34 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> really?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:04:53 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> together or separately?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:05:06 PM EDT] <KK> Separately, I assume.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:05:11 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> ahh
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:05:23 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Are there already e-books of Adepts 1-3?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:05:31 PM EDT] <KK> I believe there are.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:05:40 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> darn it, was hoping for a deal
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:05:43 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> hehe
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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:06:11 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, that's not out of the realm of possibility, Goatmistress. Discounts do happen sometimes. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:06:27 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> yep
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:06:47 PM EDT] Join JudyWard (~181b3bb6@OWIRCN-1bdd9d77.org) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:06:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Hi JudyWard
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:07:15 PM EDT] <JudyWard> Hi, DR, KK, Jemler, Laurna, Bee & bynw
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:07:35 PM EDT] <JudyWard> Oh, missed Goatmistress! Hi!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:07:38 PM EDT] <KK> They frequently put them on deals, and I try to always send that info to Evie to post on the website.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:07:43 PM EDT] <bynw> hi JudyWard
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:07:44 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Hi JudyWard
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:07:54 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> hi
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:10:28 PM EDT] <The_Bee> any updates on Road to Killington,KK?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:10:47 PM EDT] <JudyWard> Killingford?
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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:11:00 PM EDT] <JudyWard> Hi, DF
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:11:00 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Rehi Derynifank
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:11:01 PM EDT] <The_Bee> I stand corrected.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:11:15 PM EDT] <The_Bee> WB, DFK
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:11:29 PM EDT] <Derynifank> What happened ?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:11:32 PM EDT] <KK> Nope, though I hope to get started on that in the next month or so. Very busy at this end.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:16:11 PM EDT] * The_Bee drops a very large pin.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:18:12 PM EDT] <Goatmistress> a bowling pin?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:18:38 PM EDT] <The_Bee> Is everyoneelse all talked out/ i don't recall the chatroom ever being this quiet on sunday.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:19:14 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Well, I had to step afk a minute, so that would be why I was quiet.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:19:24 PM EDT] <KK> Well, I've been here since 5, and I've got to head out. No new news other than what I've said. Anybody have any questions?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:19:38 PM EDT] <Jemler> i'm just lurking. how are you, bee?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:19:55 PM EDT] <Jemler> i'll read the log.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:20:08 PM EDT] <DesertRose> We won't see you next week because Scott's in the wedding, but we'll see you on Mother's Day at 7, and then early chat on the 20th, just to confirm.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:20:10 PM EDT] <The_Bee> prety well. nothing exciting. How are you doing, Jemler?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:20:21 PM EDT] <Jemler> not too bad.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:20:32 PM EDT] <KK> That sounds good to me.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:20:41 PM EDT] <KK> Yes, Jemler, how're you doing?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:20:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Awesome.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:21:28 PM EDT] <Jemler> waiting for dinner. meatloaf tonight.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:21:29 PM EDT] <The_Bee> a very late early chat next month
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:21:37 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yes, but that's when KK is available. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:09 PM EDT] <KK> And DesertRose, how're you settling into your new apartment?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:12 PM EDT] <DesertRose> The whole point of having a plan is so you can adjust it if need be because stuff changes. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:15 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Quite well.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:28 PM EDT] <KK> Excellent. And I love your new glasses.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:32 PM EDT] <DesertRose> I miss my books, though; they have to stay in storage a while longer to make sure no critters follow me.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:35 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Thank you!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:42 PM EDT] <KK> No more face-plants, I take it?
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Zenni Optical (website) is where I got them.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:22:54 PM EDT] <DesertRose> No, thankfully.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:02 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Still not feeling great so think I will take off for now see you next week
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:09 PM EDT] <DesertRose> That was enough looking like a dipstick for the next month or so, hopefully. :)
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:18 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Okay, g'night, Derynifank! I hope you feel better soon.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:22 PM EDT] <Jemler> nite df
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:28 PM EDT] <Derynifank> Thanks
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:29 PM EDT] <KK> Feel better soon. And I'm awa' myself. A steak is calling.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:32 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Yum!
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[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:41 PM EDT] <JudyWard> Bye, DFK
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:43 PM EDT] <bynw> hmmm steak
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:47 PM EDT] <DesertRose> See you on the 13th, then KK, and thanks for coming to see us!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:51 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Have a good fortnight!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:53 PM EDT] <JudyWard> Bye KK, have a good week.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:23:56 PM EDT] * KK steps opnto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:24:10 PM EDT] <The_Bee> bye KK. glad you came
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:24:12 PM EDT] <KK> Ta-ta for now!
[Sunday, April 29, 2018] [7:24:16 PM EDT] <DesertRose> Ta-ta!
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"If having a soul means being able to feel love, loyalty, and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."

James Herriot (James Alfred "Alfie" Wight), when a human client asked him if animals have souls.  (I don't remember in which book the story originally appeared.)