I got a truck load of lemons this month.
Started of with getting a phonecall from my sister that my mom was heading to the ER with hartproblems. Gave us all quiet a scare but although she isn't up and ready to run a marathon, or just go to work,she's doing more or less OK. Only had to stay in the hospital over the weekend for observation and is already nagging again ;) >sad smile<. And I seem partially responsible for it due to the etra stress my workproblems are giving her :(
The last part happened yesterdag when I had my appeal hearing concerning the decission to retire me. Due to a very strict set of rules the appeal rejected. I was also told that, due to the earlier mentioned rules, every new appeal would also be rejected. Just my luck that they aren't allowed to do a ruling about my workconflict but only about one of the sideshows (me being at home officially on sickleave while I'm not sick, due to agreement with the Emancipation division at work).
They also let drop the little piece of information that there won't be and alternative placement for me (officially 'cause HRM can't give me the adaptations which is a very, very, very slim excuse)
If I only knew how to make lemonade from those lemons :(
L/K
Oh dear!
Sorry to hear that they seem to have in for you. It sounds totally unjustified and almost a case of victimisation. I wish you well, sounds like you're going to need all the luck you can get.
Angharad
lemons
Hope things go well for you.
May Your Light Forever Shine
When life gives me lemons:
I chop them in half and keep squeezing the juice in life's eye until it surrenders and gives me prawns instead. >:(
If there's any lemon juice left, I'll have it with the prawns. :)
The text above has a peach background. I'm not as pretty as a peach, peaches are as pretty as me. ^_^
Lemons in the PHX Area
Aren't ripe until January. I love them, but they just don't last in refrigeration. They seem to spoil more easily than other citrus. I guess the best thing to do is leave them on the tree.
With a truckload, you'll have to take them to a supermarket distributer or an industrial lemonade or lemon juice producer with their own distribution. From here, I'd drive the truck to CA; for you, South France or Spain maybe?
Where were they grown? Argentina or Chile? or do you get out-of-season fruit from Africa?
Do you want to use cane or beet sugar (just slightly less refined beet sugar would make pink lemonade!) or use corn syrup? I prefer sugar, but in the US, the price is kept too high by tariffs. Corn syrup is artificially cheap, because of government agricultural subsidies ( unless draught shortages and demand for ethanol has bid up the price).
Hugs and Bright Blessings,
Renee
heading back to depression
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