Post by runningmommy519 on Jan 27, 2017 8:17:33 GMT -5
tuscanlatte I'm glad you are still in the running. What is the job you will be doing. I thought about you briefly the other day when S1 said "hey mommy. Did you know white bears live in Antarctica?" In my head I'm thinking "yea and Tuscanlatte said they are really mean"
Post by tuscanlatte on Jan 27, 2017 8:26:41 GMT -5
runningmommy519 , it's a government job, my dream job. It is to carry out Aboriginal Crown Consultations. (In Canada, if industry will affect a First Nation, they have to consult with that First Nation and mitigate concerns before receiving licensing.) I got laid off in December, so I have been anxiously awaiting news.
I applied in August, did a test at the beginning of November, and an interview at the end of November. I hadn't heard anything since, so it's been a long wait!
Post by th3stryck3r on Jan 27, 2017 9:01:27 GMT -5
tuscanlatte, FX for you for the job! That's awesome that you got a second interview, even though it took so long!
layloo08, coconut water plus a shot of espresso. It will give you life.
Yay for Friday! Taking another personal day (I had four to use up or lose by the end of Jan) to take Poppy to the derm. I'll end up doing some wfh anyway, but hopefully it should be a relaxing day. Tomorrow we have a pick up for a big furniture, clothes, stuff donation so I am also going to make sure that is all set.
abominationsnowman, Urrgh no, I'm sorry. That's really frustrating. At least you can get through tooth stuff relatively easy, but I know that wasn't the outcome you were after.
It's 6:30 and I am up and have had coffee and wrote a long email reply back to someone who was messaging me at 5am. I'm not even annoyed because for the last few weeks, I have had no luck getting out of bed until DH was pretty much out the door for work and there were no other adults around who could make sure the piranhas don't die/explode/break things/etc.
Taking advantage of being up early and will be driving DH into work so I have the car today. Tempted to DO something with the twins but it's still cold and yucky outside and so much work to get them geared up for the weather, so that'll probably just amount to me taking them food shopping. Woot.
And on that note, I gave myself permission to not start packing until February, which would give me 2 weeks to pack up the whole house. I don't want to be living half out of boxes or even waste the time thinking about "what can we live without". But I'm now getting anxiety that I haven't done ANYTHING.
Experienced movers, I can pull this off in under 2 weeks, right?
I've already done the work I've been given, so I'm reading articles to try and narrow down my thesis. I really hope I'll feel less stressed once I get that settled, I'm so stressed about this semester.
Do the easy things first. The writing is hard but its just a cumulation of small shit. I highly recommend looking up your department's guidelines, and then setting up your thesis to write. Write the cover page, then go through and insert all of the headings (even if there is no text). Then go insert your table of contents. Put what you have in each section (I did my sources first) and then print the whole thing out and put it in a binder.
Just a suggestion obviously but it has really helped me to stay motivated instead of sitting here going OMG WHERE DO I START. I will take a piece (say one section of the Literature Review) and just work on that piece that day. Then I print it and add it to the binder. That way I am more building a document rather than sitting down to write 100 pages.
And on that note, I gave myself permission to not start packing until February, which would give me 2 weeks to pack up the whole house. I don't want to be living half out of boxes or even waste the time thinking about "what can we live without". But I'm now getting anxiety that I haven't done ANYTHING.
Experienced movers, I can pull this off in under 2 weeks, right?
I get so freaking frustrated with my FIL. My actual FIL, not my step FIL who is the person I actually think of as H's dad. I don't know if you guys remember me talking about his pancreatic cancer which resulted in our trip to California. Since then the information we get is so spotty and back and forth. At one point we heard that the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes and he was starting chemo again. Then a short time later he had the all clear. Since then we've be heard he was having precautionary treatment, then nothing everything is fine.
Dude, you have 3 fucking kids and 2 grandchildren. Yeah you walked out on them, but they've tried and continue to try to have a relationship with you. You don't call/answer the phone on holidays. You don't acknowledge important days like your grandchildren's birthdays.
The situation is concerning enough that H's older brother is flying out next week to try and find out what exactly is going on. It infuriates me that FIL or his girlfriend doesn't try a little more. And if his health is bad like we fear it might be I think he's a dick for with holiding that information from his kids so that they could try to get out there to see him in an urgent manner. I'd like for him to meet M again becuase he's an awesome little dude and even more fun than he was at 4 months old.
ampaints I feel like that is a generational issue. H goes to his Aunts house every Thursday to take out her trash and recycles. His aunt is his dads twin sister. She has breast cancer that has spread to her bone, possibly her liver and lymph nodes. When he went down this week she said she started on her shot for her bone again. No clue what the shot is for. Is it for the cancer? Is it to help strengthen the bone from chemo? No one knows and I don't think communication is a strong suit either. It seems like instead of wanting to hear the proper information and relay it appropriately, they would prefer to hear and spread the news they want to be told. So damn irritating.
Post by taketheshot on Jan 27, 2017 13:14:29 GMT -5
I am whooped.. Took the girls and met a couple friends at the Children's Museum this morning. They played HARD. They are both asleep now. I may catch a nap too
FieryMama to an extent I agree, but my dad and MIL might guard some information they are nowhere near as elusive. Sadly I think it's more of a statement of the terrible relationship he has with his kids, which really is his loss.
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