Monday Vents/Celebrations

[mommyatty]

1. I'm back after being out for a week. I sat in my car for 5 minutes before I could make myself come in. Bleh. I need a new job.

2. Trying to coordinate the second round interview for this job is sucking ass. I have a real job, people. If you want me to come in for a whole day, you need to book it already! I sent an email to the recruiter a few minutes ago, so I'm hoping it happens. Plus I really think the job and I would be a great fit.

3. We have an all hands meeting this week that's going to be an utter waste of time.

[k3am]

Celebrations: DD's birthday week celebrations went off amazing. Her party was a success, her cake did not turn out to be the Pinterest fail I was thinking it would, and she had a great time.

Vent: Baby has decided his new wake-up time is 4:45 am. He's killing me. Not sure how to get him back to 12 hours of sleep. His bedtime is already as early as we can handle - 6/6:15.

[mae0111]

Celebrations: met my sister's new(ish) BF over the weekend. He seems like a really good guy. I'm hoping this one sticks.

Random: Nanny is away, and back up childcare plans fell through for today. So I am home, need to pick DD up from her 1/2 day preschool shortly, then I will juggle for the rest of the day. Not really a vent, as I'm glad to not be in the office today, but stressed about being a crap parent and crap worker today.

Vent: A VP on my team is trying to figure out a new (to him) process with a few other teams, and he will NOT ask questions. So I'm jumping into the fray asking pointed questions like, "OK, this is new to us. What's the next step in the process? How do you want us to proceed?" But really I want to say, "WHY AM I THE ONE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS??? Use your big kid voice and figure this sh!t out! You're a VP for chrissakes!!"

[mustardseed2007]

I walked into work to be greeted by a very detailed email about why we need to terminate a particular employee....which makes me think this person's file has no documentation. I love Mondays!

DD's birthday is on Friday. She's going to be 3. Therefore no longer a baby. And therefore I am going to cry.

I ran 10 miles again this weekend. I'm guessing it's going to be 12 next weekend....so I'm thinking about participating in a St. Patrick's Day Half Marathon b/c if I'm going to run that far I want a finisher's shirt or a medal. Apologies if I have said this on here before but I really mean it.

I need to sign the kids up for swim lessons. But I don't want to. Dragging them to swim after a full day of daycare is exhausting for all involved. Plus they are close in age but not close enough to do a group lesson together, so we need to get them in with two different instructors....maybe this is another parenting thing I hate.

I guess I'm kind of in a bad mood.

[erinshelley21]

Anti Vent: My cleaning lady drunk dialed me Saturday. It was the highlight of my weekend. She called to tell me to leave a list of "extras" that I wanted her to do to help get ready for the baby and she was planning on spending extra time at our house. She kept asking if I was ready, telling me she was excited for us, etc. It was great.

I didn't leave a list because everything is done. But, its a good thing I didn't because she made no mention of it when she got there or before I left. Still great though.

Vent: I'm still pregnant. DH is anxious, DS is strapping anything and everything into the car seat, swing and rock n play. My body is ready to be done. My BP keeps getting high randomly, I'm not sleeping well, I'm having sporadic contractions that go away when I notice a pattern. I will only be 38 weeks tomorrow, but I was not anticipating being pregnant this long!

[mommyatty]

erinshelley21 - my OB induced me when my BP went up with DD. If your PB doesn't know about that, you may want to mention it. Turns out my BP goes high whenever I ought to be in pain. I don't feel a lot of pain (I have a ridiculously high pain threshold apparently), but my body apparently reacts to it. So inducing me was probably an overreaction in my case, but it might not be in yours.

[somebabiesmom]

Vent: Can't stop eating all the crap. The Whole30 was like a 30-day rehab, but now we're back with a vengeance. I'm going to OD on Cadbury's eggs.

Celebration: MH thinks I'm sexy as hell.

[sudokufan]

I have my H's parking pass today, which means I get to park next to the office instead of a quarter mile away, and am virtually guaranteed a spot if I go out for lunch today. Naturally, I am going out for lunch. I'm ridiculously excited to go to eat somewhere I have to drive to LOL.

[CoverGirl82]

Celebration: I had Friday off, so I took a bunch of stuff to a local pay-on-the-spot consignment store, then took the no-thank-yous to a local community services donation site. I also sold a few things on a local FB yard sale. It was nice to make some money and get rid of stuff.

Vent: Friday was exhausting. I was on the go from 8 am to 5 pm running errands and taking the kids to appointments (they had a half day). I'm hoping my next Friday off is a little less crazy.

[2chatter]

I ran five miles yesterday!! And I liked it!! Pretty sure I need to just sign up for a 10k. But I would be doing it alone, going alone and coming home alone and it makes me feel sad. None of my friends want to work toward that distance and 5Ks would be over if they ran them.

Vent: I'd never actually stray but I feel like I need a boyfriend. You know how we could all use a wife? Like that. Someone who compliments me, wants to hear about my day and talk about theirs/what I think about things/my life in general and wants to do fun things together. Oh, and messing around. I get none of those things from DH. It's getting increasingly lonely.

Celebration - it's spring break and I'm working half days!!!!

[erinshelley21]

mommyatty my BP was a concern with ds but it's been pretty low this time around 115/70. Friday it got up to 140/82 so I'm definitely going to mention it today at my NST.

[saraml13]

We had my parents and sister and BIL over for dinner last night. It was nice to have them over, but DH made all the cooking twice as complicated as it needed to be. I woke up with a cold and am wiped out.

[akafred]

Vent: I feel like we are making no progress on the house. I made a "joke" that DH should just let the handyman we have to hire install the light fixtures we need replaced on the outside of the house. "It will take him 14 minutes and you 14 hours." Haha. It seriously did. He only got one installed and it took 2 afternoons. Meanwhile he tells me my plan to move the tv from the spare bedroom into the bonus/play room and move my grandpa's drafting table out (my cousin wants it) and set the room up as a guest room instead of guest room slash tv room slash office is too "disruptive" and will "disrupt everything 2 months sooner than needed." A) I hope we are not still moving furniture around in 2 months, and B) this table weighs a gazillion pounds and we have to move everything to get it out anyway, so why not do that and set the room up now instead of move the table and set everything up like it is now again? I don't get it.

[tas1883]

I get to call Comcast! We have no phones into or out of the office. Phone keeps ringing but no one is there and I try and call out and just get a beep, beep, beep! GRR

[helenahhandbasket]

2chatter, you need a gay best friend.

This is neither a vent or a celebration, but remember the lady in my SOs group of friends that was pregnant but not sure who the baby daddy was?

Baby was born this morning. I have seen a pic but it's really hard to see resemblance/ non resemblance. Baby does have very dark hair like her sibs so maybe they got lucky?

[tas1883]

Celebration: I only spent 45 minutes on the phone to Comcast getting them to reset and fix our phones! With all my pacing I have already walked a mile and it's only 10:30am!

Vent: I'm pretty sure I'm getting DD's cold from last week. I'm extremely tired, plugged up nose, and I can't get warm. Good news is DD is on the mend and coughing has become very limited but she is still one tuckered out kid who wants to nap/rest as she is tired.

akafred, my H gets so annoyed when I rearrange furniture. I do it often as it is a stress reliever for me. Maybe YH isn't as ready to move as you are.

[olenka]

Celebration: I did a pretty serious house clean yesterday, apparently inspired from being at a party on Saturday where the house was straight up filthy. And also the mice incident from last week (we caught two).

Vent: my mom is going waaaayy overboard in buying stuff for my daughter. She has latched onto her being into princess stuff lately and now all the dresses, tiaras, etc are coming our way. My kid will love it, of course, but it is overwhelming. I am putting all of it aside for her birthday. I know this is kind of a dumb vent, but it's bringing back old childhood memories of my parents buying me way too much stuff I didn't want and then putting on a weird guilt trip when I wasn't appreciative.

[k3am]

2chatter, you need to join a running group. Check on FB or momsrunthistown.com/ to see if you have a local chapter of either Moms Run This Town or She Runs This Town. Dip your toes in, stalk the threads for a while, see if it could be a good fit for you.

If you don't have a local one, try meetup.com. (I did one for "new, returning and slow runners" meetup locally for a while before I found MRTT.)

Running is way more fun when you have someone to enjoy the misery with you!

[rere26]

So far, my event is moving along today. Food showed up, speakers showed. 10 people came that didn't RSVP, but I didn't run out of food. 1 more hour and I am home free.

SO vent. It's his day off. He was in bed this morning. I worked out, fixed breakfast, got the kids off to school. I have my morning timed to a minute. I get the kids on the bus and go back to finish getting ready and he has parked himself in my bathroom. We have 3 bathrooms. I have been getting ready in there between 6:20-7 am every weekday morning for 14 yrs. Plus this morning I needed to be dressed with hair and makeup for standing in front of a large crowd today. When I asked what he was doing I had to get ready, he had the nerve to slam the door and stomp BACK TO BED! We will see his attitude this afternoon, but he may not make it through this day.

[billybumbler]

I let our nanny go today. I was dreading it but it actually wasn't that bad. I feel so relieved now because it truly wasn't working anymore. I still have to tell DD though, that's gonna be tough.

[2chatter]

k3am - I have a running group on Tuesdays - but not one of them wants to do a 10k. All 5kers plus the fast group is marathoners. Ugh!!!

[k3am]

Vent: For DD's party, we cashed out a bunch of rewards on our discover card for Bass Pro gift cards for a spend $80 of rewards, get $100 type promo and use those for DD's party. Save 20% AND a basically free party.

The vent: I remembered this TODAY, not yesterday. And didn't actually cash out any rewards. Womp womp. The only upside is that at least I didn't cash out rewards and forget to use them only to have $500 in gift cards to Bass Pro?

[sudokufan]

I got Korean BBQ ya'll and it was SOOOO good. I may sleep through the rest of the afternoon. I'm going to hate handing that parking pass over tonight

[akafred]

Mar 6, 2017 13:41:04 GMT -5 tas1883 said:

Celebration: I only spent 45 minutes on the phone to Comcast getting them to reset and fix our phones! With all my pacing I have already walked a mile and it's only 10:30am!

Vent: I'm pretty sure I'm getting DD's cold from last week. I'm extremely tired, plugged up nose, and I can't get warm. Good news is DD is on the mend and coughing has become very limited but she is still one tuckered out kid who wants to nap/rest as she is tired.

akafred, my H gets so annoyed when I rearrange furniture. I do it often as it is a stress reliever for me. Maybe YH isn't as ready to move as you are.

He is, but I think he is being selfish here. He likes to watch tv in the "office" at night when everyone is asleep. This will interfere with that. He is acting like it will disrupt DD's life but not really.

[sunshineandbabytoes]

I just want to poop. That is all.

[Widget123]

Celebration: I am at a hotel this week for work, so its almost like a vacation right?

Vent: The people in my group so far have been pretty boring. I want to do fun things people, let's liven it up.

[supertrooper1]

Celebration: I took DS out to lunch today. We had an amazing waitress and when she asked DS how old he was, he said he was turning 4 on Thursday. She returned with a mini dessert for him.

Vent: I have been having PMS symptoms for a week now, such as frequent migraines. I just want my period to come and go.

[k3am]

Celebration: Not mine. One of the girls I grew up with has been trying for a LONG time to have a baby with no success. They've been down the route of adoption several times and had it fall through. They've been cautiously optimistic about their latest adoption match and this weekend, THEY GOT THEIR BABY! They get to take her home any day now. I'm ridiculously happy for them.

[oldbaylover1024]

k3am - That's amazing news! Congrats to your friends!

I couldn't figure out why my work email has been blowing up like crazy. Come to find out, my office took off my auto reply/forward because I manually forwarded a few emails while I was bored at home and C was still in the NICU. I guess they assume I'm monitoring it now. WTF. No. Idiots... I'm bored for one hour and you guys assume I'm back WFH?!

I laid it out hard today. I am not WFH yet. NO. C has been home for one week. Lay off me.

[akafred]

Saw DD's genetic/medication test today. All stimulants are bad and the meds that will work best for her are not available under age 12.