twatwaffletacotuesday

[judyblume14]

[queenbabee]

Tacos to my DH for doing night duty last night (rough night) and to the ladies at the daycare for making me feel super comfortable on DS first day.

Waffles to myself for already checking on him after only 1 hour... ((side eye to self)). Calm down.

[judyblume14]

1 taco to my hubs who got a surprise raise last week. This was in addition to his annual raise in January. His boss has been "hearing really great things" about him lately, and got pretty sweet increase approved for him!

1 premature taco to me. I'm patiently waiting for an offer letter. It's a semi-internal move (not sure how to word it - same parent company, different affiliate? I'll technically be working for a different company, but it's really all the same). Anyway, it's a fairly lateral move, but I desperately need a change.

1 waffle for hubs and I to share. We haven't even thought about taxes yet. We've less than thrilled with the accountant we've used in the past but haven't made moves to find a new one. Do we just do them ourselves?

[judyblume14]

queenbabee - BIG hugs to you. It does get easier, I promise

[queenbabee]

judyblume14 yay for raises!!
And I hate taxes. We keep putting them off too.

[doglover31]

Tacos to DS for giving me a 6 hour stretch last night! Yay!

Tacos to finally landing a new position at the hospital I work at! I've only been on 6 interviews in the last 2 weeks. Finally got the call today that I got one of the jobs!

And btw I hate taxes too. We always end up having to pay, which I don't understand. I need to make an appointment to go have ours done but I keep procrastinating.

[smalltownmoon]

Waffles to us for getting like $200 back this year and it going right to the gov't since we owed last year and haven't finished paying them back.
Tacos to DH for getting me a Dunkin Iced coffee on our way back from his work this morning
Tacos to little girl for starting to sign words at me yesterday (eat twice, DH saw her say mama)

[anewadventure]

judyblume14, my parents are CPAs that own a very small accounting firm in Richmond. they do a lot of the returns for my siblings' friends, and of course do mine and my sibs (all living in MD). if you get desperate, that's always an option for you

edit because wtf was that emoticon?

[alioop1028]

Yay doglover31, I'm so glad you got to finally sleep!

Tacos to LO sleeping a little better in her crib. I have my room back and it's starting to feel normal again.

Waffles to salad for lunch again. *Sad Trombone* I want to eat all the things!

[spacedcadet]

Waffles to DH and DS staying home today because of the weather and me having to go to work.

Tacos for DS's ears clearing up from his ear infection from a couple of weeks ago.

[bainidhe]

Tacos to me for doing the grocery shopping by myself like a goddamn adult last night. And pretty much sticking to my list.
Waffles to DH for refusing to bathe Z by himself, then keeping him up until 9:30pm (bedtime started when I got back from the store), and then being whiny and needy about sex once we finally got to bed.

[anewadventure]

Feb 24, 2015 14:26:13 GMT -5 bainidhe said:

Tacos to me for doing the grocery shopping by myself like a goddamn adult last night. And pretty much sticking to my list.
Waffles to DH for refusing to bathe Z by himself, then keeping him up until 9:30pm (bedtime started when I got back from the store), and then being whiny and needy about sex once we finally got to bed.

hellllll no. that would make me angry. my H knows that he is part of a parenting TEAM and that he has to be with the program in my absence (or even when i am there too, FFS)

do you go to the new wegman's up there? god i love that place.

[rkang01]

Waffles to life.... You get my brothers hopes up of making a better life for him and his son (19 months). You dangle this amazing opportunity in front of his face and then take it away. You send him away from his son for 2 months for training only to tell him he is out after getting a 82% on a test he had to get 85%, 3 days before he is supposed to complete training. He has never worked so hard at or wanted anything as bad as this. And there is goes, he is back to square one.

I am going to give myself waffles as well because I have been crying for hours since my brother called me, only time I stopped was to take LO with me to buy ice cream and wine.

And now ladies... I am going to go eat and drink my feelings! Peace out!

[anewadventure]

Feb 24, 2015 18:32:21 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Waffles to life.... You get my brothers hopes up of making a better life for him and his son (19 months). You dangle this amazing opportunity in front of his face and then take it away. You send him away from his son for 2 months for training only to tell him he is out after getting a 82% on a test he had to get 85%, 3 days before he is supposed to complete training. He has never worked so hard at or wanted anything as bad as this. And there is goes, he is back to square one.

I am going to give myself waffles as well because I have been crying for hours since my brother called me, only time I stopped was to take LO with me to buy ice cream and wine.

And now ladies... I am going to go eat and drink my feelings! Peace out!

i'm sorry to hear this. i hope he can move forward and find a way to keep going, or try again.

[bainidhe]

anewadventure I haven't been to the Wegman's yet, it sounds really overwhelming and people were way too excited at first. I did buy a phone case from somebody on a BST group and it felt really sketchy bc we met in the parking garage there.

[rkang01]

Feb 25, 2015 8:24:03 GMT -5 anewadventure said:

Feb 24, 2015 18:32:21 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Waffles to life.... You get my brothers hopes up of making a better life for him and his son (19 months). You dangle this amazing opportunity in front of his face and then take it away. You send him away from his son for 2 months for training only to tell him he is out after getting a 82% on a test he had to get 85%, 3 days before he is supposed to complete training. He has never worked so hard at or wanted anything as bad as this. And there is goes, he is back to square one.

I am going to give myself waffles as well because I have been crying for hours since my brother called me, only time I stopped was to take LO with me to buy ice cream and wine.

And now ladies... I am going to go eat and drink my feelings! Peace out!

i'm sorry to hear this. i hope he can move forward and find a way to keep going, or try again.

Thank you. He has a slight learning disability and he never thought he would even make it as far as he did so he is kinda ok with what happened. My mom and I are way more upset than him! My mom worked so hard to get him to this point to see it slip away is hard for her.

[judyblume14]

Feb 25, 2015 9:38:43 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Feb 25, 2015 8:24:03 GMT -5 anewadventure said:

i'm sorry to hear this. i hope he can move forward and find a way to keep going, or try again.

Thank you. He has a slight learning disability and he never thought he would even make it as far as he did so he is kinda ok with what happened. My mom and I are way more upset than him! My mom worked so hard to get him to this point to see it slip away is hard for her.

I can relate to the heartbreak of seeing things slip away from a sibling - my older sister has also struggled with learning disabilities throughout her childhood and into her career.  Smart as a whip, but can barely read. Did not graduate high school, is afraid to take test for GED, so her career options are very limited.  But to be honest, she's been doing alright for herself and recently received a promotion.   Don't lose hope - continue to encourage your brother!

[alioop1028]

Feb 24, 2015 18:32:21 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Waffles to life.... You get my brothers hopes up of making a better life for him and his son (19 months). You dangle this amazing opportunity in front of his face and then take it away. You send him away from his son for 2 months for training only to tell him he is out after getting a 82% on a test he had to get 85%, 3 days before he is supposed to complete training. He has never worked so hard at or wanted anything as bad as this. And there is goes, he is back to square one.

I am going to give myself waffles as well because I have been crying for hours since my brother called me, only time I stopped was to take LO with me to buy ice cream and wine.

And now ladies... I am going to go eat and drink my feelings! Peace out!

OMG that really sucks. I'm so sorry. People are really bastards sometimes. Sending creepy internet hugs and eating and drinking in spirit with you!

[rkang01]

Feb 25, 2015 10:28:16 GMT -5 alioop1028 said:

Feb 24, 2015 18:32:21 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

Waffles to life.... You get my brothers hopes up of making a better life for him and his son (19 months). You dangle this amazing opportunity in front of his face and then take it away. You send him away from his son for 2 months for training only to tell him he is out after getting a 82% on a test he had to get 85%, 3 days before he is supposed to complete training. He has never worked so hard at or wanted anything as bad as this. And there is goes, he is back to square one.

I am going to give myself waffles as well because I have been crying for hours since my brother called me, only time I stopped was to take LO with me to buy ice cream and wine.

And now ladies... I am going to go eat and drink my feelings! Peace out!

OMG that really sucks. I'm so sorry. People are really bastards sometimes. Sending creepy internet hugs and eating and drinking in spirit with you!

Thank you!

[anewadventure]

Feb 25, 2015 9:03:36 GMT -5 bainidhe said:

anewadventure I haven't been to the Wegman's yet, it sounds really overwhelming and people were way too excited at first. I did buy a phone case from somebody on a BST group and it felt really sketchy bc we met in the parking garage there.

omg, amen to that. i tried to stop by because i was in the area, about three months after it opened. THREE MONTHS. i couldn't even get into the admittedly huge parking lot.

things have settled down. it is still busy of course.

if you do decide to start going, stop by the customer service desk to sign up for a card and their coupons. they mail them to you and it includes three weekly coupons and a book of random ones each month. the weekly ones are always one coupon for $5 off $25 (no restrictions) and then two random ones (like $1 off frozen food or $1 off beauty or whatever).

i like it because prices are not atrocious, they have a bulk foods area, lots of healthy stuff, and all the extras when you need them (bakery, prepared foods, etc). sure, you can spend a lot of money, but it is also possible to shop affordably there. it's not like whole foods or something like that.