Friday spam!

[cloe111479]

May 29, 2015 16:49:29 GMT -5 michelle142 said:

I had the crappiest time shopping today. I'm lighter weight-wise than I was before baby, but I'm shaped so differently now. Nothing fit me the same way and I had such a hard time finding things that came even close to flattering.

I came home empty handed for myself, but I got things for the kids.

To top it off, my car adapter for my pump broke. I went to buy a new one at target. It had been about 3 1/2 hours since I last pumped. There was a newborn baby screaming his head off - surprise! Major milk letdown in aisle 37. ALL over my shirt. I grabbed a decent cardigan off the clearance rack and put it on.

Basically it was a shopping fail.

And I ran out of time to get a pedicure.

Boo to the shopping fails.

Maybe try different cuts. Like for jeans old navy had boyfriend but also sweetheart for the curved.

[PikoPiko]

Need help on wordsmithing a card.

FIL informed us that it's GranFIL's 93 BDay soon and woukd like us to send a card and photos. Here's the thing, GFIL is in the ICU with terminal cancer. I managed to pick a card that isn't happy happy birthday!!!!!!! Now I need to write something in it. I'm lost for words. Get well soon doesn't seem right since it's no secret that he doesn't have long left. He will not be recovering. This is someone that I've met only twice in my life. DH isn't of much help either even though that's his grandpa! He too has only met him twice in his adult life, but he did spend time with grandpa when he was a kid. I need to get this card and some photos of DS (his only great grandkid) out over the weekend.

Any suggestions on what to write?

[aggiebug]

"I wish we were near to celebrate another year with you. I hope this card and pictures of LO brightens your day."

But I am really bad at this kind of stuff.

[dacora]

The plus size jean selection (ugh, I used to be on the cusp of plus size but now I'm definitely there, oh well) is crap. But I came home with two pairs of identical jeans that fit well. So not a complete failure. Normally I would have gone for two different colors, but for whatever reason they barely had any in my new size.

My ring fits perfectly! So glad to have it on again, it feels weird though after not wearing it for six months(!).

DD was perfect the entire time we were out and about, the only minor issue was we got back later than I anticipated so her last bottle was 30 minutes later than normal. Which may mess up her schedule for the rest of the night before bed. I'm trying not to stress over it, I'm sure she'll be fine. She just might go to bed a little later than normal.

[dacora]

Damn it. After losing Lady about six months ago, another of our rats has developed tumors. Molly (the blond one in my signature pic) now has two lumps around her left foreleg about the size of a chickpea. I'm so not ready to lose another one of our girls. This makes me feel especially terrible about the fact that we've barely been spending time with them over the last 3.5 months for obvious reasons of being busy with DD.

Ugh, I don't want to do this again.

[jensoprano82]

May 29, 2015 22:09:10 GMT -5 dacora said:

Damn it. After losing Lady about six months ago, another of our rats has developed tumors. Molly (the blond one in my signature pic) now has two lumps around her left foreleg about the size of a chickpea. I'm so not ready to lose another one of our girls. This makes me feel especially terrible about the fact that we've barely been spending time with them over the last 3.5 months for obvious reasons of being busy with DD.

Ugh, I don't want to do this again.

Oh noooo I'm sorry!

[jensoprano82]

My DH is in a wedding this summer about two and a half hours from home, which means it's a two night event (rehearsal and event). We were just planning to book a hotel so the baby and I have a place to hibernate and so that I don't have to make hubby leave his best friend's wedding early, but I just found out it's adults only. What to freaking do??? Let a stranger babysit my six month old? Just suck it up and drive? Feel terrible that I will be disappointing someone somehow? (Either the family member who's going to be with the baby till God knows when or my husband by dragging him out of there early...) Grrrr. I hate this situation. Plus they're really really good friends and for some reason I really took for granted that they'd want our baby at their special day.

[mishka29]

May 30, 2015 0:42:56 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

My DH is in a wedding this summer about two and a half hours from home, which means it's a two night event (rehearsal and event). We were just planning to book a hotel so the baby and I have a place to hibernate and so that I don't have to make hubby leave his best friend's wedding early, but I just found out it's adults only. What to freaking do??? Let a stranger babysit my six month old? Just suck it up and drive? Feel terrible that I will be disappointing someone somehow? (Either the family member who's going to be with the baby till God knows when or my husband by dragging him out of there early...) Grrrr. I hate this situation. Plus they're really really good friends and for some reason I really took for granted that they'd want our baby at their special day.

Ugh that's tough. What does your DH suggest?

Maybe his friends can recommend someone to watch LO while you are at the wedding? Is the hotel close enough that you can leave without DH and head back early without him?

[jensoprano82]

mishka29 - DH is working late so I haven't discussed with him yet. Ugh. I am thinking hired babysitter (which I'm not crazy about but what are you gonna do...?) at the hotel and I can take the car back to the hotel early and hubby can catch an uber or taxi. That's the best I can come up with thus far. Good idea on the heading back early thing!

[aggiebug]

jensoprano82 that is really a bummer but your solution was basically what I was going to suggest.