Monday Bitchfest!!

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Bitch away ladies!

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It so fucking hard to pack your house with a baby!!! Gahhhh I may go nuts!!

[jnnfrrose6]

Mine is at myself. DH finally got his bonus and with the refund we got for taxes, we should have been able to pay off a bunch of things AND put a good chunk in savings. I took advantage of the extra cash on hand and spent more than I should have on various things so while we will be paying off the stuff we always intended, less is going into savings. It was so nice to shop without really thinking about the $, but now it's biting me in the ass because the hubs is going to be stressed/upset about the smaller amount going into savings.

[jnnfrrose6]

Jun 15, 2015 9:14:00 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Tried to order groceries for delivery this morning (woot for payday) and the app kept crashing everytime I picked delivery. I called the store itself and they are going to deliver around noon today and I even called the guy back with my confirm number (we worked out that I'd select pick up instead) but I'm still nervous. No car to run and pick up two weeks worth of food...

Sign up for zipcar just for possible "emergencies" like this. 

[lucanjo14]

My MBF is kind of minor but DD had a make up soccer game tonight and I think this one will be rained out too. I won't be able to make her last game on Saturday because I have to work, and I'm just irritated about it.
Also it's Monday.

[liziz]

H woke me up at 1:30 snoring terribly. I moved out to the couch and didn't sleep well the rest of the night.

[anotherdreamer]

@sharmon13, I can imagine!

Long night at the hotel here, so much chaos. Additional mbf- some people are being selfish about us potentially relocating. They're taking it personally and being a little rude about it, rather than supportive. Sorry but we never planned to stay where we were anyway, the crime rate and schools are both terrible here.

[bigrock74]

We live a few blocks from the grocery store and I always walk if I have a light list of things to buy. I don't bring a diaper bag because we gone no longer than an hour. We have to go out today but we'll drive because it looks like we're getting rain today. AGAIN. Where is our nice spring weather??

[bigrock74]

My bitch is that I have to go back to work soon. I know I've been fortunate to have stayed home with him this long but I DON'T WANNA GO BACK!! I am dreading the 1 hr commute each way. Especially in the winter. Blah!

[mary1217]

MBF: stupid car repair place. Don't call me on Thursday and get my hopes up that I may have my car back by end of Friday or early Monday and when I call today it is just now being painted.

[Lola]

So irritated. I need to get the cell free DNA testing done and I am meeting my deductible so I have to pay like $350. Thats fine and dandy, I have a HSA that i use. Except my boss has not put the money on the card yet. I have asked, and its still not there. It was supposed to reload on 6/1. It would suck to pay out of pocket when I have the card that im supposed to use. SO frustrating.

[Lola]

Jun 15, 2015 14:06:08 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Jun 15, 2015 13:29:53 GMT -5 Lola said:

So irritated. I need to get the cell free DNA testing done and I am meeting my deductible so I have to pay like $350. Thats fine and dandy, I have a HSA that i use. Except my boss has not put the money on the card yet. I have asked, and its still not there. It was supposed to reload on 6/1. It would suck to pay out of pocket when I have the card that im supposed to use. SO frustrating.

If you do have to pay out of pocket, you should be able to submit the recipes to your HSA and they should be able to cut you a check.

Good point @iheartmyshiba,. And what happened to your avatar??

[Liv]

seriously, who are you @iheartmyshiba?? I don't recognize you anymore!!

[Lola]

Jun 15, 2015 14:42:51 GMT -5 @iheartmyshiba said:

Jun 15, 2015 14:32:37 GMT -5 Liv said:

seriously, who are you @iheartmyshiba?? I don't recognize you anymore!!

:-( changed it. Newer pic of Mbug and Jackson!

Cute! 

[sararl07]

MDF:

WTF game of thrones!!! How could you!! Now that you are caught up to the books I have no idea what is going to happen and will have to wait 10 months till next season.

[sararl07]

[honeybee434]

If I have to hear someone say the phrase: "it's just really important to us for me to stay home" when I get asked if I work and then ask them the same question back ONE more time!! Oh, really? So you assume that its not important to anyone else but people who have the ability to stay home? A lot of people can't stay home. Their kids eating and having a roof over their heads in a decent neighborhood is more important.. And secondly, just because some parents choose to work doesn't mean who spends time with their kids isn't important to them. I finally called someone out on it the other day and they back pedaled with th whole, "well, no, it's just important to us and we are lucky we can do that."

End rant. Sorry for the huge run on sentences.

[jnnfrrose6]

Called apple today to try and troubleshoot my phone (still not keeping accurate time). She had me double check that "automatically set" was chosen. Don't you think I've checked all of that already. If I'm calling then clearly the issue is beyond anything I've been able to google (even something that basic). She made me reset to factory settings and the time did update, but it was one of the fluke times it gets it right. The time is off again (4th time today). This sucks.

[mary1217]

Jun 15, 2015 21:36:48 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Called apple today to try and troubleshoot my phone (still not keeping accurate time). She had me double check that "automatically set" was chosen. Don't you think I've checked all of that already. If I'm calling then clearly the issue is beyond anything I've been able to google (even something that basic). She made me reset to factory settings and the time did update, but it was one of the fluke times it gets it right. The time is off again (4th time today). This sucks.

A couple of years ago I had an issue with my phone not charging. I took it to the genius bar and all they did was try to plug it in at a computer then try and plug it into an outlet. Really people you work at the "genius bar" I already did that!

[soon2bmrsn]

I either said or did something this weekend to make DH mad. He won't tell me what it was and he's giving me the silent treatment. Way to act like a child. I don't have time to guess what offended him. Grrrr.

[jnnfrrose6]

Right now for us it's a matter of needing me to work for financial reasons, but I also know I am not a mom capable of being a SAHM. I need time away from the kids, even if it's at a job I don't care for, or I'd lose it. One day maybe I can be a SAHM, but even then I'd be sending them off to mother's morning out or finding somewhere to volunteer and sending them to daycare PT to get some me time.

[anotherdreamer]

Jun 15, 2015 21:06:46 GMT -5 honeybee434 said:

If I have to hear someone say the phrase: "it's just really important to us for me to stay home" when I get asked if I work and then ask them the same question back ONE more time!! Oh, really? So you assume that its not important to anyone else but people who have the ability to stay home? A lot of people can't stay home. Their kids eating and having a roof over their heads in a decent neighborhood is more important.. And secondly, just because some parents choose to work doesn't mean who spends time with their kids isn't important to them. I finally called someone out on it the other day and they back pedaled with th whole, "well, no, it's just important to us and we are lucky we can do that."

End rant. Sorry for the huge run on sentences.

I'm a SAHM; I would never say that. What is wrong with people? families are not one size fits all. Sorry some people are so rude/judgmental.

[isolemnlyswear]

Jun 16, 2015 10:05:33 GMT -5 anotherdreamer said:

Jun 15, 2015 21:06:46 GMT -5 honeybee434 said:

If I have to hear someone say the phrase: "it's just really important to us for me to stay home" when I get asked if I work and then ask them the same question back ONE more time!! Oh, really? So you assume that its not important to anyone else but people who have the ability to stay home? A lot of people can't stay home. Their kids eating and having a roof over their heads in a decent neighborhood is more important.. And secondly, just because some parents choose to work doesn't mean who spends time with their kids isn't important to them. I finally called someone out on it the other day and they back pedaled with th whole, "well, no, it's just important to us and we are lucky we can do that."

End rant. Sorry for the huge run on sentences.

I'm a SAHM; I would never say that. What is wrong with people? families are not one size fits all. Sorry some people are so rude/judgmental.

Yea I'm a sahm too. If people asks why I sah I go because thankfully I can. It's actually very uncommon to be a sahm mom around here so usually I'm the one getting judged. Most of my friends think I'm crazy haha. It's funny how each region is different.

[mamanorris]

It really bothers me when people judge SAHM or working moms. You are damned if you do and damned if you don't. There's more than enough shit to feel bad about in this world, let's not make people feel even more shitty. I love staying at home, but we are poor as shit because of it. If either of us had student loans or a considerable amount of debt we couldn't do it. Yay for being uneducated!

[liziz]

I'm so thankful we all have the option to do what works best for each family!

I'm in the same camp as jnnfrrose6 - I could definitely work part time, but couldn't be FT SAH without going nuts.

I admire everyone for the good mom work they're doing!

[dawnfire]

Okay, it's not Monday, but this site didn't work when I tried to get to it yesterday.

My MBF is actually a TBF. So Tropical Storm Bill is making landfall. We have yet to hear if we're supposed to stay open, close early, or what. So customers keep calling to ask how late we're open, so we give them our time and then add "but it could be sooner depending on the weather." The utter lack of communication is staggering.

I don't know why I'm surprised since this is the same government that:
1) Closed us because of "ice" on a day when there was absolutely 0 of the aforementioned ice (and then we have to use our vacation to cover it).
2) When it rained over a foot in the early morning over Memorial Day, didn't call to close us until late morning when we were already open and people had driven to work. (Yeah, I was on vacation at the time, but I can rage for my co-workers.)

[sararl07]

Working mom here and I've had people make some side comments but the worst of it was my mom for the longest time...she wanted me to SAH with DD and kept making small comments and I finally popped off and said if you aren't going to support me don't say anything. Yes I have mommy guilt but I am paying a butt load for DD to attend an amazing DC and I've didn't work my butt off to graduate with two masters to stay home (even though there are days I would).

I need the mystical partime job that allows to socialize and challenge me mentally but allow to be back home with the baby by 3 pm. If someone know of a job that meets that criteria please let me know

[mary1217]

Jun 16, 2015 14:18:59 GMT -5 sararl07 said:

Working mom here and I've had people make some side comments but the worst of it was my mom for the longest time...she wanted me to SAH with DD and kept making small comments and I finally popped off and said if you aren't going to support me don't say anything. Yes I have mommy guilt but I am paying a butt load for DD to attend an amazing DC and I've didn't work my butt off to graduate with two masters to stay home (even though there are days I would).

I need the mystical partime job that allows to socialize and challenge me mentally but allow to be back home with the baby by 3 pm. If someone know of a job that meets that criteria please let me know

My mom did the same thing for the longest time. She would make comments about how I should try to find a work from home job. Even if I found a job where I could work from home that wasn't some sort of scam how am I supposed to work while taking care of/entertaining dd? 

She also makes comments when I tell her we are potentially one and done, but then she goes 2-3 weeks between even seeing dd. She only works 22 hours a week and lives only 40 minutes away.  She has no excuse!

[sararl07]

mary1217,

Solidarity Hug....that is no excuse and one day she will look back and regret her decision

[dawnfire]

mary1217, that's not very kind of her! Every situation is different. I can't imagine any work from home job where you could have the flexibility to take care of DD and still do the job. Clearly she has no concept of that.