1) Why were all the Super Bowl commercials tear jerkers? Not cool for those of us who are easy to cry during pregnancy...
2) Thank you to the selfish person who cut me off as the light was turning red so he/she could be at the front of the light when all I wanted to do was turn right (as well at the 10+ cars behind me) to get to my bus stop. You almost made me late. Asshole.
I didn't think the game would make me emotional. I started crying after the camera panned to Russell Wilson on the sidelines after that slant toss. He looked do devastated! And again when it shot to Butler pointing and looking up and the sky. He looked so grateful!
My parents divorced last year, and my dad went to the Philippines last summer after everything was finalized. He is coming back to the states in March, and we've been in conversation about where he'll live and having him helping take care of LO so I can go back to work part time. My brother never bothered to ask what Dad's plans were when he got back, and just sold his effing car. I told him he better call dad and say, "Sorry I'm fucked up, and now it looks like you have no house and no car. Good luck."
So now DH and I are looking into leasing another car for him or something, so he'll have some means of transportation when watching LO.
veganontuesdays, that is a thing? I am going to look that up! MH makes like a popping sound with his lips when he eats. On top of taking bites that are too big and his septum that makes it sound like he's running, I can't stand it! When my sister eats it legit sounds like she's chewing on screws.
Oh the things I learn from. This place!
My bitch is that I have nothing on the calendar for this afternoon but I told my boss I would head into the office. We got a lot of snow yesterday, the roads suck, and it's freezing out. I am being perfectly productive proboarding on the couch ;-)
veganontuesdays, that is a thing? I am going to look that up! MH makes like a popping sound with his lips when he eats. On top of taking bites that are too big and his septum that makes it sound like he's running, I can't stand it! When my sister eats it legit sounds like she's chewing on screws.
Oh the things I learn from. This place!
My bitch is that I have nothing on the calendar for this afternoon but I told my boss I would head into the office. We got a lot of snow yesterday, the roads suck, and it's freezing out. I am being perfectly productive proboarding on the couch ;-)
Hahah it's definitely a thing! My mom used to tell me I should talk to my doctor about it because I get irrationally angry at people's chewing.
Possible TMI....So I finally picked up our 8ft tall mirror that we used at my Aunt's farm house as a decoration for our wedding in sept 2013. I was super excited to use it to trim my lady jungle today cause the mirror sits on the floor, and I still somehow managed to cut myself several times with the trimmers. Fuck this, I guess I will just be hairy the rest of my pregnancy.
This was me last weekend too. There was some straight up carnage... Not cool. NOT cool at all.
Not a computer chip. Apparently the ball bearings snapped which then grind against the drum so you need to replace all of that and it takes several hours. We might be getting a new washer. Apparently this one is 8ish years old. Fuck. Just what we need with all the baby expenses.
Ugh, sorry to hear about all of this I'm freaking out about all the baby stuff we have to buy, I can't imagine having to purchase a new and expensive appliance at this time! FX that you can just replace the parts for much cheaper!
Yeah, just really shitty timing. We don't have the official estimate yet but the guy said it would be a $400-500 repair
ETA: Never mind. The estimate came in at $680. Fuuuuuck.
My parents divorced last year, and my dad went to the Philippines last summer after everything was finalized. He is coming back to the states in March, and we've been in conversation about where he'll live and having him helping take care of LO so I can go back to work part time. My brother never bothered to ask what Dad's plans were when he got back, and just sold his effing car. I told him he better call dad and say, "Sorry I'm fucked up, and now it looks like you have no house and no car. Good luck."
So now DH and I are looking into leasing another car for him or something, so he'll have some means of transportation when watching LO.
dukwok - Your brother needs to take that money, buy your dad a new car, then call your dad and apologize. He didn't have the right to sell it in the first place.
marybeth I'm so sorry about the pup. That's a horrible way to start the week. But following the story here, I know you did everything you could and gave the little guy a loving home for the time he had left. T&Ps for you guys.
My bitch is I only have one class to teach on Mondays and it's like a "welcome to college" class for freshmen. There's always at least one student who has no business being there and usually they're just slackers, but this one kid frickin argues with me about every single thing he turns in. And the stuff he turns in is BAD. When I try to help him out so he can, you know, do well in college going forward, he just sits there and argues with me. Today he did it in front of other students after class. I wanted to pull him by his ear out into the hall and smack him with a ruler. Old school style.
Instead like a fraidy cat, I went and talked to his dean so she can deal with him. I have no balls.
I was just checking out TDs awful new format and it logged me back in! WTF! I thought all my content was deleted, liars! You can't see my profile page but when I went to a certain portion of the site it still had all my info.
I haven't read through this whole thread yet I just really needed to vent. I woke up in a horrible mood today, it's almost 4 in the afternoon and my bf hasn't even gotten outta bed with no other reason than he just don't feel like it. There's so much that needs to be done around here before the baby comes and he's made no effort the past few days. Our house is torn apart because he decided he was going to remodel it, but now suddenly lost ambition to put it back together. And the dogs won't stop whining! ugh I feel like I'm going crazy sorry for the long post. Now I'm off to read about you girls' days
@marybeth I'm so sorry! At least you know that you truly did all you could have for him. You could easily have said "It's not worth spending all this money," but you didn't. You made his last few days as comfortable as they could have been, and someone else who might have adopted him instead may not have.
Poor DD1 does in fact have an ear infection, in both ears. I'm actually sort of relieved because now she's on an antibiotic and I actually feel like I can do something for her. She took her medicine like a champ, too! And her flu shot--which she actually took voluntarily (after the promise of a lollipop)!
Of course, the 11:30 appointment didn't actually happen until 12:30, so it was way past naptime when we drove home and DD2 fell asleep in the car for 10 minutes and now won't nap. Poor baby. At least her ears are okay, and my sanity has remained because DH, bless his heart, took a sick day from work when he heard DD1 was going to the doctor so he could help me out.
Well shoot. MIL was apparently chatting on the phone with DH last week and started talking about baby stuff, not inherently a problem. She brought up EC (Elimination Communication) which is working for my SIL and her LO, and started pushing DH about trying it. She even said, "I just can't see why you wouldn't give it a try." Fortunately DH is a hero and firmly let her know that at a certain point, it isn't any of her business what we decide to do with our baby. She backed off right away, but this tends to be a pattern with my ILs and I'm hoping we can set healthy boundaries with them about baby-related decisions.
The kicker is that now DH reluctantly feels like we should at least look into EC. To his credit, he said he knows that it would be mostly me doing it since I'll be staying at home with the baby, so he's leaving the decision ultimately up to me. I genuinely want to look into it, but I'm also trying to look ahead to the craziness of parenting and not preemptively add extra stresses.
veganontuesdays, that is a thing? I am going to look that up! MH makes like a popping sound with his lips when he eats. On top of taking bites that are too big and his septum that makes it sound like he's running, I can't stand it! When my sister eats it legit sounds like she's chewing on screws.
Oh the things I learn from. This place!
My bitch is that I have nothing on the calendar for this afternoon but I told my boss I would head into the office. We got a lot of snow yesterday, the roads suck, and it's freezing out. I am being perfectly productive proboarding on the couch ;-)
Hahah it's definitely a thing! My mom used to tell me I should talk to my doctor about it because I get irrationally angry at people's chewing.
I am exactly the same way. I have to plug my ears when someone is eating around me. Or, I go to another room. MIL is the WORST though. She chews with her mouth open and apparently likes the sound of it so she exaggerates her chewing sounds. Lawd help me.
@kendra1992 I am so sorry to hear about your Grandma. I'll be thinking of you and your family.
marybeth That is absolutely heartbreaking! I am so sorry for your loss.
My bitch is at the pharmacist this morning, who made me stand around for 10 minutes without saying a word to me and then came up and tried to blame their mistake on me. I lost my cool because I've had a HORRIBLE weekend with my dad being admitted to ICU and I was not having this shit today. I don't even feel bad for giving her snark. She was so rude. What annoys me now is that I can't get it off my mind. I hate dwelling on confrontations. But, now I'm home and I am just going to relax, do my nails and ignore the world.
I am seriously getting frustrated with sleeping on my side or with a wedged pillow under my hip so I don't lay completely flat. My back is killing me from it and then my hip starts hurting. I need some relief... I feel the couch/recliner is about to become my bed for the next 3 months or so.
Ugh, girl I feel your pain. The last few days I was going between the recliner in our room and my bed in the middle of the night. I found myself waking up on my back and it killing me.
All those in the snow stay safe and all who are sick I hope you feel better soon.
@marybeth I'm so sorry about the loss of your dog. How horrible
robotpcr it sucks that you are going to need a new machine.
I want to drop kick the office copier. I use it maybe 2 or 3 times a month and it just kept eating the report cards I needed to copy today. Hunching over to pull out papersr from the bowels of the machine was not what I wanted to do today.
I haven't read through the whole thread yet... I just have to jump in with mine right now.
We got home from a Super Bowl party last night and the new rescue dog was dead in his crate. I have no idea what could have happened... He has been pretty sick the entire time we've had him but I did not think his life was in danger. It was after 10 pm so there wasn't anything we could do with his body. My husband had to get up and take it away before work this morning.
My parents divorced last year, and my dad went to the Philippines last summer after everything was finalized. He is coming back to the states in March, and we've been in conversation about where he'll live and having him helping take care of LO so I can go back to work part time. My brother never bothered to ask what Dad's plans were when he got back, and just sold his effing car. I told him he better call dad and say, "Sorry I'm fucked up, and now it looks like you have no house and no car. Good luck."
So now DH and I are looking into leasing another car for him or something, so he'll have some means of transportation when watching LO.
OMG that's horrible! How could he just sell his car like thT!!
@marybeth I'm so sorry! At least you know that you truly did all you could have for him. You could easily have said "It's not worth spending all this money," but you didn't. You made his last few days as comfortable as they could have been, and someone else who might have adopted him instead may not have.
Poor DD1 does in fact have an ear infection, in both ears. I'm actually sort of relieved because now she's on an antibiotic and I actually feel like I can do something for her. She took her medicine like a champ, too! And her flu shot--which she actually took voluntarily (after the promise of a lollipop)!
Of course, the 11:30 appointment didn't actually happen until 12:30, so it was way past naptime when we drove home and DD2 fell asleep in the car for 10 minutes and now won't nap. Poor baby. At least her ears are okay, and my sanity has remained because DH, bless his heart, took a sick day from work when he heard DD1 was going to the doctor so he could help me out.
And at least there's no snow here!!
Hope she feels better, ear infections are the worst!
I haven't read through the whole thread yet... I just have to jump in with mine right now.
We got home from a Super Bowl party last night and the new rescue dog was dead in his crate. I have no idea what could have happened... He has been pretty sick the entire time we've had him but I did not think his life was in danger. It was after 10 pm so there wasn't anything we could do with his body. My husband had to get up and take it away before work this morning.
I have another bitch. I've been trying to communicate with my daughters father since seven o'clock this morning about him seeing her tomorrow. I for real just need to know what time he is getting her from daycare and if he is keeping her until I get off, or if we need another sitter. For some reason he just can't communicate that with me!!! It's so frustrating, I want to tell him to Just forget it if he can't grow up and speak to me, but I know she misses him so much. Co-parenting sucks when your the only one trying.
So I am pretty sure I have that disorder where listening to other people eat/chew makes you want to go straight up postal (my poor husband has been victim of my anger towards his chewing). If my coworker puts one more piece of chex mix in her mouth I envision myself walking up to her and slapping her hand. She chews with her mouth closed for the most part but the initial chew is done with her mouth open so I hear crunch, saliva, CRUNCH. I may murder someone.
I think we are the same person. I absolutely cannot stand that sound. My coworker always brings carrots and celery as a snack and I literally have to either put my headphones on or take meetings elsewhere during her snack time. It's torture.
I'm having some anxiety about going to work this morning. My boss is being a jerk about my maternity leave. He literally has not spoken to me since he found out I was taking 12 weeks. It makes the environment very negative.
How frustrating! I'm sorry your work environment has become stressful. If you are entitled to/able to take 12 weeks then he needs to deal with that! Is there anyone in HR you can talk to at all? Ugh, my blood boils when I read all the crap that women in this country have to deal with when it comes to maternity leaves.
I have another...I accidentally left my 31 bag lunch bag at work on Friday. Since it was the end of the month the fridge for cleaned out, and I think they threw my bag out. Wtf??? Who does that?
I haven't read through the whole thread yet... I just have to jump in with mine right now.
We got home from a Super Bowl party last night and the new rescue dog was dead in his crate. I have no idea what could have happened... He has been pretty sick the entire time we've had him but I did not think his life was in danger. It was after 10 pm so there wasn't anything we could do with his body. My husband had to get up and take it away before work this morning.
I feel terrible.
OMG! I am so sorry this happened, especially after all the effort and money you guys had put in. At least you gave him a loving home at the end of his life! I know that doesn't make things any easier, but you did the best you could for him.
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