Moan it out Monday

[eyenigh]

Feb 2, 2015 8:30:11 GMT -5 queenbabee said:

So coming from FL, no experience with snow days. For those that work, how does this work regarding days off/getting paid. So curious because if it were a hurricane, you would have to use your PTO (at least most places)

just curious...

I work at a university and we get full pay as if we were there-- no need to take PTO. They make the call to close the university so they're bound by contracts to pay us. If we decide on our own that it's just too treacherous to make the commute, but the university is officially open, then we would have to take PTO or, depending on your position, you could work from home, which is what I normally do if it comes to that. 

[namastebiotches]

legomyago, how old is your LO again? Just curious.

[queenbabee]

Feb 2, 2015 10:52:00 GMT -5 @misspeansmama said:

Feb 2, 2015 8:30:11 GMT -5 queenbabee said:

So coming from FL, no experience with snow days. For those that work, how does this work regarding days off/getting paid. So curious because if it were a hurricane, you would have to use your PTO (at least most places)

just curious...

Our company does not offer paid snow days.  We can use a vacation day if we really can't make it in, otherwise we are expected to be here.  The only exception to that is if our area has a travel ban, and by ban I mean not allowed to drive for any reason.  Travel advisories were they suggest you not drive don't count.  Since I've been working I cannot remember a time when we've ever had a travel ban. 

So do you ever use vacation time or just go in?

[allydncr]

Boo to my office that didn't close, and didn't say anything about snow... so I hauled myself all the way here (even though my commute is much longer than a lot in our office) and basically the only ones here are administrative staff, while all the higher ups are "working from home". Sorry, but if the roads are so treacherous that I have to work from home, I shouldn't be out on them bringing my DD to daycare, which means working from home (with a one year old) is just not going to be possible.

It's snowing so hard I can't even see out my office windows. I really hope we can get home tonight.

[TheEleventhHour]

allydncr Stay safe! At my old job the higher ups always made people come in but they would work from home. It always pissed me off so much! DH got a snow day (teacher) but my mom had to go in to work. It took her an hour when it usually takes 15 minutes!

[waffles]

I am friends with the person who plows out neighborhood. She works for the property management company. We own our home but lease out lot.

She's terrible at plowing. She goes way too fast and literally throws snow 4-6 feet back into the driveways. Ugh. It's so frustrating. Shoveling yesterday was worthless because she just threw snow back into my driveway.

I'm paying my neighbors son-in-law to come plow the driveway. It's not big by any means, but it is cold, the air makes my lungs hurt and the snow is heavy.

[waffles]

Feb 2, 2015 9:46:29 GMT -5 @threegiraffes said:

I've waited until 7 weeks before dd's birthday to start planning her party. We're wanting it at the zoo so I need to call today and hope it's not already booked.

DSs is in 16 days and I just started planning. Oops.

[allydncr]

TheEleventhHour surprisingly the morning commute was great - faster than usual this morning! (I have DH drive me to the bus stop, then take an express bus to Boston and then walk or take the T a few stops to work). Hoping (wishing!) that it will be ok tonight, and maybe they will have more plows out so the highways will at least be clear.

[sandandsea]

I am having the longest grossest Aunt Flo ever. I quit BCP at the beginning of the year and idk if this is just a side effect, but I feel like a teenager again with this one. I hate these things but at least I'm not puking like I did as a teen!

[allydncr]

Also, we still don't have a snowblower, because DH thought we might be able to get away this winter with not having one and then get one on sale at the end of the season. We've gotten lucky so far with neighbors that have taken pity on us and helped us out by plowing us. Thank goodness we have an SUV or we'd be totally screwed!

[BostonKisses]

The snow days vary so much by school/company. Schools around here, including the one I work at, have built in make up days, but if it exceeds the amount of make up days, the rest are tacked on at the end of the year and we go longer in June. If it's a really insane winter like it was last year, the state will allow districts to petition to have some of their make up days waived, which means there may not be a full 180-185 day school year. But that's rare. Since I sub, I don't get paid if school is cancelled on a day I was scheduled to go in. Salaried staff gets paid regardless, because they would be making up the day anyway (or using a vacation day if they had something planned in advance that can't be cancelled).

Most work places won't close unless it's really dire, or a state of emergency is declared for a blizzard/massive nor'easter (and in that case, they have no choice because people can't be out on the roads). DH's bank doesn't close often, but they will occasionally delay, and if someone can't make it in due to the weather they have to use their PTO time.

[BostonKisses]

It's not quite noon yet, and I'm already really tired. I still have a shitton of work to do, but I just want to say "fuck it" to everything and read for the rest of the day.

I decided I want to read the entire Bridgerton Family series in chronological order, or at least super close to it because I might save book 6 for last since When He Was Wicked is my favorite. It won't take me super long to get through it because they're standard length books, but dammit I want to have no responsibilities and just read the day away!

[legomyago]

Feb 2, 2015 10:43:03 GMT -5 namastebiotches said:

legomyago, how old is your LO again? Just curious.

Five next month!

[tonksy]

legomyago I feel your pain. DD is physically incapable of playing on her own. Unless it's time to get dressed for school. Then her toys are the most interesting thing in the world and she can't put them down. But at 2pm on a Sunday? Dead to her and the only thing of interest is my lap.

[esmerelda]

I hate my new neighbors. We found out she's been stealing laundry detergent. Now we found out she took our shovel. I know her ex he's a good friend of my dads so I already know why he booted her ass out I'm just pissed she found her way into my building.

[sammysam]

Feb 2, 2015 9:56:48 GMT -5 eyenigh said:

Feb 2, 2015 8:30:11 GMT -5 queenbabee said:

So coming from FL, no experience with snow days. For those that work, how does this work regarding days off/getting paid. So curious because if it were a hurricane, you would have to use your PTO (at least most places)

just curious...

I work at a university and we get full pay as if we were there-- no need to take PTO. They make the call to close the university so they're bound by contracts to pay us. If we decide on our own that it's just too treacherous to make the commute, but the university is officially open, then we would have to take PTO or, depending on your position, you could work from home, which is what I normally do if it comes to that. 

I'm in Canada and teach at a high school but it's similar for us. We don't go in but we get paid as though it's a regular school day. Even if there are 30 snow days (we rarely have more than 1 or 2) the same applies. We do not have to make up the missed days or anything like that either.

SO did not go in to work today for the first time since we've been together...so over 14 years. He doesn't even take vacation time so this is totally unheard of. I'm also pretty sure we've never had this much snow at one time before.

I hate the cold.

[sammysam]

DD is just over 1 year old. She still wakes up multiple times a night and has NEVER slept through the night. I think I got a 5 hour stretch once when she was 4 months old.

I also bed share...which I had to start doing when she was 7 months old and decided her crib was some sort of strange medieval torture device.

She can somehow manage to steal all the covers and take up an entire double bed.

Every night.

SO gets to sleep peacefully all night long, alone in our big king sized bed in our bedroom.

I usually end up edged off the matress, on the floor, in DD's bedroom.

Sometimes I get to take my pillow with me.

I love her more than life, but I miss sleep.

[dmlk413]

I have a legit moan now. The majority of my family lives in SoCal while I live in the midwest. Last summer we got a great deal flying to my hometown on Frontier; I just went to price out tickets for this summer and they no longer fly there. I'm so mad. A press release said they may start flying there seasonally but nothing is in stone. Just for laughs, I looked on expedia for prices and we're talking $600 a ticket (and we will have to get DD as seat at that point) when we paid $600 total on two tickets last year. One set of grandparents won't fly anymore so I have to go to them and I HATE HATE HATE flying into LAX.

[legomyago]

Feb 2, 2015 12:46:42 GMT -5 dmlk413 said:

I have a legit moan now. The majority of my family lives in SoCal while I live in the midwest. Last summer we got a great deal flying to my hometown on Frontier; I just went to price out tickets for this summer and they no longer fly there. I'm so mad. A press release said they may start flying there seasonally but nothing is in stone. Just for laughs, I looked on expedia for prices and we're talking $600 a ticket (and we will have to get DD as seat at that point) when we paid $600 total on two tickets last year. One set of grandparents won't fly anymore so I have to go to them and I HATE HATE HATE flying into LAX.

Have you looked at Southwest's site?  They usually don't show up on Expedia and are pretty cheap with no baggage fees.  Also, it depends where you are flying out of, but have you also looked at Allegiant?

[dmlk413]

Feb 2, 2015 12:52:00 GMT -5 legomyago said:

Feb 2, 2015 12:46:42 GMT -5 dmlk413 said:

I have a legit moan now. The majority of my family lives in SoCal while I live in the midwest. Last summer we got a great deal flying to my hometown on Frontier; I just went to price out tickets for this summer and they no longer fly there. I'm so mad. A press release said they may start flying there seasonally but nothing is in stone. Just for laughs, I looked on expedia for prices and we're talking $600 a ticket (and we will have to get DD as seat at that point) when we paid $600 total on two tickets last year. One set of grandparents won't fly anymore so I have to go to them and I HATE HATE HATE flying into LAX.

Have you looked at Southwest's site?  They usually don't show up on Expedia and are pretty cheap with no baggage fees.  Also, it depends where you are flying out of, but have you also looked at Allegiant?

I haven't looked at Allegiant (actually haven't heard of them) but I know Southwest doesn't fly there, only to LAX.  I may just have to suck it up and deal with flying into LA but I REALLY don't want to.

[legomyago]

Feb 2, 2015 12:54:11 GMT -5 dmlk413 said:

Feb 2, 2015 12:52:00 GMT -5 legomyago said:

Have you looked at Southwest's site?  They usually don't show up on Expedia and are pretty cheap with no baggage fees.  Also, it depends where you are flying out of, but have you also looked at Allegiant?

I haven't looked at Allegiant (actually haven't heard of them) but I know Southwest doesn't fly there, only to LAX.  I may just have to suck it up and deal with flying into LA but I REALLY don't want to.

I'm not sure where you are flying out from, but Allegiant is a small, almost unknown airline.  They have a few places they fly from Midwest to West Coast, so I just thought I'd throw it out there.

[cam]

I think I need to just admit I may not be able to "walk it off" with a week-old injury and go to the darn doctor. I really don't want to though.

[cam]

Feb 2, 2015 12:21:21 GMT -5 sammysam said:

DD is just over 1 year old. She still wakes up multiple times a night and has NEVER slept through the night. I think I got a 5 hour stretch once when she was 4 months old.

I also bed share...which I had to start doing when she was 7 months old and decided her crib was some sort of strange medieval torture device.

She can somehow manage to steal all the covers and take up an entire double bed.

Every night.

SO gets to sleep peacefully all night long, alone in our big king sized bed in our bedroom.

I usually end up edged off the matress, on the floor, in DD's bedroom.

Sometimes I get to take my pillow with me.

I love her more than life, but I miss sleep.

I feel for you. I went a very long time before having a night of uninterrupted sleep. LO hasn't been feeling well, so lots of restless sleep, and it is easier for me to sleep with him when he is like that, but I swear every time he moves one inch, the covers move a foot off the bed. And how such small beings are able to be the biggest bed hogs is beyond me. My LO and my smaller of my two dogs are the biggest bed hogs in the house, and I am convinced they coordinate their efforts. It is only me that ever loses ground too. Since you end up on the floor anyway, can you put a rail on the bed and just have her sleep in her own bed? Maybe I am skewed in this idea as my LO was an early walker and climber, so he was easily able to handle a regular bed at that age. I also get that it takes less effort to tend to LO when you are right there versus having to get up and go to another room. We bed shared for a long time as a last resort, and we still do part time. He hated his crib from day 1, so I very much understand your situation. On the bright side, bed sharing in his bed helped him transition easier to sleeping alone as he was in the same bed, in the same room (IMO anyway as it obviously can't be verified, but it was a smooth transition with a kid who doesn't often do well with change at first).

[eyenigh]

Feb 2, 2015 12:54:11 GMT -5 dmlk413 said:

Feb 2, 2015 12:52:00 GMT -5 legomyago said:

Have you looked at Southwest's site?  They usually don't show up on Expedia and are pretty cheap with no baggage fees.  Also, it depends where you are flying out of, but have you also looked at Allegiant?

I haven't looked at Allegiant (actually haven't heard of them) but I know Southwest doesn't fly there, only to LAX.  I may just have to suck it up and deal with flying into LA but I REALLY don't want to.

Or even keep checking Google Flights. They do all the work for you in finding the best prices. 

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Feb 2, 2015 13:45:08 GMT -5 @threegiraffes said:

I don't like how the staff at dd's doc office assumes she likes Frozen/princess just because she's a girl. Today dd finally told the lady at the desk that she doesn't like princess and wanted a different sticker.

Good for her!

[BostonKisses]

Feb 2, 2015 13:45:08 GMT -5 @threegiraffes said:

I don't like how the staff at dd's doc office assumes she likes Frozen/princess just because she's a girl. Today dd finally told the lady at the desk that she doesn't like princess and wanted a different sticker.

That's awesome!  Go her!

On a similar note, I don't like how every doc's office, PCPs and specialists alike, are overloaded with Frozen shit, and they assume every little kid is BSC over that movie.  My kid knows who some of the characters are, but she will gladly take it or leave it over something more to her liking, like Thomas, Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, or just princesses in general.

[TheEleventhHour]

Feb 2, 2015 15:10:25 GMT -5 BostonKisses said:

Feb 2, 2015 13:45:08 GMT -5 @threegiraffes said:

I don't like how the staff at dd's doc office assumes she likes Frozen/princess just because she's a girl. Today dd finally told the lady at the desk that she doesn't like princess and wanted a different sticker.

That's awesome!  Go her!

On a similar note, I don't like how every doc's office, PCPs and specialists alike, are overloaded with Frozen shit, and they assume every little kid is BSC over that movie.  My kid knows who some of the characters are, but she will gladly take it or leave it over something more to her liking, like Thomas, Daniel Tiger, Sesame Street, or just princesses in general.

We tried Frozen just a few weeks ago and DS was not interested. At first I thought it was because he was too young to sit through a movie but then he sat through most of the newest Muppet movie so ... I thought Frozen was cute but don't get the hype really. It came out over a year ago and it is still freaking EVERYWHERE. 

[smalltownmoon]

My head is killing me. It's been hurting on and off for weeks now. I should probably see a doctor but also, I should probably try to eat better. Ho hum.

[sandandsea]

DS LOVES Frozen. Like really loves it and talks about Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven and Anna like they're his friends at school. He even loves eating carrots as snacks now because of Sven and Kristoff. We let him watch in on a plane ride in October and he's been a fan since. He was 2.75 at the time and prior to that hadn't sit for any movie or even 20 minute show.

[TheEleventhHour]

Feb 2, 2015 15:36:25 GMT -5 lildis said:

Its snowing even harder now!!!

I'm so sick of snow!

It has turned to sleet here. Yuck. I'd rather more snow than a wet, slushy mess!