Monday Wins and Whines

[xanthepants]

Whines: Dog won't eat - put her back on crappy gainsburgery food which makes her thirsty so she pees EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME! All I do is step in pee. Clean up pee. Turn around and dog is peeing again. Sigh. Have had her tested - nothing is wrong. Nothing apparently I can really give her. I spend over $300 a month in meds and food on the dogs already. I'm going broke. I'm trying to put money away for the inevitable and need to get the little ones teeth done soon. So much money on pets this year it's giving me anxiety.

Win: Closer and closer to vacation with my mom. And soon it will be spring and hopefully some houses come on the market. Also I found a promising therapist finally.  We are struggling to find sitters now with her hours and I simply won't go to his parents because I don't want them to know.  I think we are going to have to pay for full time daycare and send her on a Friday just to go ( $100 more) just to go to therapy. so way more than a typical sitter would cost for an hour session. But you do what you have to do. So the win outweighs the whine.

[origamimommy]

xanthepants, hugs! Counseling is SO worth it if you both put in the effort. $100 sucks a lot so I get that. Did you try care.com or something? Either way, good luck! Counseling literally saved my marriage, so I am a big big fan of it!

[origamimommy]

Win: I felt my first outside kicks with this baby over the weekend and that was awesome!

Whine: I can't stop thinking about my test results and I just want them to come back asap. I even called Maternal Fetal Medicine to see if they were in, and started crying when they weren't. The lady on the phone was so nice and promised to call as soon as they came in.

Win: I would like to brag about Tyler and something about his room but I don't want to jinx it, so... #win

Whine: Where are my test results???!

[laurski81]

Whine: My periods are all messed up. I started bleeding on and off last Monday but it's very, very light and I still haven't gotten the "real thing" yet. My first three PP periods were all normal and now this. Hormonal BP and I don't get along so it's not really an option for me but I really don't want to be bleeding half a month, every month either. I don't know if I should call my doctor or just ride it out. I mean I'm not really sure what she will do for me if I won't take birth control. I don't want the paraguard either so...yeah.

Win: Henry seems to have accepted the fact that his tooth is going to fall out and finally seems ok with it. Now when it actually happens it may be a different story but at least we are heading in the right direction.

Whine: It's snowing again. I mean I'm glad we made it all the way until February for snow but I'm over it.

[mightybee]

Win: D has been having much better preschool mornings. The sticker chart is helping!

Whine: It's aslo probably because I give him some lemonade that he can have only on the drive to school.

Whine: He wet his pants at school today. He never has pee accidents during the day, so it's probably because of the lemonade. Whoops!

[bliz1712]

Whine: I'm getting really anxious about traveling Wednesday with the kids

Win: making the memories will be so worth it.

Whine: It's a blizzard here today so no travel is suggested, yet we are still here working.

[summergirl1211]

Whine: Riley is sick and anything respiratory makes me worried. Hopefully I don't have to take her in.

Win: since she's sick I get a sick day too. Yay for a Jammie and snuggle day!

Whine: although I don't want to work, I have a lot to do. Bad timing for sure.

Win: We're getting an estimate for a cleaning service this week. I love having my house clean but hate doing it myself. Can't wait!

Whine: it's cold, windy and snowy again. I am so over winter!!

[summergirl1211]

Hugs xanthepants. I'm glad you've found a good therapist and your H is willing to go. I wish the scheduling was better though. And I really really hope your dogs get healthy for you!

[junkytrunk]

Win: my H finally got the job he has been going for since September. And he starts March 1st!

Whine: this job will most likely have him working all weekend once his 3 week training is over because it is at a theme park. Which means I'll be with 2 kids all day on my "days off" by myself.

Win: I ordered 3 Lularoe items this weekend. I can't wait to get them in the mail. I hope they are as awesome as I've heard.

[bliz1712]

Feb 8, 2016 16:00:07 GMT -5 junkytrunk said:

Win: my H finally got the job he has been going for since September. And he starts March 1st!

Whine: this job will most likely have him working all weekend once his 3 week training is over because it is at a theme park. Which means I'll be with 2 kids all day on my "days off" by myself.

Win: I ordered 3 Lularoe items this weekend. I can't wait to get them in the mail. I hope they are as awesome as I've heard.

I ordered 6 and spent way more than I should have...But i want to see what the hype is about.  We should do a thread and show them off just for fun!!!

[junkytrunk]

Feb 8, 2016 16:43:16 GMT -5 bliz1712 said:

Feb 8, 2016 16:00:07 GMT -5 junkytrunk said:

Win: my H finally got the job he has been going for since September. And he starts March 1st!

Whine: this job will most likely have him working all weekend once his 3 week training is over because it is at a theme park. Which means I'll be with 2 kids all day on my "days off" by myself.

Win: I ordered 3 Lularoe items this weekend. I can't wait to get them in the mail. I hope they are as awesome as I've heard.

I ordered 6 and spent way more than I should have...But i want to see what the hype is about.  We should do a thread and show them off just for fun!!!

Thankfully I had some leftover Christmas money. And then I kept joining groups and stalking them with new additions all weekend. It's so intriguing to me.

[trixi282]

Whine: I'm sick and its not only making me feel like shit, but it's so exhausting! It's mostly congestion and mucus up the wazoo. Seriously, even with taking Mucinex on schedule the last 3-4 days I'm coughing and blowing snot like crazy. It's disgusting and annoying all at the same time.

Win: Friday is when it basically all started - woke up with tons of congestion. My mom had J that day and I needed to do some grocery shopping... so we went to costco together, with both girls - then she offered to keep E with her for the afternoon too so I could do the rest of my grocery shopping alone, and then go home and rest in peace! It was amazing. I only got about 1.5 hours to chill, but although I didn't nap, I did watch an episode of Gilmore Girls on Netflix and just rested in quiet.... it was blissful!

Whine: it's butt cold here today, and is supposed to get colder this week before warming up again.

Win: I booked my hotel for one night in VA for my friends wedding... it's at a Vineyard in the middle of nowhere. But now I just have to figure out if I'm going alone, or with H and the girls - so I can book flights and other arrangements and finalize my full stay! I want to see all my friends, and maybe even work out of the office there for awhile so I can stay a few extra days. Right now I don't care how much it costs (I might be able to stay with friends) I want to stay like 5 days and have a girls night and do all the fun stuff!

[laurski81]

One more whine: How do none of you girls live in Tampa?!?!?! I want to have a glass or a bottle with at least one of you next week! I'm so sad

[tribute17]

Whine: I'll add the laurskis. Why do none of you live in Colorado? I could use a friend that has a 3 yr old.

[origamimommy]

My whine is that laurski81 is going to Tampa and not to Columbus. Come back girl!

[britbratjf]

Feb 9, 2016 19:23:59 GMT -5 tribute17 said:

Whine: I'll add the laurskis. Why do none of you live in Colorado? I could use a friend that has a 3 yr old.

Join a moms club! Or Gymboree! Great ways to meet mom friends.

[xanthepants]

Whine: I'm annoyed. I'm listening to the Director of Arch and the Design Director make plans for implementing a "semi" mandatory set of reoccurring meetings. "Semi" meaning, your participation is watched and noted and certainly your ability to get on any premier projects or rise up into any associate positions will be stunted if you don't go every time. They are musing over when to have them in the day to encourage participation. Our Design director is a night owl who likes to drink and party. Fine. But tons of people here have kids and responsibilities and I'm listening to him win the conversation about when to hold this mandatory meeting and now it's at 5pm - so off hours so people aren't paid, but you know, there will be alcohol. You know what? I don't effing care about that? I don't drink and drive an hour home to my kid who has practices weeknights or who doesn't want to eat at 7 pm or later. This sucks. I guess I'm officially old when I don't look forward to this sort of stuff, it just gets in the way of life.

[summergirl1211]

Feb 10, 2016 10:44:48 GMT -5 xanthepants said:

Whine: I'm annoyed. I'm listening to the Director of Arch and the Design Director make plans for implementing a "semi" mandatory set of reoccurring meetings. "Semi" meaning, your participation is watched and noted and certainly your ability to get on any premier projects or rise up into any associate positions will be stunted if you don't go every time. They are musing over when to have them in the day to encourage participation. Our Design director is a night owl who likes to drink and party. Fine. But tons of people here have kids and responsibilities and I'm listening to him win the conversation about when to hold this mandatory meeting and now it's at 5pm - so off hours so people aren't paid, but you know, there will be alcohol. You know what? I don't effing care about that? I don't drink and drive an hour home to my kid who has practices weeknights or who doesn't want to eat at 7 pm or later. This sucks. I guess I'm officially old when I don't look forward to this sort of stuff, it just gets in the way of life.

That's absolutely ridiculous xanthepants. How often are they having these meetings? Hopefully less than once a month? 

[somethingcleverer]

xanthepants that sucks. First unpaid meetings are ridiculously unfair but making them at 5pm every time isn't fair to the people with kids at home. Is there any way to suggest alternating day and evening meetings without coming across as complaining?

[xanthepants]

They are 3-4 times a month. I made most of them this month when they were during the day but one when I had a client meeting. They "say" that you can miss if your project work is in danger. But they don't really mean it to be honest. And certain people stopped showing up so now they want to switch the time because they want more participation and they think alcohol will help. Sigh. No - they just want a different demographic of people to show up. Ergh.

[aimeefarrahfowler]

trixi282 if you remember, I don't live too far from VA

I might be sent to San Antonio for a training thing in the fall, but I don't think anyone lives close to there at all.

[trixi282]

Feb 10, 2016 14:50:30 GMT -5 aimeefarrahfowler said:

trixi282 if you remember, I don't live too far from VA

I might be sent to San Antonio for a training thing in the fall, but I don't think anyone lives close to there at all.

I do remember that! Might have to work it a gtg....