This is like a trigger post for me. If I wasn't picking DD up from daycare, I would be making a beeline for Mickey D's at 5pm. Big Macs are like crack to me. The only thing stopping me is that she wants to eat everything that I do and I just can't bring myself to feed her McDonalds.
(Ok, I did it in Norway once. Tsk tsk.) <--- And that should be my true H&F confession. One day I broke down and fed my 1 year old McDonalds. I might have to GBGBCN to save my H&F face after admitting this one.
Um...my kids eat McD's at least once a week in the summer and always when we're traveling. It's just the easiest place to please them all. There's nothing wrong with a couple of nuggets and fries, especially when they eat apples and milk with it.
I am so effing ready to go back to work. I LOVE DD and I know I'm extremely fortunate to have summers off, but I miss the structure and routine of teaching. I'm getting lazier by the day.
I need to go because DD3 has become a Stage Five Clinger and I am going NUTS. Also, she literally cries at the mention of daycare, which is a bad bad sign. But I don't want to. The thought of teaching right now makes me want to curl up.
My confession is that I kind of want to tell all of the teachers to stfu. LOL. Not really, because I love you all & it's totally driven by jealousy, but seriously, shut it!
My confession is that I kind of want to tell all of the teachers to stfu. LOL. Not really, because I love you all & it's totally driven by jealousy, but seriously, shut it!
I've been working, sort of. I tutor one of my former students twice a week, and I have a training to go to in a few weeks, I also have a whole container full of crap that I need to go through to get ready for the year, I just keep putting in off in favor of napping and training.
I've been doing all of my workouts at the asscrack of dawn, so dd hadn't been to the gym daycare in like 6 weeks. We went yesterday and I bribed her with a trip to target for a new toy if she was good :-#. She kept saying "no gym!" and I'm in my final big week! I needed reinforcements.
ETA: and a trip to target means Starbucks for me, and cake pop for dd.
My confession is that I kind of want to tell all of the teachers to stfu. LOL. Not really, because I love you all & it's totally driven by jealousy, but seriously, shut it!
You won't be jealous later this year when we're telling stories about our stupid kids and parents. It's all evens out in the end, man.
My confession is that I kind of want to tell all of the teachers to stfu. LOL. Not really, because I love you all & it's totally driven by jealousy, but seriously, shut it!
You won't be jealous later this year when we're telling stories about our stupid kids and parents. It's all evens out in the end, man.
Ditto. Pretty soon we will all be tearing our hair out and Tara and I will say that this is our last year teaching and then before you know it, it's summer again!!
You won't be jealous later this year when we're telling stories about our stupid kids and parents. It's all evens out in the end, man.
Ditto. Pretty soon we will all be tearing our hair out and Tara and I will say that this is our last year teaching and then before you know it, it's summer again!!
Yeah, I definitely don't envy you for having to deal with parents.
Also, I have three dresses from Athleta sitting in my online cart right now.
I've had stuff sitting in my cart now for days. I can't quite click purchase yet.
Two of the dresses I could throw a cardigan over, and they would be great for a conference I'm going to. Or for teaching. So it's practical, right? I mean, if they are for work, then it's a career move, right?
ETA: and a trip to target means Starbucks for me, and cake pop for dd.
My DD knew the starbucks logo before Elmo or any cartoon characters (she still doesn't watch TV). If you ask her what they have at starbucks, she says "cake pops"
Ill see your mcdonalds and raise you with thr following:
We are picking up a pizza for dinner because neither of us felt like making veggie burgers and salad. That would be fine except yesterday i had pizza for lunch (lunch meeting at work) and then made homemade pizza for dinner.
Thats right, people. Pizza three times in two days.
I feel like an h&f loser. I'm not racing until...um...probably October. I took the girls for donuts after golf/park today. I stop at Sbux on the regular. I feed my kids cake pops. I came home after a MILE today because I was just tired (I did go back out for a total of 3, though - wasn't going to waste being up and dressed, I guess). I ran yesterday with my old training partner and we went sooooo slow and I was barely hanging on at the end of 6 miles. SIX. How will I ever get up to marathon miles again? And my Achilles is hurting again, which pisses me right off - like, seriously?!??! Oh, and I have a camp next week where I'm eating dorm food for 4 days and will probably be too damn tired to run after being up past midnight every night. Awesome.
My confession is that I kind of want to tell all of the teachers to stfu. LOL. Not really, because I love you all & it's totally driven by jealousy, but seriously, shut it!
Mr. GT is a teacher and I am insanely jealous of his summers. The first year we were married I would get really annoyed with him for not having to work over the summer, four years later and I am only annoyed with him for the first two weeks of summer now. At least with the heat he has to wake up early to get his runs in.
ETA: and a trip to target means Starbucks for me, and cake pop for dd.
My DD knew the starbucks logo before Elmo or any cartoon characters (she still doesn't watch TV). If you ask her what they have at starbucks, she says "cake pops"
I am well on my way to worlds worst parent
Ditto Ditto. I can't go to the Fred Meyer (kinda like a Super Target) without me with a Sbux and DSs with a chocolate milk in one hand and a cake pop in the other!
Post by Wines Not Whines on Jul 18, 2013 20:29:57 GMT -5
I bribe my son with a cookie when we go to the grocery store. But now he loves going to the grocery store, so I'm not going to stop doing it anytime soon.
My job is killing me. The travel is only getting worse, and last night I sobbed to H for a solid 10 minutes about how much it sucks. This is the only company I've worked for since college, and I am worried that I will have a hard time getting references without my entire team finding out I am leaving.
My job is killing me. The travel is only getting worse, and last night I sobbed to H for a solid 10 minutes about how much it sucks. This is the only company I've worked for since college, and I am worried that I will have a hard time getting references without my entire team finding out I am leaving.
Most prospective employers understand that issue and are sensitive to it. I bet you can get around needing them upfront.
My job is killing me. The travel is only getting worse, and last night I sobbed to H for a solid 10 minutes about how much it sucks. This is the only company I've worked for since college, and I am worried that I will have a hard time getting references without my entire team finding out I am leaving.
Most prospective employers understand that issue and are sensitive to it. I bet you can get around needing them upfront.
Yep. I don't think I've ever had people check references until the very end. It's also not uncommon to state that a current employer can only be contacted once a job offer has been made. I did that with my last two jobs, & they completely understood.
My job is killing me. The travel is only getting worse, and last night I sobbed to H for a solid 10 minutes about how much it sucks. This is the only company I've worked for since college, and I am worried that I will have a hard time getting references without my entire team finding out I am leaving.
Most prospective employers understand that issue and are sensitive to it. I bet you can get around needing them upfront.
I have thought about this. The other part is, I feel bad leaving, as ridiculous as that sounds. I really love what I do, it is just too much. I have a great group to work with. Why can't this be easy?!