H called earlier and said that a company he loves to work with will have an 8 month job for him, and ITS LOCAL!!! He will work steadily all winter long, and be home every night. He's been 13 hours away for awhile, so this will be such a treat.
@ lilafowler good for you! That is effing amazing!
My feel goods-- my dad is desicated to his 2 week liquid diet. He's down 15 lbs from the start of his weight loss surgery journey. He should lose another few pounds between now and the 27th. I can't wait to see his results in a few months.
My leopard gecko let me hold him today and gave me kisses. It was so effin adorable. I've had a shitty day and she made it so much better. I am kinda bummed that I found out he is a she. I kept saying "good boy".
I am having a hard time trying to be happy right now.
However, I got a formal job offer earlier for the job I was interviewing for when my bra broke in the middle of it. It's a huge raise, which is beyond awesome.
Also, Will (turns five on Monday) used the word "combined" correctly earlier. Twy Sentwa!
I feel pretty lucky to have you guys, especially Muddled, namasteak, kevin arnold, AutumnRose25 and nicbreeful walking me through this hard time. I haven't told any of my offline friends yet, but all of you have been such a support, and so caring, that I'm okay. You guys helped me be okay.
Being in school and learning new things. I love feeling passion for something and it keeps growing. I've been waiting for that feeling for so many years.
Cuddling up with BF and his son. I feel so good about our life together.
Congrats on the weight loss; what an accomplishment!
Mine is that H and I have been working hard to improve our financials since we found out I was pregnant, and it's paying off now, which is a pretty awesome feeling.
lilafowler, congratulations on doing the hard work. I was also surprised how much I enjoy working out. Except for core exercises, I still hate those.
I'm super excited for school to start, so that's what making me smile right now. I met my students on Thursday and there is one kid that really just cracked me up. He was probably 4.5 feet, giant mop of curly hair on his head, come up to me and says, "Hi, I'm J**, you must be Mrs. ***" and then shakes my hand (firm grip!). I am so looking forward to getting to know him better! lol
Due to a crazy and unexpected amount of work travel this summer, we've only seen H for maybe four out of the last eleven weeks. Since I'm a teacher, this has meant a lot of solo parenting time, and I spent longer than I probably should have feeling pretty resentful towards him because the summer didn't turn out at all the way I was envisioning it. Well, he's gone again for the next week (hopefully the last trip he has to take for a few months) and I just have this overwhelming sense of "I've got this." I still don't like that our vacation time turned out this way, but I'm pretty pleased at my own self-sufficiency..
Oh, and my house has seirously never been cleaner than it has been the last few weeks. We hired a maid back when DS 1 was born because I couldn't keep up with the housework with a newborn, and kept her out of habit until she hurt her back last spring and her doctor told her she needed to stop cleaning. It had been almost six years since I'd done all the cleaning myself, and I'd developed a real attitude of learned helplessness about it. I'd forgotten how satisfying it is to do the work myself.
1. My family 2. Spur of the moment drinks on the deck with girlfriends last night. Lots of laughs. 3. The weather that we have had lately has been glorious. 4. All of the overtime that I have been putting in lately means that we're finally getting to a good place in our savings for a house of our own. 5. The kids are all excited for school to start. DD1 will be starting high school, DD2 is going into her last year of middle school, SD is starting middle school and DD3 is starting preschool. We've got some busy times coming up.
1. Making partner is still pretty sweet. My billable hour "expectation" (no requirement anymore) has decreased by THIRTY hours per month. I can work from home unless the department chair is around. I love that.
2. Our new house is sweet. We move in in two weeks. I am thrilled we were able to buy the house we wanted in the area we wanted without compromising on anything.
After a week with H up in Boston, with a 6 year old, 3 year old and 3 year old nephew up my butt crack, I am sitting alone having sushi and then headed to get a pedicure. And we have a sitter tonight to go out to eat with friends.
Post by thinklikeajellyfish on Aug 17, 2013 16:34:10 GMT -5
I have the best friends in the whole wide world. I am having a really really shitty day, and my friend went out on her lunch snd got me a gift box...full of beer. She made me smile for the first time in days.
Right this very second, killing flies makes me ecstatic. I'm getting eaten alive on the back patio this afternoon.
Other than that, our awesome dogs, knowing the DS is having the time of his life at X's house this weekend because XFIL is in town, knowing that I'm actually getting married to the guy who has always been THE guy in two and a half months, more than 16 years after we first met.