My firm came out with a new bonus structure this year and it is a total mindfuck. At every 50 billable hour increment from the point I'm at onward (fiscal year ends 4/30, so meaning from today to the end of the month), my bonus will go up. I have an arbitration hearing that will go until Thursday, so no way will I hit the only 50 hours that I need to get the next bonus, but on the other hand, no way do I want to bill 100 hours between now and next Thursday to hit the NEXT next level. I suspect that I will end up exactly in between which means I will have worked 25 hours for free!!!
On the plus side, on Thursday I'm planning on telling work it can GFI for the rest of April unless there's a chance I will bill 100 more hours between now and April 30. I really hope there isn't.
This morning DS and I were supposed to have back to back cardiology appointments at a university hospital in NYC. They were going to check the positioning of my implant (inside my heart), valves, chambers, etc., and possibly do a bubble study. Then they were going to do an echocardiogram on DS as well, to see if his PFO had closed. (Possibly a bubble study for him, too.)
I packed up his bag for the day, made a lunch, and had just gotten him dressed when I received a call that our doctor had a family emergency and needed to cancel. Today was a big deal, and something I've been looking forward to getting behind us. As it's a hike to get into the city and we had few hours worth of appointments, we were going to do something fun in Manhattan after the fact. Times Square TRU, FAO, etc.
I was really trying hard to make the best of a not so fun situation. And DH has the day off, so it was perfect.
Now I have to reschedule our appointments.
The week after next I'm having my internal cardiac monitor removed. That means another surgery. I spoke to that cardiologist (I have two that deal with different aspects of my heart) and he won't approve general anesthesia because they like to avoid it whenever possible on heart patients. Traditionally they've had trouble using twilight on me because my BP gets too low. So I end up being very much alert during my cardiac procedures. I'm resistant to several local anesthetics, and felt him cutting last time. He had to stop, use another medication, wait for it to kick in, and start back up again. That med didn't work, either, so he had to go on to a 3rd medication in another class. Finally worked. I was emotionally numb to that experience when it happened, but it's really affected me.
Anyway, long story short: today utterly sucked, and I'm dreading the next few weeks. I've been on the verge of tears several times today. We were driving to an outing this afternoon and I pulled off the highway, changing our plans spur of the moment.
I heard on the radio this morning that Glen Campbell has moved into an Alzheimer's facility due to how advanced the disease has gotten for him. It really bummed me out, because (aside from how sad the situation is in itself) my mom and dad got tickets to Glen Campbell's farewell tour in 2012 and invited me along with them. I didn't really know any of his songs other than "Rhinestone Cowboy," but it was a fun night and my parents seemed to enjoy it. It was one of the last things I did with my dad before the cancer caused him to break his leg and be bedridden for three months until he died.
Other than me, I think my parents were the youngest people at that show. Glen came out on stage and a bunch of people stood up to cheer for him, and a ton of people behind them were screaming, "Sit down! SIT DOWN!!!!!" Dudes, the concert didn't even start yet! And it's a CONCERT!!!!! lol
CloudBee that sounds horrifying, you are so brave to be dealing with the thought of all of that. I had a bad c-section and will have another and have been apprehensive about it for four and a half years but your situation sounds so much worse. My thoughts will be with you (and your son when the appointments are rescheduled).
My random is that I had a mouth full of ginger snap earlier then sneezed a huge sneeze. Ginger snap everywhere. Thank goodness I am working from home and only had the cat to judge me, disgustingly. I accepted her judgement.
Packing to move sucks. We have a business here called the Occa.ssional Wife. I want to hire a wife to help me, but I'll keep going until I just can't anymore. Maybe I'll hire someone to help unpack. My daughter will only help if I pay her. That sucks too.
Hold the phone. Don't you babysit for her sometimes? Fair trade daughter!
Just got on plane and have a large passenger next to me. He hit me I'm the face with his butt when he was getting his seatbelt on. The glamour of air travel!
This is horrific.
Lol. It was one of those "oh my" moments. Sigh. Nothing like a whap with strangers butt.
I had a minor meltdown this morning when I was 20 min late to my dr appt as DS accidentally took my keys to school in his backpack. I hate visiting the psych as it is but this made it worse. In left in tears. I am so sick of needing medication to feel okay. Why can't I be normal??
I get SO ANNOYED with people crowding the gate at the airport. WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITED TO SIT ON THE DAMN PLANE?Ā
For me, it simply comes down to getting the overhead space. I always carry-on unless I have my dog, so I want to get my suitcase above me or in front of me, not back in row 30 or something.
Have to imagine you are gold or platinum though, right? You do all the travels!!
I had a minor meltdown this morning when I was 20 min late to my dr appt as DS accidentally took my keys to school in his backpack. I hate visiting the psych as it is but this made it worse. In left in tears. I am so sick of needing medication to feel okay. Why can't I be normal??
*hugs* I totally get this feeling. I would kill to not be tethered to my pills/able to be confident I could go for a walk and not have my hips give out midway through/ etc. I really think that there isno normal though. There is just everyone's version of getting by.
My random is that I had a mouth full of ginger snap earlier then sneezed a huge sneeze. Ginger snap everywhere. Thank goodness I am working from home and only had the cat to judge me, disgustingly. I accepted her judgement.
I once brought my morning cup of hot tea into a meeting at work. Mid-sip, I coughed and tea went all over the table. Coworkers looked disgusted. Thank goodness I don't work there anymore, and ever since then I refuse to bring my drink into a meeting.
Post by UnderProtest on Apr 18, 2014 17:42:15 GMT -5
CloudBee Hugs. That sounds mentally draining along with the physical issues too. I hope you were able to salvage some of today and that it all goes smoothly when you reschedule.
Change every reference to BA/porteƱos in @bunnymom's post to everywhere in Latin America, and I will agree with it Lines are not really anyone in this region's strong suit. I differentiate between over-eager liner-uppers and crowders - I don't care if people want to line up early in their designated lines, but the people who stand directly in front of the gate just blocking everyone's access deserve to be run over by roller bags.
But there is no line for Zone 2 (Delta terminology--I don't know how other airlines handle boarding) when they are boarding First Class. So the overeager Zone 2 people are just standing around, crowding the gate.
In that case, those people are by definition not in their designated lines. Commence roller bag attack!
And CloudBee, I'm just sending you a hug. That all sounds stressful enough as is, so I'm sure that the reschedule today was the last thing you needed. I hope you can relax a bit over the weekend.
My new Sperrys (courtesy of the code posted by rubytue !) arrived yesterday and I'm in love.
Mine showed up yesterday, too. And I wore them to work today!
Somewhat related, I put on a pair of heels to go to a meeting downton yesterday, and I realized just how much I have been slumming it since they relocates my office from headquarters to a lab a year ago. I could see over cubes! I think 90% of my work shoes are flats now, and I rarely wear my suits anymore.
Today I got a new dishwasher, new bathroom door, heating element on the hot water heater, had a leak fixed on it, major toilet repairs done and it was determined that our a/c is super low on refrigerant. I'm SO glad we don't own!
Post by ri49ers4life on Apr 18, 2014 19:06:45 GMT -5
Bumming about no over time at work, but it will give me a chance to get my budget straight. Besides locking myself in my apartment, nothing exciting this week.
Bad news: I have to have a liver ultrasound due to elevated enzymes. I have to cancel my first IUI to get all that squared away.
Good news: We have a positive net worth!! With our seriously underwater house and H's student loans, I thought the day would never come. I am ridiculously excited.
I finally ordered a diva cup. Holy hell that thing is huge, how do you people get that up in there? I mean, I realize it's possible but even folded it's way larger than a tampon. I was looking forward to the magic but now I'm not sure. I got the pre-childbirth size and I'm almost old enough for the larger one anyway.
Once you get the hang of it it's super easy. I never feel the cup up there like I used to feel tampons. I even have the bigger one because that's all they had. It's more effort to insert but much more comfortable than tampons.
We are big Shark Tank fans in the Pattie household, in fact we're watching it right now. I went to a Tom and Chee today for lunch. It was really crowded but very good. I was probably a little too excited about this.
We are big Shark Tank fans in the Pattie household, in fact we're watching it right now. I went to a Tom and Chee today for lunch. It was really crowded but very good. I was probably a little too excited about this.
One is opening up like 45 mins from us. I'm not even a big tomato soup fan but I can't wait to go try it because of Shark Tank.
We are big Shark Tank fans in the Pattie household, in fact we're watching it right now. I went to a Tom and Chee today for lunch. It was really crowded but very good. I was probably a little too excited about this.
One is opening up like 45 mins from us. I'm not even a big tomato soup fan but I can't wait to go try it because of Shark Tank.
You'll love it! I think the one that I went to has been open for a few months and the line was out the door. The couple behind us were talking about Shark Tank too.