Late night randoms

[Serenity9]

I apparently had a horrible idea. I froze some chopped vegetables and decided to throw some onions in there, too. The onions are in zip lock bags and frozen, and my freezer still smells like onions.

[isabel]

DH had his review at work today and it went horribly. He's been blamed for a lot of stuff that is his boss' fault, but since she does the review, he doesn't have much of a leg to stand on. She told him he has 30 days to get it together. I am freaking the fuck out. We just bought a house. He makes almost twice as much as me. Fuuuuck!

[styme46]

I called in to work today. I still sent both kids to their respective day cares and just vegged out on the couch. It was nice.

We are going to sign ds up for day care. Just 3 days a week though. My mil will shit a brick when we tell her.

I really need to start planning ds's birthday party since it's in 2 weeks. How is it possible that he will be 2 in a couple weeks?

[justkeepswimming]

I am spending the week with my grandmother who lives in an assisted living/nursing home facility. Every day they bring around a "daily bulletin" with puzzles and trivia. Today's puzzle was horribly inappropriate for the setting, which obviously means I couldn't stop laughing.

ETA: I totally didn't realize the picture makes it look like a unicorn! It is supposed to represent "dead as a door nail".

[pixy0stix]

I'm laughing my ass off that the dad of a little girl caught plagiarizing came to defend her in the cep thread that has the article about it.

[Deleted]

I woke up about an hour ago with cramps so painful I'm in tears. I found some Motrin in my toiletry bag and am hoping it works.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 28, 2014 23:45:56 GMT -5 toledo said:

Jul 28, 2014 23:34:49 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm laughing my ass off that the dad of a little girl caught plagiarizing came to defend her in the cep thread that has the article about it.

I haven't read the thread,but have you read this NPR story about the whole thing? (I'm assuming you're talking about the lionfish study.)

www.mprnews.org/story/npr/335564910

Yeah, it was linked in that thread.

[sewpinkgal]

H is OOT tonight and when he called to check in, J was still awake. J had a whole conversation with him and you could tell H was loving it. I think it will make travel a tiny bit easier for H. I know that he misses us when he's gone, but now that J can chatter away on the phone, it should make checking in when he's gone a bit more fun.

[Deleted]

I totally had a car phone my freshman year of college. Then I insisted on getting a cell phone. My parents were all like WHOA YOU ARE TOO EARLY OF AN ADOPTER FOR THIS. it was the year 2000.

It's my birthday today and nothing special happened. I entertained the kids all day and took dd1 to her 4 year well visit. So lame. I am a little bitter.

[sewpinkgal]

@carmensandiego - I'm sorry dude. Any plans for the wknd, at least?

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Jul 28, 2014 23:59:13 GMT -5 sewpinkgal said:

@carmensandiego - I'm sorry dude. Any plans for the wknd, at least?

i am flying back to Atlanta tomorrow to visit friends and family, and I am seeing Phish wih my brother on Sunday which is going to be amazing, so I should probably shut up and quit bitching.

[elleblue]

Jul 28, 2014 23:30:33 GMT -5 justkeepswimming said:

I am spending the week with my grandmother who lives in an assisted living/nursing home facility. Every day they bring around a "daily bulletin" with puzzles and trivia. Today's puzzle was horribly inappropriate for the setting, which obviously means I couldn't stop laughing.

Lol! It took me a second though because I thought that was unicorn at first. 

[sewpinkgal]

Jul 29, 2014 0:03:19 GMT -5 @carmensandiego said:

Jul 28, 2014 23:59:13 GMT -5 sewpinkgal said:

@carmensandiego - I'm sorry dude. Any plans for the wknd, at least?

i am flying back to Atlanta tomorrow to visit friends and family, and I am seeing Phish wih my brother on Sunday which is going to be amazing, so I should probably shut up and quit bitching.

Nah, bitch away. Mine is next week and H is OOT again. There won't be a whole lot of special for me either. LOL   Have fun this weekend though!

[pantsparty]

Jul 28, 2014 23:34:49 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I'm laughing my ass off that the dad of a little girl caught plagiarizing came to defend her in the cep thread that has the article about it.

LOL! How does this keep happening to you guys?

[april37]

My random... ILs came to visit over the weekend. They left this morning.... before we even woke up. For some reason I find this incredibly rude. They said they would get going early but didn't say they'd leave before we woke up. They knew I had breakfast planned. They even knew DH was planning to go into work late so he could see them and have breakfast with us. They just left a note on the kitchen counter saying thanks for the weekend.

FYI, DH and I got up at 6:45am.

[walterismydog]

tators I'm so sorry about your beloved Mabel, but it's soooo nice that you got pictures. I'd love to see them if you are ever willing to share.

I've been feeling slightly off lately. Not depression, just bleh. I lost 70 lbs three years ago, and in the last year I've put 20 back on. I am not happy about this. I'm also just feeling kind of unsure of life. I'm super happy with my work situation, I have a great group of friends, but I also have this nagging thing in the back of my head saying "what if this is it?" and I don't like it. So I made a therapy appointment through our EAP at work, four free sessions. I had them pick the closest person to my house at random because I had no therapist in mind. WELL, the stars have apparently aligned properly, because I just looked at her website and she's EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Slightly hippie-dippy, holistic approach to therapy, very into nutrition and healthy lifestyle changes. She's precisely what I need in my life. I am now SO excited about this appt on Monday. Earlier today, before I saw her site, I was just sort of ho-hum about it, but now I cannot WAIT!

[isabel]

Jul 28, 2014 23:32:25 GMT -5 luckydog said:

Jul 28, 2014 23:24:15 GMT -5 isabel said:

DH had his review at work today and it went horribly. He's been blamed for a lot of stuff that is his boss' fault, but since she does the review, he doesn't have much of a leg to stand on. She told him he has 30 days to get it together. I am freaking the fuck out. We just bought a house. He makes almost twice as much as me. Fuuuuck!

Can he write an appeal letter? CC h.r. on it. Maybe even his boss' boss. 

I've basically suggested all of that. He doesn't feel like there's any point. He says if he does that and it doesn't go his way that he feels like it will make him look defensive and things will be worse. I still encouraged him to meet with HR confidentially and put something in his file with his objections. But he's also determined to quit before they can fire him if that's the way this is going to go. I feel nauseous.