That girl who was suing the local school district because they wouldn't let her start a pro-life club?
She won.
Ugh.
I am staunchly pro-choice, and I think she should be allowed to have a club if she wants one.
I know. I admit to being annoyed that the club exists, even though I shouldn't be.
It's also partly because the district rolled over. They had a valid reason for denying it: Rules state there needs to be a staff advisor for all clubs and she couldn't find a teacher or other staff member to sponsor it. She claimed they were infringing on her first amendment rights and got a lawyer. And now she has a club.
ETA: The lawyer thing probably annoys me because of how the district handles people lawyering up for ridiculous things. We're dealing with the aftermath of one of those instances at my school right now.
MIL is here and I need some wine SO BADLY! But she quit drinking so DH says I can't have any either. BOO! I'm thinking about pouring some in a coffee mug....
Fuck that. Bust out the mug.
Very unsatisfying. I felt like an alcoholic sneaking the wine without anyone noticing, and then there was only half a glass left. Whomp whomp.
I'm sitting in a bar in mn while my family is in Texas. H told me they had good fried mushrooms. I ordered a beer and found out the kitchen is closed. But I'm enjoying my beer.
I am staunchly pro-choice, and I think she should be allowed to have a club if she wants one.
I know. I admit to being annoyed that the club exists, even though I shouldn't be.
It's also partly because the district rolled over. They had a valid reason for denying it: Rules state there needs to be a staff advisor for all clubs and she couldn't find a teacher or other staff member to sponsor it. She claimed they were infringing on her first amendment rights and got a lawyer. And now she has a club.
ETA: The lawyer thing probably annoys me because of how the district handles people lawyering up for ridiculous things. We're dealing with the aftermath of one of those instances at my school right now.
She has every right to have that club.
But I can't deny that it delights me a tad that nobody was willing to be the sponsor. LOL.
This was us 2 hours ago. My house was a circus where the tent collapsed, for about 30min.
Having a margarita and wheat thins now. Cooling gel pads on my sore achy nipples (from exclusively pumping).
Good times.
Cheers, lady. Wish I was toasting with a margarita instead of hot decaf tea. I've been reading your thread in MM on toddler jealousy woes. Too bad you don't live closer, because boy could we do some commiserating.
As much as I love the idea of my kid having a sibling, I don't think I could handle another child.
Or, rather, I don't think my marriage or career could handle another child.
I have a number of friends who either stopped at one, or downgraded professionally for that very reason.
I know some really happy, well adjusted only children. One of whom told me the other day she would have stopped at one kid herself if she'd realized how much siblings bicker.
As much as I love the idea of my kid having a sibling, I don't think I could handle another child.
Or, rather, I don't think my marriage or career could handle another child.
I have a number of friends who either stopped at one, or downgraded professionally for that very reason.
I know some really happy, well adjusted only children. One of whom told me the other day she would have stopped at one kid herself if she'd realized how much siblings bicker.
I slept like shit last night so I took a sick day today. It was good for me. I didn't change out of my robe until after 5:00.
I did all my reading, homework and testing for one chapter of my class today, which was almost 4 straight hours of work. So now I'm drinking some tea and reading some Harry Potter before getting ready for bed.
I have a number of friends who either stopped at one, or downgraded professionally for that very reason.
I know some really happy, well adjusted only children. One of whom told me the other day she would have stopped at one kid herself if she'd realized how much siblings bicker.
What does this entail?
I can't afford to make less money.
Don't do it. Money stress is the worst.
-signed the single mom who never stops stressing about money
I have a number of friends who either stopped at one, or downgraded professionally for that very reason.
I know some really happy, well adjusted only children. One of whom told me the other day she would have stopped at one kid herself if she'd realized how much siblings bicker.
What does this entail?
I can't afford to make less money.
A pay cut in most cases. Cutting back to part-time, moving from a firm to a government job, etc. My friends who make it work with two or more without slowing down all have husbands who really pull their own weight and put fathering as a high priority. Plus a lot of out sourcing of everything else.
A pay cut in most cases. Cutting back to part-time, moving from a firm to a government job, etc. My friends who make it work with two or more without slowing down all have husbands who really pull their own weight and put fathering as a high priority. Plus a lot of out sourcing of everything else.
I went from a large firm to a mid-sized firm to in-house.
A pay cut in most cases. Cutting back to part-time, moving from a firm to a government job, etc. My friends who make it work with two or more without slowing down all have husbands who really pull their own weight and put fathering as a high priority. Plus a lot of out sourcing of everything else.
I went from a large firm to a mid-sized firm to in-house.
I'm not taking anymore paycuts.
Ever.
You shouldn't. I didn't mean that to sound like advice. I just meant other people struggle with that balance too.
A pay cut in most cases. Cutting back to part-time, moving from a firm to a government job, etc. My friends who make it work with two or more without slowing down all have husbands who really pull their own weight and put fathering as a high priority. Plus a lot of out sourcing of everything else.
I am on hour 24 of lying flat on my back in bed. I am convinced the neck and shoulder and headache that start as soon as I stand up are complications from the lumbar puncture.
But my fucking doctor says it's not and when I called this brining, said she could see me tomorrow afternoon. And that if I disagreed with her medical opinion I could go back to the ER.
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Oh man, I got a spinal headache from my epidural and it was the worst thing ever, waaaay worse than the pain I had during labor and I made it to 8.5cm with no meds!
I didn't have any shoulder/neck stuff BUT getting the wicked headache from standing is the biggest symptom for a spinal headache.
Definitely go to the ER if the doctor won't treat it!
Although, aside from riding it out with good pain meds, the only other treatment is to do a "blood patch" which is a second lumbar procedure.
I got the patch and it suuuuuucked but it was almost instantaneous relief.
I had the same thing happen as AutumnRose. My leg jerked while he was giving me the needle, and he said that I was going to want to die for two weeks. The blood patch didn't work, either. All I could do was alternate advil and percoset, lie down, and drink lots of caffeine. If that's what it is, it really did go away in about 2 weeks, and improved where I could at least function in a few days.