Good morning! Today is my first day at my new job. I know absolutely no one who works or has ever worked there which is unnerving and new. Outside of the interview, I'm going in blind!
Winnie saw my bags today and knew something was up. She whined/cried a little at the door which broke my heart. I've been home with her every day for almost three weeks! She still has my husband till 7:15 then has to make it four hours before her playmate comes.
Oh, what's the big wet spot, you ask? Just my bright red acai drink leaking through my bag onto my tan linen pants and white tunic on my way to my first day of work. Luckily four shout wipes seem to have lifted most of the red but this needs to dry in the next 7 mins.
I'm waiting in my car to go into a day long training/meeting. It seemed like a good idea when I signed up like 3 weeks ago. But now I'm trying to get over a cold that is compounded with allergies and I just want the day to go by quickly.
I started some meds from the dermatologist for a scalp issue. I've been on the meds for over 2 weeks but starting this past Saturday night, my arms, legs and butt have huge, hot hives. I thought possibly it was a bug bite, because after lots of Benadryl it was better on Monday. Then it came back last night. Benadryl about 9pm then better this morning. Ugh, this is miserable. I need to call the doctor this morning.
The travel caught up with me last night and I had my first bout of pregnancy puking. Ugh. I've decided to take a sick morning since they only pay out sick leave at 25%. I have a lunch date with a friend, then the first ultrasound for this pregnancy at 1:30pm. If I get a job offer, MM should stand by for questions about negotiating a maternity leave as part of an offer. Glad that I'll have a chance to see a heartbeat before having to negotiate that.
I have to take one kitty (the tabby in my avatar) to the vet today. MH and I got in a huge argument on Saturday because FIL's cat is still at our house, isolated in a spare room since she started a massive fight with our cats when she got out once before. There's no end date in sight since FIL "isn't ready yet" for her to come back home. I want her gone, but MH argued that she's no trouble and I'm just being selfish.
So then we went out all day Sunday, and came home to find that the spare room door had somehow gotten open and FIL's cat had gotten out. We coaxed her back in the room and then located our two cats who were huddled under our upstairs bed, terrified. The tabby screamed and snarled whenever I touched him. I had to bite my tongue SO hard to avoid saying "I told you so" about needing FIL's cat to get out of our house.
I had to go away for work Mon-Tues and asked MH to keep an eye on him. Kitty is acting normal today, but he's still wincing when I touch a spot near his hip ... he allowed me to get a closer look last night and it looks like he had been bitten or scratched, and now there's a raised bump with a white head on it Taking him in because I don't want it to get infected, if it isn't already.
MH wants me to take him to our regular vet, which is 30 minutes away without traffic - and there will be traffic. Kitty gets nervous enough in the car and he's already That Cat at the vet, with falconer-style gloves and a lot of screaming involved, so I want to look for a place closer to home to save us both the aggravation. There's actually a vet around the corner from us that we took him to once, but it was crazy expensive, the doc had a bad attitude, and their treatments didn't really work and so after that we wound up taking him to the original vet anyway. Ugh.
Unrelated (and TMI) note, my second post-D&C period is really wonky - spotting only, old brown blood. I should call my gyno, but before that can anyone offer any anecdotes?
I'm having a really rough week. Work is the busiest it has been in who knows how long. We have some deadlines that we likely won't be able to meet. My young coworker has called in sick with a cold two days in a row. Who calls in sick WITH A COLD during the busiest time of the month? I want to punch her in the face. Both of my dogs got sick last night. Luckily my husband is awesome and cleaned it all up while I slept. I just want this week to be over.
Post by irene adler on Sept 30, 2015 9:50:18 GMT -5
You all are in my head! I woke up this aamorning thinkin of both tacom (first day!) and @idaholakelady (I wonder if she's heard?)
I need more fun in my life. I've been in "make it through" mode for her definitely the past few weeks--making it through this pile of alterations, making it through this week of working late, etc. in the past year, I've had to close friends move away and two close friends become first-time moms, which has cut down on their ability to socialize or have time for me. I miss them.
Ugh. I'm sorry so many of us are sick! I hope everyone feels better.
mbcdefg I hope kitty is ok. That is very stressful to have your FIL's cat at the house causing chaos . As for your cycle that may be normal. It took a while for mine to get back to its usual. But don't hesitate to call the doctor either.
Post by dr.girlfriend on Sept 30, 2015 9:54:25 GMT -5
I'm grumpy today. NBCNews has a headline, "Dad Pulls Stepfather from Seat to Walk Daughter Down Aisle," and is all, "see this touching and emotional moment..." All I can think is, maybe it's the BRIDE'S fucking decision who walks her down the aisle at her own wedding? Jeez. There's also a headline about Kim Davis's lawyers saying she had a "secret meeting" with the Pope and I hope they are completely full of shit because if not the Pope loses like 100 points in my tally.
I'm grumpy today. NBCNews has a headline, "Dad Pulls Stepfather from Seat to Walk Daughter Down Aisle," and is all, "see this touching and emotional moment..." All I can think is, maybe it's the BRIDE'S fucking decision who walks her down the aisle at her own wedding? Jeez. There's also a headline about Kim Davis's lawyers saying she had a "secret meeting" with the Pope and I hope they are completely full of shit because if not the Pope loses like 100 points in my tally.
Yes, bride's decision and also, who cares??? I don't like that we live in a world where inanity like this becomes national news. But geez the adage that in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes was a good call.
I really hope Kim Davis's lawyers are making that up because I'll be super disappointed if the pope met with her. Particularly because this couldn't have been just a while-you're-in-the-neighborhood thing -- there would have been a lot of time and money put into arranging that and I would hate if the Vatican thought she was an important enough cause to merit that.
I'm grumpy today. NBCNews has a headline, "Dad Pulls Stepfather from Seat to Walk Daughter Down Aisle," and is all, "see this touching and emotional moment..." All I can think is, maybe it's the BRIDE'S fucking decision who walks her down the aisle at her own wedding? Jeez. There's also a headline about Kim Davis's lawyers saying she had a "secret meeting" with the Pope and I hope they are completely full of shit because if not the Pope loses like 100 points in my tally.
Yes, bride's decision and also, who cares??? I don't like that we live in a world where inanity like this becomes national news. But geez the adage that in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes was a good call.
I really hope Kim Davis's lawyers are making that up because I'll be super disappointed if the pope met with her. Particularly because this couldn't have been just a while-you're-in-the-neighborhood thing -- there would have been a lot of time and money put into arranging that and I would hate if the Vatican thought she was an important enough cause to merit that.
On Wednesday, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, confirmed that the meeting took place, but he declined to elaborate. “I do not deny that the meeting took place, but I have no other comments to add,” he said.
I absolutely don't believe that the meeting went down the way Kim Davis says it did, but it's discouraging if the pope did indeed agree to meet with her
I'm grumpy today. NBCNews has a headline, "Dad Pulls Stepfather from Seat to Walk Daughter Down Aisle," and is all, "see this touching and emotional moment..." All I can think is, maybe it's the BRIDE'S fucking decision who walks her down the aisle at her own wedding? Jeez.
I thought the exact same thing and then I read the story. The bride wanted them both to walk her down the aisle, but there had been a lot of drama between the parents and so she decided against it. Her dad decided to finally be an adult and have them both walk her down the aisle. He discussed with the bride but didn't tell the stepfather. So this was all a surprise to him on the wedding day. This would have never been a story had the parents acted like adults and not put their daughter into this situation when planning her wedding.
I'm grumpy today. NBCNews has a headline, "Dad Pulls Stepfather from Seat to Walk Daughter Down Aisle," and is all, "see this touching and emotional moment..." All I can think is, maybe it's the BRIDE'S fucking decision who walks her down the aisle at her own wedding? Jeez.
I thought the exact same thing and then I read the story. The bride wanted them both to walk her down the aisle, but there had been a lot of drama between the parents and so she decided against it. Her dad decided to finally be an adult and have them both walk her down the aisle. He discussed with the bride but didn't tell the stepfather. So this was all a surprise to him on the wedding day. This would have never been a story had the parents acted like adults and not put their daughter into this situation when planning her wedding.
Oh, that's good to know! I only saw a video link, and I can't watch vids at work so I didn't view it. I was thinking that it was either the bride's wish to begin with and they were dicks about it beforehand, or it was never her wish and just a decision the dad made on his own. Either way it didn't make them look too good.
Post by explorer2001 on Sept 30, 2015 12:58:24 GMT -5
I'm getting excited/nervous about our Thanksgiving plans. Boyfriend was starting to tease me about if I was serious about going because we hadn't booked anything yet. I was really busy at work and then sick which postponed booking.
Anyway, we got a great deal on flights (around $320 per person round trip) and the hotel. He booked the rental car since he knows the area and will be doing most of the driving. I'm not looking into boarding Rocko and trying to make sure this desert dweller has the clothes/gloves/etc to survive visiting New England. Eek!
Any New Englanders with suggestions for packing/layers/accessories to bring feel free to let me know.
I'm grumpy today. NBCNews has a headline, "Dad Pulls Stepfather from Seat to Walk Daughter Down Aisle," and is all, "see this touching and emotional moment..." All I can think is, maybe it's the BRIDE'S fucking decision who walks her down the aisle at her own wedding? Jeez.
I thought the exact same thing and then I read the story. The bride wanted them both to walk her down the aisle, but there had been a lot of drama between the parents and so she decided against it. Her dad decided to finally be an adult and have them both walk her down the aisle. He discussed with the bride but didn't tell the stepfather. So this was all a surprise to him on the wedding day. This would have never been a story had the parents acted like adults and not put their daughter into this situation when planning her wedding.
Post by bostonmichelle on Sept 30, 2015 14:55:17 GMT -5
I really hope that I can't make it back home from NC due to weather on Monday morning. I'm so done with everything right now and can't wait to move there permanently in 24 days.
Post by redredwine on Sept 30, 2015 15:17:54 GMT -5
Something felt off with my crown last night (I got it about 7 years ago so I could tell when something wasn't right) It didn't hurt, but thought I chipped it or something so I went to hte dentist this AM. Turns out it got loose and he popped it right off. Oh, just need a new crown, right? NOPE! The tooth underneath was so decayed and a small infection starting under the filled roots (of my root canal where I needed a crown) that I need it pulled AND an implant. The fun part is that I already used up my insurance for the year getting my wisdom teeth pulled.
I started crying and cried for like a 1/2 hour straight. The hygienists were so sweet and just let me do my thing. I was mostly upset because the process takes about a year from start to finish and I can't start until I get a new insurance year (so, January) because I want to be knocked out AND I need a bone graf so it's like $2k out of pocket if I don't use insurance. Then when I get it pulled, it will eat up my insurance $ again so I'd wait until the following year to get the implant. I spent another 1/2 hour just talking to the dentist because I need to know ALL the details, lol.
We're leaning towards having a kid and I'd want to start next summer (I'll be 34 next month, so almost 35 next summer) so I'm just worried this will push it ba back even more. I'm just so upset.