I just got checked into my hotel for tomorrow's exam. It's a really nice hotel! It's right across the street from my testing center. The hotel new and the bed is super comfy. They also have a food delivery service, so I'm planning on ordering from a Thai/sushi place that has great reviews. I might never want to go home! It doesn't help that we had a bad ice storm and we lost about 1/3-1/2 of the branches on our old, beautiful Sycamore tree. Before I left to head over here, I had to help my husband pull some HUGE branches off of our fence and out of the driveway. The branches had to have been like 15 feet long and were about as big around as my calf. Luckily we seem to be one of the few people that we know that have power. I have terrible anxiety about having to miss work tomorrow. I sent a PTO request to my manager for a "family emergency" but she hasn't approved it yet. I'm really worried about if/when she will approve it.
Ok. I'm really anxious about work now. I put in my PTO request around 10am today (it automatically sends a notification to my manager) and said it was a family emergency. My manager just called me about 30 minutes ago and left a voicemail saying that some remodeling would be happening at work tomorrow, so I needed to wear casual clothes. I don't know what to do. She obviously hasn't (or is pretending she hasn't) seen my PTO request. I'm nervous about calling her back because I know she is going to try to force me to tell her what the "family emergency" is. I hate lying. I don't want to tell her it's for my exam because she is not supportive and has said some rude things about it. What do I do??
It finally got approved! Now I just have to figure out what to say if/when she asks on Tuesday.
Post by dr.girlfriend on Nov 29, 2015 19:46:25 GMT -5
Ugh, I've vented about this on MM Moms before, but had to vent again. My son (just turned 7) has this friend. He loves to have play dates with her, but her parents always invite their 2.5-year-old along, and then let him loose unsupervised. We have a baby gate keeping the dog downstairs. Last time the mom opened the baby gate for the kid, let him go upstairs alone (the older kids were downstairs), and then stayed downstairs chatting with me. I even said, "If you need to go check on X..." and she was like, "No, he's fine!" Turns out he had made a huge mess -- destroyed my son's lego ships, overturned a bowl of cheez-its the older kids had been snacking on and spread them all around, etc.
So, I sent out evites for my son's birthday party. Of course, the dad brought both kids again, and then let the younger one run rampant. Ugh. Both parents are super socially clueless too, this time the dad hung around LONG after everybody else had left, until finally I'm like, "So...my son is leaving now with his grandparents, maybe you guys should get going too." I feel like DS is going to have to lose out on his friend because his parents need a clue.
dr.girlfriend Looks like it is time to move all of the play dates to their house! I'm always so surprised to see how many parents have issues like you had. Is it really that hard for other parents to not be weird and have a tiny bit of common sense?
Post by crashgizmo on Nov 29, 2015 20:53:08 GMT -5
steph96, I would send your boss an email to follow up on her call to you. That way you have it in writing, and you don't have to worry about lying to her over the phone.