FFC - Longest Friday Ever

[mrssandro]

This seems like the LONGEST Afternoon ever. Who wants to join me in FFC thread?

I need to think of a few. 

[loira]

I don't think HR should be in charge of any aspect of hiring (aside from collecting CVs) for senior positions. They don't have the knowledge necessary to decide whether someone is or isn't a good fit for the position and shouldn't be conducting preliminary interviews.

ETA: This is less of a confession and more just because I'm bitter about my job search right now and need somewhere to put this.

[mrssandro]

I think secretly my husband is a Donald Trump supporter.

I don't like Hillary much at all. But I have no other option since I really hate Trump.

I am very much not looking forward spending time with my mother. She pretty much gives me anxiety and makes me turn into the polar opposite of my chill self.

[niq]

I think I buried it in a randoms, but mom's Mother's Day gift was going to be a plane ticket (EDIT: and car rental, but there aren't any cancellation fees for that one) to visit family & see her son-in-law graduate from medical school. Which she cancelled because she's too sick.

My confession is that I'm just going to get her flowers and a card for Mother's Day.

[mrssandro]

I think my mom has daddy issues and just has no self confidence. She lets it build over time and likes to lay on the guilt if I don't be the idealistic person/child. I also think she is chronically depressed and refuses to see a therapist. It's gotten worse after DD#2 was born. I have a short fuse for BS.

[CloudBee]

I'm eating cupcakes while DS watches Toy Story, trying to will myself to clean the kitchen.

[pugz]

I've been trying to run a mom out of my moms group. Nobody likes her but I can't be outright obvious about it, so I'm subtly trying to edge her out.


she doesn't vax so you guys are probably team me even though it's totally bitchy of me.

[chedifuen]

I went away for the weekend a few weeks back and go high for the first time since high school. I forgot how fun it is

[preppy]

My husbands sisters famous brother in law had a baby last night and named him Boomer. Boomer! I can't wait until its released on People.com to see the reaction to the name. lol.

[pugz]

preppy are they Sooners fans?

[preppy]

May 6, 2016 14:13:29 GMT -5 pugz said:

preppy are they Sooners fans?

What is a sooner? Is that a sports team? 

ETA: Just googled it. They aren't from OK so I don't think so? He is from MD and his fiance is from CA I think. 

[pugz]

May 6, 2016 14:15:09 GMT -5 preppy said:

May 6, 2016 14:13:29 GMT -5 pugz said:

preppy are they Sooners fans?

What is a sooner? Is that a sports team? 

University of Oklahoma  They are the Sooners and their saying is "Boomer Sooner"

I don't really know why but it's a thing.  The Okies in the group probably know the reasoning.

[longtimenopost]

Along the lines of yesterday's work poll - I've sent 15 emails this WEEK. Assume about 10 minutes of work per email sent, that's about it.

[preppy]

May 6, 2016 14:16:04 GMT -5 pugz said:

May 6, 2016 14:15:09 GMT -5 preppy said:

What is a sooner? Is that a sports team? 

University of Oklahoma  They are the Sooners and their saying is "Boomer Sooner"

I don't really know why but it's a thing.  The Okies in the group probably know the reasoning.

Lol. Not from OK but even if they were that would be so random! I am wondering if its somehow a family name on her side? 

[namasteak]

I like being the one in charge of our household finances (DH is very hands off about it).

[atarianna]

My H is OOT and although I miss him, it almost feels easier here without him. He needs everything to be so clean and tidy all the time and I am exhausted every day trying to live up to his standards (which I cannot ever live up to), while taking care of the kids.

The house is atrocious so hopefully he doesn't try to surprise me with a visit before his scheduled return date.

I plan to hire a house cleaner to come just before he gets home.

[pugz]

May 6, 2016 14:19:42 GMT -5 gravytrain225 said:

pugz How much longer until your ultrasound!?!

45 minuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutes

[pugz]

@vicmo I really am horrible sometimes, lol.

[numbers]

May 6, 2016 14:19:18 GMT -5 namasteak said:

I like being the one in charge of our household finances (DH is very hands off about it).

Same! I basically buy whatever I want.

Mr. Numbers gives no flucks as long as our NW numbers are trending up at a good rate (they are).

[Deleted]

May 6, 2016 14:14:04 GMT -5 jeaniebueller said:

My co workers wife is having their first child in a few months. I can't wait until he is dragging ass in the office like the rest of us sleep deprived parents instead of being a worker bee who stays late to suck up to the boss. He also has been vocal about being disappointed about the sex of the baby, so he is already BEC with me.

He sounds like he will keep the same hours and not do motn. 

[statlerwaldorf]

I want some kind of mother's jewelery with birthstones, but I'm annoyed that 3 of my kids have the same birthstone.

[numbers]

May 6, 2016 14:11:51 GMT -5 preppy said:

My husbands sisters famous brother in law had a baby last night and named him Boomer. Boomer! I can't wait until its released on People.com to see the reaction to the name. lol.

Oh FFS. What is wrong with people?

Also, that's what MIL calls baby poop.

[pugz]

statlerwaldorf I don't like my kid's birthstone, lol

[felicity]

May 6, 2016 14:11:51 GMT -5 preppy said:

Baby Boomer

Heh. 

[lolo]

May 6, 2016 14:37:05 GMT -5 pugz said:

statlerwaldorf I don't like my kid's birthstone, lol

Ooo same!

[mrssandro]

May 6, 2016 14:34:21 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

I want some kind of mother's jewelery with birthstones, but I'm annoyed that 3 of my kids have the same birthstone.

Same here. You can do the alternate colors but they just don't jive well for me. So I will never get birthstone jewelry. 

[namasteak]

May 6, 2016 14:32:19 GMT -5 numbers said:

May 6, 2016 14:19:18 GMT -5 namasteak said:

I like being the one in charge of our household finances (DH is very hands off about it).

Same! I basically buy whatever I want.

Mr. Numbers gives no flucks as long as our NW numbers are trending up at a good rate (they are).

It's really nice and a little weird. I consider it a perk of SAH with an H who has long hours. It's nice to take the kids to do something or get a convenience item/service without him questioning how often I do it. If I've already spent the money in a category I can easily move it around w/o issues.

[TamiTaylor]

May 6, 2016 14:11:51 GMT -5 preppy said:

My husbands sisters famous brother in law had a baby last night and named him Boomer. Boomer! I can't wait until its released on People.com to see the reaction to the name. lol.

So who is he?

[anna7602]

I hate that I've been short-tempered with DS all day because Mother's Day makes me feel anxious and stressed and horrible. Just calling to order my mother flowers and trying to simultaneously keep DS from doing everything crazy possible during that 8-minute-phone call made me a raving lunatic and now I feel horrible that I yelled at him and lost my shit. He's 21 months old!

I need to get a serious grip, but I know that turning down the invitations to spend MD at my brother's house is just the beginning of the drama. I was just kind of short on the phone with DH, too, when he said he wasn't sure he would be home before the gym closes tonight. Sure, I can try to work out my tension with a home video, but then I'm going to have DS climbing all over me and I will probably lose my shit again.
Why can't anyone respect me saying I can't have a relationship with my mother right now? I made my father cry earlier this week and had my brother get pissy about how he doesn't want to be in the middle (I'm not putting him in the middle, my parents asked him to organize brunch at his house so I'd be more likely to come there than to their house).
I'm just so out of sorts.

[namasteak]

((( Anna )))