We are about 4 hours from the line of totality, and I am excited for it. We are driving to stay with my friend in St. Louis, and making a long weekend of it. Prob doing Arch, zoo, and then watching eclipse and heading home. I hope my kids are impressed with it, and not just, okay, now it's dark?
It just worked out that way! I knew it was in August but didn't check the day until we booked. I think we might just stay at the beach until it is over and then head back.
I think we are only getting 80-85% here so not as exciting as you!
OMG, DH does this, and admittedly, I'll passive-aggressively run around doing shit rather than just ask for help, but COME ON. You know that lunches need to be packed, stuff from today put away, the toilet is looking gross, laundry needs to be folded, etc.
Part of it is that I don't relax well with a to-do list weighing on me, where his take is that the list will be less annoying if he relaxes first. In general it's a good balance, but in the moment I want to shank him sometimes.
My thing is, how many times do I have to express to him that I need "help"? Like you said, he can see just the same as I can that the dishes need to be done or there is crap all over the place or whatever. Do I really need to ask him EVERY SINGLE TIME to "help"? We share this house, get up and do something. I don't intend to be passive-aggressive, but I'm just tired of pointing out what obviously needs to happen, so I just do it.
Oh, absolutely. I hate the "I'll help, just tell me what to do" thing. No, you live here, you know what needs to be done. And while DH's thing at this point is usually that he just doesn't feel the same level of urgency to get stuff done that I do, honestly it took me doing a fair bit of work travel after we had kids to get him to actually see all of the things that got done every day. Like, oh, your morning getting the kids out the door on your own was super hectic because you didn't pack lunches and backpacks and lay out clothes the night before? Sorry not sorry.
And I don't mean to diminish how much he does around the house and with the kids, because we really do share the work evenly, but it wasn't automatic.
followyourarrow, I've had to teach younger employees how to write a check. Lol.
googled, sorry about your pup. I actually would seek a mobile vet (ours is mobile but has privileges in 2 different vet clinics for more invasive exams/surgery). Your pup will be MUCH less anxious being in his own environment. And the vet would be able to do an exam to see if you even need to have x-rays or not. Is it his back leg? We just had to have a repair surgery on one of ours. Is his foot turned inward at all?
It just worked out that way! I knew it was in August but didn't check the day until we booked. I think we might just stay at the beach until it is over and then head back.
I think we are only getting 80-85% here so not as exciting as you!
I think she means why is it a bad idea?
Oh! Duh. I heard that it might be bad traffic and that there are a lot of accidents caused by people being distracted/momentarily blinded during the eclipse. We are going to be on a two lane HWY for many hours and would rather not get stuck.
DH is upset with me (rightfully) I screwed up the seating for him on part of our flight. Seatguru lied to me and I moved his seat to what I thought was the next exit row. The airline site did make me confirm he was eligible for exit row. Nope now we're back to the original flight and he isn't in the exit row. So I'm a horrible wife.
Whoa! That's a lot of leave to be using up. Is she hourly? I can't imagine missing an entire week for my dog, and I am dog-obsessed.
Also, why does she need 3 weeks for a wedding? Are they taking a long honeymoon?
I only get 3 weeks of vacay/year, so this is not making sense to me.
She's salary but we only get 10 days vacation, so this is all mostly unpaid. She is taking a two week honeymoon and a week is for pre-wedding activities.
I assume someone has to pick up the slack when she's out? I'd be pretty pissed if I were that person.
Or - is her workload just really light? If so she's not too bright to be drawing so much attention to it.
googled , sorry about your pup. I actually would seek a mobile vet (ours is mobile but has privileges in 2 different vet clinics for more invasive exams/surgery). Your pup will be MUCH less anxious being in his own environment. And the vet would be able to do an exam to see if you even need to have x-rays or not. Is it his back leg? We just had to have a repair surgery on one of ours. Is his foot turned inward at all?
Thanks for the insight! It's his back leg, but not turned inward. He just keeps it lifted when he's standing (although he puts a little pressure on it to walk and run).
I was rearended a week and a half ago and the other person's insurance company (AllState) has been so easy to deal with and on the ball that I'm seriously considering switching our car insurance to them. I have a direct phone number for an actual person to call and she answers when I call. They are on the ball and upgraded my rental so that I could more easily fit carseats in the car. They reimbursed me for my new carseat purchase in under 24 hours with zero hassle.
The last accident I was involved in, the other driver had Nationwide and they were awful. Every little thing required numerous phone calls and voice mails and getting them to replace DD's carseat was a huge hassle.
Getting in an accident sucks but at least they have made the process pretty painless thus far.
I'm annoyed at my husband. In 2016, we did two big home projects - 1. Built out our loft into a 2 bedroom floorplan, and 2. remodeled the kitchen. Two separate projects by two separate contractors months apart. Each contractor obtained separate building permits for their work. The loft build-out was first and the inspectors signed off on that permit. The kitchen was second and the inspector came for the final inspection today.
H met the inspector at home. All yesterday, H kept asking dumb questions like, what's the inspection for? The kitchen and the bedrooms? I told him at least 3 times, no, this is just for the kitchen. The bedrooms have already been inspected; that was a separate permit. So the inspector gets there this morning and H shows her the kitchen and also decides to show her the bedrooms, "just in case" she needed to know about them. Well, of fucking course she found an issue - we don't have a carbon monoxide detector in the office/second bedroom and now she won't sign off on the permit. EVEN THOUGH the permit is only for the kitchen.
Obviously it's not a bad thing to get another CO detector (even though we have one right outside the room, which is all of 8X10 feet), but I am so annoyed that H couldn't just listen to me. Why am I the only one capable of rational thought in my marriage?
She's salary but we only get 10 days vacation, so this is all mostly unpaid. She is taking a two week honeymoon and a week is for pre-wedding activities.
I assume someone has to pick up the slack when she's out? I'd be pretty pissed if I were that person.
Or - is her workload just really light? If so she's not too bright to be drawing so much attention to it.
I am picking up her slack and some things are just on pause.
Post by blondemoment123 on Aug 2, 2017 17:23:59 GMT -5
I'm so pissed. Our neighbors were having some sod replaced and they hooked their hose up to our spigot. Apparently it was running for hours until H came home and noticed it.
I'm so pissed. Our neighbors were having some sod replaced and they hooked their hose up to our spigot. Apparently it was running for hours until H came home and noticed it.
What in the ever loving hell? I would be beyond pissed and I'd be taking my water bill over there as soon as it showed up for a full reimbursement!
I assume someone has to pick up the slack when she's out? I'd be pretty pissed if I were that person.
Or - is her workload just really light? If so she's not too bright to be drawing so much attention to it.
I am picking up her slack and some things are just on pause.
Then I'd have even less patience. You can't go mia and talk to your boss like they're beneath you. Not over a dog. I love animals but this is so excessive.
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I'm so pissed. Our neighbors were having some sod replaced and they hooked their hose up to our spigot. Apparently it was running for hours until H came home and noticed it.
God some people have balls. This would piss me off and I eould be over there confronting them in person.
We're gonna need an update to this!
H told me he went over there and started yelling at the neighbor. He said she just stammered some half ass apology and went inside. I'll be buying a lock for the spigots tomorrow.
Happy Birthday ginandjucie24 -What did you get your sister and potentially what did she get you?
ALso, a few people tagged the wrong Gin and Juice in a happy birthday post. I clicked her profile and she has 0 posts and was online 56 minutes ago-Probably because she got notifications LOL
Eeeeeeee, I wonder if the other Gin and Juice got scared because of the notifications. I still freak out when someone quotes me. .
Thank you you for the birthday wishes.
We did get each other the same gifts. A legend of Zelda themed Nintendo ds holder/carry case and a t-shirt that says Vintage 1978 on it. .
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
I was rearended a week and a half ago and the other person's insurance company (AllState) has been so easy to deal with and on the ball that I'm seriously considering switching our car insurance to them. I have a direct phone number for an actual person to call and she answers when I call. They are on the ball and upgraded my rental so that I could more easily fit carseats in the car. They reimbursed me for my new carseat purchase in under 24 hours with zero hassle.
The last accident I was involved in, the other driver had Nationwide and they were awful. Every little thing required numerous phone calls and voice mails and getting them to replace DD's carseat was a huge hassle.
Getting in an accident sucks but at least they have made the process pretty painless thus far.
So jealous. I was in an accident with a USPS truck last weekend (his fault) and insurance has been a nightmare. The postal service is privately insured, but neither the driver or his supervisor who showed up has their contact info. I am at a loss because I can't even figure out how to get ahold of their risk management to figure out what insurance they have or if anything is being done. At this point I think we will go through my insurance to at least get the ball rolling and then have them get the money back from the other insurance.