I’m going to be bored today. I was supposed to spend the day planning with my co-assistant director, but she called in sick so...I’ll just be making lists of things we can talk about when she’s back. And posting on here, lol.
The Love, Actually movie party was so fun! They had little “To me, you are perfect’ signs, little British flags, and little cracker/popper things that you set off when you’re favorite couple finally got together. And while we were there they announced their doing a The Greatest Showman sing along December 30th so my friend and I promptly bought tickets for that, too, haha. She’s also bringing her older daughter. Should be a good time
We have a retirement party tomorrow evening for H’s coworker and he kept saying he wanted to get her a gift, but didn’t know what and procrastinated. So I finally had an idea (she recently got certified to teach yoga) and ordered same day delivery from Amazon: the Thug Kitchen cookbook, a meditation journal called something like the Art of Not Giving a Fuck, and a tank top that says Heavily Meditated. Hopefully she’ll like it
H has a business dinner tonight and I’m considering leaving work an hour early today and going to the movie theater next door to see Fantastic Beasts, lol.
Also (I have a lot to say today) our older dog was sick last Friday and it seems to have really knocked her for a loop. She’s almost 14 and has been slowing down considerably lately, but just this weekend seems to have gone quite a bit downhill. Her energy level is way down and she’s having a lot of trouble with her back hips. Once she gets going she’s ok, but she can’t get her back legs under her without help most of the time and then you have to kind of prop her up for a minute before her back hips really want to support her. We’re waiting on blood work from the vet to hopefully help us figure out if this is a temporary illness or if this is likely her new normal because if it is, I think H will be strongly considering putting her down because he doesn’t want her to just exist, he wants her to enjoy life.
TR I'm sorry about your dog It's so freaking hard when they get old. One of my dogs had a lot of problems with his legs at the end of his life, and it was so heartbreaking to watch him struggle. I hope this is not the end for yours. Dogs really should have longer lives.
TR I'm sorry about your dog It's so freaking hard when they get old. One of my dogs had a lot of problems with his legs at the end of his life, and it was so heartbreaking to watch him struggle. I hope this is not the end for yours. Dogs really should have longer lives.
Thank you. It is so hard to say goodbye. And I love her, but H has had her from a puppy and she was with him through a lot of rough times so it’s going to be so much worse for him.
DS (9) qualified for the YMCA New England swimming championship again this year. It was such a great experience last year, he loved swimming at the MIT pool. He is so super excited and we are so proud of him.
DD (7) qualified in her very first meet (according to the previous years times) and then we found out they cancelled the championships for the 8&under age group. She is devastated and has another whole season before her age group comes up. She is going to try and qualify for the 10&under time, but at age 7 that's a serious task. I'm just beside myself with the bullshit of it.
God, I am so that swim mom. I already emailed the director of the meet, but it's a large regional meet so there really is nothing I can do about it. But it makes me so mad!
I have spent more time than I care to admit cutting out paper snowflakes, and I only have 14 so far. I've decided that one night our Elf is going to decorate our upstairs hallway with paper snowflakes, I'm hoping to have at least 150 to hang from the ceiling. Why I ever thought this was a good idea, I don't know.
My H was a complete dick all weekend. I've been stashing away cash for his birthday in April and as of yesterday I finally have enough to put down the deposit on the gift. It's way more $$$ than what we usually spend on each other, but with how he acted over the weekend, I'm very tempted to buy myself a new purse instead.
@sameoldstory - aren’t you guys trying to get out of debt? I’m not saying people paying down debt can’t buy presents, but I certainly wouldn’t spend $$$ on someone who’s such a dick while I’m trying to save. And it doesn’t seem like it’s just this weekend, I feel like he’s been a dick for awhile, no?
I am afraid we've broken our cat, lol. H was adamantly against letting him sleep in the bedroom, so we didn't let him do that for the first 3 months or so that we had him. In the last few weeks, we've been allowing him into the room, kind of without thinking about it. He's actually been really good, and sleeps nicely throughout the night, but if I get up to go to the bathroom and it's anywhere close to morning (like 5:15) he thinks it's time to be petted and talks to me. This honestly doesn't bother me (I'm a crappy sleeper anyway and he's so dang cute that I'm happy to oblige) but H is really protective of his sleep and doesn't want to be awoken. I'm afraid now that we've been letting the cat sleep with us, though, he'll just sit outside our door and cry if we close it.
I've been solving this by moving to the couch for the rest of the night, but this is probably a terrible solution haha. I'm spoiling him. It's like I can't help myself. It's probably a really good thing that I'm not trying to raise a human here.
@sameoldstory - aren’t you guys trying to get out of debt? I’m not saying people paying down debt can’t buy presents, but I certainly wouldn’t spend $$$ on someone who’s such a dick while I’m trying to save. And it doesn’t seem like it’s just this weekend, I feel like he’s been a dick for awhile, no?
We are. This is cash that I've been saving from my side-gig. It's a bucket list thing for him and so I'm really trying to make it happen.
And yes, he can be a dick and he's not always easy to live with, but he does also have some wonderful qualities and there are a lot of reasons that I love him and stay with him. What I post here tends to only be the not so great stuff and isn't necessarily an accurate representation of our relationship as a whole.
I had no idea Priyana Chopka and Nick Jonas were actually a real couple and got married. I thought they were just like a fake Met Ball couple. Then the radio was saying they got married this weekend and I'm like "what?"
My boss is out again, which is good b/c it got us out of training this afternoon. But otherwise I need things to stay quiet b/c I'm just in no mood for anything.
I am currently recruiting for 3 positions and dreading doing the selections on all 3, blerg.
I couldn't sleep last night so I was working on some chores and sent BF a quick email. He's overseas right now, so our timing with emails/messages has been off for a week+. About 15 seconds after I hit send, he called. So sweet. He said, "What are you still doing up?! But thank goodness you are because I wanted to call and see your face." Very sweet and it was good to see/talk to him. He will be home Friday and I'm so looking forward to that.
I brought in to work 2 banker's boxes full of old paperwork to shred. So nice to get that junk out of the house. Just a few things to tidy up at home tonight and I'll have a week's worth of chores done early. Maybe I'll sleep tonight, too.
I worked basically a full day on Sat to try to stay caught up (9am - 4pm, ate lunch at my desk). I'm soooo over it. This should be the last week before our new hire officially starts. It'll still be crazy getting her fully trained, but at least I shouldn't have to stay so late.
Also - I take back all my complaining from last week about the new hire. She came in Sat as well, and one of the first things she did was apologize for getting distracted on other tasks instead of focusing on the current need. So... she either realized how behind we are, or she found me on here. We definitely made some progress on Sat, and I think she's actually going to be a good fit. I think I was just cranky and worn down last week.
I threw away half a container of honey because it crystallized and it had a narrow opening so I couldn't even spoon it out. I was so frustrated trying to eek out enough for my tea that I launched it in the trash. Fuck the honey, man.
I threw away half a container of honey because it crystallized and it had a narrow opening so I couldn't even spoon it out. I was so frustrated trying to eek out enough for my tea that I launched it in the trash. Fuck the honey, man.
Next time just put it in a bowl/jar/where ever it will fit, with warm water and it will turn back to liquid.
I threw away half a container of honey because it crystallized and it had a narrow opening so I couldn't even spoon it out. I was so frustrated trying to eek out enough for my tea that I launched it in the trash. Fuck the honey, man.
Next time just put it in a bowl/jar/where ever it will fit, with warm water and it will turn back to liquid.
I did that and it went right back to being crystallized as soon as I pulled it out of the warm water. I also tried microwaving it.
Post by blondemoment123 on Dec 3, 2018 11:21:13 GMT -5
DS was up literally all night crying inconsolably, so I’m home with him today. He has an appointment with the pedi this afternoon. In the meantime I need a vat of coffee.
I decided I want a bar necklace with DS’s name on it. Any recs?
Update- The meet director got back to me and said the coaches complained that the meet spanned over two weekends in Boston last year and it's too expensive.
It's total bullshit, and now I have to deal with a completely devastated kid who wants to quit because what's the point of working hard if she cant get there for several years?
DS has for the last 2 nights woken up around 10:39-11pm and just screams and cries inconsolably and won’t go back down to sleep no matter what we do, until we bring him to our bed, where he promptly passes out.
Kid, you have been sleep trained for 2 months, what is your problem.
My FI and future SS went and got family pictures taken with his sister and her dad's side of the family yesterday. I wasn't invited. I was sort of insulted, but then I found out that the last time they did them, his ex was in the pictures. His response to me was that, in his family, if he's invited, I am. I think this is just something he assumes. She asked him if we had all the boys this weekend (I have 2, he has 1). Once he said yes, she told him about the pictures and said "You and FSS". There was also a dress code. She was asking if FSS had stuff and there was a whole convo about it, but no mention about what the women were wearing or if my boys had clothes.
I mention the clothes, because that was my main point that I wasn't invited, because if so, why no mention about the dress code for the women? He didn't get it at first, but I think he does now. Am I wrong? To me, I totally wasn't invited.
Our weekend was so busy, but a lot of fun. L's birthday party was yesterday and she had so much fun. A ton of kids showed up, L only cried once (lol), and she was BESIDE herself because a bunch of her friends bought her LOL Surprise dolls as gifts, which are her favorite things in the world right now.
I watched The Princess Switch on Netflix last night and it was... bad. Like, bad bad. Like, I usually enjoy cheesy Christmas movies that other people think are terrible, but this one wasn't even enjoyable terrible. I want my two hours back. lol
My FI and future SS went and got family pictures taken with his sister and her dad's side of the family yesterday. I wasn't invited. I was sort of insulted, but then I found out that the last time they did them, his ex was in the pictures. His response to me was that, in his family, if he's invited, I am. I think this is just something he assumes. She asked him if we had all the boys this weekend (I have 2, he has 1). Once he said yes, she told him about the pictures and said "You and FSS". There was also a dress code. She was asking if FSS had stuff and there was a whole convo about it, but no mention about what the women were wearing or if my boys had clothes.
I mention the clothes, because that was my main point that I wasn't invited, because if so, why no mention about the dress code for the women? He didn't get it at first, but I think he does now. Am I wrong? To me, I totally wasn't invited.
I am so confused about all of this. Who is “his sister”? Who was doing the communicating here?
My FI and future SS went and got family pictures taken with his sister and her dad's side of the family yesterday. I wasn't invited. I was sort of insulted, but then I found out that the last time they did them, his ex was in the pictures. His response to me was that, in his family, if he's invited, I am. I think this is just something he assumes. She asked him if we had all the boys this weekend (I have 2, he has 1). Once he said yes, she told him about the pictures and said "You and FSS". There was also a dress code. She was asking if FSS had stuff and there was a whole convo about it, but no mention about what the women were wearing or if my boys had clothes.
I mention the clothes, because that was my main point that I wasn't invited, because if so, why no mention about the dress code for the women? He didn't get it at first, but I think he does now. Am I wrong? To me, I totally wasn't invited.
I am so confused about all of this. Who is “his sister”? Who was doing the communicating here?
Andplusalso, why didn't FI tell you about it/invite you or relay to his sister/family that you and your kids were also coming?
Also, I’m confused as to why, if your FI thought you were invited, he went without you? Did y’all not have a conversation about it? Or is your post about your past conversations?
I am so confused about all of this. Who is “his sister”? Who was doing the communicating here?
Andplusalso, why didn't FI tell you about it/invite you or relay to his sister/family that you and your kids were also coming?
It's my FI's sister, and she was doing all the communicating with him. He didn't ask me if I wanted to go because I absolutely hate getting my picture taken so he thought I wouldn't want to. He didn't realize I wasn't invited because he thinks that any invitation to him extends to me by default (he can also be a bit oblivious to things), but I disagree with him in this case.
Also, I’m confused as to why, if your FI thought you were invited, he went without you? Did y’all not have a conversation about it? Or is your post about your past conversations?
Sorry, I guess I failed in making a coherent post! lol. He went without me because he knows I hate getting my picture taken, so he assumed I wouldn't want to go (and I mean, he's not really wrong).
My FI and future SS went and got family pictures taken with his sister and her dad's side of the family yesterday. I wasn't invited. I was sort of insulted, but then I found out that the last time they did them, his ex was in the pictures. His response to me was that, in his family, if he's invited, I am. I think this is just something he assumes. She asked him if we had all the boys this weekend (I have 2, he has 1). Once he said yes, she told him about the pictures and said "You and FSS". There was also a dress code. She was asking if FSS had stuff and there was a whole convo about it, but no mention about what the women were wearing or if my boys had clothes.
I mention the clothes, because that was my main point that I wasn't invited, because if so, why no mention about the dress code for the women? He didn't get it at first, but I think he does now. Am I wrong? To me, I totally wasn't invited.
I don't understand. So did he think you weren't invited? Or he did think you were, and you decided not to go because his sister didn't specify?
In the future, I'd just go anyway. Like you said, if he's invited, you're invited. Even if the sister didn't explicitly invite you, your FI can put his foot down and say that if he is doing family pictures, his whole family needs to be there (or whatever it is, even if it's not pictures). It sounds like he wants this anyway, right?