Right now I’m sitting at this glass company that replaced a window on my car last week. The new trim fell off almost immediately. Now they’re telling me that it’s a factory defect and they can’t get a replacement. He’s telling me that they’re gonna do XYZ to fix it, so okay, but I’m supposed to be okay with that? I even asked him if they are okay sending a defective product out the door. I said I want a discount and he agreed but didn’t say how much. My H told me to ask for half, but I think that’s too much. I’m also a known pushover so I don’t know what to do. Am i being a Karen even asking for a discount when they’re trying to fix it? ETA they offered 20% back so I took it.
On a better note, I’m going to lunch with my bestie today and then mani/pedis!
I am at the airport in London, waiting to fly home. Ugh. This is the part i hate about traveling. I always get the Blues about a trip being over, and it always feels like it takes about 100 hours to get home. Theoretically we should be home around 8pm. We both have to work tomorrow so i bet we are going to be tired.
I can't wait to see my cat, though. We have been out of town for 16 of the last 27 days, between Christmas and this trip, and i feel so guilty about how much he has been alone.
My DS2 (aged 7) has just joined a swim team. He's been on the school team before but the team is new. It's his first meet at the end of the month and I am having not too pleasant flash-forwards as to how my life is going to be - it's friday evening, all day saturday and sunday morning. School meets were at least only 1 day!
No classes today! But I have a bunch of reading to do for school and I'm going to try to get ahead of some stuff anyway. And I had an 8am call with a supervisor for my on-campus position anyway.
I'm at work today, but my schedule is different because it's a holiday. I'm running a hospital wide program for patients throughout the day and I really hope it goes well. I did all the necessary prep work, so if everyone follows through then it will run smoothly. If not, then...
ETA: I almost forgot, my husband and I both had to work today. We're different shifts, but overlap not being home for about an hour and a half. My daughter stayed by herself for the first time and did great. yay!
Post by W.T.Faulkner on Jan 20, 2020 9:37:04 GMT -5
I’d like to preface this with the statement that H is a wonderful father and a very equal partner in the work of our household.
HOWEVER.
He’s home with DS in the mornings and can get, like, one chore done in that time. Meanwhile I’ve had DS with me 100% of the time the last few days, and I’ve done 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the entire downstairs, deep cleaned the kitchen, firebombed our bathroom, gone grocery shopping, wrapped presents for birthdays & baby showers. All of this occurred before noon on said days.
I helped SDs boyfriend get registered to vote a couple weeks ago. I found out last night that his mom is a Trump supporter (only met her a few times, she seemed nice at the time).
Really happy he is going to be voting this year! We moved to Michigan in 2017 so this brings us up to 4 new blue votes for a traditionally red district that flipped blue in 2018 (Michigan 8th).
Oh I just remembered SDs boyfriend isn't in our district but still a red district. SD2 is really upset that she turns 18 at the end of November, grrrrr!
Post by litebright on Jan 20, 2020 10:05:06 GMT -5
The washer that came with our house was on its last legs and was crazy expensive to repair, so last weekend after a ton of research and a few visits to appliance stores, DH and I bought a new Maytag set. They were delivered last Monday. Dryer was fine. Washer was fine until Saturday, when it started making the most horrific, loud grinding/clashing noises I have ever heard. It echoed through the whole house. We called Lowe's and they sent out a new one yesterday (which I was surprised by, deliveries on a Sunday?) and on the FIRST LOAD, the new one started making the exact same noise. We spun the drum on its own (no noise), we checked the load size to make sure we weren't overloading it or unbalancing it, and there were no errors messages, but the damn thing was still louder than a vacuum and making noises that were just ... terribly, terribly wrong.
This was the most highly rated Maytag set from Consumer Reports, and I am just so disappointed and pissed about it. We did all the stuff you're supposed to do to make an informed and responsible consumer decision and thought we were making a good choice of appliances and it turned out like this. I have since found some videos from other people who had the same problem, and apparently it's either a loose nut on the bottom of the drum or an issue with the belt assembly, but it's a freaking brand new washer that shouldn't be having issues that require service from the minute it arrives at my house. Maybe it's an installation issue, I have no idea, but whatever it is, the washer is unusable.
Lowe's is picking up the entire set today and we are returning them. DH went to the closest Sears yesterday and we are going to get a Kenmore set delivered tomorrow. So we will have gone through three washers in 8 days and ended up spending more than we had planned.
I LOATHE buying appliances. All that time and energy we spent on the initial decision was wasted, and we had to go right back out and spend more time/energy/money to deal with it. ARGH.
My office is technically closed today, but with year-end reporting still underway (almost done!) a bunch of us are working remotely. I'm just monitoring emails in case there are questions on things my team has handed off. Otherwise, I'm parked on the couch with a blanket, fire going, watching Bravo and starting to write annual reviews. I'll get a comp day for working today, which I prefer anyway.
Post by juliachild on Jan 20, 2020 10:08:47 GMT -5
I'm off today. Benefit of being a government worker.
We decided yesterday that we need to replace DH's car. The needed repairs are more than the cost of the car. It's a 2007 with 210,000 miles on it. So this shouldn't be surprising. But we are still paying off my car, and I really wanted to put this off another year or so.
We’re going to breakfast in a few and then we’ll head home. I need to go grocery shopping and to the bank this afternoon. My mom died last year on MLK day. I had a meltdown last night so we’ll see what today brings. I miss her so much.
I'm off today. Benefit of being a government worker.
We decided yesterday that we need to replace DH's car. The needed repairs are more than the cost of the car. It's a 2007 with 210,000 miles on it. So this shouldn't be surprising. But we are still paying off my car, and I really wanted to put this off another year or so.
Ugh. I feel your pain. We still have two years left on my car and we’re hoping we could get H’s truck to limp along since he puts less that 5k miles per year on it. Well, it ended up needing $3k in repairs so decided to get him something new and we’re able to get $3500 for it as a trade. Good luck!
I really love long weekends. It's already been productive and relaxing, and we still have today to finish stuff I hadn't gotten to yet. DS has a playdate down the street this afternoon, I need to do laundry and prep food for the week, and I should take the dog for a nail trim but I'll probably just leave that for when she's at daycare on Thursday anyway.
So proud of DD, she's had some anxiety about once-a-week winter swim practices the last couple weeks, but after we talked through what she was feeling and ways to keep the feelings from taking over, she did great at practice last night and came out of the water with a huge smile on her face 😊
H doesn't have today off so it's a normal day at home for DS and me. Grocery store run and get gas. We usually go to story time at the library on Mondays, but the library is closed of course for the holiday.
It's a normal workday for me, but DH is out of town all week, so the week is going to be kind of different. Switching up my WFH days and dealing with both drop off and pick up, plus bedtimes all week. I'm looking forward to eating what I want for dinner and being alone in the evenings. It's been awhile since DH traveled for work and now that it's infrequent, I really enjoy it.
I'm feeling kind of anxious about taxes and not knowing what to expect. I'd really like to just get them done, but I don't have W2s for either of us yet, so there's not much to be done. But, for the first time in YEARS, we only have two W2 statements to enter! I am so thrilled to have had this job stability finally. It feels really good.
My hair has always been wavy, but the weather up here is making my hair a lot curlier. I really want to try the curly girl method and embrace the curls, but I’m worried about how my hair will look during the transition phase. I tried it once for 3 days and I looked like a mess. I think that if I used a diffuser, it would look a lot better but I don’t want to make the financial commitment. I feel like I need to ensure that I look professional in my current role, so idk if it’s a good idea to try again.
Post by sineadorebellion on Jan 20, 2020 10:46:58 GMT -5
My neighborhood coffee place finally swapped to recyclable sipper lids. That was nice to see this morning. I needed the pick me up, because today I have big intentions to try to organize and purge as much as I can from the house. We moved in 8 months ago and it's barely starting to look presentable/company ready.
I’d like to preface this with the statement that H is a wonderful father and a very equal partner in the work of our household.
HOWEVER.
He’s home with DS in the mornings and can get, like, one chore done in that time. Meanwhile I’ve had DS with me 100% of the time the last few days, and I’ve done 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the entire downstairs, deep cleaned the kitchen, firebombed our bathroom, gone grocery shopping, wrapped presents for birthdays & baby showers. All of this occurred before noon on said days.
This is so relatable-my H does the snow blowing and mows the lawn and also does a lot inside the house including cooking/grilling balanced meals. But let me tell you, when he was gone for 2 1/2 weeks for work recently I was like SERIOUSLY why does it take you so long to do certain things? Now I wouldn’t want to do it all on the regular but the way he carries on about certain things and not having enough time...gah!
And I swear if H acts like his mother when he’s 70, I’m going to suffocate him with a pillow. She retired a few years ago and ever since she acts like she’s going to die tomorrow and is completely helpless. It’s really sad.
DH is prepping for a colonoscopy tomorrow . He’s been having some unexplained stomach pain, so they are just checking things out. He’ll start his drink at 6 tonight. I took a half day tomorrow which will be nice. We both have the day off today.
My husband is off so we are going to visit my mom in the hospital then go get lunch. My mom’s doing well! They are going to move her to the high impact, inpatient physical therapy rehab for a few days to get her back on her feet which is what she wanted.
I really can’t wait to eat food that we didn’t have to make ourselves or clean up afterwards. We’ve done so much cooking lately and I’m beat.
Normal day for me, I am at work. H is at home doing another house reno. He took down all the drywall in DS's room and found an old beehive behind the wall, gross. DS's room is freezing over the winter and super hot in the summer, we live in Canada. We figured there was probably not much insulation, discovered there wasnt ANY behind the walls in DS's room. Our house is 100 years old and was built well but the previous owners did a lot of shady mini updates to it and there is so much that needs to get redone. We are also redoing the shelving in there and once DS's bed comes in we can start working on the nursery. Very grateful that H is really handy.
There is a house on our street that the owners have been trying to flip. No one has lived in the house in the 2 years we have been living here. They finally finished they flip and are trying to sell it. We live in the city and have to street park, which gets really hard to do in the winter. This house is one of the few that has a parking pad out front. The city sent out notices to all the home owners that we are not to dump any snow from our driveway onto the street. This homeowners leaf blows all his leaves from his lawn into a giant pile on the street and shovels all their snow from their driveway onto the street. I went over this weekend while the homeowners was in the process of doing so and said he wasnt supposed to, and he didnt seem to care so I called the city and made a complaint. I took videos and pictures of the neighbour like a creep. A bylaw officer is supposed to follow up with me and the home owner should hopefully get a $400 ticket. #petty.
I have the day off yay! However, my morning has been a bit negative and knowing myself it may affect the rest of my day. My dad who lives in Europe wrote me about our tentative Christmas together vacation. Turns out they don't want to do anything they initially said (Belize, Caribbean) and rather not have an adventurous/active vacation but go to Cape Verde or Madeira to sit on the beach and perhaps do a little hiking. It will cost us so much more $$$ and it will take us much longer to get there. And all that to go to a beach. We are already traveling to Europe this summer to see friends and family (I can combine it with a work conference). My dad wrote also that "maybe we should abandon the plan all together."It makes me sad. It triggers feelings from when I was young... I also chatted with my mom (also in Europe) and she was saying such racist and discriminatory stuff it made me physically ill. So I told her I wanted to end the conversation and that it makes me very sad I have family who thinks this way. Then she manipulated me into staying in the convo a a bit longer. Also, my cat who is a leash cat, made an escape which gave me a heart attack. She is back inside now.
This turned out to be vent. Thanks for listening ;-) Now onto turning this day around into something positive.
I’d like to preface this with the statement that H is a wonderful father and a very equal partner in the work of our household.
HOWEVER.
He’s home with DS in the mornings and can get, like, one chore done in that time. Meanwhile I’ve had DS with me 100% of the time the last few days, and I’ve done 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the entire downstairs, deep cleaned the kitchen, firebombed our bathroom, gone grocery shopping, wrapped presents for birthdays & baby showers. All of this occurred before noon on said days.
I’m with you in this. H overall does his fair share around the house, but when it comes to adding DS to the mix he gets overwhelmed and maybe 1 chore will get done.