In other news, my husband has decided that we need a new laptop, even though we have a Surface Tablet that works completely fine and the only thing he ever does on the computer is update an excel spreadsheet with the names and address of new members for a club that he is in. I told him that he can pay for it with his own money, because I literally just paid off the Best Buy card and have no intentions of racking it back up with a completely unnecessary purchase.He asked if we could get a new laptop as our anniversary gift to each other. Um, that would be a no LOL I've already been promised a spa day
Someone asked me before Xmas if it was easy to shop for my H and I said yes, because he always has a case of the “I wants.” Most of the time it’s for completely random stuff where I’m asking WTH do you even want that for? He’s been applying for a new job and is already talking about the potential increase in pay...and I’ve already preemptively told him where it would go (which he agrees but that doesn’t stop the I want stuff from flashing in his eyes).
My boss wants me to start coming into the office more (I WFH several days a week) and I really don’t want to, especially if they decide our new location is even further for me.
I’ve lost my third S’Well water bottle in four months. I left the first one in an airport bathroom, the second one was taken from me because I didn’t realize I wasn’t allowed to bring it into a stadium and I forgot the third in a restaurant last night.
I am so annoyed. I never lose anything, but somehow cannot seem to keep track of this overpriced water bottle. DH says it must be cursed.
Did you call the restaurant?
I did but I won’t have a chance to go back until tonight. They said they’ll hold it so fingers crossed!
Post by litskispeciality on Jan 29, 2020 12:39:42 GMT -5
Ugh we have a lot of food guilt here. Almost everyone is eating really healthy, and making a huge production of "how they're being so good with their salad". In one sense it's motivating me to eat better, but really it's the guilt. Another woman is now getting guilt because she's eating fries. Who the hell cares, we eat at our desks, move on.
I think DH has his man period. I'm getting an attitude for every.thing. Dood get over yourself.
Finally, I can't remember if I said this before. I was a legging hater, but now I wear them occasionally under a dress instead of tights, and I like them. Not even the Lula's, like legit $7 Wal-Mart leggings. I slept in a pair last night and they were perfect. I need to get some more to wear around the house on weekends if I ever get a free weekend.
I'm probably over thinking this but will you all humor me?
A local friend and I went on an oot girls trip abt 6 weeks ago. It just so happened we had each bought the Spanx faux leather leggings; I bought black camo and she bought leopard. I fell in love with my camo ones. I wear them often and they're super slimming. (oddly enough, the solid black are not a good look for me.) The leopard went on sale last week and I scooped them up. But I now feel weird about it. We're good friends and go out a lot together. In fact, I'll see her in a social setting 3-4 times in the next week. I want to wear my new leggings one of the times. They're pretty bold... should I check with her and see if she's wearing hers? I'd hate for us to both be wearing them, especially since she bought them first. Or should I just wear bc I'm an adult and I get to wear what I want? They're absolutely something I would have bought even without seeing her with them; we have similar styles.
I did something similar to a co-worker once. I said "I don't want you to think that I'm single white female-ing you, but I bought the same computer bag you have." She laughed and others comment on the bag all the time!
Finally, I can't remember if I said this before. I was a legging hater, but now I wear them occasionally under a dress instead of tights, and I like them. Not even the Lula's, like legit $7 Wal-Mart leggings. I slept in a pair last night and they were perfect. I need to get some more to wear around the house on weekends if I ever get a free weekend.
I was never really into them either but since working at a leggings store I can barely stand to wear anything else now I wear my fancy ones as day wear most of the time but Costco sells a really nice two-pack that is perfecting for lounging and sleeping and they are super cheap.
I am seeing some new posters/users here and I am a little cautious liking posts lately.
I am working from home today because we have to get passports for the little humans. Which I am worried we won't make the cut off time. Also dang it why are passports for kids so expensive and they only last 5 years.
Work is picking up and I think I will be moving to a new office which means no more train for me or dealing with the floor toddlers. (aka rude folks on my floor)
Our realtor came over to take pics of the house today. Rearranged a bunch of stuff and stashed all of the toys in the laundry room. So now it looks like actual adults live here!
Someone please move to Pittsburgh and buy my house. It’s great. Super cute baby not included.
Finally, I can't remember if I said this before. I was a legging hater, but now I wear them occasionally under a dress instead of tights, and I like them. Not even the Lula's, like legit $7 Wal-Mart leggings. I slept in a pair last night and they were perfect. I need to get some more to wear around the house on weekends if I ever get a free weekend.
I was never really into them either but since working at a leggings store I can barely stand to wear anything else now I wear my fancy ones as day wear most of the time but Costco sells a really nice two-pack that is perfecting for lounging and sleeping and they are super cheap.
Hmmm....these posts have got me thinking. I was just thinking the other day that I need to start sleeping in pants instead of just my underwear because my kids are getting older and eventually it will get weird, but I find pajama pants so uncomfortable because they bunch up and stuff. I bet leggings are a good option. I'm going to try them out!
Post by killercupcake on Jan 29, 2020 12:58:09 GMT -5
I just got a call from DS’s preschool. Another kid in his class walked up to him, hit him over the head with a toy, and then scratched his face. Totally unprovoked. And now I want to leave work and go snuggle my kid.
I just got a call from DS’s preschool. Another kid in his class walked up to him, hit him over the head with a toy, and then scratched his face. Totally unprovoked. And now I want to leave work and go snuggle my kid.
::cries::
What a dick! Am I allowed to call small children dicks?
My mom’s in the hospital PT rehab unit and my dad keeps telling me I have to visit. I visited her 5x last week and I had a fever Monday-Tuesday. I don’t think that’s the time to visit! Why would I want to make my mom sick?
Plus she’s really busy with 5-7 hrs (!) of rehab activities daily so unless you catch her at a meal, you really are just watching her do therapy. Which is fine but takes forever and isn’t really visiting. It makes the visits so long because if you need to tell her anything/she wants to give me an update you have to wait until she is free. Like my “short” visit was 2+ hrs.
She’s had other visitors and my dad goes every day. I’ve been handling all of their day to day issues. I’m really getting overwhelmed here. My brother isn’t much help at all and neither is his wife. I just don’t need the extra pressure to visit so much! I know I work from home but I do have deadlines and other things I need to get done. I can’t see the point in visiting when I’m possibly contagious. She already has brain cancer but is doing fairly well. A cold could be a set back for her.
I just got a call from DS’s preschool. Another kid in his class walked up to him, hit him over the head with a toy, and then scratched his face. Totally unprovoked. And now I want to leave work and go snuggle my kid.
::cries::
What a dick! Am I allowed to call small children dicks?
I don’t see why not. The teacher said she was being a monster, so I think it’s fair.
I got it into my head last night that maybe we should buy a condo/townhouse this summer instead of moving to a new rental (or staying put). H and I talked about what realistically we are going to do for the next 5 years or so and it's pretty unlikely we are going to be moving out of the area in that time. We are paying a LOT for rent right now (about 2k a month) and we have nothing to show for it in the end, plus I have a lot of frustrations about our landlords and the way things are taken care of. We can move to another rental, but I'm sick of moving every couple of years and would love to move somewhere (rental or own) that we won't want to leave after a couple of years. We are in no way ready for a "forever" home but maybe a 5-10 year home?
The only (or one of the only) downsides is where to move. With my H's 1.5 hour commute, it would really make sense for us to move to a nearby suburb and cut 25 minutes off his commute - that's almost a full hour of his day that he'd get back. It would add to my commute, but only around 10-20 minutes, which I am not terribly concerned about given that my commute is reasonable already. But we both love living in the city and I feel a little bummed about moving to the suburbs. Not sure if that's a sign we should commit by buying a place there... but realistically we'll both have more job opportunities if we are a little closer to DC than we are now.
Houses in the city are generally cheaper than in the county if you are looking. Houses in my neighborhood often top out at $200k and we are only about 10 minutes from 95/895.
Is he still looking for other work? That commute is brutal!
What a dick! Am I allowed to call small children dicks?
I don’t see why not. The teacher said she was being a monster, so I think it’s fair.
This is one of the things that makes me the most anxious about DS going to preschool in the fall. There’s one kid in his “Kids Day Out” class (for 2 year olds, one day a week for 90 minutes, I stay with him) who is VERY aggressive. DS is mild mannered and reserved. This kid has hit, pushed, and jumped on top of and mauled a little girl during these sessions. Pushed a kid off of a chair. I need to ask how they handle this in the preschool sessions.
Post by Leeham Rimes on Jan 29, 2020 13:20:28 GMT -5
I’m trying to figure out a laundry detergent recommendation from here. It was in a pink bottle (I think) and about $40. It’s vexing me that I can’t find the thread now.
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I got it into my head last night that maybe we should buy a condo/townhouse this summer instead of moving to a new rental (or staying put). H and I talked about what realistically we are going to do for the next 5 years or so and it's pretty unlikely we are going to be moving out of the area in that time. We are paying a LOT for rent right now (about 2k a month) and we have nothing to show for it in the end, plus I have a lot of frustrations about our landlords and the way things are taken care of. We can move to another rental, but I'm sick of moving every couple of years and would love to move somewhere (rental or own) that we won't want to leave after a couple of years. We are in no way ready for a "forever" home but maybe a 5-10 year home?
The only (or one of the only) downsides is where to move. With my H's 1.5 hour commute, it would really make sense for us to move to a nearby suburb and cut 25 minutes off his commute - that's almost a full hour of his day that he'd get back. It would add to my commute, but only around 10-20 minutes, which I am not terribly concerned about given that my commute is reasonable already. But we both love living in the city and I feel a little bummed about moving to the suburbs. Not sure if that's a sign we should commit by buying a place there... but realistically we'll both have more job opportunities if we are a little closer to DC than we are now.
Houses in the city are generally cheaper than in the county if you are looking. Houses in my neighborhood often top out at $200k and we are only about 10 minutes from 95/895.
Is he still looking for other work? That commute is brutal!
I've noticed that! You can get a lot more in the city for the money.
He ended up accepting a job at the same place he's working now, so he'll be there for at least a couple of years. Realistically I wonder if he'll always have better options in that area/closer to DC, honestly. For the types of jobs he's looking for (research without a teaching component) it seems like there are a lot of organizations for that are further south than we are currently. So, we are considering Columbia/that general area. It seems perfectly nice but... it's not the city
@psugrad , does it work if you type it in notepad? I've had that issue before and if I put it from word to notepad, the website would take it that way.
I never thought of that, I'll have to try it. Thanks!
DS's buddy totally pulled a dick move on the bus yesterday and it devastated my son. Somehow this buddy, "S," found out who DS is crushing on and took it upon himself to shout it out on the bus on the way home yesterday. My son came home in tears because he was so embarrassed and heartbroken that someone he considered a BFF would betray his trust like that. "S" lives around the corner from us, and yesterday evening around 6:30, he came over and apologized to DS. DS laid all his feelings out for "S" and said that he was ready to forgive, but didn't know if he could forget this for a while. Guys. He's 10. Sometimes I'm amazed at the way he takes things we discuss and actually apply them to real life.
I really hate when people comment on what I'm eating. Yes, I'm having a bagel, and yes I'm going to the gym later to work it off. Leave me alone people.
Short of “that looks delicious”, “where did you get that?”, or “can I have the recipe”, there’s literally no need to comment on what other people are eating. They can stfu.
Post by litskispeciality on Jan 29, 2020 14:02:22 GMT -5
Icedcoffee, a bit TMI but I also typically sleep with no pants/shorts on. I've started to worry on shift night if God forbid the chief's car ever pulled up, or we had a robbery that I'd have to get up and put something on before I could deal with whatever's going on. It's somewhat irrational but I'm with you good PJ pants are hard to find, esp if you carry weight in the tummy/lower stomach area you have to go up in size. The leggings were just right not too hot/not too cold. I'm also totally going to wear them next time we fly even though I don't think I have the fit for public leggings, so much easier!
Tacokick, taking care of parents is so hard, esp in that situation. I'm glad she's getting so much PT, it makes a huge difference! So frustrating when they don't get, or care that you work and have other things to do. I see my dad once a week, maybe every other week, but it never feels like enough. You can't go to a hospital with a fever either. I'm always here to pm and commiserate if you need it.
I was never really into them either but since working at a leggings store I can barely stand to wear anything else now I wear my fancy ones as day wear most of the time but Costco sells a really nice two-pack that is perfecting for lounging and sleeping and they are super cheap.
Hmmm....these posts have got me thinking. I was just thinking the other day that I need to start sleeping in pants instead of just my underwear because my kids are getting older and eventually it will get weird, but I find pajama pants so uncomfortable because they bunch up and stuff. I bet leggings are a good option. I'm going to try them out!
My Bff (and former roommate) used to always sleep in leggings - maybe she still does? She would call them "night tights" which I always thought was really funny.
I wear yoga pants about 90% of the time. I don't like the ones with shiny material for sleeping, but if you can find them made of cotton (or similar fabrics) they are pretty comfy for sleep, and generally stay put pretty well. I like leggings but personally find them a little too fitted for sleeping.
I was never really into them either but since working at a leggings store I can barely stand to wear anything else now I wear my fancy ones as day wear most of the time but Costco sells a really nice two-pack that is perfecting for lounging and sleeping and they are super cheap.
Hmmm....these posts have got me thinking. I was just thinking the other day that I need to start sleeping in pants instead of just my underwear because my kids are getting older and eventually it will get weird, but I find pajama pants so uncomfortable because they bunch up and stuff. I bet leggings are a good option. I'm going to try them out!
I can only wear leggings or shorts to sleep in. Like you, I can't handle the PJ pants bunching up and twisting around while I sleep. Leggings are perfect and so comfy!
I don’t see why not. The teacher said she was being a monster, so I think it’s fair.
This is one of the things that makes me the most anxious about DS going to preschool in the fall. There’s one kid in his “Kids Day Out” class (for 2 year olds, one day a week for 90 minutes, I stay with him) who is VERY aggressive. DS is mild mannered and reserved. This kid has hit, pushed, and jumped on top of and mauled a little girl during these sessions. Pushed a kid off of a chair. I need to ask how they handle this in the preschool sessions.
Ugh.
I knew this sort of thing was a possibility but shit. It’s his third day! And he just wants to play with everyone, so I know he was probably just so confused and sad and now I’m definitely leaving work to go and hug him all night.
I’m worried that it’s a bad cut because they called home. Maybe it’s just because he’s new, though? I don’t know.
This is one of the things that makes me the most anxious about DS going to preschool in the fall. There’s one kid in his “Kids Day Out” class (for 2 year olds, one day a week for 90 minutes, I stay with him) who is VERY aggressive. DS is mild mannered and reserved. This kid has hit, pushed, and jumped on top of and mauled a little girl during these sessions. Pushed a kid off of a chair. I need to ask how they handle this in the preschool sessions.
Ugh.
I knew this sort of thing was a possibility but shit. It’s his third day! And he just wants to play with everyone, so I know he was probably just so confused and sad and now I’m definitely leaving work to go and hug him all night.
I’m worried that it’s a bad cut because they called home. Maybe it’s just because he’s new, though? I don’t know.
He's probably fine. I know it's hard, but daycare calls us ALL.THE.TIME and it usually ends up being pretty minor. They like to cover their bases because better safe than sorry. Especially in the infants/toddler rooms.
I got an incident report last week because DS2 scratched his own face with his own nails. Heh.
I knew this sort of thing was a possibility but shit. It’s his third day! And he just wants to play with everyone, so I know he was probably just so confused and sad and now I’m definitely leaving work to go and hug him all night.
I’m worried that it’s a bad cut because they called home. Maybe it’s just because he’s new, though? I don’t know.
He's probably fine. I know it's hard, but daycare calls us ALL.THE.TIME and it usually ends up being pretty minor. They like to cover their bases because better safe than sorry. Especially in the infants/toddler rooms.
I got an incident report last week because DS2 scratched his own face with his own nails. Heh.
I just cut his nails last night so he wouldn’t cut someone else. I should have left them for baby fight club. Lol