I spray painted the inside of the fireplace this morning and OMG it smells horrendous in here now. I'm glad the boys and I are evacuating for the night. Unfortunately, I still need to work here all day.
icedcoffee , Yikes, can you leave and work somewhere else for the day? Those spray paint fumes can be quite toxic. I only ever use outdoors.
I have literally every window open and I'm in my office on the other side of the house. I thankfully can't smell it from over here. Hopefully it clears out quickly-ish. Otherwise, yeah, I could go to my real office if it spreads over this way.
I finally hit a 30lb weight loss yesterday since I made the change to the Mediterranean Diet last October. yay!!
My oldest son (14) asked if he can start going to the gym. Does anyone have any resources/websites of good starter gym workouts for a teen? I plan to google as well but didn't know if any of you have any experience.
I finally hit a 30lb weight loss yesterday since I made the change to the Mediterranean Diet last October. yay!!
My oldest son (14) asked if he can start going to the gym. Does anyone have any resources/websites of good starter gym workouts for a teen? I plan to google as well but didn't know if any of you have any experience.
Gym weights start off real light (people who are 90 go to the gym) so I would suggest maybe going to a local gym and speaking to the owner/trainer. A lot of gyms have trainers. That's awesome he's so interested!
Surprise! My ILs are coming today from three states away! They never give any advance notice and while I will be glad to see them because it's been about 18 months 1)I have to work today and so does H 2) Our house is a total, TOTAL disaster.
They arrive in three hours and my H's threat to me - having no idea we were recently discussing housewares on this board - was that if I didn't behave myself, he'd tell his mom could she please bring some more china. 😂
ETA: They also brought their goddamned dog, so there was a bit of a scene when they arrived. The last time the dog was here, she bit our elderly dog, drawing blood. That same elderly dog is now blind and very ill with diabetes. We learned yesterday, maybe fatally so. They fucking knew their dog wasn't welcome and brought her anyway. I'm big mad.
I finally hit a 30lb weight loss yesterday since I made the change to the Mediterranean Diet last October. yay!!
My oldest son (14) asked if he can start going to the gym. Does anyone have any resources/websites of good starter gym workouts for a teen? I plan to google as well but didn't know if any of you have any experience.
Gym weights start off real light (people who are 90 go to the gym) so I would suggest maybe going to a local gym and speaking to the owner/trainer. A lot of gyms have trainers. That's awesome he's so interested!
I agree with this. Most gyms have a personal trainer that will do 1 free "evaluation"/tour of the gym. I'd schedule one. And then maybe a few more at your cost if he wants. They can teach him how to use stuff safely and you can be there the first couple minutes to explain to them what you're looking for.
Gym weights start off real light (people who are 90 go to the gym) so I would suggest maybe going to a local gym and speaking to the owner/trainer. A lot of gyms have trainers. That's awesome he's so interested!
I agree with this. Most gyms have a personal trainer that will do 1 free "evaluation"/tour of the gym. I'd schedule one. And then maybe a few more at your cost if he wants. They can teach him how to use stuff safely and you can be there the first couple minutes to explain to them what you're looking for.
I left my last job because I was overworked and very underpaid, and they refused to hire anyone to help me.
The guy who replaced me got approval for a second position within 6 months. And now I just saw last night that they created and hired a THIRD position.
I am so angry about it. They wouldn't pay market rate for my role, wouldn't let me hire an entry llevel person to help, wouldn't even give me my own office so that I could concentrate on my work.
Then within a year of starting, my replacement has a department of 3, the ability to work from home, AND his own office when at work. I feel like a sucker.
Also, it confirms the undercurrent of misogyny that I always felt there (my replacement is male, and suddenly the role gets a huge amount of respect).
I have only one call scheduled today. Work has been so slow lately.
I woke up with a charlie horse so I need to do a better job with hydration. Despite getting 7 hours of sleep last night (which is good for me) I still feel very tired. I think its also related to hydration.
I'm annoyed that rib knits are popular again. They always stretch out while wearing and then don't fit right. I remember hating them in the 90s too.
I get off work at 12 p.m. on Fridays in the summer. I barely know what to do with all my extra time! Only 2 more Fridays sans kids. I need to do something fun this afternoon...
I left my last job because I was overworked and very underpaid, and they refused to hire anyone to help me.
The guy who replaced me got approval for a second position within 6 months. And now I just saw last night that they created and hired a THIRD position.
I am so angry about it. They wouldn't pay market rate for my role, wouldn't let me hire an entry llevel person to help, wouldn't even give me my own office so that I could concentrate on my work.
Then within a year of starting, my replacement has a department of 3, the ability to work from home, AND his own office when at work. I feel like a sucker.
Also, it confirms the undercurrent of misogyny that I always felt there (my replacement is male, and suddenly the role gets a huge amount of respect).
This really sucks!! I hope you are doing better where you are now.
I would not feel like a sucker. This is 100% on your old sexist toxic workplace.
DS1 goes to overnight camp on the 24th but his bags get picked up next Friday (you are required to ship their gear). It’s such a pain because we just don’t have enough clothes for him to pack for 7 weeks away but also have clothes for him to wear in the 2 weeks between gear being picked up and leaving for camp. Plus he’s growing so much I’m worried he will totally outgrow everything while gone. I’m gathering all the stuff now and need to spray it all this weekend (tick repellent) and figure out what we still need to buy.
Tomorrow our friends are having a big “everyone is vaccinated!” party and I can’t wait. They had to cancel their son’s bar mitzvah due to the pandemic so would have lost all these deposits on things so decided to use it on a big backyard party - tent, dj, food trucks, all that stuff. No kids, I get to dress up. I can’t wait.
Summer heat and humidity are in full force now. I don’t mind the heat but hate humidity.
I’m doing some birthday shopping for H today. We may do happy hour at this little outdoor wine garden that one of the wine stores has here. Otherwise not many plans this weekend.
I’m going to start working on a road trip Spotify playlist for our road trip next month. I am so excited to get out of my town/state!
I left my last job because I was overworked and very underpaid, and they refused to hire anyone to help me.
The guy who replaced me got approval for a second position within 6 months. And now I just saw last night that they created and hired a THIRD position.
I am so angry about it. They wouldn't pay market rate for my role, wouldn't let me hire an entry llevel person to help, wouldn't even give me my own office so that I could concentrate on my work.
Then within a year of starting, my replacement has a department of 3, the ability to work from home, AND his own office when at work. I feel like a sucker.
Also, it confirms the undercurrent of misogyny that I always felt there (my replacement is male, and suddenly the role gets a huge amount of respect).
This really sucks!! I hope you are doing better where you are now.
I would not feel like a sucker. This is 100% on your old sexist toxic workplace.
Thanks. I am in a much better place in my career now, and I love what I do. And to be honest, if they had let me hire help at the time, I would probably still be in my old job and would not be nearly as happy.
So that's a really good way to re-frame it.
I was just so shocked when I saw the post last night that they'd hired a third person, and it was eating at me this morning. They got away with a lot because it was a charity and they appealed to my commitment to the cause.
We are having my mom’s memorial Sunday at their house which I’m not looking forward to but I am having it “catered” by a local supermarket and have already stopped off and set up all the tables/chairs/serving items so all I should have to do is pick up the food and put it out. My dad is making a dessert so that doesn’t involve me. My brother is doing nothing but that makes it easier because he needs a lot of hand holding and directions for basic tasks and can’t be trusted to actually do anything. Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly and no one asks me to organize anything like this ever again. And that is sunny because the plan is to kayak out and sprinkle her ashes on the river.
I plan to spend most of today and tomorrow doing nothing except possibly making dinner and taking a nap.
This really sucks!! I hope you are doing better where you are now.
I would not feel like a sucker. This is 100% on your old sexist toxic workplace.
Thanks. I am in a much better place in my career now, and I love what I do. And to be honest, if they had let me hire help at the time, I would probably still be in my old job and would not be nearly as happy.
So that's a really good way to re-frame it.
I was just so shocked when I saw the post last night that they'd hired a third person, and it was eating at me this morning. They got away with a lot because it was a charity and they appealed to my commitment to the cause.
Charities and nonprofits are the worst about that kind of guilt. I’m really glad you are happier at your new job.
I would be totally enraged if I was you too! I had some real untenable situations when I was teaching that finally got fixed after I left and it was a bit of a slap in the face because they spent a lot of time telling me there was nothing they could do. I mean, I’m glad the issues were finally taken care of because it was needed but they didn’t need to try to make me feel like I was bananas for asking some real basics. Taking advantage of people’s commitment to the cause is really gross.
jinkies, that is some bullshit! I'd be pissed too. I'm glad you got out of there!
I can't believe it is Friday. I have a LOT of stuff I want to get done today, since it is a WFH day and I have no meetings. I guess I should also think about what I'm going to do all weekend. I made plans to meet up with my ex-niece on Sunday for brunch - I haven't seen her in almost 3 years and she moved an hour away from here last summer, so we've been talking about meeting up forever. She's in her early 20's, which is wild because I first met her when she was like 8 years old. I am looking forward to seeing her, she's a great kid. Anyway, that's my only plan for the weekend and I feel like my H and I should probably figure out SOMETHING to do tomorrow that would be fun. We are so out of the habit of having plans and doing things that I sometimes forget that the weekend is coming and that that can mean fun stuff again.
The class mom sent out a request for donations to the end of the year teacher gift. We are new to this school, and the tradition here is to just collect by venmo and give the teacher cash, which I love. She said that people were asking about suggested amount, and any amount is fine and that at Christmas, donations ranged from $25-$250 per family. I was planning to give $100 (because this school only does teacher gifts twice per year and this teacher is GREAT), but now I am wondering if that is cheap and that feels crazy.
The class mom sent out a request for donations to the end of the year teacher gift. We are new to this school, and the tradition here is to just collect by venmo and give the teacher cash, which I love. She said that people were asking about suggested amount, and any amount is fine and that at Christmas, donations ranged from $25-$250 per family. I was planning to give $100 (because this school only does teacher gifts twice per year and this teacher is GREAT), but now I am wondering if that is cheap and that feels crazy.
We do that as well and there is a separate donation for specialists and another for TA's. For me- $100 is a lot. But, I know some parents do that or more. Don't worry about feeling one way or another, so what works for you.
ETA: she shouldn't have added amounts- those conversations should have been side ones Our standard line "no obligation and any amount is appreciated"
Our basement freezer got unplugged and unnoticed for a few days, we lost quite a bit of meat and other frozen items. It has me thinking about going vegetarian or at least reduce meat consumption. But then, I think about learning new recipes and making sure we get enough protein and other things meat offer, I get discouraged. Sounds like a lot of work. 🤷🏻♀️
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Jun 4, 2021 10:41:53 GMT -5
I’m so jealous of everyone who is done school already. David is done next Friday, and lucy isn’t done til the 18th! Let’s just put this year out of its misery already. Ugh!
After stalling for nearly a month, I just had a massive lump of weight drop off and I'm now officially at 25lbs down which puts me within 15lbs of my pre-pandemic/pre-anorexia dx of DD weight. She is doing wonderful so I finally feel like it's okay for me to start focusing on myself and my weight. I still have a long ways to go, like another 100lbs, but this is a good start and I'll take it.
My puppy dug up half of my veggie garden the other day. They are all heirloom plants this year and the farm I got them from isn't selling any more. I replanted them and am hoping for the best. Damn that puppy is lucky that she is cute.
Today is my last day of work until I don't know when. Oncology appointments start next week. I am so sad. I love my job. I'm not able to be there for my team right now though so I know leave is the right decision. It's just sad. Everything is getting too real.
DS1 goes to overnight camp on the 24th but his bags get picked up next Friday (you are required to ship their gear). It’s such a pain because we just don’t have enough clothes for him to pack for 7 weeks away but also have clothes for him to wear in the 2 weeks between gear being picked up and leaving for camp. Plus he’s growing so much I’m worried he will totally outgrow everything while gone. I’m gathering all the stuff now and need to spray it all this weekend (tick repellent) and figure out what we still need to buy.
That's tough! They don't do their laundry at the camp at all? I always went to camp for two weeks and they did our laundry once a week. My kids leave for the first time at camp on the 13th and I'm stressing about packing and they are only gone five nights lol