Damp January 12 (Wednesday Randoms)

[isabel]

DH decided to come to bed last night. I woke up to go to the bathroom and now I can’t go back to sleep because of his loud breathing. I really need to get some earplugs. Since it’s 6:30, I guess I’m just up for the day. Sigh.

I wasn’t as productive on some things I wanted to get done yesterday as I should have been, so fingers crossed today is better. I really need to focus and get some things knocked out. My team has lunch plans today, so that should be a fun way to break up the day.

[ssmjlm]

I had a headache and my throat felt a bit dry-ish last night and I cannot tell you the number of times I asked myself if I needed to break open one of our rapid tests. But I also realized I talked a lot yesterday on the computer, so I said I would take headache meds, sleep, and see in the morning. Of course this morning I'M FINE.

I'm at the office. It's just me and the boss in our offices. No one else in our area today. Let's hope it's pretty quiet.


ETA: MAJOR WORK PET PEEVE - If you are going to be on planned leave, put up an out of office.  I found our the reason our HR person wasn't responding to any emails was they were out.  We have time sensitive recruitments, like, how do they keep screwing this all up so much with no repercussions?

[notoriousmeg]

COVID has made me a hypochondriac. I am asthmatic and have always had an asthmatic cough and chronic bronchitis. I am now always paranoid that I have COVID despite regular testing that says otherwise (both rapid and PCR). I can’t get out of my own head.

Thankfully I’m swamped at work to distract me a bit.

[lightbulbsun]

The IT person at my work was able to help me get all my photos from my phone! I got a new phone and already set it up to automatically save photos to google.

On Monday management announced our office is moving locations. Like, right now. We found out at 1pm on Monday, and everyone is supposed to have all of their personal and department stuff packed by EOD tomorrow. We're supposed to be moving into the new space the second week in Feb, but it's still being renovated, so I'll be working from home for the foreseeable future. I don't mind working from home, but I'd gotten used to going in and seeing everyone and shutting off 100% at the end of the day.

[Jalapeñomel]

DH and I are considering a Disney trip in the near future, as long as COVID gets under control. Are their any Disney planners on here?

[omglol]

We got the dreaded Covid exposure email yesterday, so my son (2.5) is home from MDO today and of course he developed a cough overnight so now I’m paranoid that he has Covid.

I’m sick of every day being more fear about something. It never ends.

[bex1973]

Jan 12, 2022 8:59:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

DH and I are considering a Disney trip in the near future, as long as COVID gets under control. Are their any Disney planners on here?

I have a friend that does this. Her social media is under Y'All Travel and her name is April. She's planned multiple trips for us and knocked it out of the park ever single time.

[candreco]

DH had counterparts visiting from an overseas office yesterday, I told him it was fine if he wanted to go to dinner with them instead of coming home when the official stuff wrapped up. He was very grateful and I’ll be holding that goodwill in my back pocket for some time in the future….

I made a loaf of cheddar swirl bread on Sunday just because, and it’s basically the only thing I want to eat this week. It turned out SO good, and I’m wishing I had made the full two-loaf recipe.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Omg Live with Kelly and Ryan is so bad. I watch it aghast some mornings but with them not in the studio? Unwatchable. Who actually likes this?!

[TR]

Jan 12, 2022 8:59:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

DH and I are considering a Disney trip in the near future, as long as COVID gets under control. Are their any Disney planners on here?

I think TamiTaylor is a Disney travel planner/agent.

[maudefindlay]

Jan 12, 2022 9:17:59 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Omg Live with Kelly and Ryan is so bad. I watch it aghast some mornings but with them not in the studio? Unwatchable. Who actually likes this?!

Agreed. Kelly has her own issues (you could see Regis' expressions at times and know he wanted anyone else in that chair next to him), but Ryan Secrest....how has he built his empire, he is unwatchable to me in all that he does. I see no sincerity in him and he lacks the ability to connect with people.

[bex1973]

Jan 12, 2022 9:20:41 GMT -5 maudefindlay said:

Jan 12, 2022 9:17:59 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Omg Live with Kelly and Ryan is so bad. I watch it aghast some mornings but with them not in the studio? Unwatchable. Who actually likes this?!

Agreed. Kelly has her own issues (you could see Regis' expressions at times and know he wanted anyone else in that chair next to him), but Ryan Secrest....how has he built his empire, he is unwatchable to me in all that he does. I see no sincerity in him and he lacks the ability to connect with people.

It's so terrible - she tries WAY too hard and it's just cringe. Our local ABC stopped carrying it recently and added another hour of local news in it's place.

[VillainV]

Jan 12, 2022 9:17:59 GMT -5 ProfessorArtNerd said:

Omg Live with Kelly and Ryan is so bad. I watch it aghast some mornings but with them not in the studio? Unwatchable. Who actually likes this?!

It’s unwatchable. I can’t even have it on in the background.

[wildrice]

I had a weird moment in a dream this morning where things were normal, and then all of a sudden there was like a burst of light - it's hard to describe. I snapped awake thinking I was having an aneurysm or something. I have felt unsettled ever since. I am pretty certain it was JUST a dream since I feel fine, but I've never had that happen before.

Today is the last day of new hire orientation at work. It's been good but it's a long week on Zoom. LOTS of information. I'll be glad when it is over - I have a really hard time sustaining attention for this long, even with frequent breaks.

[Deleted]

I just spent $140 on yearbooks for my kids and when I asked my ex to split the cost, he said "no thanks, I'm good", so yeah, LOL Whatever. He doesn't buy them things they need, so I should be surprised that he doesn't want to chip in for something like this.

I just got an email that my Chewy order that was supposed to be delivered tomorrow now isn't coming until Saturday and I literally only have enough dog food left to feed them today. This was definitely a planning fail on my part.

[Bernadine]

I’m so tired. We co-sleep with dd and she’s so hard to sleep with, but I dread putting her in her own room.

[jamie.1022]

DS’s teacher told him yesterday he was having an anxiety attack. Now he’s got anxiety about having anxiety. I sent her an email this morning to get more info surrounding the circumstances of her telling him that and I can’t wait to see what she says.

But now I’m also wondering if I need to take him to the pediatrician to see what’s going on…

[isabel]

Blah. DS1 just tested positive. DS2 is negative, for now. I’m out of Covid tests so I can’t test myself and DH. Walgreens doesn’t have any and doesn’t know when they’ll get some.

I think we’re home for at least 15 days because DS2 is not vaccinated and will need to do isolation with us and then an extra 5 or whatever and test negative. I’m not even upset about DS1 getting it, just annoyed by the quarantine stuff.

[marie]

I ordered from Lululemon over 2 weeks ago for a bday gift for DD and it still has not arrived and the tracking # no longer shows a status. I just logged in for the online chat on their site to figure out if it is lost and there are 133 people in the queue ahead of me - ugh!

[nancybotwin]

Jan 12, 2022 10:39:48 GMT -5 isabel said:

Blah. DS1 just tested positive. DS2 is negative, for now. I’m out of Covid tests so I can’t test myself and DH. Walgreens doesn’t have any and doesn’t know when they’ll get some.

I think we’re home for at least 15 days because DS2 is not vaccinated and will need to do isolation with us and then an extra 5 or whatever and test negative. I’m not even upset about DS1 getting it, just annoyed by the quarantine stuff.

I’m sorry you guys are dealing with this again. In case it’s helpful, I use this website to get rapid tests.

www.nowinstock.net/home/healthhousehold/covidtests/

[NewGirlNic]

DS had an orthodontist appointment this morning. I rushed back home, thinking I had a 10 am call and it was moved to noon. First of all, that is lunchtime (I also have a 1pm call, so not sure when I'm going to eat and run to the store.) Second, I hate when people move meetings 15 minutes before they are scheduled to start. Had I known sooner, I could have stopped at the library to pickup and return some books. I drove right by, but didn't think I'd have time to stop. 

Our newly promoted manager is planning a happy hour next week (we are all working remotely, due to office construction). Um, no. I don't want to hang out with people who I know aren't vaccinated during a Covid surge. Also, pretty sure the company has a "no gatherings" rule going on right now. I remember reading an email from HR around the holidays regarding holiday parties. I'm trying to dig it up so I can back up that policy and bring it up during our weekly manager meeting tomorrow. 

[omglol]

isabel geez louiiiiise I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this again!

If there’s anything I can do to help, let me know. Happy to do porch drop offs or whatever.

[pumpkincat]

Jan 12, 2022 10:10:00 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

I just spent $140 on yearbooks for my kids and when I asked my ex to split the cost, he said "no thanks, I'm good", so yeah, LOL Whatever. He doesn't buy them things they need, so I should be surprised that he doesn't want to chip in for something like this.

I just got an email that my Chewy order that was supposed to be delivered tomorrow now isn't coming until Saturday and I literally only have enough dog food left to feed them today. This was definitely a planning fail on my part.

DoorDash will deliver from PetSmart in a pinch!

[TR]

My Nike refund turnaround is taking for-ev-er. I just want my new workout shoes!

[tacokick]

Long and a vent! Sorry!

Yesterday I had a meeting with a client that left me so incandescent with rage that my Apple Watch thought I was exercising.

I was doing this big supposedly fun project at a extremely discounted flat rate with a local festival/organization. They approached me about it and they all seemed really nice: I’ve been working on it for a couple of months and actually pulled off a huge deal that would cut their costs and increase the profits and national recognition and put out a better product than we initially thought possible.

The group is mostly older women. They are all horrible at email so I suggested we have a zoom and I could go over it with them live. We had been doing in person meetings about 90 minutes away from me but I don’t want to be the one to kill them with Covid.

I log in with my slides ready and they ambush me with that they had an earlier meeting with the larger group, decided the product they suggested to me wouldn’t sell and wanted to do something different and extremely niche? WTF. I was able to sell the idea to a national producer who was ready to manufacture it, market, and distribute it for them and they have decided to do the equivalent of a photocopied pamphlet or a mix CD instead.

I guess it’s better I know now rather than in a year? I hadn’t actually produced any of the creative content yet, just the leg work to put it into production.

I sent them a invoice for the work I did so far so hopefully they pay it. They have been encouraging me and talking about how excited they were through last week. They were just like “we talked about it with the larger committee Sunday and some people don’t like the idea and don’t want to pay for work on it”. Why did they approach and hire me then? I don’t think it was an excuse and I had worried a little bit about this because they don’t seem to hire experts or anyone often but they were so encouraging and told me to keep going even when I was giving them an out re: costs.

What a huge waste of my time this has been. It has been years since I’ve dealt with such unprofessionalism. It was like being in middle school and doing a class project again.

Now I have to go back to the other company and say “Oops! Sorry I’ve wasted your time for weeks setting up this amazing deal but this org doesn’t want to actually make money”.

I 100% know their new idea won’t make them any where near the money they could have made with what they approached me about. It’s just a really bad, dated idea.

[ny96]

KN95 and KF94 masks are so hard to find without paying a ridiculous markup or high shipping costs. I’m thinking of running over to Koreatown this morning and visiting some supermarkets to see if I can find any. The bonus to this plan is that I can also visit the 85 degrees bakery for coffee and pastries.

[Deleted]

Jan 12, 2022 10:56:44 GMT -5 pumpkincat said:

Jan 12, 2022 10:10:00 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

I just spent $140 on yearbooks for my kids and when I asked my ex to split the cost, he said "no thanks, I'm good", so yeah, LOL Whatever. He doesn't buy them things they need, so I should be surprised that he doesn't want to chip in for something like this.

I just got an email that my Chewy order that was supposed to be delivered tomorrow now isn't coming until Saturday and I literally only have enough dog food left to feed them today. This was definitely a planning fail on my part.

DoorDash will deliver from PetSmart in a pinch!

I just checked and they don't carry my brand and neither does my local family owned pet store. I know that the Costco Kirkland Dog Food is made by the same company so I may need to go that route, as much as I don't want to go any where in this cold!  

[tacokick]

Jan 12, 2022 10:10:00 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

I just spent $140 on yearbooks for my kids and when I asked my ex to split the cost, he said "no thanks, I'm good", so yeah, LOL Whatever. He doesn't buy them things they need, so I should be surprised that he doesn't want to chip in for something like this.

I just got an email that my Chewy order that was supposed to be delivered tomorrow now isn't coming until Saturday and I literally only have enough dog food left to feed them today. This was definitely a planning fail on my part.

1. He’s a jerk

2. Do you have any chicken and rice? I’ve done that in a pinch when the store has randomly been out of their food. It’s what our vet recommended.

[TamiTaylor]

Jan 12, 2022 9:18:46 GMT -5 TR said:

Jan 12, 2022 8:59:35 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

DH and I are considering a Disney trip in the near future, as long as COVID gets under control. Are their any Disney planners on here?

I think TamiTaylor is a Disney travel planner/agent.

Yes I am.

[isabel]

Jan 12, 2022 10:53:01 GMT -5 omglol said:

isabel geez louiiiiise I’m so sorry you’re dealing with this again!

If there’s anything I can do to help, let me know. Happy to do porch drop offs or whatever.

Thank you! At least I’m not crying about it this time. Lol I was so devastated when DS2 got it last year. Now I’m just like, “well, sure, of course.”