Vent thread.

[fivechickens]

Someone at D3 school took it upon themselves to adjust the handle on her wheelchair so now it is lower and wasn’t tightened correctly so the handle moves and makes it harder to pull her up steps to our house. I am pretty sure it was her school therapist.

I am all for them adjusting her walker to better suit her growth which makes it easier for her when she is walking but the handle on her wheelchair is for us to push her (has zero effect on her ability to move the wheelchair herself). So they basically adjusted it because they didn’t like the height. No call to ask if it was okay which I would have told them not to mess with it.

I am going to wait until Monday to tell them not to do it again (nicely, obviously) but I really want to do it now (I won’t). But goddamn damn don’t mess with shit without asking.

[TR]

That is really frustrating!

Mine is WAY less serious, but the muscle just above my left knee has been twitching on and off since yesterday evening and it’s driving me insane. I’ve drank a ton of water. We don’t have any bananas. I hate them, but I’d choke one down because potassium is supposed to help that, right? Anyway, it’s annoying. This muscle does this sometimes, always in the same place.

[sofamonkey]

Apr 9, 2022 15:07:52 GMT -5 TR said:

That is really frustrating!

Mine is WAY less serious, but the muscle just above my left knee has been twitching on and off since yesterday evening and it’s driving me insane. I’ve drank a ton of water. We don’t have any bananas. I hate them, but I’d choke one down because potassium is supposed to help that, right? Anyway, it’s annoying. This muscle does this sometimes, always in the same place.

Apricots also have potassium.

[TR]

Apr 9, 2022 15:14:57 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

Apr 9, 2022 15:07:52 GMT -5 TR said:

That is really frustrating!

Mine is WAY less serious, but the muscle just above my left knee has been twitching on and off since yesterday evening and it’s driving me insane. I’ve drank a ton of water. We don’t have any bananas. I hate them, but I’d choke one down because potassium is supposed to help that, right? Anyway, it’s annoying. This muscle does this sometimes, always in the same place.

Apricots also have potassium.

Don’t have those either. But I googled and apparently avocados do, too, and I had half of one with breakfast so wtf lol

[fivechickens]

TR is it like a twitching like when your eyelid twitches or more like a cramp?

B12 helped my eyelid twitching.

[TR]

Apr 9, 2022 15:24:30 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

TR is it like a twitching like when your eyelid twitches or more like a cramp?

B12 helped my eyelid twitching.

Definitely a twitch. Doesn’t hurt at all. I will see if I have any of that or even if I can scrounge up a multivitamin lol

[al dente]

I am just starting a new job, and my H is now leaving for 90 days. I will work one shift and then I'm trying to get people to cover the rest I've been scheduled for. It's so frustrating and almost comical that I just finally started a job and now I can't work.

[gretchenindisguise]

My house is a disaster and I can’t just snap my fingers and make it clean. Wtf.

[blondemoment123]

See all of my randoms from the last several weeks lol.

[mountaingirl]

Apr 9, 2022 15:52:54 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

My house is a disaster and I can’t just snap my fingers and make it clean. Wtf.

Same here.
I’d also like to know why my H cannot throw the used razor cartridge away. Why is the old one 2 feet from the trash, on my counter? His lack of tidiness drives me crazy but I refuse to pick up after him. (To a certain degree). This is why our place looks like a disaster.

[strawberry]

I’ve been miserably sick with some type of stomach bug since Thursday afternoon. Everyday I’m improving a little bit but it has been awful. I never want to see Pepto Bismal again.

[sproctopus]

For like a month, I've had what I think (?) might be tennis elbow. I have like no real grip strength in my hand, have to brace myself to pick things up with that hand and I have sharp pain traveling up my forearm to my elbow and into the bicep whenever I pick something up.

And instead of doing anything about it, I'm discussing it on the internet.

[charlatti]

I’m annoyed with a coworker for a minor thing. It’s over and done but just taking up space in my head, which is more annoying than the original annoyance! Brain, let it go.

[litskispeciality]

TR my friend's husband swore by magnesium when he had knee spasms after a knee replacement. I think he took supplements. I like them for Lowe back pain during my period too, but that may be psychosematic

[dcn]

My H leaves tomorrow for some training for 2 weeks , and then he has two more trips back to back through Memorial Day. I am feeling overwhelmed at the prospect of solo parenting plus prepping to sell our house and move.

[ProfessorArtNerd]

In Wednesday I’m having surgery (removing the hardware from my ankle fracture repair). We have to do some rearranging in our very small bedroom to make it easier to get around in crutches
I’m also super behind on laundry bc I had a billion appointments and things to do this week. And the kitchen is a mess too. I told H, and he agreed, that those are the high priorities this weekend.

So what is he fixated on? The living room! Why?? And we also agreed that shaming the kids about leaving messes isn’t working maybe just try the “this isn’t working, let’s fix it” mindset. It’s like I was talking to myself! And I’m nervous about this procedure. Give me a break!

[konapoppy]

Someone bought the house behind us and ripped out all the landscaping. They have been rebuilding the house for a year. Today they are having some sort of celebration and the bass is making our house shake. And their lights cause serious light pollution in our yard until midnight.

I know I shouldn’t borrow worry, but this does not bode well for my sanity.

[Nonny]

I strained my hamstring, and every time I rest it for a couple of days and it feels better, as soon as I start riding my bike again, it flares back up a few hours later. So I'm skipping my ride today, and popping advil and feeling annoyed.

[winemaker06]

Apr 9, 2022 16:24:40 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

For like a month, I've had what I think (?) might be tennis elbow. I have like no real grip strength in my hand, have to brace myself to pick things up with that hand and I have sharp pain traveling up my forearm to my elbow and into the bicep whenever I pick something up.

And instead of doing anything about it, I'm discussing it on the internet.

Hey, me too! Exact same problem and in my dominant arm too. I keep hoping rest and time will help but… might be past that point.

[sent]

I'm trying to hire for a position in my office. The person who left was creating so much drama with the others. On the one hand I'm lucky she quit, on the other hand I'm back surfing my Indeed postings. Four people with experience have turned down my job offer so far. One didn't want to start over earning PTO. Another one refused to work weekends (it's a 6 hour weekend commitment just 10 days a year) even though she knows the majority of our patient base is kids who go to school. The candidates that are left don't have experience which is ok, but more work for us to train. And since we're down a person but working tomorrow, we are all going to be pushed really hard to provide good service and run on time.

Managing humans is not my favorite.

[sproctopus]

Apr 9, 2022 19:36:03 GMT -5 winemaker06 said:

Apr 9, 2022 16:24:40 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

For like a month, I've had what I think (?) might be tennis elbow. I have like no real grip strength in my hand, have to brace myself to pick things up with that hand and I have sharp pain traveling up my forearm to my elbow and into the bicep whenever I pick something up.

And instead of doing anything about it, I'm discussing it on the internet.

Hey, me too! Exact same problem and in my dominant arm too. I keep hoping rest and time will help but… might be past that point.

LOL what a terrible twin thing we have going on.

I keep hoping I just wake up and it's gone or that my arm just falls off.

[SusanBAnthony]

I am annoyed at my husband. I asked him for months to clean up our shop area in the basement. Today I did it myself while he was gone and pitched whatever I felt like lolol.

Also I am annoyed because he gives me grief about buying stuff and spending money (not in a serious/mean way) and what did I find? Multiples of various things because the shop was such a mess and stuff wasn't PUT IN ITS PLACE so he bought duplicates.

All his duplicates are now in the trash or out little free library. Butthead. They were things like baggies of screws or drill bits so not worth trying to figure out if we had a receipt or which hardware store they were from.

[babsbunny]

My strapless bra kept falling all night, once all the way under my b-cup boobs. I don't think anyone noticed but it made me slouch all night...

...at a dry wedding (no complaints!), so I grabbed some target carton wine for a nightcap. I was overdressed for target, lol.

[mysteriouswife]

DD has attended clinics for three weeks to prep for color guard tryouts. Today was tryouts. The coach has been hateful and not flexible about anything. She was told they wouldn’t be told who made the team until Monday. The coach is allowing two girls who she knows outside of the clinics submit videos. The coach is a college kid who was on the team in the past. I’m annoyed for many reasons. This is not helping.

Also what happened to the days where everyone was on the team if they wanted to be? Why do kids have to tryout for everything? To add to my annoyance the coach said if they don’t make the team to try next year. This is the ultimate looking for a job without experience and being told you need experience.

[kiminky]

I just looked at the Easter basket thread on MMMoms, this may be an unpopular opinion, not a vent, but when did Easter become the 2nd Christmas? My daughter is 23. I don't remember getting her so much stuff for...Easter.

[al dente]

Apr 9, 2022 23:13:31 GMT -5 kiminky said:

I just looked at the Easter basket thread on MMMoms, this may be an unpopular opinion, not a vent, but when did Easter become the 2nd Christmas? My daughter is 23. I don't remember getting her so much stuff for...Easter.

omg it is out of control. I haven't looked at that thread, but the pictures I see some people post on social media are insane.

[dove]

The housing situation here is dire. So dire that I see Estate Sale signs and my first thought is “hmmm…that house should be coming on the market soon!”
I am going to hell

[cricketwife]

I’m in San Diego for a work conference. DS1 has had an intestinal “bug” for 6 days now that has not yet resolved. And H just tested positive for Covid. I’m flying home tomorrow and H was supposed to fly to a England tomorrow.. But now he can’t go. It was for his mother’s funeral. During the pandemic he lost his grandmother and his father and could do travel to their funerals due to covid restrictions. Now, he has Covid himself and cannot attend his own mother’s funeral. I’m so heartbroken for him.

[winecat]

Apr 9, 2022 23:27:58 GMT -5 dove said:

The housing situation here is dire. So dire that I see Estate Sale signs and my first thought is “hmmm…that house should be coming on the market soon!”
I am going to hell

There's a line in "When Harry Meets Sally" that's similar.  You're not alone.  lol

[mysteriouswife]

Apr 9, 2022 23:27:58 GMT -5 dove said:

The housing situation here is dire. So dire that I see Estate Sale signs and my first thought is “hmmm…that house should be coming on the market soon!”
I am going to hell

Our neighbor died March 11. He was buried Mar. 15. His kids had the estate sale the same week. The house is on the market and under contract now. It’s insane to me taht houses are moving this quickly