It took me double the time to get to work this morning. we had snow last night, then freezing rain and now its snowing again... so roads were shit.
It put me in such terrible mood. And on top of that, I get to work and hear a voicemail from my boss saying she was going to be delayed coming in because the roads are bad. Uh... she lives 5 miles from work, in the city. I live 25 miles, out in the boonies where they don't plow roads and I made it here. On time.
Post by lightbulbsun on Dec 20, 2012 8:20:09 GMT -5
I'm jealous it's your Friday. Do you have next Mon off, too?
H takes for-ev-er to get ready in the morning. I don't get it. He woke up at 5:30 this morning because he wanted to get to work early, and ended up leaving the house at 7. I think he just sits around for an hour eating cereal in front of the TV.
I've been seriously procrastinating with stuff for my mom's estate. I'm going to get a couple of forms notorized tonight, so that will help me catch up. I am not looking forward to getting the house on the market.
Oh, and H tried to have a serious conversation with me before he left for work at 4am this morning about what we are going to do if shit actually goes down tomorrow. My only response was that I probably shouldn't waste my time grocery shopping tonight for our Christmas party Saturday.
IT changed the resolution of my computer monitor and somehow blocked admin rights so I can't change it back. It is so huge and stretched it is nauseating. UGH. And it will be a blast trying to get them to call me back.
I am home with Jax today and I am guessing tomorrow and maybe even Monday. I am looking on the bright side and hoping that since he is sick now he will be better by Christmas. The other good news is that he is taking his treatments like a champ so that makes it easier on the both of us.
I am going to finish wrapping the presents and make some cookies today.
DH's first day on his new job is today, I really hope he likes it.
Post by sunflower22 on Dec 20, 2012 8:28:37 GMT -5
My H goes to work before me, this morning I woke up to a note that said watch the recorded show that is paused on the tv. I press play and its one of those news segments where they have shelter pets available for adoption, and the two tiny kittens spent the entire segment clawing and crawling and meowing and being complete spazzes while the newscasters tried to talk over them. One kitten had a Santa hat on and he it threw off in disgust just as they were discussing how cute it was. It was hilarious and a wonderful start to my morning.
I have been having so much trouble sleeping lately. I am exhausted!!
DD (2) is so excited about Christmas and Santa this year...she's making it so fun in our house this year! I can't wait to see her face on Christmas morning ;D
Our festivities kick off tomorrow night. I work a full day today and tomorrow and still have so much to do but I'm going out for a drink with a couple girlfriends tonight instead. Priorities! :beer:
I barely slept last night. We went to H's work party, fought when we got home, and on top of being too upset to sleep well, Andy woke up a lot. I'm a zombie this morning.
My eyes are slightly wacky this morning. I made the mistake of being in the room when they were playing with the medical laser yesterday, it would have been fine if I had not been looking in the general direction of the laser. My eyes were okay earlier today, but I think the lighting here has messed it all up.
I'm getting a new responsibility at work, it's a big one but I think it may cause me to drink more?
Aw, Sunflower, that was sweet of him to do that for you! That would have made my morning too!
It's my Friday today... and my last day of work for the next 10-11 weeks. I'm so freaking excited that I could scream. Also, someone brought in DOZENS of donuts. Fuck the diabetes, I'm taking extra insulin and eating TWO!!!!
DH and I traded in his pickup for a new-to-us car last night. We giggled the entire way home as we tested and found new options in the car. It's very rare that a car that will get paid off quicker is fully loaded with crazy options. I'm so excited be down one less car payment in a month!
So, yeah, you tell the people you want to pay for the person behind you. Theoretically they'll be touched enough to at least pay for the person behind them and so on.
And, I will admit that I was relieved that the guy's order only added $2 to my total
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Dec 20, 2012 9:01:02 GMT -5
Haha I kept the toll chain going on the tacony bridge on Sunday, but that's set at $2 a car soooo. (I drove my sisters car and she doesn't have ezpass. Wtf?)
I don't get doing your make up in the restroom at work. How is spreading your stuff out all over the questionably clean counter preferable to taking an extra 5-10 minutes at home?
DS told me what DH bought me for Chrismas. He's not always a reliable source, but the lad cannot keep a secret to save his life. So, it sounds like I'm for sure getting a blanket and some socks. And then he goes back and forth as to what the big present is: either a donut maker or a coffee maker. I will cry if he got me a donut maker. I want to eat donuts, not make them. And we don't need another single-purpose appliance in our kitchen. At least I drink coffee, but it would still be unnecessary - we both drink coffee daily, so it makes sense to make a pot. I think he was mesmerized by Penelope Cruz's Nespresso commercial. I'm not kidding, he looked up at the TV like he was entranced when he heard her voice.
Damn you, Penelope, and your sultry Spanish accent!
Sigh. He used to be so good at buying me thoughtful, meaningful gifts.
My boys are at home enjoying a snow day and I am at work. Booooo
I think Leo may be starting to teeth? Do they feel pain before you see any action on the gums? He was up from 3-4:30 am and would cry if we put him back in the crib. That is so not like him. He didn't have a fever. I finally dosed him up again with motrin and he passed out. He was cheery this morning. I can't feel swollen gums though. Or maybe he is sick without a fever? I hate the guessing game. I also hate not sleeping. :-0
I can't sleep in my bed right now because with the snow storm we got this morning, we are also having 40mph+ winds, and it's making the house creek and the wind is howling.
So I came downstairs to maybe sleep on the couch. Now all I hear is the group of crows outside cawing away. Damnit, crows, it snowed! Go away!
Good thing I'm off today. I may just take a nap this afternoon.
My boys are at home enjoying a snow day and I am at work. Booooo
I think Leo may be starting to teeth? Do they feel pain before you see any action on the gums? He was up from 3-4:30 am and would cry if we put him back in the crib. That is so not like him. He didn't have a fever. I finally dosed him up again with motrin and he passed out. He was cheery this morning. I can't feel swollen gums though. Or maybe he is sick without a fever? I hate the guessing game. I also hate not sleeping. :-0
After a few months of STTN, Andy slept HORRIBLY for about three weeks. The day we actually saw some gum activity, he only woke twice, the next day he popped the tooth out and he has been mostly STTN since.
Okay thanks Miss-I can't remember this stuff at all with Jack. I was sort of hoping it was teeth and not illness. If I would have used motrin earlier last night he would have fallen asleep. I was the dummy who kept trying to do other stuff. Maybe we will break out the hyland tablets as well.
I keep hoping I go into labor soon so I can start my maternity leave. I know it won't be a cake walk (read: vacation) but I'm sick of working 50 hour weeks.
Oh and I had a weird dream last night where I was filming a movie about zombies. I was in the process of hiding from them when I woke up.
You guys, this is so embarrassing but I'm gonna tell you anyway. Last night we finished up some shopping at Target, then went to Trader Joe's. I just wanted to get a few things a gift card. Well guess what? My card was declined. Twice. ISF. I was so embarrassed. I paid with cash and checked my bank info as soon as I got back in the car and sure enough, I'm overdrawn. That hasn't happened to me in years. I forgot to put my bonus check in and a ton of bills came out at once.
I cried the whole way home, like ugly cried, out of embarrassment and frustration.
Post by RitzyHeifer on Dec 20, 2012 10:00:57 GMT -5
There was a post on MM about someone giving a CW a gift (candle), and said CW re-gifting it back to the original giver the following year.
It reminded me that a CW & I used to exchange, erm, adult movies with each other. When it started, I brought him a few DVDs in a bag from the Yankee Candle store so "giving CW a candle" was our code for bringing some new movies to swap. This was 10-12 years ago before getting said material online was prevalent.
She is 22. Her BF is 25. He makes like 150k a year. She goes to school, that he pays for. They have tons in retirement and like 85k in liquid cash. Their budget is insane.
Two things strike me as odd.
1. They are just dating (although very seriously) and he forks over a shitton of cash for her. She has access to accounts/credit cards.
2. They are so young and make so much effing money.
I know these people do exist, but holy hell. At 22 I was making 27k at my first entry level job. And that was only 4 years ago. Lol.