Who wants to join me in venting?

[Dory1988]

One of DH's coworkers is retiring today.  The retirement is this afternoon.  DH had promised (last week) that he would take care of the POW/MIA table for the dinner and getting the music (Anchors Aweigh and the Marine Corps Hymn) for the ceremony.  Guess who was on iTunes listening to versions of both songs all morning trying to find the right one?  Guess who also gets to run to the exchange and hope they have the plates, tablecloth, and candle necessary for the POW/MIA table.  That's right, it's me!  Plus I also took care of the part of the event I agreed to help with (made curtains to cover the bingo boards at the hall where they're having the dinner) and I had that done early.  I should have just known this would become my responsibility and too care of it a week ago.  Ugh.  I had to get that out there before I show up at the hospital fuming because of this.

[iluvmytxrgr]

My husband used to be bad about putting things like that onto my plate. I don't mind helping him if duty calls and he just can't help it. However, if it's something he's procrastinated on, he's shit out of luck. If I hadn't nipped it in the bud, he would have continued to do it. If I were you, I'd go ahead and help out but let him know you are his wife, not his errand girl. That's just me, though.

[softspot]

I'm exhausted in all aspects of the word. There's too much to type, but ugh. Fucking ugh.


Sorry your H flaked.

[amaristella]

DH is pretty good about actually doing all the work himself for things like that. What really gets to me is that for little things at work he regularly spends our money out of pocket and then has to ask to be reimbursed. I am so sick of it. Things like a picture frame or a personalized mug or something.
Or one of the things.. Recently someone asked him, as a personal favor, to go buy four bouquets of flowers to be handed out at a ceremony. The guy was supposed to pay him back but now of course DH isn't really pursuing it and I'm sure that it's $100 we'll never see again because I'm not crass enough to e-mail the wife (who was one of the recipients of the flowers) and ask to be paid back.

[Dory1988]

He used to take care of things on his own but I think now that I'm unemployed he thinks its okay to make his responsibilities mine. When he started to get upset because I didn't do something right (forgot a ribbon on the rose) I let him know that I am not the reason this is stressing him out and he needed to check himself. I asked him yesterday if he had everything together. I'm sure he assumed he could get it all in the galley at work but don't wait til the last second to find out!

I will always be shocked at the clothing people find appropriate for ceremonial things by the way. Jeans and a t-shirt are not okay for a ceremonial situation. Maybe I'm just old fashioned or picky but I wouldn't wear jeans to church, so why would I wear jeans to something labeled a ceremony? Plus the people in the ceremony are in dress uniforms. At least put on some nice slacks or khakis. I realize some attendees were civilians but ask if you don't know the dress code. Sorry, looking appropriate is such a pet peeve of mine. It's seriously my mom's fault.

[pennylane]

That's irritating, FMF. And I agree about people and their inappropriate clothing choices. I see it so much here.

Here's my vent: Sequestration sucks balls. Seriously f'ing up my life.

[verycontrary247]

I am the VP of the FRG. I did this because one of my bffs was running for president.
Now she is moving back home and filing for divorce and I don't want to be on the FRG board if she isn't. H says I'd be a jerk if I quit when we're already losing the president. I hate being an adult.

[audette]

Blargh. I'll join in.

DH had an alert last night. Kept him out for about 4-5 hours on the Sunday night. Turns out some soldiers were dumb, and they are now eliminating passes for the next however many days, and soldiers aren't allowed to drink at all.

DH isn't too fussed about the drinking, but the no passes thing kinda sucks - we had plans to visit a historic site a bit farther down the pennisula in a couple weekends, and we may have to cancel that (DH is looking into what he can do without a pass, but thinks this is outside the area he is allowed to go without a pass).

And I now have most of a flat of guiness that was bought for DH to drink over the next month to figure out what to do with... Looking for recipes - if I cook with it, the alcohol will cook off, so he would still be able to eat it. I might start with a beef and guiness stew.

[sushi]

I put guinness in my stew, shepherds pie, and chocolate cake. But I also wouldn't worry about what cooks off since I'm not a very good rule follower Seriously, no one's going to get in trouble if there's alcohol in food.

I think I would laugh in H's face if he ever asked me to complete a work assignment like that. He would have laughed first at the thought of even asking, though.

My vent is that I've somehow lost my ability to entertain myself when H is gone. I usually love the alone time.

[audette]

There are some recipes (ie: irish car bomb cupcakes) where the alcohol is not cooked at all, just mixed with other ingredients for the icing/frosting, which is something I'd avoid.

If it's in a cake batter, or stew, or in the crockpot with something, no worries.

Maybe it's a silly distinction, but I don't want to be the cause of any potential trouble for DH due to something so easily avoided.

[baconlettucetomato]

I'm straight up pooped. I'm on day 7 of an 11 day straight stretch of working. Add in that those are between 8-12 hour days depending on what we're doing. Plus I'm just starting to get big and uncomfortable. I can't sit or stand too long and this kid is fist pumping my lungs/ribs while kicking my cervix. I just can't wait until Friday, this will be my first weekend off in 6 weeks.