Also, it's killing me to not go into the HIMYM spoilers thread. I didn't watch it last night because H is out of town, but I so want to go read that thread.
My sister-in-law passed away last night around 11. We went out to see her early last night as they called in the family. She is a much better place, it was so hard to see her suffering so. Started as melanoma and spread everywhere.
My dh is being an ass again. Suprise, suprise. My youngest dd is struggling in school. She "forgets" stuff on a regular basis. He gets totally pissed about it. And throws a big huge hissy fit. Get over it.
I walked three mornings in a row. For over an hour. Feels good but I am exhausted right now. LOL
My sister-in-law passed away last night around 11. We went out to see her early last night as they called in the family. She is a much better place, it was so hard to see her suffering so. Started as melanoma and spread everywhere.
My dh is being an ass again. Suprise, suprise. My youngest dd is struggling in school. She "forgets" stuff on a regular basis. He gets totally pissed about it. And throws a big huge hissy fit. Get over it.
I walked three mornings in a row. For over an hour. Feels good but I am exhausted right now. LOL
I'm so sorry for your loss, Karenj.
My random is that DST over spring break may be my new favorite thing ever. The kids have been "sleeping in" (until almost 7:00 this morning!) and it really feels like spring when the sun is still out while I'm cooking dinner.
I want to kick the people that run our FSA in the nuts. They screw one claim after another up and have some really rude customer service people.
I've always been the one that calls and never had a problem with the past 5+ calls I've made to them until tonight when the lady tells me that she needs authorization from DH for me to talk about the account. DH is on an important call. I explain this to her and tell her that I've always been the one to call in the past and never been told this and I'd be happy to provide his social security number, birthdate etc. but I can't interrupt him from his meeting. She refuses and was in general full of attitude. So I'm going to have to call back again and hopefully will get a different person, because this lady and I are clearly not going to get along. In fact, if she answers, I'll probably just hang up on try again until i get someone different. Immature, maybe?
DS woke up at 6:30 this morning. So with the time change it felt like 5:30. 5:30! I used to have to PRY this kid out of bed before 9. Now he's all 'Oh the sun's about to rise. Time to get up! '
Did no one watch the premiere of Neil Degrasse Tyson's update of Carl Sagan's Cosmos on sunday? I mean the original 13 hour version from 1981 was kind of world changing. It was totally amazing in explaining just how tiny our planet is in the realm of the universe. I kind of expected there to be a thread about it somewhere on gbcn.
This sounds interesting! Sounds like something my bf would love, I wonder if I can find it On Demand or something.
It's supposed to be 50+ degrees today!! But then it's supposed to snow again tomorrow night. Boo. I wanted to take the Challenger that My H rented but he didn't let me and I'm pissed off now.
Tests are tomorrow. I stayed home from work again, because I'm pretty nervous about it all. I'm surprised I'm not fired, but I won't look a gift horse in the mouth.
I got my first graze box and I'm trying to choke some of it down, but it hurts to eat. I'm excited for the flavors, though! It looks like a good box!
Post by thelurkylulu on Mar 11, 2014 9:07:11 GMT -5
I think that conspiracy theory thread on the missing Malaysian flight is one of the strangest things I've ever read on here. The tinfoil hat people are crazy.
I want to kick the people that run our FSA in the nuts. They screw one claim after another up and have some really rude customer service people.
I've always been the one that calls and never had a problem with the past 5+ calls I've made to them until tonight when the lady tells me that she needs authorization from DH for me to talk about the account. DH is on an important call. I explain this to her and tell her that I've always been the one to call in the past and never been told this and I'd be happy to provide his social security number, birthdate etc. but I can't interrupt him from his meeting. She refuses and was in general full of attitude. So I'm going to have to call back again and hopefully will get a different person, because this lady and I are clearly not going to get along. In fact, if she answers, I'll probably just hang up on try again until i get someone different. Immature, maybe?
Annoying. I recently had to go through something similar on behalf of my father. To make it easier, find out if you can email (or fax, I guess) a signed letter from your H authorizing you to access the account info/act as agent. Then they could have it on record and you don't have to get him on the phone every time you call. This helped facilitate communication with my Dad's bank and I am in no way associated with the account. I'm not sure if it would be the same for the folks you're dealing with, but it's worth asking the question if this is something you have to do frequently.
I drank an herbal cleansing tea last night. I woke to some serious stomach cramping and yes.. this tea works. Now I am at work getting ready to speed dial AutumnRose25 to be my pants person.
frkls you will appreciate this. I'm tired today because of a 3 hour church meeting last night that did not end until 10 pm. Its a Welcoming Ministry committee.
We spent no fewer than 45 MINUTES discussing every exhausting little detail about the purchase of a rocking chair for new parents and nursing moms in the back of the sanctuary.
Arms or no arms? Upholstery or wood? If upholstery, spot clean or washing machine? Who will wash it? How should we keep older children off of it? Should there be a plaque? Where should we buy a plaque? What should it say? Should we have a dedication? Where in the worship service would the dedication go? What would we say? Should there be a prayer? Who would say the prayer? Are we sure about upholstery? Are moms going to be comfortable nursing in public anyway? Should it be in the back of the sanctuary or in the parlor? Can you hear worship in the parlor? Should we buy it locally? Did I tell you the local furniture shop doesn't carry rocking chairs? What is IKEA anyway? I've never been. What color should it be? Should we get leather? Is an ottoman a good idea? How much is that? Do we need to run this by Deacons? Does it come in other wood finishes? Will we have to assemble it? Does anyone know how to do that? Who is going to pick it up? Should we do reimbursement or give someone the church credit card?
I'm happy to report that after much deliberation, we chose a deep red poang from ikea that the pastor will purchase on his next trip to Ikea. Lol. I assured everyone that nursing moms will very much appreciate the gesture.
Jonah forgot his medicine this morning, so I dropped him off at school and came back to get it. I discovered he also left his glasses here. So, I get back to school, they call him to the office and I discover he has a huge schmear of dried toothpaste all down the side of his shirt under his right arm. So, the teacher will see it every time he raises his hand. So, he has no ADHD meds, can't see the board, and is covered in toothpaste...and I have my meeting about getting him into the gifted program this afternoon.
lol. He is still a kid frkls... Gifted kids are still kids. It will go great. No worries.
I'll add that my husband always misplaces his glasses, goes around with stains on him and forgets pretty much anything that's not attached to him-and he's a PhD so he's pretty smart. If anything this might convince them more that he needs to be in the program lol.
Post by juliagoulia on Mar 11, 2014 9:38:13 GMT -5
I got a position as an instructor for an auto industry organization. The vision of the organization is to bring education about new/changing repair technology to all segments (insurance, repair facilities, part vendors, etc). I'm teaching my first class this coming Monday and IT IS SOLD OUT! I got 30 people to sign up!!! I've never been to one of these classes with more than like 8 people. I'm so excited! :-)
frkls you will appreciate this. I'm tired today because of a 3 hour church meeting last night that did not end until 10 pm. Its a Welcoming Ministry committee.
We spent no fewer than 45 MINUTES discussing every exhausting little detail about the purchase of a rocking chair for new parents and nursing moms in the back of the sanctuary.
Arms or no arms? Upholstery or wood? If upholstery, spot clean or washing machine? Who will wash it? How should we keep older children off of it? Should there be a plaque? Where should we buy a plaque? What should it say? Should we have a dedication? Where in the worship service would the dedication go? What would we say? Should there be a prayer? Who would say the prayer? Are we sure about upholstery? Are moms going to be comfortable nursing in public anyway? Should it be in the back of the sanctuary or in the parlor? Can you hear worship in the parlor? Should we buy it locally? Did I tell you the local furniture shop doesn't carry rocking chairs? What is IKEA anyway? I've never been. What color should it be? Should we get leather? Is an ottoman a good idea? How much is that? Do we need to run this by Deacons? Does it come in other wood finishes? Will we have to assemble it? Does anyone know how to do that? Who is going to pick it up? Should we do reimbursement or give someone the church credit card?
omgggggggggg
OMG, I was so, so happy to rotate off of the Diaconate at my church. It was just one meeting a month, some independent communication with members and then occasional Sunday morning stuff, but that one meeting a month was invariably just like this.
I think I have a new addiction, Earl Gray tea! Yummy!
Earl Grey is my favorite, and after the tea thread last week (or week before) I went on to Amazon and ordered 3 different ones. One of them in an Earl Grey with Lavender, which was pretty yummy.
eb777888 and I took our kids to this amazing park yesterday. The kids played their asses off. My kids went to bed at a little past 7 last night and they are still sleeping now at 8am! Thank you baby Jesus.
OMG, David slept sooo good last night and so did I, lol. I was sooo tired and I got sunburned really bad. I forgot to wear sunblock, dammit. But we had sooo much fun! I will get those pictures on Facebook today!
Post by firedancer49 on Mar 11, 2014 10:28:58 GMT -5
The custodians did not empty my trash can last night, and yesterday for lunch I had this noodle thing from the cafe and took out all raw red onions. They smelled bad yesterday but I knew the end was in sight. Well, b/c they did not take out the trash, it's all I smell. I'm about to just put it in the hallway.
DD had a cavity filled this morning and she did AWESOME! I am so proud of her.
frkls most meetings at my church are organized by lay leaders. Our pastor attends but mostly fools around on his ipad the entire time. lol.
The lady who runs this committee is really nice but the meetings are slowwwwww. We don't even get to the first agenda item until 20 min into the meeting because of talking about the snacks she brought, passing around cookies, does anyone want coffee, I can plug the kettle in if you like, has anyone unlocked the door to the narthex, Can anyone figure out how to turn up the thermostat, let's talk about what emails each of us has or has not received, Phyllis changed her email address let's all write it down, etc etc etc.
Next month I go into the meeting, declare I have to be out by 9, and hold myself to my word. Aint nobody got time for a meeting until 10 and then a 6 am train in the morning.
Did no one watch the premiere of Neil Degrasse Tyson's update of Carl Sagan's Cosmos on sunday? I mean the original 13 hour version from 1981 was kind of world changing. It was totally amazing in explaining just how tiny our planet is in the realm of the universe. I kind of expected there to be a thread about it somewhere on gbcn.
eb777888 and I took our kids to this amazing park yesterday. The kids played their asses off. My kids went to bed at a little past 7 last night and they are still sleeping now at 8am! Thank you baby Jesus.
OMG, David slept sooo good last night and so did I, lol. I was sooo tired and I got sunburned really bad. I forgot to wear sunblock, dammit. But we had sooo much fun! I will get those pictures on Facebook today!
Sophia had a temporary tattoo on her arm. I scrubbed it off in her bath last night and she has a pretty noticeable heart shaped tan line with a peace sign in it. lol.