Monday Morning Vents

[hannahb]

Kams- so sorry. Maybe a margarita will help?
My vent? My foot flippin hurts. I think it's just a strain and I'm hoping that some time off cures it

[gncorman]

Sorry to all for the uncertainty. I would be right there with you with the stress of not knowing what will happen. Echoing hannahb, have a margarita today!

Work sometimes can just be too much. I work in the human services/social work field. Some weeks are great and rewarding; other times I just want to bang my head against the wall. And it has nothing to do with the clients we work with; rather those that work in the field. I have taken one day off since January (just last Friday). And I think I am taking 2 days off next week. It will make it worse but I just need the break. And I really hate to admit my job is stressful; everyone has stress in their life. Mine should be no worse. So when I start to sound like this, I get frustrated.
I will be enjoying a margarita tonight!

[blndsnbrdr]

I hate that limbo stage -- seriously hoping you get certainty soon kams!

My bitch?! Well, most of it is staying off the internetz, but damnit, I want coffee! Or Mt Dew -- from a can, not bottle!

I'm holding off on caffeine until after my 50M simply because I realized I was sleeping really poorly and the late afternoon caffeine wasn't helping. So...no caffeine. Which isn't a huge deal - it's usually fairly easy - except for the fact I slept all of 4 freaking hours last night. And I want the bubble of Mt Dew far more than I want the actual caffeine.

Also, my legs are tired. And that scares me. They have 5 days to get untired...

[shellfish26]

My family came to spend the weekend at my house- 6 of them all at once. I love them, but together, they are...challenging. Our house is typically a calm, peaceful oasis but this weekend was total chaos. I cooked big meals all weekend, except for breakfast on Saturday because I was out on my long run. But I left fruit, yogurt and told them to have whatever they wanted to hold them over until I could make lunch. At 4:30pm, my mother said "So, we weren't supposed to eat breakfast this morning? I would have thought you would at least have muffins or something."

Plus, my poor cats are still having nightmares.  My mom has a longtime leg injury and she wears clunky slippers, so her gait for some reason terrified one of my cats.  He would freak out every time she would come by.   Although, my other cat was OBSESSED with my brother and wouldn't leave his side, so that was kind of cute. 

It should be no surprise that between Sat/Sun, I ran 18.6 miles. 

[bostonmichelle]

kams I'm sorry for the unknowns in your life. I have been there at some points and I hated the unknowing part.

I'm just overly tired today and just want to sleep. Also all my clients want things done yesterday but don't tell me until today. I need a vacation desperately at this point too, but DH's work travel schedule isn't set in stone yet. I just want to book a long weekend on a beach somewhere with unlimited booze and food, is that so hard to ask for?

[lb2006]

May 5, 2014 11:15:20 GMT -5 kams said:

May 5, 2014 11:13:44 GMT -5 clseale said:

Didn't you guys just recently move into a house that you love? Into a lovely neighborhood, with a cute park, etc? Am I making that up? It sucks that even best case scenario has your world turning into chaos for a bit. I'm sorry. That's a lot ot handle right now.

I don't have any specifics really, but I've spent the better part of the morning making this face at my desk:

The brain is not a tool to be used sparingly. Not everyone seems to get that.

yes 

ETA - we are renting until we get a multi-year deal. The owner wants to move back in, so we need to be out July 1. But if we stay here, it will be because we get the deal we want and then we can buy. And if we don't get the deal we want, we will have to move away. Far away. Somewhere. God knows where. OMG.

Kristen Wiig always makes me happy, so thank you for that

I'm just sayin' - Piedmont NC is lovely in the spring.  I can send you some home links if you don't get the multi-year deal.  I'd love some h&f neighbors

[lb2006]

May 5, 2014 14:07:46 GMT -5 shellfish26 said:

My family came to spend the weekend at my house- 6 of them all at once. I love them, but together, they are...challenging. Our house is typically a calm, peaceful oasis but this weekend was total chaos. I cooked big meals all weekend, except for breakfast on Saturday because I was out on my long run. But I left fruit, yogurt and told them to have whatever they wanted to hold them over until I could make lunch. At 4:30pm, my mother said "So, we weren't supposed to eat breakfast this morning? I would have thought you would at least have muffins or something."

Plus, my poor cats are still having nightmares.  My mom has a longtime leg injury and she wears clunky slippers, so her gait for some reason terrified one of my cats.  He would freak out every time she would come by.   Although, my other cat was OBSESSED with my brother and wouldn't leave his side, so that was kind of cute. 

It should be no surprise that between Sat/Sun, I ran 18.6 miles. 

Say whaaaa??? I would've raged at that point.

[Deleted]

May 5, 2014 15:11:23 GMT -5 lb2006 said:

May 5, 2014 14:07:46 GMT -5 shellfish26 said:

My family came to spend the weekend at my house- 6 of them all at once. I love them, but together, they are...challenging. Our house is typically a calm, peaceful oasis but this weekend was total chaos. I cooked big meals all weekend, except for breakfast on Saturday because I was out on my long run. But I left fruit, yogurt and told them to have whatever they wanted to hold them over until I could make lunch. At 4:30pm, my mother said "So, we weren't supposed to eat breakfast this morning? I would have thought you would at least have muffins or something."

Plus, my poor cats are still having nightmares.  My mom has a longtime leg injury and she wears clunky slippers, so her gait for some reason terrified one of my cats.  He would freak out every time she would come by.   Although, my other cat was OBSESSED with my brother and wouldn't leave his side, so that was kind of cute. 

It should be no surprise that between Sat/Sun, I ran 18.6 miles. 

Say whaaaa??? I would've raged at that point.

I'd have LOST it. 

My vent is that I need to lose 20lbs, 10 of which I never lost to begin with and 10 I added on during training because I was hungry and eating All the Things. I hate hate hate calorie counting at this point, but see no other way to do this. It's not an exercise thing (obviously), this is diet, pure and simple.

I'll miss you, grains. 

[katyintx]

May 5, 2014 14:07:46 GMT -5 shellfish26 said:

My family came to spend the weekend at my house- 6 of them all at once. I love them, but together, they are...challenging. Our house is typically a calm, peaceful oasis but this weekend was total chaos. I cooked big meals all weekend, except for breakfast on Saturday because I was out on my long run. But I left fruit, yogurt and told them to have whatever they wanted to hold them over until I could make lunch. At 4:30pm, my mother said "So, we weren't supposed to eat breakfast this morning? I would have thought you would at least have muffins or something."

Plus, my poor cats are still having nightmares.  My mom has a longtime leg injury and she wears clunky slippers, so her gait for some reason terrified one of my cats.  He would freak out every time she would come by.   Although, my other cat was OBSESSED with my brother and wouldn't leave his side, so that was kind of cute. 

It should be no surprise that between Sat/Sun, I ran 18.6 miles. 

Umm yes, cue the rage in me as well.  My parents always feel like they're intruding when they come visit, but that sounds like something my ILs would say.  Not so much MIL or FIL, but BIL and SIL, absolutely.  You know, after they eat all our food and drink all our booze. 

[taratru]

Hugs to everyone! kams hang in there...you won't get derailed by something like this, no matter what.

My vent is that I was so busy today, this is the first time I've read this thread. Why won't HR call me back?!?! I need to hire some people and they're going to go to other schools if we don't hurry up! We were supposed to tell them by FRIDAY. I'm pissed.

[kams]

Good gracious, there are some serious vents. Can we have a group hug??

Thanks for the good vibes, everyone. It will all be ok. ::grumble::