I'm also really sick of commuting and getting resentful that I get up earlier and am in the car almost 2 hours a day and he's in the car 10 min a day. I go through this phase every so often. He does cook dinner most nights but I think in his mind, doing that means not having to do other stuff until the weekend.
This is the opposite of DH and I and I'm always worried that he resents this. Especially now in the summer that school's eased off a lot. We did it the other way around for awhile but it turns out, he likes when I cook better.
It's hard because I know my resentment really isn't at HIM but about commuting in general & being busy (I work FT and go to school). It's just hard to not look at it that way, you know? I know he would love for me to work close to home as well but that hasn't worked out for me.
Post by whitepicketfence on Jul 17, 2012 9:48:41 GMT -5
DH and I are going to Jamboree in the Hills this weekend (well, he's going Thursday through Sunday and I'm just going Saturday and Sunday so that we didn't have to leave the kids with a babysitter the entire time) and I'm SO freaking excited to get away. We'll basically get to drink, camp, and listen to a nonstop concert with our friends while we're there. I can't wait!
I need to get back into golf lessons. I've had 3 golf outing invitations in the past few weeks, and frankly, being out on the golf course sounds much better than being in the office.
My CW and I are proposing a coup for after my boss leaves (basically splitting her position, raise/title changes for both of us, and reorganizing the office) and I am nervous.
I strained my hamstring at CF yesterday and then played a soccer game. It does not feel good and I am pretty upset about it. I haven't had a pulled muscle in I don't know how long!
Also, I have wayyy too much laundry to get done today. Blah.
This is the opposite of DH and I and I'm always worried that he resents this. Especially now in the summer that school's eased off a lot. We did it the other way around for awhile but it turns out, he likes when I cook better.
My DH's commute is 10 minutes, mine is 60-90 minutes each way and I do ALL the cooking.
i am so annoyed with my job (or lack there of) situation right now. I've been working as a substitute teacher for one of our local divisions for the last four years, hoping to eventually manage to get a classroom teaching position. i've pestered our central office constantly since they never actually post openings. finally the woman who is in charge of hiring must be sending my name out because i've gotten two calls for interviews. BUT i'm licensed in elementary ed, with marginal experience in middle and high schools. and my calls have, of course, come from a high school and a middle school. what's the point on sending me on interviews where we all know i don't meet the qualifications?!?!
::sigh:: middle school interview is tomorrow.... fingers crossed! i really need a job, lol!
I never had my wisdom teeth out because they are kind of small and there's room for them, but a bit of the gum stayed over top of the one. It's now pulling away and it hurts, it's swollen, and it is very distracting. I have a dentist appt tomorrow, but in the meantime I'm trying to not just go home and go to bed. Not that I could sleep, it's 200000 degrees outside.
He doesn't do all the cleaning, very little actually. He does do most of the laundry!
In his defense, he is working a full-time job (at about 50 hours/week) in addition to a small PT consulting gig, AND trying to get a start-up off the ground. He typically puts in at least 80+ hours a week.
I PRAY that it will eventually pay off (we're hardly rolling in it), but it does have an expiration date, successful or not.
Ok then, fair enough. I will reserve judgment of Mr. Swizzle.
Congrats Mrs. Beagle on your weight loss. Cosmos- if you change your mind, there are several of us there who are all friends.
Mine... I am proud of DH and me for tracking what we've eaten and our exercise. Last night, we swam for 45 minutes. I felt really good afterwards. If you count the exercise calories, I was under by about 1000 calories for the day.
Vent... my FIL just joined FB. I hope he intends to use it and doesn't just FB stalk us kids.
I'm feeling trapped by my marriage more and more these days. I am hoping that counseling will help me get over the trapped feelings, but each day that goes by I know I hurt my husband more and more and he doesn't deserve that...
It's hard because I know my resentment really isn't at HIM but about commuting in general & being busy (I work FT and go to school). It's just hard to not look at it that way, you know? I know he would love for me to work close to home as well but that hasn't worked out for me.
I can totally see that. I tell DH that I feel guility sometimes that we live here because of we (We're in a university town for my school, he commutes 45 minutes. He does like living in the "cooler" area most of the time). He just gets sick of it every once in awhile. Normally if I mow the lawn or something else that's normally "his" job, it cheers him up.
Post by HoneySpider on Jul 17, 2012 10:47:41 GMT -5
Vent: I hate the archaic employee tuition reimbursement forms in place here at the university. I seriously have some sort of problem every semester. This morning I got an email from the lady in the business office saying they couldn't process it because the meeting time of the class doesn't have any info on how I'm going to accommodate the hours I'm missing from work. It's a dissertation in progress course there is no class! The lady told me to call her, I've tried calling several times and no answer/no voicemail. I'm just going to email her back.
It let me customize it so I put in my own goals for eating/exercising (that I got from SparkPeople, LOL).
Ooo, how do you do that?
I did it in the iPad app - click on "More" on the left side, then Edit Profile and you can click on your total calories, number of workouts, etc. and just change them
Post by catsarecute on Jul 17, 2012 11:14:46 GMT -5
My coworker has every possible alert/tone set as loud as possible on her iphone. Text messages, voicemail alerts, calendar reminders, etc. She even has her keystroke sounds on so I can hear her tapping away messages.
I personally like to keep my shit as silent as possible. I even turned off my email alert "bing!" because it got on my nerves. I partially think that she doesn't know how to use her phone so turning those tones off would be challenging for her. I've had to go over and unlock her phone several times just to make it stop beeping.
Bad random: He comes running up to me afterwards to see if I'm pregnant, because the nurse noted I was taking prenatal vitamins. No, no sir I'm not. I'm just taking them in advance should that day ever come. I know he was asking because I would need to change my medicine ASAP when I do get pregnant.
I don't know why, but I always feel worse when drs/nurses ask why you are taking prenatals, and then they are you/how long have you been trying etc questions vs. seeing my period every month. It's weird, but that's my skewed thought process.
I take both pre-natals and birth control pills. It's always entertaining to see the reaction when I have to list out my medications for folks. I almost always get a double take, or a clarification question about it.
Found out today my lease is up August 15 and not the 31st like I had thought. So I need to quickly decide if I'm staying or going. If I stay I need to find 2 new roomies or find a comparable low-price place.
I take both pre-natals and birth control pills. It's always entertaining to see the reaction when I have to list out my medications for folks. I almost always get a double take, or a clarification question about it.
I'm sort of ignorant about things like this. Do you mind me asking why you take both?
I take both pre-natals and birth control pills. It's always entertaining to see the reaction when I have to list out my medications for folks. I almost always get a double take, or a clarification question about it.
I'm sort of ignorant about things like this. Do you mind me asking why you take both?
It's recommended that you take pre-natals for some time before getting pregnant. I've heard anywhere from 3 months to 1 year or more. I figure, it doesn't hurt to be careful...
DH and I have been on the verge of TTC for a while now. Life keeps throwing us curve balls, and we keep putting it off because of that (like the potential move to S. Korea coming up next year!), but eventually, we're going to say fuck it, there's no perfect time, and go for it with no further delay... Until then, though, we want to be careful to not get unintentionally pregnant. And, I use bcp to control when I have my period, so I can avoid having it when I'm on the road for work.
To make it MM, my health coverage provides all prescriptions free of charge to me. I should be taking a multivitamin, and a pre-natal does that for me...
Post by hannamarin on Jul 17, 2012 11:49:50 GMT -5
I went to Chinatown today. It is 100degrees easily outside. Our Chinatown is hot and smells just get stronger in the heat. Also, most of the stores dont have a/c. The store that I went for has gone out of business! I got a slurpee on the way home and it was glorious. I also stopped at some fountains in a park and ran through them with the baby. The fountains came from the sidewalk, but it isnt a splash pad.
Bad random: He comes running up to me afterwards to see if I'm pregnant, because the nurse noted I was taking prenatal vitamins. No, no sir I'm not. I'm just taking them in advance should that day ever come. I know he was asking because I would need to change my medicine ASAP when I do get pregnant.
I don't know why, but I always feel worse when drs/nurses ask why you are taking prenatals, and then they are you/how long have you been trying etc questions vs. seeing my period every month. It's weird, but that's my skewed thought process.
I take both pre-natals and birth control pills. It's always entertaining to see the reaction when I have to list out my medications for folks. I almost always get a double take, or a clarification question about it.
Bcp can lower your folate so it is good to take both. Folate isnt just for pregnancy.
I have myfitnesspal, but I don't have any friends. What does it mean to add people on there? Do they see what I eat, my exercise, how much I weigh .
It means that we would be there to encourage you. You can change the settings so that people can't see your diary. Friends can never see how much you weigh.
I accidentally cut my skin when I was clipping my toe nail on Sunday. I didn't think it was a big deal because it didn't bleed very much.
When I got out of bed yesterday morning it was very painful to stand on. I looked at my toe and it is about 25% bigger than normal and bright red. I cleaned it really well with alcohol and put antibiotic ointment on it, but it hasn't really helped. It hurts like hell, and today it had puss coming out of the cut.
This cut is like 1mm, that is it. I really don't understand how it is causing this many problems!