monday flameful confessions

[sandyapples]

My kids have been up 3 hours and are still in Pjs. We had a Canada day pool part yesterday and I'm worn out. I'm also letting them play in the backyard half dressed and eating party mix. And I let DD1 watch over an hour of play doh videos on youtube. Laziest mom ever.

[idoinjuly]

Jun 30, 2014 9:12:34 GMT -5 MWOS said:

no seriously you guys, I did like 16 hours of research and then stopped my period with a Claritin.

I am reaching genius levels of self-experimentation.

Whaaaat?  How?

[captainobvious]

My youngest sister recently had a baby and I don't love the name. I would never her tell her that, of course.

[MWOS]

Jun 30, 2014 9:14:13 GMT -5 idoinjuly said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:12:34 GMT -5 MWOS said:

no seriously you guys, I did like 16 hours of research and then stopped my period with a Claritin.

I am reaching genius levels of self-experimentation.

Whaaaat?  How?

Because for the last year I haven't been able to stop having my period on my own. I've been on this fucking horrifying progesterone cancer medication for 9 months of that. And this month I had enough.  I hypothesized that my inability to stop the bleeding wasn't from lack of progesterone, but from having flappy, leaky veins.  So then I needed to figure out a drug to take that would tighten my veins up.  Figured out an allergy med+zantac.

bleeding stopped within 2 hours.

I'm going to BURN IT DOWN at my appointment in 3 weeks. BURN.IT.DOWN.

[cuddlyevil]

At the party on Saturday, someone came in from outside and said "Someone is setting off fireworks--you can't see them, but you can hear them." and at least three of us looked at each other and said "Fireworks...sure..." because they so weren't.

I also roamed all over the house chasing a 2 year-old and let her jump on a bed that wasn't mine or hers.

[kirra]

Jun 30, 2014 9:19:57 GMT -5 MWOS said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:14:13 GMT -5 idoinjuly said:

Whaaaat?  How?

Because for the last year I haven't been able to stop having my period on my own. I've been on this fucking horrifying progesterone cancer medication for 9 months of that. And this month I had enough.  I hypothesized that my inability to stop the bleeding wasn't from lack of progesterone, but from having flappy, leaky veins.  So then I needed to figure out a drug to take that would tighten my veins up.  Figured out an allergy med+zantac.

bleeding stopped within 2 hours.

I'm going to BURN IT DOWN at my appointment in 3 weeks. BURN.IT.DOWN.

How long will you be taking this? Just one day at a time, or a few days?

I'm curious about whether it will reduce bruising.

[alicenelson]

Jun 30, 2014 8:50:29 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

Jun 30, 2014 6:50:49 GMT -5 alicenelson said:

H is leaving in a few days to visit his mother, and I am gleeful. The flameful? He won't stay gone long enough.

My flameful is you said he's taking your car, so I know he's coming back. 

True that.  Which brings me to my next flameful:  I'm irrationally bitter that, instead of flying, he's taking my car on the trip and leaving me with his big ol' redneck truck.

[Waffles]

I've been pondering cancelling my session at the gym tomorrow so I can go out for drinks after work tonight without worrying how bad I'll feel tomorrow.

[MWOS]

Jun 30, 2014 9:21:45 GMT -5 kirra said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:19:57 GMT -5 MWOS said:

Because for the last year I haven't been able to stop having my period on my own. I've been on this fucking horrifying progesterone cancer medication for 9 months of that. And this month I had enough.  I hypothesized that my inability to stop the bleeding wasn't from lack of progesterone, but from having flappy, leaky veins.  So then I needed to figure out a drug to take that would tighten my veins up.  Figured out an allergy med+zantac.

bleeding stopped within 2 hours.

I'm going to BURN IT DOWN at my appointment in 3 weeks. BURN.IT.DOWN.

How long will you be taking this? Just one day at a time, or a few days?

I'm curious about whether it will reduce bruising.

LOL, I have no idea what to do next! I didn't think my idea would actually, you know, work! I'm just gonna try to maintain until my appt on the 21st.  I want to be tested for clotting disorders. I either have one, or my veins are flappy from lack of normal collagen.  Either way, I'm on allergy meds today instead of cancer meds today and I am FLYING.

This is also supposed to be a treatment for POTS, so two birds one stone.

[pantsparty]

lurkylulu is such a TOTS wannabe. Weird.

[thelurkylulu]

Jun 30, 2014 9:24:15 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

lurkylulu is such a TOTS wannabe. Weird.

Oh noes. I better stop and reevaluate everything about my life!

Eye rolls for days.

[idoinjuly]

Jun 30, 2014 9:19:57 GMT -5 MWOS said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:14:13 GMT -5 idoinjuly said:

Whaaaat?  How?

Because for the last year I haven't been able to stop having my period on my own. I've been on this fucking horrifying progesterone cancer medication for 9 months of that. And this month I had enough.  I hypothesized that my inability to stop the bleeding wasn't from lack of progesterone, but from having flappy, leaky veins.  So then I needed to figure out a drug to take that would tighten my veins up.  Figured out an allergy med+zantac.

bleeding stopped within 2 hours.

I'm going to BURN IT DOWN at my appointment in 3 weeks. BURN.IT.DOWN.

Mother effin genius

[kirra]

Jun 30, 2014 9:24:18 GMT -5 MWOS said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:21:45 GMT -5 kirra said:

How long will you be taking this? Just one day at a time, or a few days?

I'm curious about whether it will reduce bruising.

LOL, I have no idea what to do next! I didn't think my idea would actually, you know, work! I'm just gonna try to maintain until my appt on the 21st.  I want to be tested for clotting disorders. I either have one, or my veins are flappy from lack of normal collagen.  Either way, I'm on allergy meds today instead of cancer meds today and I am FLYING.

This is also supposed to be a treatment for POTS, so two birds one stone.

It would be awesome if it helped POTS too. One theory about POTS and EDS is that it's because our veins are weird, right?

Is the bleeding problem new (well, for the last year or so), or have you always had it? My periods are extremely heavy, though not like you've been dealing with, and they have no idea why.

[kadams767]

I don't care if people want to set off illegal (here) fireworks, but I wish they would take them to remote places to do so instead of our urban neighborhood where I can practically reach out the window and touch my neighbor's house. It's really freaking dangerous to set them off here.

[Deleted]

I am always such a bitch on Mondays. Seriously, people should just not talk to me before noon. I want to be home, swimming in my pool and playing with my kids.

[Deleted]

Jun 30, 2014 8:50:12 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Why does Studytime need to justify who she's been sleeping with? This is weird. :/

I wasn't asking her to justify who she was sleeping with.


She posted asking for advice and breaking up an unhealthy relaitionship. That was really the last time I heard from her. Except for when she also posted a huge ass thread about not wanting children after witnessing multiple births.


Then she posted about a possible pregnancy.


It is not weird that I would ask about the BF.


It is weird that she would nonchantly announce a possible pregnancy after the backstory she has give about her relaitionship. I wish study the best and I think she has and will continue to get great advice here.



Also - my "nope" comment was not directed towards Study.

[kadams767]

Jun 30, 2014 9:31:33 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Maybe I should be more concerned about the dangers of fireworks than I am. When my neighbors set them off, I mean. I never think about the possibility of them starting fires.

This is one of my biggest fears around this time of year.  I will confess that one year, neighbors two houses down were setting them off and I wouldn't leave my house to go see the actual city fireworks display because I was afraid the neighbors would burn my house down and my dog would burn inside it while I was gone. 

[Deleted]

I love going to a fireworks show. I don't get the appeal of setting off fireworks at your home. They are expensive, disruptive, and every year there are fires and other accidents where people blow off their hand or get burned or whatever. So many towns do fireworks shows, I don't understand why it's necessary to light them yourself.

They freak my dog out but I avoided being around them even before he was in the picture.

[speckledfrog]

I love the 4th of July fireworks displays. LOVE! I've been to rinky dink town shows and big city show and I love them all. I love the colors, I love the movement, I love the booming vibrations you feel in your chest. MH and I used to sit on the Cambridge side of the Charles and watch the Boston fireworks. The year after 9/11 they had the most gorgeous tribute. MH doesn't care as much as I do and we don't go anymore because dealing with the TX heat, the crowds, and the traffic afterwards isn't worth it anymore.

[kadams767]

Jun 30, 2014 9:33:05 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:31:33 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Maybe I should be more concerned about the dangers of fireworks than I am. When my neighbors set them off, I mean. I never think about the possibility of them starting fires.

I've never, in all of my years of being around some seriously questionable fireworks displays, seen an actual fire start.

Consider yourself lucky.  In addition to personal injuries from people screwing around with fireworks, it's a pretty big concern.  Here is just one example.

www.khou.com/news/local/Kids-burn-down-Montgomery-County-home-with-fireworks-238306461.html

[Deleted]

Jun 30, 2014 9:33:05 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:31:33 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Maybe I should be more concerned about the dangers of fireworks than I am. When my neighbors set them off, I mean. I never think about the possibility of them starting fires.

I've never, in all of my years of being around some seriously questionable fireworks displays, seen an actual fire start.

I used to always go to my XH's cousin's house for a 4th of July party. Her husband is a firefighter and every single year he had to leave the party at some point in the night because there was a fire. 

[Blueper]

My flameful is that I think that these shirts are unflattering. Why would I want to wear something that looks like it was made for a smaller person that I stretched out?? There might be a good version, but I have yet to see it.

 

[Deleted]

Oh Jesus Christ people.


I did not slut shame Study.


I need another cup of coffee before I can deal with this shit.

[captainobvious]

Where I come from, even the city can't get the fireworks right.

[ClosingTime08]

I am an only child and I hated it growing up so I always wanted to have 2 kids. We live in HCOL and daycare is killing us now and we can't really afford to put another child in daycare...but that hasnt stopped me from seriously thinking about throwing out my birth control. I keep telling myself that I will have 2 daycare payments for only 2-3 more years and that it would be worth the sacrifice..

[kadams767]

Jun 30, 2014 9:37:40 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Also, you haven't lived until you've shot a bottle rocket out of an empty beer bottle.

lol j/k

LOL.  Like I said, whatever people want to do, I just wish they could take it out to remote areas or open fields.  My house is separated from my neighbor's house by like a 7ft wide driveway.  It's too close for comfort if they want to be setting shit off in their yard. 

[litebright]

Jun 30, 2014 9:33:05 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:31:33 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Maybe I should be more concerned about the dangers of fireworks than I am. When my neighbors set them off, I mean. I never think about the possibility of them starting fires.

I've never, in all of my years of being around some seriously questionable fireworks displays, seen an actual fire start.

We were at a city display two years ago and a fire started in the open space where it was being held. Not from the ignition point, from one of the rockets that didn't go all the way up and fell while still mostly intact/burning and set some grass and brush afire. They had to call in some extra FD people because it started going up pretty fast. 

It's usually SO dry around here by July that I wish more people would respect the restrictions. They're there for good reason. This year is an exception, but in the past few years we've even had professional displays by the cities cancelled because of the fire danger. 

[ginger]

Jun 30, 2014 7:45:46 GMT -5 @booby said:

Jun 30, 2014 7:40:59 GMT -5 spitforspat said:

I hate when people complain about fireworks.

Yep

My husband started complaining this morning. Lord help me!

[tacom]

Jun 30, 2014 9:33:05 GMT -5 @scottydeux said:

Jun 30, 2014 9:31:33 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Maybe I should be more concerned about the dangers of fireworks than I am. When my neighbors set them off, I mean. I never think about the possibility of them starting fires.

I've never, in all of my years of being around some seriously questionable fireworks displays, seen an actual fire start.

I have!

I was probably 4 years old -- laying on a blanket watching our family's fireworks in rural Michigan. I fell asleep at some point and awoke to screaming/my cousin jumping on top of me and rolling me down the hill to safety.

a firework apparently malfunctioned and landed on/near the bottom of our blanket. the dry grass and blanket immediately caught fire. my very tall uncle had some burns on his feet/lower legs, but I was a shrimp and totally fine. 

[eddy]

We thankfully are always at my parent's farm on the 4th so I don't have to deal with aholes setting them off on non 4th of July days.

But my poor dog just hates them. It is torture for her anytime we have been around people setting them off.

I think we have finally convinced Jack to go see the city fireworks this year if we sit in the "very last row" according to him lol.