I had my annual ornament exchange with a bunch of friends last night, some i've known since high school. We get together every year and have been doing it for years so I have so many ornaments from these ladies. It is such a wonderful time to spend together and I realized how much I missed them throughout the year when I'm too busy. We drank wine, we ate, we laughed, we cried. Seriously it was so good for the soul.
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"I was thinking about getting off on demand, but it sounds like I should be glad that I didn't"
E slept though the night for the second night in a row. OMG.
I think I've caught what H and E had though. I woke up with a headache and sore throat and feel like crap. My dad is supposed to watch E for a bit while I go to the gym but I may just drop E off at his house so I can take a nap later.
I just ate ice cream for breakfast. I have my over-eaters club tonight. Ugh.
Yesterday I worked with the new Pres of my company. He's such a nice guy, full of hope and passion for making things better. I felt really bad for him, we're a sinking ship.
I have only 8 more days of work until 2 weeks vacation......
H and I are both having crazy busy and hectic weeks at work. And still have most of our Christmas shopping still to do, so I suspect this weekend will be nuts as well. I love the holiday season but wish I had a bit more time to decompress this week.
I think I may have the flu. At first I thought it was a sinus infection starting but my nose isn't stuffy. My throat hurts and my legs and neck are really really sore. Please don't let it be the flu. I got a flu shot in October but they said it's not very effective this year.
I need to learn to just go to bed at night. I keep trying to be both an early morning and a night person and it's just not happening.
Not helping is the fact that I have to wait til Saturday to pick up my kitty and I am just way too excited. It truly is a little ridiculous how amped up I am about it.
I watched A Princess for Christmas last night while drinking wine, eating Christmas cookies, and wrapping presents. How did I not know Sam Heughan was in it?!? Yes, please, Jamie Fraser all cleaned up and wearing riding breeches/gyrating/looking soulfully at people!
I have an interview this morning at 10am for a part time gig. Money won't be great, but it is around the corner. I could bike on nice days (if I had a bike).
Post by spitforspat on Dec 10, 2014 8:20:04 GMT -5
I have a new coworker who I can't stand. It's like she has no common sense. She cannot attach a document to an email and waits for me to get in to walk her through the process.
For some reason I'm having a totally irrational (and mild) panic attack about being 22 weeks this Saturday.
THERE IS NO TIME LEFT TO GET READY!!11!! lol
We are waiting until after Christmas to get the nursery set up, and I know logically that it will be fine, plus there is no way that my MIL would let this baby live in a cardboard box in the living room, but STILL. I also feel like I ABSOLUTELY MUST throw away everything in my attic and re-do the whole house.
Suddenly it feels like this pregnancy is flying by at lightspeed.
Hold me. And rub my back LOL
I remember feeling this way exactly. The first half goes so slow and feels like such a waiting game and then you reach the second half and it feels like you are sliding down a hill at full speed.
I had such a relaxing night last night. Sat in my living room with my Christmas tree lights and a candle burning and watched movies with M while addressing my Christmas cards and drinking a beer. It was perfect.
Tonight will be far less relaxing. All six kids have a dentist appointment, followed by two chorus concerts and H is on night work tonight so I'm on my own. I have no idea when/what I'm going to feed them!
I did all of my shopping online this year and have just been piling up boxes as they come in. I haven't opened anything to make sure everything is there, everything is right and I haven't even really paid any attention to what packages have come from what stores or if everything has been received. I have a bad feeling that this is going to come back to bite me in the ass but I still can't bring myself to start opening them because that means I'll have to start wrapping.
I had my annual ornament exchange with a bunch of friends last night, some i've known since high school. We get together every year and have been doing it for years so I have so many ornaments from these ladies. It is such a wonderful time to spend together and I realized how much I missed them throughout the year when I'm too busy. We drank wine, we ate, we laughed, we cried. Seriously it was so good for the soul.
/emotional
I'm hosting my friends on Monday. I agree, it is such a great time together. It gets harder every year to find the time in a really busy month, but it is always worth it. We drink, eat, play Dirty Santa and Cards Against Humanity and just laugh until we cry.
bff is having a hell of a time with her boyfriend's care. He's in the hospital indefinitely until he's stabilized or until they find a heart donor. So she's been trying to handle work, disability paperwork and power of attorney stuff for him and keep up with her daughter. She's freaking exhausted and I feel terrible for them.
Aside from helping with her daughter, there's just not a lot we can do for them.
But H, my SIL and I have formulated a covert Christmas operation on their house today. After work, H and SIL are going to let themselves into bff's house (we have a key, no breaking and entering!) and bring in a Christmas tree and decorations as well as some food and supplies since she hasn't had time to grocery shop. I'm super excited! I hope she likes it, she kept saying how much she wanted a real tree this year, but god knows she hasn't had any time to think about that kind of stuff lately.
Post by LeggsBenedict on Dec 10, 2014 8:51:17 GMT -5
in an attempt to get rid of stuff when we were moving, h apparently threw away both christmas trees and all of the wrapping paper. so now I have no tree or garland for this year, and I need to go replace the wrapping paper.
good thing we still have those 13 year old brochures from germany though. those will come in handy.
I have a new coworker who I can't stand. It's like she has no common sense. She cannot attach a document to an email and waits for me to get in to walk her through the process.
Stab. stab. stab. eyes. eyes. eyes.
Are you working with my MIL?
She has a notebook full of notes from when people show her how to do things (seriously..."right click on this, then click on that..."). But she still doesn't know how to do anything computer-related. But FIL always insists on buying her the latest technology anyway
For some reason I'm having a totally irrational (and mild) panic attack about being 22 weeks this Saturday.
THERE IS NO TIME LEFT TO GET READY!!11!! lol
We are waiting until after Christmas to get the nursery set up, and I know logically that it will be fine, plus there is no way that my MIL would let this baby live in a cardboard box in the living room, but STILL. I also feel like I ABSOLUTELY MUST throw away everything in my attic and re-do the whole house.
Suddenly it feels like this pregnancy is flying by at lightspeed.
Hold me. And rub my back LOL
That feeling to redo my whole house hit right around 20 weeks for me too. Then crotch pain hit at 26 weeks (2 weeks ago). Last night I went to bed at 7:45.
Post by Stingyshark on Dec 10, 2014 8:59:20 GMT -5
DH's cousin just text me and asked how much it would cost her to get into Universal Studios.. HTF should I know? Google. What she really wants is for me to get her in free; I lied & said our tickets are blacked out bc of the holidays. I don't know if they are, but it sounds legit.
If you want to get in free, just ask. Don't try to play coy. I know, that she knows, that we can get her in bc we have done it in the past.
But also. The tickets aren't mine to give. My step-dad works there, and he's not giving out tickets all willy nilly.
Post by AHappierHour on Dec 10, 2014 9:06:36 GMT -5
The baby only got up one time last night and I think it was the first time ever he STTN. I feel great even waking up at 5am.
I have so much to do today that I don't want to think of it as a whole. I'm just going to go down my todo list one line at a time so I don't feel overwhelmed.
Post by cinnamoncox on Dec 10, 2014 9:07:58 GMT -5
I have a UTI I've been on abx since Monday afternoon and I'm hoping today I start feeling better.
The weather here sucks. I'm done with the cold and it's only early dec. fuck this. If Dh would go for it I would move someplace warm tomorrow, or even tonight.
I can't find a job and it's wearing on me and stressing me out to the max and want to just rock in the corner. Christmas can just not happen this year as far as I'm concerned. No time or $ to deal with it. It's usually my absolute fave, so I think I'm in or around a depressive episode. Ugh.
DH and I have been arguing a lot lately. He went to bed early and I ended up sleeping in SDs room last night because I just needed some space. He's going on a trip today, back tomorrow and another trip for all next week. I'm glad for the time apart. I need a breather. He's just always fucking there messing up my stuff and hogging the TV and just get the hell away from me for a week. If I have to watch one more episode of buying Alaska I will shank him.
I had my annual ornament exchange with a bunch of friends last night, some i've known since high school. We get together every year and have been doing it for years so I have so many ornaments from these ladies. It is such a wonderful time to spend together and I realized how much I missed them throughout the year when I'm too busy. We drank wine, we ate, we laughed, we cried. Seriously it was so good for the soul.
/emotional
I have my annual holiday party with my sorority sisters (plus my BFF who is good friends with all of us) on Friday and I can't wait. It's just the girls and I plan on just crashing there. We will eat, drink, do a gift exchange, play CAH, probably cry at some point and laugh so hard and loud that I will probably get a headache (from that and the booze, lol). My girlfriends are absolutely part of my family and I am so thankful for them and that we've stayed so close over the years.