Wednesday am randoms

[Deleted]

It's my last day of work today. I have mixed emotions. Excited and a little scared to be starting over after nine years. Will miss all my work friends. Onward and uPward!

[ErinExpat]

That's awesome, dernier. It does feel great to be recognized.

Jen, that's cool! I missed your other posts about the new job. What will you be doing?

My random is that I went to the chiropractor today after work and it's making me so sleepy. I might go to bed now and it's only 8:30!

But I'll probably GBCN anyway.

[vicky]

I'm making red velvet cake pops for my friend's 30th birthday. They're supposed to look like a bouquet of flowers when I'm done. I started them now before it gets too hot. It's already too hot.

[Deleted]

Dernier, that's great. You must feel awesome.

I have a job interview tomorrow, which gives me hope that I may not have to return to my old job when mat leave is up after all. I wonder if my boss can smell the possibility from afar...oddly, he has lavished us with gifts since Andy was born. Very suspicious.

[Dusky]

I washed the dog's blanket and now she is pretending she doesn't like it, but she keeps playing with it when she thinks I'm not looking.

I love my new nail polish color.

[Deleted]

Why the fuck am I awake? Oh I know! Because mr man woke my ass up and then got cranky when I didn't immediately jump to his command.

Look, dude, the tire place said bring the car at 8am. The tire place is literally 10 blocks away. Why oh why oh why did you come and interrupt my precious sleep at 7am on the nose? You had to know that I'd just be shoving my fat ass into the nearest pair of jeans and shuffling it down to firestone like a homeless hobo.

Although, I really shouldn't bitch. Mr man's impatience, annoyance, and general need to be places entirely too early compelled him to take the car himself instead of waiting for my lazy ass to meander out of my nice warm covers.

[callalily]

Dernier, that's awesome!

Jen, have a great last day! Good Luck!

Miss, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

My random: I'm up to my eyeballs in sibling rivalry. I cant so much as look at DS without DD screaming "my turn!" She has to be the center of attention all the time. I pretty sure this why DS stays up an hour later than her. So he can have Mom and Dad all to himself. DD is such a diva.

[jenn1298]

My company is re-organizing and doing a lot of layoffs. I find out next week if I will still have a job and my stress level just keeps going up and up. I really don't think I have anything to worry about, but it is still a scary unknown.

[Deleted]

H had to get up at 4:15 for work this morning. If I don't get up, he doesn't. I don't have to work until 8. I'm not sure I'm going to have enough patience to keep my thoughts to myself today at work. This could end badly.

[Cayl]

H booked a trip to go to San Francisco in November for 5 days to visit a friend. He was hesitant to go because he feels bad leaving me home alone with the girls and going somewhere without me but I really pushed him to go because he's never gone anywhere on his own and he's been so great throughout my tough pregnancy and now with the girls here that he deserves a little break. But I'm kind of terrified to be home alone with them for 5 days, especially since they're cranky at night, take forever to feed and get down for the night, and wake up once for a bottle and usually a few more times for teething issues and I'll be working the whole time he's gone. I'm hoping they outgrow some of this stuff in the next 3 months.

An old coworker of mine wants me to come work for her new employer and told me yesterday there's a job for me if I want it. My current job is annoying the crap out of me lately and they're starting to outsource some departments so I'd love to switch jobs, but this job is in CA. We live in CT and all of our family is in CT. I told her to look into the benefits package for me, but I'm 99% sure I'll say no. The girls are so close with our families and they're all such a huge help, I just can't imagine moving to the other side of the country and seeing them all a few times a year instead of at least once a week.

[Jalapeñomel]

I hate waking up with a song in my head, especially if I only know a few of the words.

[peachykate]

That's awesome, dern!

I want to know why in the world people stay in their homes when people come and look at them. I would say 75% of the homes we have looked at had the owners stay while we were there. It's a total turn off and when I see them I just want to turn around and leave.

Also, smells. Put down some frigging carpet freshener and vacuum before people come over. If your house smells like shit, I am not going to buy it.

AND we decided against the house we were going to put an offer in on. The owners put the washer and dryer in the garage and then walled it off but the room is so small you can't open the doors completely and you can't get out of your car if you pull it into the garage. Seriously, what the fuck where you thinking when you did that.

I got my period again last night, exactly 28 days since I last had my period. Again, what the fuck is up with that. I haven't had a period since I had the IUD put in and I never, ever have regular periods so it is just completely bizarre. The good news is that my anxiety level is pretty stable so the prozac must be working because this is the point the last two months where I lost it a bit.

I have decided to embrace my role at work as the trainer/supervisor for the interns and have found that I am actually pretty good at it. I also find it way more satisfying than more normal job so there is that, I think I am going to ask to do it full time.

[Deleted]

We did not get another house. This was the 4th we put an offer on and it was over asking price with no seller subsidy. There's just too few for the number of people looking.

I took my car to friend's shop this morning because my AC stopped working and come to find out it needs a new compressor. I just got the estimate... $3200.

I am excited for Saturday. I am shooting a wedding and it's finally picking up again since it's nearing the end of summer. I've been off for 5 weeks and I am so happy I have more weekend weddings coming up!

[eddy]

I slept 9 hrs last night with just one 10 minute feeding. Thanks 2 mo shots lol.

[SKP82]

H finally wants to go car shopping this weekend! He's had his car for 12 years and the air conditioning stopped working last year (NOT cool in SFL!). I am so excited for him to get a new car. He works hard and deserves it.

What will suck is I will probably now be parking in the driveway, as his car will be the nicer one and should go in the garage.

[SKP82]

Aug 8, 2012 7:50:52 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I hate waking up with a song in my head, especially if I only know a few of the words.

I woke up with a Dashboard Confessional song that I haven't heard in YEARS stuck in my head. WTH?

[styme46]

I have an NST and a growth scan today so I have to take most of the afternoon off. I'm pretty excited for my growth scan....one more chance to see baby! I'm also kind of secretly hoping I get an accidental look at whether it's a boy or a girl. Although we've gone this long without knowing, what's a few more weeks right?

I'm supposed to go oot to a family reunion this weekend. I want to go, but I don't want to go because I have so much to do at home still. I'm really torn on whether to go or not. I guess I'll wait and see what my OB says today about traveling 4 hours away and scheduling my c-section, then decide. One minute I'm hoping she'll tell me I can't go, then the the next minute I'm hoping she will.

[hi725]

Aug 8, 2012 7:45:05 GMT -5 @pixiechinchilla said:

H had to get up at 4:15 for work this morning. If I don't get up, he doesn't. I don't have to work until 8.

Here, let me help you with that: plant a foot squarely in his lower back and shove. Even if he doesn't wake up, the resounding thud as he hits the floor will make it worth being awake at 4:15

[eightangryreindeer]

I have a hangover like whoa. What possessed me to stay up drinking until midnight?

Amy's Light and Lean lasagna is not enough dinner, at all.

I had a really good call with a seasoned event planner yesterday, she gave me loads of good information and advice - a mutual business friend hooked us up.

People have been great about helping me out with networking.

[jerseygrl]

I just booked our anniversary weekend in October. I am off the wall excited. We never can get away except when we take the kids to Disney and our last trip was Vegas in 2010.

I.cannot.wait

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Aug 8, 2012 9:12:39 GMT -5 hi725 said:

Aug 8, 2012 7:45:05 GMT -5 @pixiechinchilla said:

H had to get up at 4:15 for work this morning. If I don't get up, he doesn't. I don't have to work until 8.

Here, let me help you with that: plant a foot squarely in his lower back and shove. Even if he doesn't wake up, the resounding thud as he hits the floor will make it worth being awake at 4:15

I actually did something very similar this morning. We put the alarm across the room and the rule is that whoever causes us to have to wake up that early has to be the one to get up and turn off the alarm. He got a good shove this morning. He grumped at me about it, so he got another one.

[peachykate]

I just bent over and ripped the seam of my skirt, it's always awesome when you can hear it ripping in slow motion. Luckily, I found a safety pin in my desk so I am not going to flash my rear when I walk around.

[hi725]

The baby will frequently hang out quietly while propped on my shoulder and I can never tell if he's awake or asleep. I have started using the reverse-view on my I-phone camera to see if his eyes are open or closed.

This works great, but has created many "holy shit, I look like hell" moments when I forget to close the camera and get a surprise "no makeup and not nearly enough sleep" look at myself.

[silva]

Nice derni! That would have put a kick in my step today for sure!

I so want to watch the women's soccer game tomorrow....I may try to stream it. The last game was spoiled on FB and I'm frustrated that it will happen again.

I decided to attempt to grow out M's bangs and I'm nervous. She doesn't like putting her hair up for a long period of time. (only during special occasions). My patience is already dwindling. I'm trying to figure out what I can do.

[Deleted]

I am already over working but I cannot quit until after Christmas.

Our first pre-season game is this Friday. I love the couple we have tickets with and we are going to have a blast this season, even if our team does kinda stink. I love football.

My birthday is Sunday and DH's 30th is next Tuesday. We have my family party for us Saturday and a party for me with our friends Sunday night. Then next weekend we are leaving with 3 other couples to go stay in a condo we rented on the beach with NO KIDS to celebrate DH. It is going to be heavenly. Also, DH looks hotter to me now that he is almost 30. Odd.

The above really does not help my work motivation

[papie]

I'm only happy when I work. I mean, I like vacation and all, but I love working. I wanted to take the day off to take care of stuff, but this morning I realized the only thing I felt like doing was working. Which incidently I haven't actually started yet, and it is 10:40, but I guess I like being at my computer and pretending to work.

[sprky79]

I am finallly done with this godforsaken softball team that has driven me nuts since May. No more hanging out with drug dealers! Yes!

[Deleted]

i'm meeting a friend for the indian lunch buffet today.


i'll just let that sink in with you guys for a few minutes.

i seriously just can't even wait.

[nahoku]

jerseygrl - where are you and your H going? Fun!

puddle - 8 weeks? Holy cow! Hope the time flies for you

toledo - I feel like my 5 year old is way behind now! I can't wait till he can read.

My randoms: I had a couple moles checked out this morning and they ended up wanting biopsies on them. One is on the bottom of my foot and it has already bled through one bandaid. So fun.

I seem to have lost my willpower and motivation for eating well. Someone please find them for me? I haven't lost anything in two weeks and have, in fact, regained the 2.5 pounds that I did lose two weeks ago.

I get to eat at a fancy seafood restaurant tomorrow night with DH and his work group. It's a chain, but I don't care, it's supposed to be good and I'm excited.

[eddy]

Aug 8, 2012 9:11:08 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Tamb, my mom totally gave me shit about what time I put DD to bed for years! It pissed me off to no end. You're her mother. You know when she needs to go to bed. Period.

I always got crap from random people too. They were just jealous that I had a happy baby who slept good. Hate on haters!