Monday AM Randoms

[noodleskooze]

I never heard from that job I interviewed for. The decision-maker told me after the second interview that he had set himself a deadline of Friday the 13th. If I didn't hear then, should I assume I didn't get it, or should I call sometime this week and follow up/see if a decision has been made/reiterate my interest? If I should call, when? Today?

[mannah]

Mar 16, 2015 6:40:50 GMT -5 noodleskooze said:

I never heard from that job I interviewed for. The decision-maker told me after the second interview that he had set himself a deadline of Friday the 13th. If I didn't hear then, should I assume I didn't get it, or should I call sometime this week and follow up/see if a decision has been made/reiterate my interest? If I should call, when? Today?

I would def call or email to follow up and show your interest/remind them how great you are. Maybe give it one more day and do it tomorrow?

[ssmjlm]

I would just follow-up today thanking them and saying you were still interested in any future opportunities. You never know if something may have come up Friday.


I haven't had soda in forever and yesterday had one with lunch and then could't sleep. This is the second time since the new year I remember this happening. I think it's safe to say no more soda. I've cut way back on coffee too, only 1x a week at this point as a treat. It just really seems to affect me more, probably b/c I'm getting old, lol.

Also E didn't sleep well last night, even after we gave her motrin. I hope the top 2 molars are popping. DH stayed home with her this morning to let her sleep. She barely ate all weekend unless it was milk, cheese or a girl scout cookie, lol. He wasn't sure if he was going to take her into daycare late or not.

[lulu21]

Id email / call to follow up. I would give him today, then if you don't hear, contact tomorrow.

I cleaned the kuerig with vinegar yesterday and I thought I rinsed it enough times but I didn't. My coffee was so foul. Looks like I'm going to be running more water through tonight.

[holly116]

As soon as our pedi makes rounds, we're being discharged! It's hard to contain an 18 month old in a hospital room. He obviously wants to touch everything and he's more than wound up from the breathing treatments. Right now he's focused on trying to tear off his hospital bracelet.

[ssmjlm]

Mar 16, 2015 7:03:50 GMT -5 holly116 said:

As soon as our pedi makes rounds, we're being discharged! It's hard to contain an 18 month old in a hospital room. He obviously wants to touch everything and he's more than wound up from the breathing treatments. Right now he's focused on trying to tear off his hospital bracelet.

How did I miss you were in the hospital?!? I'm glad you guys are headed home!

[holly116]

Mar 16, 2015 7:10:28 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Mar 16, 2015 7:03:50 GMT -5 holly116 said:

As soon as our pedi makes rounds, we're being discharged! It's hard to contain an 18 month old in a hospital room. He obviously wants to touch everything and he's more than wound up from the breathing treatments. Right now he's focused on trying to tear off his hospital bracelet.

How did I miss you were in the hospital?!? I'm glad you guys are headed home!

I hid it in my post about asthma/wheezing last night. Andy was retracting and the inhaler we had wasn't doing enough to stop it. So we brought him in to childrens expecting some steroids and a nebulizer treatment but even after a triple breathing treatment, he was right back to wheezing and retracting within an hour so we were admitted. Luckily, he did awesome overnight and we're getting out.

[zeewifeandmama]

So glad to hear that holly116! Both that you're being discharged and that you don't have to entertain a toddler in a hospital room!

[Deleted]

Good luck with the RCS today @supergreen!

I woke up early to send in an application for a fellowship. It was due yesterday, but infigure that in by opening of business today should be fine, right?

[noodleskooze]

Good point @vicmo. I've heard this company takes a while to get things done. I just get nervous because my first interview was a month ago and my second was almost three weeks ago.

[ilikedonuts]

Mar 16, 2015 7:35:16 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

I feel like putting her on a TO. I'm over her crazy antics and I can see how toxic and manipulative she is.

Matt and I didn't talk to my parents from Mother's Day through late September last year because my mom was acting like a complete nutcase. My mom reins in her crazy now mostly which is so much easier to deal with.

Sorry she's acting this way!

[laurenh]

holly116 I missed your post too but am glad he's doing better and that you're headed home!

[ilikedonuts]

Mar 16, 2015 7:44:26 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Mar 16, 2015 7:40:50 GMT -5 ilikedonuts said:

Matt and I didn't talk to my parents from Mother's Day through late September last year because my mom was acting like a complete nutcase. My mom reins in her crazy now mostly which is so much easier to deal with.

Sorry she's acting this way!

Thanks for reading it! Am I crazy or is she nuts? Lol. I need some justification. R is very passive so he was like "no, it's fine!"

She is nuts. You are doing her a favor meaning it needs to easy not harder for you. Even if you guys didn't have LG, I wouldn't want to drive that far to go get the dog right after work on Friday night! And if she wants to get the dog from your grandma's then the dog can just stay there all weekend too!

[anna7602]

Sorry your mom is being a self-centered ass, @callmefia.

[anna7602]

A teething baby with a cold is a terrible, sad thing.

On the upside, neither DH nor I are working today, so we're going to take turns napping.

[Deleted]

It was so warm out (51 degrees at 11pm in March in Montana) that I slept with the window open last night!

[ssmjlm]

Just heard from DH, E was fine when she woke up, still not eating much, but they had breakfast together and then he dropped her at daycare. Said she was a little sad at drop off, probably b/c her routine was different, but all the kids were happy to see her.

I'll be happy when we're done with the 2 year molars!

[noodleskooze]

@fussybutt14 you can do it! I am so not a runner, but I did C25K a few years ago and successfully ran a 5k. I have no desire to do it again, but I'm proud to say that I did one. Keep it up!

[thebreakfastclub]

Mar 16, 2015 6:40:50 GMT -5 noodleskooze said:

I never heard from that job I interviewed for. The decision-maker told me after the second interview that he had set himself a deadline of Friday the 13th. If I didn't hear then, should I assume I didn't get it, or should I call sometime this week and follow up/see if a decision has been made/reiterate my interest? If I should call, when? Today?

I would call Wednesday afternoon at the earliest or Thursday.  It's hard because this is very important to you, but it's not always that important to the actual hiring manager to stick to a deadline that may have been communicated in an off the cuff way.  

Any number of things could have come up on Friday that pushed things out. 

At my current company, I interviewed in May and was told it would be less than a week until I found out.  I had to call 2 weeks later, to be told it would be that week.  2 weeks after that, I had to call again to be told I had one more interview to do with the woman who turned out to be my manager.  Then it was about 2 more weeks.   So I started the process in May and began work mid-August. 

[Yankees21]

My baby is one today! Where did the time go?

[anna7602]

Also, why is the NYT so often out of touch with reality? The most unsympathetic people are always selected in their attempts to showcase an "every man" kind of problem. Today's case in point: in an opinion piece trying to prove that it doesn't matter if your preshus gets a rejection letter from Harvard in the next two weeks, the examples are of kids from pretty elite high schools. I'm pretty sure that if you come from a world in which you went to an elite high school, being the one kid from your class to not get into an Ivy isn't going to doom you forever.

[chickens987]

Mar 16, 2015 8:03:15 GMT -5 fussybutt14 said:

I started C25K yesterday. I can totally do this.. now, I only did Day 1, but it really wasn't that bad. I have said for the past like 8 years I wanted to run a 5K, and I'm excited I'm finally going to do it. Mainly, everyone always would brush it off, like yeah right. I mean, it has taken my 8 years to get motivated! But I am going to do it, run in the Mother's Against Drunk Driving 5K in September that is close to me. I am doing it in memory of my husbands son, who was killed on the way home from the hospital by a drunk driver. That also gives me motivation to not quit.

Good for you! I'm on week 3. I did it a about 7 years ago and worked up to a half marathon, but I've barely run since. It's humbling to start over, but worth it.

[bowies]

It took me 2 hours to get to work this morning. I'm ready for self-driving cars.

I was up a long time last night because of a teething child and recurring nightmares. I don't know what to do about the latter. Seeing a crime scene every time I walk to/from my car is messing with my psyche. They still don't know who the victim is.

[chickens987]

Mar 16, 2015 8:30:26 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

chickens987 & fussybutt14" I did it in 2012 and stopped.

I started again and did w2d2 yesterday! I love it!
I think I'm going to do back to back days because it's gonna be nice out today. It could be icy the next two nights and I already had to run around icy patches one night, I don't want to do it again this week!

I was all excited because I used map my run and my mileage is getting better. I did 2 miles in 30 minutes... And while that is a sorry pace, I only have to add one mile to get to 5k. Lol.

2 miles in week 2 is great! I already know from my past experience that I need to go slow, so my actual mileage is pretty dismal. I only just got off the treadmill Friday - looking forward to warmer weather and running outside.

[water*drop]

I am nesting, but I'm having a lot of rib pain that's making it hard to do anything, so it's really more like I'm just having meltdowns over not being able to do the things that I feel compelled to do.

[Willis Jackson]

Hang in there, holly116! I hope you guys are home soon.

[namasteak]

I had awful dreams last night and now I'm in a funk. Hopefully going to see the progress on the house painting will cheer me up!

[cincodemayo]

MONDAY. why.

[holly116]

Mar 16, 2015 8:54:56 GMT -5 Willis Jackson said:

Hang in there, holly116! I hope you guys are home soon.

We're being discharged now! Just waiting for transport. And of course, the kid is finally sleeping and not trying to lick everything.

[waterchurch]

Today would have been my brother's 30th birthday. I'm sad that he's gone and wish that he was here and clean and together. I wish that he could've been dd's godfather yesterday.