I don't understand how I can look in the mirror 9874552 times before I leave the house and think I look fine and the minute I get to work I find deodorant markings and other random marks on my dress.
It's contractor week at our house, had the plumber out yesterday to add another spicket in the backyard, Home Depot coming out today to measure for a new back door as the door frame around our current one is rotting from water damage and I'm crossing everything that our flooring guy gets our sample in so we can make a decision and get that project under way.
Oh the "what the hell is this?" On my clothes always sucks! I have a 2 year old, and she always gets something on me in the process of getting out of the door in the morning.
I have a small AW: my New Year's resolution was to get my mile time to where it was before I had DD. Today I did! Please note: this was only a 10 minute mile. Not like some super amazing time. But still, I dropped 1 minute and 45 seconds off of it! I credit this to being able to stream The Good Wife through Amazon on my gym's wireless.
Of course, my IUD comes out this afternoon. So I'll enjoy my mile time while I can :-)
I am eating a huge piece of delicious chocolate fudge pie with chocolate mousse and whipped cream....I feel sick, but I continue to take bites. I just need to get up and throw it away to eliminate the temptation. But I am too lazay to get up....so I will continue to sit here and eat it, until it is gone, and I need to unbutton my pants. It's all good.
We close on the empty lot next door to us this afternoon. I wasn't quite sure what to do with DD's in case our daycare has to work her part time job this evening, so our loan officer(also our neighbor) said he will watch them while we sign.
More stuff is blooming in the perennial garden in our backyard! I'm so excited for everything to get done. We just need the weather to hold out for a week or so so we can get the concrete poured for our back patio.
I plan on attempting to look for a ball gown again this afternoon/evening.
And I figured before I go out searching, I should try on my last ball gown, just in case it still fits. (I wore it to a ball in a completely different country. So I can get away with wearing it again.)
Only to realize that it's missing. It's got to be in one of the half dozen boxes we haven't emptied yet. None of which are garment boxes. And, there are 2-3 ball gowns missing (yeah, I know, I should take them somewhere to sell on consignment...).
I found them. Mooshed underneath a whole whackload of office stuff, including some ink cartridges for our printer and other miscellaneous stuff that could have done more damage than simply squishing them. I've got them hung up now, and they _look_ OK. I'll be trying on the one dress soon. *crossing fingers it'll fit*
I also do the thing where I think I look fine and then I get to work and realize something is a wreck.
I really think I need to go for a sleep study. Last night I had been asleep for less than 3 minutes when I woke myself up giggling. I had a dream that I was partying with Rory and Logan (Gilmore girls) and Chewbacca started flirting with me. I don't know why, but I seem to start dreaming almost as soon as I fall asleep. I read online and apparently that is common with sleep disorders.
We've had a bird's nest on our porch for a while now, and last week I saw that the eggs had hatched! I think there are 4-5 baby birds in there! The mother bird would sit on the nest at night, but her presence was spotty during the day. On Sunday night I didn't see her at all, and I couldn't sleep well worrying about her not being there. Then, I didn't see her all day yesterday or last night. I did all kinds of research on baby birds, and the (lack of) rescue groups in our area that would accept wild songbirds. I decided that I would just hope that she was swooping in quickly to feed them. I FINALLY saw her today! She was there for like 10 seconds to feed them, then was out again. SO relieved!
Here they are! I think they're finches. This was from last week. They're slightly cuter now.
Renting in socal is so expensive. I'll be paying an arm and a leg for a 1 bedroom in my desired neighborhood with a washer / dryer + a yard + off street parking + option to have a pet (which I've been wanting for 5+ years now).
It's worth it but damn. I plan on staying at the place for at least 3 years....hopefully I can sign a long lease and knock off $100-200 / month.
Post by UnderProtest on May 19, 2015 15:34:28 GMT -5
I'm so tired of all the illness in my house. I want to run far away. Not only does my son have pinkeye, but so do my daughter and my husband. Then my daughter got chicken pox, I got some horrible head cold that had me all achy and with a massive headache. Then my husband goes and gets a piece of a leaf or something stuck in his eye, oh yes, the one with pinkeye already. And now I think my daughter has the cold that I have. I don't think Lysol or bleach is strong enough. I think I need to burn the house down with everything in it. My kids are whiny and my husband has been off work for two days so far (it's SERIOUS) if he doesn't work. One kid can't go to school, so I'm constantly surrounded by whiney people!!! Agh. Okay, I'm done now.
I was leaving work and saw this sitting out. We've been trying to reno our office with what little we're allowed to do and one of the things we were wanting to get was a file cabinet exactly like this to set our printer on. So I walked all the way back and asked if we wanted it. They said yes and we went to get it. I don't know why but I feel like I just won something.
So, got my protocol today. Looks like I'll be starting the cycle on 6/3 with an estimated transfer date around 6/28. This may put a cramp in my 4th of July plans, but we'll see.
I'm nervous and Mr. Foodie unloaded his fears and misgivings without taking a breath when we got the news, So I'm a little overwhelmed and trying not to be teary right now.
That's a lot to take in. Go ahead and be teary all you want. Sending you all kinds of good vibes.
Post by irene adler on May 19, 2015 18:54:56 GMT -5
I feel like I'm in a bizarre hell of my own making. I'm altering address that I just cannot get right. This is the third time I'm tweaking it for her. I haven't had a four fitting dress in about three years, so it's a rarity for me to be investing this much time
DH is all in a tizzy because he thinks this is making me really upset to have to tweak it again (to be fair, I was really stressed out about this dress last Friday, and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now so I feel better.) Goddamnit, can't he just blindly support me? I don't need the guilt of not spending enough time with him on top of the stress of being the only person with an income.
Hugs Foodie and everyone else having a rough week.
I went out to feed Mr. P's fish and the little buggers splashed me. Baby catfish are stinking cute!
I can't wait to get up north to see my family and friends even though it was 40 degrees. I also want to get the memorial and FIL's estate stuff behind us. I hope we have some good moments and days while we are there.
I hope things improve soon, UnderProtest (I feel like they've been sick for a long time now!) and @rennido.
I think 40% of the time before I leave home, I have to run a wet washcloth over my clothes to get rid of deodorant marks. My deodorant is supposedly sheer.
Totally obscure MM recommendation but the crystal salt stuff really doesn't leave marks.
Has anyone ever had an ingrown toenail removed? Do they do it the same day or do you need to schedule a second appointment?
my mom had her fingernail...um...repositioned? Last summer she stuck her finger into a jammed lawn mower that appeared to be off. It unjammed and started again and completely cut up her finger. Anyways, her nail grew back crooked into her finger. She had to visit the doc who then scheduled surgery for another day. She was in and out on a couple of hours.
Has anyone ever had an ingrown toenail removed? Do they do it the same day or do you need to schedule a second appointment?
my mom had her fingernail...um...repositioned? Last summer she stuck her finger into a jammed lawn mower that appeared to be off. It unjammed and started again and completely cut up her finger. Anyways, her nail grew back crooked into her finger. She had to visit the doc who then scheduled surgery for another day. She was in and out on a couple of hours.
Thanks for the info. Sorry that happened to your mom.
The local podiatrist isn't open on weekends and I'm looking to minimize any time off work.
My sibling's wedding is this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (AND I am only responsible for doing a reading & the after-wedding brunch with mama shoe!)
Kind of freaking out that my little baby sib is walking down the aisle. I changed that kid's DIAPERS FFS.
MMR: Included in their wedding gift are two of our favorite money books - from David Bach and Suze Orman. YOU'RE WELCOME for the future of financial independence that you will be inspired to build when you read those books!
Why do they keep making Jurassic Park movies? Like, why do the people in the movies keep thinking that a theme park full of bloodthirsty dinosaurs is a good idea?
I'm back at the dentist-I still can't chew on the left side of my mouth-from February. I've been avoiding going in because my my dentist anxiety...but I'm freaking out and about it tears about being here. Fuck. I just want to chew normal.
I'm sorry. I missed the back story but hopefully you get things fixed soon. Can they give you something to help with the anxiety?
Post by explorer2001 on May 19, 2015 23:21:14 GMT -5
Well I have officially crossed into weird and random territory - There is a cricket in my living room. it is smart enough to be silent but it isn't likely to blend into the white tile... I just sat here staring at it trying to decide it if was worth waking up my sleeping pup to do something to it. If I throw something - he will wake up. If I ignore it, it might go away. I'm curious what the pup would do. Oh and I don't have any shoes in this room to squish it. What can I say I told you it was random?
Well I have officially crossed into weird and random territory - There is a cricket in my living room. it is smart enough to be silent but it isn't likely to blend into the white tile... I just sat here staring at it trying to decide it if was worth waking up my sleeping pup to do something to it. If I throw something - he will wake up. If I ignore it, it might go away. I'm curious what the pup would do. Oh and I don't have any shoes in this room to squish it. What can I say I told you it was random?
This is why you need a cat. They follow it around the room and poke at it.
Last night my little cat kept jumping onto my night stand and staring at the wall. Turns out there was a stinkbug crawling up the wall. *shudder* I got it in a tissue and flushed it.