Post by irene adler on Jul 23, 2015 16:04:38 GMT -5
I've been Mia, and feel like I need to tell you all EVERYTHING. We got back from the Tahoe trip yesterday, and it was wonderful, except for two note able things. 1)I got so sick--sore throat, fever, coughing up nasty crap. BUT! We had an awesome rental house so I got to sleep it off with cool mountain air pouring in the windows. 2) dh couldn't go because he started his job.
My parents are at my house for the next few days. I love having them here, but i think this visit is hard on dh. Not that he doesn't like having them here, but he is exhausted from lifting heavy things and being in a new (somewhat disorganized) environment every day. So hopefully it levels out.
I realized today that I have not cooked or otherwise prepared a meal (beyond frying an egg and toast for breakfast) in 2 weeks. OMG. I hate to see what that has cost us. We were on vacation and then the last couple of nights have had stuff going on, so we grabbed takeout.
I am going to cook something for dinner tonight but I'm kind of sad about it!
I loved cooking for a long time. Now I almost hate it. I'm sure I've said it here at least 5,999 times, but I hate going grocery shopping even more. So jealous. I wish there was a cheap and healthy way to eat without cooking.
I think i would take a live in cook before a live in nanny. And you know how much I complain about my kids! I hate cooking!
We are spending $1200 to fence in the chickens. I'm so fucking tired of chicken shit on my porch! They have to acres to roam, but nooooo.
We did this last year and it was the best thing ever.
We planned on doing it DIY, but then...eh. We're fencing in a HUGE area for them, along the shaded tree line, so they'll have lots of space and we'll never, ever need to let them into the yard if we don't want to. We will, because I still like them, but I don't want to *have* to. We may have to start selling their eggs though, lol.
We still haven't turned on cable...3 weeks later. orangeblossom - I think you asked and I never answered but they did show us how to use it but I thought, I'm smart, I can figure it out. Then we decided we wouldn't watch tv in the office because there's no tv there and moved the cable box to the bedroom. At first I thought I just didn't know how to coordinate the tv and box but now I'm thinking there's no cable line to the plug in the wall...Lol? We still aren't missing it so oh well.
AWing my H: his airline secretly offered him (out of all the other adult baby sitters managers) a desk job. It's the same pay but it's 4 tens DURING THE WEEK! We'll have weekends off again. So much better than the job he's currently doing every weekend.
But then last night he got a voicemail from the main airline that he interviewed for and didn't get. They have an opening for the same weekend adult babysitting job but with a 50% pay increase and he's not allowed to pick up after the kids employees. He has an interview tomorrow. Arg, what to do? I not-so-secretly want him to take/keep the lower paying desk job even though we have no extra money to spend frivolously because I'm selfish and want him home on weekends. The career change was not supposed to be about money so I kind of hope he doesn't want to take it.
I loved cooking for a long time. Now I almost hate it. I'm sure I've said it here at least 5,999 times, but I hate going grocery shopping even more. So jealous. I wish there was a cheap and healthy way to eat without cooking.
I think i would take a live in cook before a live in nanny. And you know how much I complain about my kids! I hate cooking!
Lolol!!
M, congrats to him on his offer, which way is he leaning?
Post by orangeblossom on Jul 23, 2015 20:32:54 GMT -5
M you may actually have to call them out. I know when we set up our internet they said we couldn't just move it, and they would need to compe it to switch rooms.
I think the same thing probably applies with the box.
Whatever happened to the daus of basic cable and you just needed a cord in the wall.
sfy - He's definitely conflicted. There's so many pros and cons of each.
Current regional airline: He's excited about the desk job and what he'll be doing. I think this will be good for his career outside the airlines. Plus he'll keep his seniority and "retirement" age of like ~42 when we'll get benefits for life. Then he can move onto a new career.
Main airline: He wants the extra income because a tight budget is harder than he thought, but he chose the airline job knowing what the pay was lol... Supposedly there's more potential to move up without moving away. We don't know what the benefits are like, but it's the same manager job just easier...supposedly. I'm skeptical about it all lol.
We shouldn't think too hard about it until they actually offer something. I get a promotion/raise in 6 months anyways. So it wasn't going to be tight forever and we also agreed we would dip into savings for a little fun money. He's just so impatient.
M you may actually have to call them out. I know when we set up our internet they said we couldn't just move it, and they would need to compe it to switch rooms.
I think the same thing probably applies with the box.
Whatever happened to the daus of basic cable and you just needed a cord in the wall.
huh... I must be getting old lol. I guess H can call them Monday.