Tuesday's Triumphs and Troubles

[Pom]

Someone else wants to buy the house we are interested in....I hope it's not a bidding war. Ugh.

I finally finished my friend's resume after working on it for hours since last Thursday.  I have done six resumes in the last 3 months for different people.  I need to start charging since they are a time suck.

I am still stewing about a fight we got in last week with one of our realtors (we currently have 4).  It's one of the realtors for FIL's estate and he is so very unprofessional.  Then he sent us a non-apology follow-up e-mail dripping in God-talk which pissed us off further.  Don't act like an asshole and then drag religion in and expect that to smooth it over.  Ugh.


ETA:  Can't sleep this week.  Too much happening.  Last night The Weeknd song, "Can't Feel My Face" was on a continual loop in my head.

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Triumph: making a PowerPoint and attendee packet for my company's president to use at an upcoming presentation he's giving. I've never worked 1:1 with him before so this is a great experience for me.

Trouble: Having to move my desk at work to a wide open area that feels like I'm working in a hallway. I can only covertly GBCN from my phone once in a while now...

[keweenawlove]

Triumph: I'm first author on an abstract that just got accepted for a podium presentation at a conference this spring.

Trouble: It's grant writing season.

[thebulldog]

Trouble: my fwp is that we need a coffee table for pur living room and i am finding nothing at all i like.

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[UnderProtest]

I think I only have troubles lately.

Today's Troubles-

I still don't have a working washer. Apparently I was supposed to know that I was going to receive a letter in the mail, which I was supposed to take to a certain store and then pick out a new washer and then wait for it to be delivered. You know, since the repair guy said I would get a phone call within 48 hours to schedule a new washer to automatically be delivered. Does anyone know wtf they are talking about here??? The washer hasn't worked properly since early January (would randomly just spew water) and is completely inoperable since Thursday. I do laundry nearly every day because of the insanely small capacity and having two small, dirty children. I just rent this damn place! Why am I the one always doing the work?

Oh and then the property manager finally wrote back to my husband's early January email about the damp/moisture issue that hasn't been addressed. Apparently its our fault that the ceiling is dripping tile adhesive and it is 80% humidity because I should be opening the door and window any time I do laundry (see above, basically every day) in the middle of a major city that is often 100% humidity for which the door is street side. We should not use any of the cupboards or coat closet for storage unless we cover all items in plastic. It has nothing to do with the inadequate fan or the fact that the landlord installed a washer and dryer in a damp, underground area for which wasn't properly enclosed.

And number three, my husband has been offered an "opportunity" in a city that we weren't really interested in. Neither of us have a great feeling about it, but are getting tired of dealing with crap here (work for him, housing for me) and it could cause some work fall out if he said no. There isn't a clear answer for either of us.

Oh, and my phone is completely crapping out. It randomly shuts down and takes forever to turn on.

OOOOooohhh, I do have a triumph. I didn't strangle anyone today.....including my four year old who is desperately trying to get in trouble.

[explorer2001]

Triumph: I'm eating solid foods and getting some of my strength back. I also still haven't regained any of the weight I lost.

Trouble: Eating and digesting food still hurts. I won't get any more info until my appointment next week.

[Pom]

Feb 16, 2016 15:19:23 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

Triumph: I'm eating solid foods and getting some of my strength back. I also still haven't regained any of the weight I lost.

Trouble: Eating and digesting food still hurts. I won't get any more info until my appointment next week.

Glad to hear you are doing better!  I hope you figure all of this out.  

[Pom]

UnderProtest @rennido   All I have for you guys is this... :drink:

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Truimph- My baby turned two today! I have successfully kept children alive for a very long time and I feel good about that. Haha. I have also been doing great on exercise and eating better. I was down 5.2 pound as of last Wednesday and have only been at it for three weeks. Yesterday I walked a couple miles in the morning and then went hiking afterward with the family. Today and got in almost 4 miles. My weigh-ins are Wednesday so I hope to have lost a little more.

Trouble- There are a couple of items that I have found online and am interested in but 1) I hate to buy something that I can't test/try on before I buy because returns and exchanges are a pain and 2) they are MLM items and I feel like I am encouraging something that I generally find annoying.

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Triumph - I finally painted my living room, after like 1.5 years of talking about doing it. It's ALMOST done, just needs a few touch-ups and about half of one (really small) wall. I should finish tonight.

Trouble - as usual this took longer than I'd planned and I really did NOT want to be doing this on a weeknight. But we're leaving for vacation on Thursday and I really don't want to come home to a disaster of a house that is partially painted. I'm also stressing a bit because I feel like there is a lot that needs to get done before we leave and I only have 2 evenings to do it.

[kore2]

Triumph: I had a really nice weekend (great golf lesson, relaxing V-Day), and I'm super excited about the upcoming weekend (going to the LSU baseball season opener, going to BF's track meet). We have fun things planned, and it's making me happy. I also have an insanely awesome sex life. Woohoo.

Trouble: Everything else Oh well. It'll work out!

[aurora]

Feb 16, 2016 13:46:21 GMT -5 @rennido said:

After H fired our contractor (also a friend), he came in and finished tiling.
HE TILED AROUND THE FUCKING TOILET. AROUND IT.
I'm so pissed H let him back in. And so is our new contractor.

I don't actually understand what it means to tile around the toilet. I mean, I know what it sounds like, but I think I must be missing something.

[steamboat185]

Triumph- I have an interview on Friday for a job I want and I've got a great shot at getting it.

Trouble- I'm 16 weeks pregnant. The position is internal so my FMLA would be fine, but I'm still nervous if they find out it will be a negative since I will be out during a busy part of the year.

[flatlan]

Triumph-It is so nice here that I got the smoker out. Smoked pork loin? Yes, please!!!!

Trouble-I am a little BEC with my sister and it is not fair to her. I need to take a deep breath.

[mcsangel2]

Feb 16, 2016 18:36:00 GMT -5 aurora said:

Feb 16, 2016 13:46:21 GMT -5 @rennido said:

After H fired our contractor (also a friend), he came in and finished tiling.
HE TILED AROUND THE FUCKING TOILET. AROUND IT.
I'm so pissed H let him back in. And so is our new contractor.

I don't actually understand what it means to tile around the toilet. I mean, I know what it sounds like, but I think I must be missing something.

They are supposed to take the toilet off, tile the entire floor, then put the toilet back on TOP of the tile. Instead they tiled around the base of the toilet without removing it.

We have this issue with our hall bathroom, too. Need to completely retile because we need to replace the toilet, and toilet bases are all different shapes and sizes.

[hamster]

Triumph - HCG is considered negative!!!

Trouble - Spring is coming fast (yay!) but I'm all of a sudden feeling behind on my landscaping. I have SO.MANY.FUCKING.BULBS to dig up. And I still can't plant, because I'll have inevitably missed a bunch and it's too hard to dig up around new stuff. And the ferns. OMG the ferns. They're coming. I can feel it. They are a bigger nemesis than the bulbs.

[aurora]

Feb 16, 2016 20:19:21 GMT -5 @rennido said:

Feb 16, 2016 18:36:00 GMT -5 aurora said:

I don't actually understand what it means to tile around the toilet. I mean, I know what it sounds like, but I think I must be missing something.

Ok, I get the outrage now! Ugh; hope you can get it fixed.

[insominac]

Triumph: Yesterday I did 30 min of activity

Trouble: I have to do 30 min of activity today

[trissie18]

Triumph - we are making quick work of our renovation projects so we can list our house for sale by early April. It feels so good to finally be completing projects that have been in process for the last 6.5 years.

Trouble - we mailed a letter to FIL today permanently cutting ties due to his alcoholic abusive bullshit. I am really scared what his reaction is going to be when he gets it - hence why we are in a rush to move as ILs live less than 10 minutes away. (A face to face confrontation or phone call is not an option because he is spiraling out of control and has focused his anger and hatred on my husband.)