Monday morning vents/celebrations

[ilovelucyvv]

Vent 1- I am in a bad mood this morning. H gets upset about the smallest things and I am sick of it. He is also a major drama queen. Somehow he lost the life skill of being able to talk out disagreements.

Vent 2- We have a due date with an important customer on Wednesday and every time we have due dates with this customer we are rushing around at the last minute or missing them for reasons beyond my control. My coworker is flying out of town tomorrow to go to a conference and the information we need won't be available until Wednesday because of system conversion issues. Cue rushing around again.

Vent 3- DD's birthday party. So many people RSVP'd that they were coming and then didn't show up. It makes me wonder why I even went through the hassle and money of having the "bigger" party instead of our usual family gathering. DD also got a lot of crap that I can't see her actually playing with as presents.

Celebration? I don't know yet.

[mellym]

Celebration: We had a great three day weekend with the kids. We took them to the zoo and then had dinner at my brother's house where we actually played an adult board game after dinner. It's nice now that the kids are getting older and can play together without supervision 24/7. Our neighbors took us boating and swimming on Saturday and it was just so relaxing. The kids had a blast and DD1 made friends wherever we stopped. She is always so full of life and all about having fun so she just starts playing with anyone and everyone, no matter their age. The kid seriously makes me nervous because she's so trusting but I'm in constant awe of her personality because it's so unlike me.

Vent: Our brand new minivan wouldn't start on Saturday. DH charged the battery and everything seems fine now so no idea what happened. We couldn't tell that anything had been left on for it to be dead. Last night DD2 woke up at 2am and again at 3am when she climbed into bed next to me. She's 2.5 and it's the first time she's ever done that after moving into a big girl bed so I just snuggled her. I don't think I went back to bed though because she kept reaching for me, moving and patting my head. Between her and my aching leg, I couldn't sleep. I told her she slept like an animal this morning and her response - but I miss you. My sweet baby girl.

[186momx]

traveltheworld, DD dropped her naps between 2-3. She would fight naps at daycare so bad and when they finally got her to sleep they would have to wake her 20 minutes later and she would be a mess. We finally worked out a deal that they wouldn't help her nap and I was okay with no napping because she had a 7pm bed and was getting 12 hours a sleep a night but when she napped it was a late night and then we went into this vicious bad sleep cycle.

DH wanted to go drive 3 hours to the golf club to exchange a gift certificate for a gift card and then figured he could just explore and drive around all day alone on Saturday. I told him Friday that I wanted him to stay home and help out and get stuff around the house and his day just seemed to be an expensive gas day for no real reason. Well then later Friday night he gets 3 rapid fire texts which turned out to be emails from his dad (I checked his phone as he was outside). I'm now wondering if he was going to meet his dad on his rambling driving day and I would have been okay with that if he would have said well I'm doing the golf club thing and having lunch with my dad but no he just wanted to go for a drive. So all weekend he moped and pouted. Went to bed at the same time as DD 7ish but was still awake when I went to bed at 10 and then got up to watch TV and napped in the afternoons and still ignored DD and I but we did get a few things done around the house.

Oh, I saw a mouse in the office and screamed bloody murder. Now we can't find the mouse...

[traveltheworld]

Jul 24, 2017 10:48:01 GMT -5 greenmonkey1 said:

traveltheworld What is your DD's sleep schedule right now? Could you shorten the nap, move it earlier in the day, etc? What is your DD like when she does not nap?

Our friends' son dropped his nap early, sometime around 2-3 years, and it never seemed to phase him. My DS on the other hand is just starting to drop his nap now and he is 5 years old. He was a real train wreck without a nap when he was 2-3 years.

Right now she gets up between 6:30 - 7:30, then has a 1 to 1.5 hour nap starting at 1:30 or so.  She is tired at the end of the morning and always falls asleep in the car even if we are only in the car for 5 minutes, and most days she voluntarily goes up to her room and climbs into bed herself to nap.  She is an absolute mess when she doesn't nap.  But even with the relatively short nap, she doesn't fall asleep till about 9:30 (we put her in bed by 8:30).  Some nights it's been past 10.

She was such a good sleeper as a baby!!!

[justcheckingin73]

How scary leap! That's so easy to do when there is an event like that. Glad you found her "quickly", although I'm sure that 10 minutes felt like an eternity.

[leap]

justcheckingin73, longest 10 minutes of my life!

[k3am]

Jul 24, 2017 10:27:11 GMT -5 HeartofCheese said:

k3am , what did you end up getting your coworker as a gift?

An adult coloring book. But she ended up not coming back to work, so she never got it. 

[vavavictoria]

Good morning! Going to try to lurk less and participate more

Celebration: had a really nice weekend and didn't do a whole lot but the toddler was mostly sweet and the baby was her usual adorable self. Had some nice time with the toddler and she didn't turn into a psychopath at bedtime on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Sadly that is so unusual it is something to celebrate.

Vent: I have to write 12 performance evaluations today and deliver them over the next two days. Pretty self explanatory. Not my favorite way to spend the work week.

[rere]

Well the floor guys did not show up at all today. They had the wrong grout. We told them Thursday what grout we needed. I called the store and told them they have left me without a working kitchen and laundry for 4 days. They assured me it would be done tomorrow. I have an entire house of carpet that needs to be replaced. They won't get that job. And I am going to proclaim far and wide including the world wide web how incompetent they are.

[mae0111]

Vent: After some significant improvement, DD1 is backsliding into awful behavior. Defiant, argumentative, terrible tantrums when she doesn't get her way, lying, even caught her stealing out of her little sister's piggy bank. I've not been giving in, but my patience wore thin over the weekend. We had an amusement park trip planned today and I canceled it. Hopefully she snaps out of it.

Celebration (sort of): DH and I were moving ahead with his company, and bought software, paid lawyers, etc. On Fri, he got a call from his old company, which right now is about 80% of his book of business. They want to hire him back. If he doesn't take it, they will hire someone else, and they will pull all the work back in house. So the company is most likely dead, but the celebration is that his old company paid well, and his old boss, who kind of drove him out, isn't responsible for that function anymore. Hoping they offer him at least what he was making.

Also a celebration: I sent my resume in for a contract position that's 10-20 hrs per month, and I got an interview. It's for a realtor, and DH and I have been talking for years about getting back into real estate - flipping and rentals. I've been investigating state licensing requirements. The position is for marketing, but if I get it, I will be able to learn the ropes a bit. And the amount of time per month is perfect. Fingers crossed.

[2chatter]

We made it back - the drive home was 18 hours instead of 11 due to an insane amount of traffic. I also got a $400 speeding ticket. Those are both vents. So is driving all the way because DH lost his wallet (day one of the trip) and sprained his ankle (day 8 of the trip - slipped on the stairs in the dark). I do like to drive, so it wasn't terrible, but I also really enjoy earbuds, a quiet playlist and car naps. Oh, but now his flight was cancelled so he's driving 7 hours to his client site.

Celebration - Vacation was amazing. Amazing. Nothing blew up at work. I'm slacking today, doing pretty much mindless tasks. This weekend we leave the kids home and float the river with my college roommates.

[mommyatty]

k3am, I have an employee who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about 6 weeks ago. He's refusing to go out on short term disability and says he needs zero time off. He does chemo every other week and we are doing a telework agreement with him. He says he can work while receiving treatment and that he appreciates the distraction work provides. It's awful. I realize he's trying to maximize how much he earns before he dies, and who can blame him? But he's not working as much as he claims he is. He was absent for almost an entire month and claims he took no sick time. It's incredibly frustrating. And sad. And horrible. And yeah, we are a person down in a small but very busy group.

[k3am]

mommyatty, we thankfully have headcount to hire another body. Best case scenario, it will be the backup person for her that we need. It's 7/24 and we're just now realizing that no one here knows how to close the month. Even if she wasn't sick, we need more cross training.

[judyblume14]

2chatter, if I correctly recal your tubing trip from last year, you were reminded that you can't drink as much as you thought you could. Just a friendly head's up ;-)

[2chatter]

judyblume14 - yes!! And this year my friends' neighbors are not coming, so there isn't a clear "can't hang" winner (passed out on the dinner table) - it won't be me! I'm sticking to a 24 pack of beer for the weekend. No liquor!!

[xctsclrx]

Not sure if this is a vent or celebration or just terrifying. - SS1 has an appointment to take his written drivers test to get his learners permit in two weeks.

[librarychica]

Vent: I have another summer cold that is lasting forever and the kids were terrors all weekend.

Vent 2: A while back I made an appt to get my IUD removed and now that it's a week away I am freaking out with second thoughts and third thoughts and chewed off my thumb nail.

celebration: the kids and I had a lovely day off together today.

[sandandsea]

Vent dh is worthless in the motn. When ds2 cries he auto pilots to let me deal with it and I have to fight back for him to get up and handle it. He will do it but never without me saying "your turn". So I can't sleep through anything.

Celebration. The baby shower was great and I loved hosting and seeing so many friends that I haven't seen in forever. I have awesome friends I just wish I had more time and they were closer so we could actually hang out.

Also the friends staying with us said that if their one yo grows up to be like my 5 yo, they'll be really happy. It made my day. Ds1 was awesome all weekend and then melted down last night. But hey, at least he was amazing for company!

[mommyatty]

Today for lunch I was in the mood for a baked potato. Only place near my office that serves baked potatoes is Wendy's. And they have okay salads. I was trying to build on the walking and pretty healthy eating over the weekend.

I got to Wendy's and they have a special on bacon queso burgers. Possibly three of my favorite words are bacon, queso, and burger. I still got the potato and a half salad. I magically remembered I'm tired of being fatter than I want to be.

I'm not sure if that's a vent or a celebration, so I'm going with "ventabration".

[erinshelley21]

mommyatty I applaud your strength

[rere]

I love queso.

[kbw]

Vent: sleeping has been difficult lately which has been making me exhausted and nearly ready to fall asleep while driving or at work so that's fun.

Celebration: DS is doing great in his new swimming lessons. He's actually listening and behaving which makes me so happy.

[thatsfancy]

Vent: yesterday was my bday and DH didn't even wish me a happy birthday until about 2 in the afternoon. No cake, no presents. Mildly annoyed...

Celebration: we are on vacation!! We ran around like crazy people to get out of the house to get ready for it, but we are here. We had a great weekend seeing lots of friends, new and old. Friday we had friends over for dinner and Saturday, my bff who lives overseas came over. So all in all a great weekend.

[akafred]

thatsfancy, happy belated birthday!

[thatsfancy]

Thank you akafred!

[greenmonkey1]

traveltheworld Can you put your DD down for the night and leave her with a toy/book on her bed? My DS1 is dropping his nap (he is 5) and when he does nap sometimes he does not fall asleep until 9/9:30 pm. I let him take a toy to bed when we put him down; he plays a little then falls asleep. When I get ready to go to bed I put the toy away. DS2 (3 years) will do the same, but he'll try to come down more often. Not sure if your DD will stay in bed and amuse herself while she falls asleep.

[k3am]

Tuesday vent: UGH. UGH. UGH. I'm so mad at my credit guy. He's been a completely checked out turd wad for MONTHS. For some reason he decides now he wants to actually do his job, starts every conversation out being an aggresive, condescending asshole, and on top of that, is going back to asking questions about things he approved MONTHS ago. I literally just want to smack him.

[billie]

Happy birthday thatsfancy! Is it July 23rd? If so, we share a birthday!

[thatsfancy]

Happy birthday to you too birthday twin, billie! Hope you had a great one and got some cake!