Open Letters

[supertrooper1]

Hump Day Wednesday...

[supertrooper1]

Dear work,
Will you ever get computer systems that work correctly? I'm tired of not being able to do my job because one of the 20 different systems isn't working right. How about we have one system and stick with it instead of trying to get multiple systems to communicate with each other too.
Thanks,
Frustrated employee that is actually trying to do work

[Covergirl82]

Dear after-school care,

Pop-tarts are not a healthy snack. I'm pretty sure all of your enrollment information and marketing information indicate that a healthy snack is provided. I know we're only on day 2 of this, but I swear if the kids tell me when I pick them up that they had another dessert-disguised-as-a-breakfast item/snack, you're going to hear from me. I don't pay $10 per kid per day for you to give them junk food and just let them have another recess.

Signed,
Mom who might be regretting the decision to enroll kids in after care at school (but who is thankful that in-home DCP/friend said the kids could come back if after care at school didn't work out)

[justcheckingin73]

Wow Covergirl82, I can't imagine anyone thinking Pop Tarts are a healthy snack. I admit I love them myself   But at least give them something with some redeeming qualities.

Dear DH,

Can you please read what I write and answer my direct question instead of doing what you always do - assuming you know what I'm "really" asking or anticipating my response and then answering with that assumption in mind? It is so frustrating when I ask you if you made an appt to get your truck in or if you just brought it in and your reply is - I got an oil change and recalls taken care of. Yes, I know why you brought it in, but did you make an appointment?? This is just one recent (yes, I know it's petty) example but I have many more. Stop it.

Signed,
Your wife who wishes you could just answer direct questions, directly.


Also dear DH,

Thanks for taking the kids with you for the weekend. With tax season looming, I need all the alone time I can get. But I also need you to have more time with the kids. You talk a lot about how you want to do things with them but let everything else get in the way. 

Love,
Your wife who hopes she can be productive and lazy at the same time this weekend

[billie]

Aug 30, 2017 10:59:29 GMT -5 supertrooper1 said:

Dear work,
Will you ever get computer systems that work correctly? I'm tired of not being able to do my job because one of the 20 different systems isn't working right. How about we have one system and stick with it instead of trying to get multiple systems to communicate with each other too.
Thanks,
Frustrated employee that is actually trying to do work

It's like we work at the same place! Lol

[rere]

Dear State,

We who work for you are not freeloaders, or asking for entitlements. We are asking for the retirement we were promised 10, 15, 18 yrs ago when we started. Most of us could have went elsewhere for hirer pay, but a guaranteed pension meant more. I have seen what it looks like not to have anything for retirement, and it is the stuff of nightmares. We get up every day and teach your kids, nurse, provide treatment, often get out hearts broken because we care. We also fix your roads, maintain your city. We do not hoard our sick days for some payout. We don't use sick because we can't take off sometimes because things won't get done. When you talk about changing the game for people who have planned for life, that's unconscionable.

Signed, woke up this morning and wondered why I bother.

[2chatter]

Dear sitter,
You are the best ever. Not worrying about the kids in the house while I work is awesome, them playing outside so much is awesome, play dates are awesome, it's really just unreal
how much more relaxed I am now that I can finish work and just play - the stress is gone!!

Signed
Super super happy parent who is tucking money away for a nice Christmas bonus now

[186momx]

Dear 1st Grade Teacher
I really hope meet the teacher night goes well tonight.
Mom who is trying to see the glass as half full instead of half empty

DD
School starts Tuesday. No matter how many people you tell that you are not going back to school because its too boring you will still be going to school on Tuesday.
Mom

DH
You better be home by 4:30 today so you can go to meet the teacher. I don't care that you think it is stupid I need you to go with so you can take DD to BBQ so I can have a private word with the new teacher. So suck it up
Wife

[twinmomma]

Dear parents of my kids' friend,
Are we becoming parent friends now?! Because you seem really normal and down to earth and we can just chat about stuff without it feeling like awkward small talk. Even DH seems on board with it, and he's a hermit. Please say we're becoming parent friends! We'd much rather hang out with you than the other parent friend we had from daycare who doesn't believe in saying no or climate change.
Signed,
Your new friend who will try not to seem desperate

Dear mom,
Chill out. I know you're friends with the principal, but you really don't need to text him and get updates on my kids to then relay to me. I really, really don't want to seem like "that mom," especially when I'm not the one requesting the updates! Sometimes I like to fly under the radar with your connections in town instead of getting special treatment.
Thanks,
Your daughter

Dear DD2,
I'm really proud of you for going solo all day at school. It's got to be tough to know your sister has your daycare friend in her class and you're all alone. But you're such a good, bubbly kid when you let your personality shine! I'm sure you'll make lots of friends over the next couple days. Also, sorry you don't get to each lunch next to your sister. But, at least this means you'll have time to eat, because you won't be distracted with her?
Love,
Momma

Dear DD1,
Maybe just stop talking about how much fun it is to have daycare friend in your class? At least until your sister makes a new friend?
Thanks,
Momma

[saraml13]

Dear Mom,
I love you and appreciate that you volunteer to help out with the boys. However, can you please be slightly less neurotic? You raised two children of your own, I'm pretty sure you can manage to pick them up from a new daycare today and watch them for 36 hours this weekend while we go to a wedding without killing them. I'm happy to leave notes and answer your questions, but seriously, 2/3 of your questions are completely superfluous. Just use common sense.
Signed,
Not very patient daughter

Dear MIL,
What is your attitude problem? You encouraged me and DH to go childless to this OOT wedding and were begging to spilt the childcare duties with my parents this weekend. So why are you being so bitchy about it? I do not appreciate you suddenly announcing last night that instead of bringing the boys back on Sunday night or Monday morning as planned, you might not come back until Tuesday and it's our problem if we don't like it. I know you don't understand pumping and think that I can just crank out an infinite amount of milk on demand, but I seriously don't think I have enough freezer stash left for you to keep DS2 for an extra 36 hours. And no, you still can't give him cow's milk yet.
Signed,
DH realizes you are crazy, too

[mae0111]

Dear DH -
For the love of God, STOP TALKING TO YOUR EX-BOSS THAT JUST SCREWED YOU OVER! You are competing with him now. He was not nice to you. He's not your friend. Don't go out for beers with him. I know you think he gave up some information to you last night while you were at the bar, but I GUARANTEE that you gave up information, too. He's not trustworthy. We ALL KNOW how chatty you are when you've had a beer or 2. So please, for pete's sake, STOP IT.
Love, Wifey

Dear Former Coworkers -
I'm sorry about how awful it is. I really am. Yesterday must have been a heck of a day, since you all came out of the woodwork to tell me what an a-hole the new boss is and how much you all hate him and your jobs. I'm kind of like a broken record here... FIND ANOTHER JOB. LEAVE. There's a lot out there. I know that it's hard to do, and it takes a lot of time, but it will be worth it. Trust me, as someone who has come out the other side. You will feel 1000% better after you're gone.
Good luck,
Former Coworker/Boss who will give you a heck of a recommendation if you need it.

[mommyatty]

Dear Boss:

When I stepped in and managed to save the day, a simple "thank you" would have been nice. Or a "great job". You know... little things.

Signed: Sheesh, I feel like this one comes up every couple of weeks

Dear Subordinate:

I'm excited you are in the mix for a promotion. You would be great at the new job. But if you pull the shit with the new people that you've pulled with me, they will absolutely tank your career. Here's some advice: respect your boss. Even if your boss is a girl.

Signed, Kind of Glad You Might Be Moving On

[k3am]

Dear coworkers,

Stop piling more work on me. I need to get through what I have now and get organized for my leave. I have 2.5 full work days between now and leave. I checked in on vacation, I have no intention of checking in while DD is recovering.

Signed,
Overwhelmed.

[phdmomma]

Dear Boiler,

I appreciate that our carbon monoxide detectors work, however, what were you doing that they had to go off at 6am this morning? I appreciate that DH took care of all of this while I took the kids out for an impromptu breakfast at a local restaurant which they really liked. But really? I am already buying a new roof, I don't think that we can spend a ton on your too boiler.

Singed,
Weary homeowner

Dear DH,

Thank you for hanging out with DS this week, when all of the summer camps are closed, and there is still a week until school starts. This is one of my craziest weeks at work before the semester starts, so thank you.

Signed,
Your loving wife

Dear DD,

Thank you for pooping in the potty yesterday at school, lets keep this up and just you and I can go out for a special dinner tonight, because Daddy and DS headed up north a few days early without us.

Singed,
An appreciative mom

[xctsclrx]

Dear Self,

You can't be done for the day. You get to leave at four. Stick with it.

Signed
Me- who wants to go home.

[traveltheworld]

Dear DH,

I know you are stressed. Although I don't exactly know why. I unpacked 85% of the stuff from our move in less than 48 hours. I'm sorry not everything is in its rightful place yet, but I'm doing the best I can. And stop complaining about how much work this upcoming camping trip is going to be. You won't even be here to help pack for it!!! DS has been looking forward to this trip with his best friend since we moved here, and I'm not taking that away from him. And yes, I know the propane fire bowl I ordered is huge. We need one that big!! And yes, I did check with the camp ground that: (a) there is a fire ban so we can't use wood, and (b) this propane fire bowl is acceptable. When did you start caring about these administrative stuff??? Stop it!

Signed,
Wife who is secretly glad that you'be be out of town starting tonight

[erinshelley21]

Dear self,
Good job getting through your CE class without:
1. Falling asleep since your baby made you wake up FOR THE DAY at 3:33am
2. Not eating cake and loading your plate with veggies
3. Not tripping the guy who used to work for you or keying his secretary's car since she also used to work for you.
Love, impressed self.

[olenka]

Dear child,

I love that you fell asleep on the bare floor in your new class, while 20+ 3-6 year olds played and screamed around you. You are most definitely my kid.

Love,
Might just take a page from that and slip under my desk awhile...

[Deleted]

[186momx]

Dear Weather/Fires
Could we please have some rain and not the 100 degree temps and fire weather alert. Our holiday weekend plans look to be cancelled as all the highways over the Cascades are being shut down due to fires and smoke.
Me who isn't looking forward to telling DH our plans are cancelled

Dear DH
Please be reasonable and not a cranky sullen teenager when I tell you that our friends think it would be safer and wiser for us to stay home this weekend. Their air quality yesterday was 485 which was 200 points higher than we had.
The barer of bad news.
Me

[judyblume14]

Dear DD,
I'm super impressed with your behavior over the past few days. Thank you! However, I'm less than thrilled that coincidentally, this new you comes with overnight pee accidents :/

Dear Self and Hubs,
Let's be better about MOTN wake-ups for potty breaks.

Dear Sister,
Good luck for the next two nights watching the pee-monster and the baby-who-no-longer-sleeps

Dear H,
I'm sure you're excited about 2 kid-free nights (even if they are during a hectic work week). I'm also sure you're looking forward to some "adult time." Spoiler alert: not interested. I REALLY just want to sleep.

[erinshelley21]

Dear brother,
The fact that you're still talking about the offer we got and wanting to explore others tells me we may have made the wrong decision.
Signed, sister

Dear WP,
If I disappear for a while it's because the men in my life are trying to send me to the looney bin.
Signed, erinshelley

[leap]

Dear DD2,
How do you lose your shoes at daycare? I mean really how?
Love,
Baffled Mom who had to leave work to bring you shoes so you could go to Kindergarten

Dear Company,
I hope you loved me as much as I loved you. I really think we'd be a great fit.
Signed,
Candidate

[librarychica]

Covergirl82, cold poptarts were a frequent snack at aftercare when I was a kid. I am hesitant about moving my kids too. Hopefully they straighten up for you.

[librarychica]

Dear DD1,

Stop with the whining. For the love of god. Stahp.

Sincerely,
Mama

[shakinros]

Dear coworkers,

If you don't start showing up to meetings on time, I will end you.

You are nice people who do have quite a lot of work to do, but the busiest person in the room is me. I am at the meeting on time, prepped to lead the discussion. Tomorrow I'm just gonna start talking to myself at the appointed time.

Signed,
Don't make me be the crazy one

[Deleted]

P.S. I dedicate this song to you, mother. Afterall, you layed the first bricks in my own wall.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX3uCuFKlqw

[shakinros]

I've got another today.

Dear drop-in camp,

It is not confidence inspiring that you didn't have DD's name on the camp roster for today or tomorrow. Get it together. I know it's the end of the summer and I only need two days from you, but I need those to be good days where someone is watching out for my kid. Don't you dare lose her.

Signed,
Mama Bear

[erinshelley21]

Dear DH,
Please don't lose your ever loving mind when I tell you that we are still loosely exploring selling the agency. It's more research than anything else.
Love, your wife who thought this was decided too.

[justcheckingin73]

I feel for you, erinshelley21. It seems like your life is on hold between deciding on a house situation and your agency. I hope you get answers soon!